one required, but sadly enormous, shift in the way americans view things: recovering an understanding that a democratic government is a collective enterprise that should deliver tangible services and benefits to people
but the fact of the matter is that with the notable exception *of* the mid to late 20th century, every major change in our political system and government has been a partisan or ideological political project.
The political history of the U.S. since the 1970s is basically that thing where a species' predator disappears and the species overpopulates and destroys the whole habitat. If centrists really wanted a "Normal" right, their top priority would be to bring back the left
Pope: [moral critique of illegal war]
President: I am Jesus. Thr pope is gay
Media: they are feuding😳
Look, nothing against Olivia, Adam, or George. I think it's a good thing that they turned against the GOP. I just don't think that any of them should necessarily be in government as Democrats.
*Forty* senators voted against US weapons for Israel tonight.
~1/2 the chamber & the overwhelming majority of Democrats + allies. No such vote had ever occurred in Congress before November 2024.
A sea-change that will resonate in Tel Aviv, dramatically boost calls for a Dem overhaul + reckoning.
I think is the death knell for Schumer's leadership. His caucus has abandoned him on what has become a core D moral issue. I don't think it's sustainable to have someone in that position who supports unconditional military support for Israel.
This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist
When we take back power, I do not want unity or healing, I want revenge.
I also don't want a lecture on "but that's just like Trump, he wanted revenge." He was wrong, we are right. It's different. Get a moral compass.
Revenge or sit down. Call it "justice" if you must, it's that too.
What was normalized in Gaza will have lasting effects on the entire world. It was a signal to the worst of humanity that they can get away with even livestreamed genocide. And we see that very genocide expanding today, and Trump joining in not under cover like Biden, but front & center.
The world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment
Today I learned I can read German
Never stop fighting. I will fight for trans rights until I leave this earth. They're not going to win. But until then, protect trans kids with everything you've got.
Maybe feminism is in a weird position where it’s had more rhetorical success than political success, so that its insights have become banal without the underlying conditions really changing. Or maybe people just don’t give a shit about women.
We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy but because you've seen the other shit this country spends tax money on. At least going to the moon is cool.
i'm glad i'm not a lawyer so i don't have to pretend banning child torture and speech are in any way related
A world without trans people has never existed, and it never will. And thank goodness for that. ✊🩵🤍🩷
#TransgenderDayOfVisibility
this trans day of visibility I would like to say that I love my trans friends and I hate the people who seek to hurt you with every fiber of my being
In a healthy democracy the government would have collapsed by now and instead we've got at best just over 7 months to know if there will be electoral consequences and until january for them to start to take effect
A crucial part of Project 2029 has to be performative trials and draconian sentencing for Trump administration officials up and down the organizational ladder. Treat all of them like Timothy McVeigh so that the gravity of their criminality and treason become enduring images in American history.
This is also why it is so enraging to see Democrats go along with “fairness in sports” policies that are about policing women’s bodies and ultimately abusing us. How stupid people are to believe that it is really about benefitting women. Why would Trump and his crowd do anything to benefit women?
They want to police our genitalia and run tests on our bodies to “prove” we are women, at which point they will still deny it. This is why the only feminism is trans-inclusive and why transphobia and anti-trans discrimination should be a top political priority.
I would rate the chances of Dems winning a trifecta in 2029 and frittering it away on tax cuts and penny-ante affordability stuff as "distressingly plausible." not guaranteed, but definitely the status quo path
you are loved, and we will win
looking at the work ahead of us probably the single most impactful fix you could put in place would be to legally turbo-charge and also destigmatize unionization nationally (card count, revitalized NLRB, make "right to work" illegal, etc). number 2 is rabidly aggressive antitrust enforcement
People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos
the House results sting but Krishnamoorthi losing is by far the most important result
Raja Krishnamoorthi has been down all night in the Democratic race for Senate. His campaign has turned the news off and replaced it with a RAJA election night banner