Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

Trump is weird rich coastal elite who is at least as out of touch with real people as Mitt Romney was but gets covered like a man of the people because he’s racist and stupid.

Another thing worth noting in all of the drama of ToddGate is that Council President Payne and the Progressives have been extraordinarily genteel and civilized. They did not release this honest and scathing memo immediately to protect Mr. Barnette's legacy of service to the public.

Listen I’m tired of ToddGate. Just do the assigned reading, remember Davis Moturi, and wish Mr. Barnette good fortune in his next professional adventure.

Again: the gun you keep in the home for “protection” increases your risk of homicide by 3-fold, of suicide by 5-fold, and for men, risk of suicide more than 10-fold

The second you bring a gun into the home you’ve dramatically increased the risk of death for your family 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

anyone who says people opposing data centers are just nimbys need to stop echoing industry propaganda and see what it’s actually like to live near one

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

So JD Vance was given two high-profile tasks for the Trump administration -- boost Orban's chances at re-election in Hungary and help strike a settlement in Iran -- and he appears to have failed horribly at both.

I'm sure the NYT will be all over that.

even the most tenacious autocrats have a difficult time denying a landslide result against them

A powerful man sexually pursuing a young woman who works for him is oppressive. It immediately limits and reshapes her future to her detriment, whether she is physically forced into it or not. It’s coercion either way, and that is why it’s so wrong. It’s an abuse of power.

Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again.

Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺

Shoutout to the Mets for this

📸 @mets.com

Melania: I never cut child in half with sword. I never do this.

The entire USA: what?

Melania: not me.

there really isn't much to the American ideology that refers to itself as "conservatism" beyond rejection of the New Deal reforms of the 1930s and the civil-rights reforms of the 1960s

YES, A FAILED IMPEACHMENT MEANS REPUBLICANS APPROVE OF TRUMP'S CONDUCT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON TO DO IT

The singular goal of all future US politics is to ensure Trumpism is defeated and cannot again take root here, and everything that serves that end is to be considered and prioritized. It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction.

a substantial portion of american politics since 1865 is literally the south enacting revenge on the rest of the country for the civil war

Again I'll note that Mamdani's superpower is that he really likes people and cares about them and it shows in a way you just can't fake, and seeing him reminds you this isn't the case with so many politicians, even ones who I might agree with ideologically.

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

Only a master deal maker could achieve the status quo of 5 weeks ago in exchange for accomplishing nothing of value and turning his country into a global pariah. Thank you sir

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites.

This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran

(🎥 i24 News)

this is true beyond journalism. the federalist society is exceptionally well-funded while the closest thing to a liberal counterpart has to engage in endless penny pinching

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

Orbán Will Lose Hungary’s Election in Two Weeks—If It’s Clean Péter Magyar is a seemingly unstoppable force—but don’t expect the embattled Orbán to give up without a fight.

"Even an elaborate cheating scheme won’t be enough to deliver Orbán victory if the polls are correct." This is a big deal, and it should give opponents of American authoritarianism hope.