The amount he managed to get done with the literal 50-50 Senate was nothing short of remarkable, and folks managed to turn that into a disaster of will and proof Biden and Dems didn't want good things, and I still feel like flipping tables over that shit.
I'm in this boat. Was against Biden in the primary, viewed him as a stick in the mud. The level of miracles he was able to make happen turned me into more of an optimist about how government can work and how the Democrats can govern. Even now that has not changed.
I had pretty much no expectations legislatively at the start of Biden's Presidency, but the sheer amount of legitimately good legislation that was passed actually made me less cynical in general.
NEW: Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have refocused attention on the lack of a doctrine.
A wall-to-wall celebration.
Thinking of taking another social media break until it happens.
It’s 4:20 somewhere.
I recently joined Gotham Bat Conservancy on a bat walk in Prospect Park and learned all about the incredible comeback story of the long-maligned NYC bat. Since 2007, a deadly fungus has wiped out much of our local bat population. But a passionate community of bat lovers is helping them recover 🦇❤️
“Their financial numbers,” is the level of business expertise you’d expect from a guy who bankrupted the same casino holding company four times.
Play with a Paulette at your own peril.
The Onion isn’t funny.
That already happened when he lost the lawsuit and the website. Maybe you’re underthinking it.
The *further* Onionification of news is a treadmill that, with a lot of luck, only leaves us exactly where we are. More likely than not, it takes us further into the darkness.
It is not an offramp. It is an anesthetic.
Stop being a ghoul? Could we see that from you?
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
the entire shtick of making the infowars logo in rainbow's color (and an onion for the o) and going "we made the homophobe's logo gay" is just... such a stupid fucking stunt?
I genuinely wish it could just be left fucking dead
extremely on brand for the sort of terminally online brain worms that Tim Onion has though
Serious media: stop reporting whatever Trump says and start reporting on what is actually happening. I know it’s harder, but that’s your job.
Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.
Eight children were murdered in the shooting.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Rhetorical question.
Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic has been filed.
All else aside, it confirms this: Kash Patel was locked out of the FBI system on Friday, April 10.
The lockout set off a flurry of inquires to the FBI/DOJ/WH about whether Patel had been fired.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Was this filed pro se? (A “warning” is not in any way, shape, or form evidence of falsity.)
Like, the end result of “affirming their experiences, validating their feelings” doesn’t lead to conservative white people suddenly becoming progressives. It results in them supporting people like Trump or RFK Jr because they “tell it like it is” or “they’re a different kind of politician”
By BETH HOWARD Beth Howard is the author of "Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner's Daughter." She is the cultural strategist for Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), the largest national organization bringing white people into the fight for racial and economic justice. She grew up in a rural white working-class community in Eastern Kentucky and has organized in the American South for two decades, primarily in her beloved home state of Kentucky.
I thought at least the writer would be a therapist given her choice of words but nope, she's a cultural strategist for SURJ, which endorsed Platner
If you’re an organizer who affirms feelings over facts you should just fucking stay home & watch TV instead of contributing to the problem
Title page of our paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception,” with Lauren Davenport (Stanford) and Hunter Rendleman (UC Berkeley), dated April 14, 2026. Abstract: What makes someone Black in American society today? From Donald Trump questioning Kamala Harris’s racial identity to Joe Biden’s claim that hesitant Black voters “ain’t Black,” American politics frequently brings questions of racial authenticity and belonging to the surface. Yet political science often approaches race as a fixed attribute rather than a social construction. Here, we seek to understand how Americans define blackness in social and political life. Using a conjoint experiment with a racially diverse sample that includes Black, white, and mixed race Black-white respondents, we evaluate how ascribed and acquired traits influence perceptions of blackness. The results show that inherited characteristics—particularly parentage and skin tone, which are the strongest determinants of racial classification—play a central role, while sociopolitical cues such as partisanship, neighborhood context, and spousal race also influence racial classification. Using a continuous measure, we also show that respondents make graded assessments of blackness rather than purely binary classifications, with some individuals perceived as more Black than others. Black respondents are more likely than white respondents to classify a broader set of profiles as Black, consistent with a more inclusive understanding of racial membership, yet they also place greater emphasis on shared political identity. These findings clarify how racial categories are socially constructed and why that construction carries real political and social consequences.
Our paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception” (w/ Lauren Davenport & @hrendleman.bsky.social), has been conditionally accepted at Perspectives on Politics!
Sharing abstract below. Long time coming, but we are really proud of this paper.
More soon!
Y’all Didn’t Want That Black Woman To Be President Now Look At Ya… Healthcare Gone, Gas High As The Artemis II, Trading Your First Born For Groceries, You Gettin Shot By ICE, We 2 Tweets Away From World War 3, And Black People STILL Got Joy.
Per whip notice, Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) will be sworn in tonight, which will bring the party breakdown in the House to [actually checks notes] 217 R - 214 D.
I can’t believe our leftist betters are actually saying out loud “the base loves him so we have no choice but to go along with a little light Nazism” like they are Establishment Republicans circa 2016.
