NEW: A horrific new bill introduced by Chip Roy would weaponize immigration law to target "socialism"—defined so loosely as to include even advocacy about economic equality—so that naturalized citizens could be stripped of their citizenship and deported.
www.thebulwark.com/p/chip-roy-d...
I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:
"Swann’s fantasies spoke to the feminist, gay-rights, and environmental movements. His intense focus on 'civilization' processed the growing sense of cultural malaise."
Sean Guynes on Thomas Burnett Swann: lareviewofbooks.org/article/thomas-burnett-s...
#StephenColbertShow only has one month left. We need to boost his ratings way up before he leaves on May 21st, then drop CBS/Paramount flat. Show them they made a big mistake.
Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:
New Movie Coming In The FALL,
With 2nd Feature Movie,Dumb And
Dumber To Follow........
this is like *the* paradigmatic "we do not speak each other's language but everyone is cool and friendly here" interaction with strangers
impossible to overstate how poisonous this shit is. dudes on the street smiling and waving at your toddler are an indicator of a happy and functional community
“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda.
snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...
No one remembered WHAT, exactly, Ozymandias did.
pedocon theory mention #2 of the day for me.
AHHHHH!
*deep breath*
AHHHHHH!
My twisty summer gothic story When He Calls Your Name is a #HUGO FINALIST!
I am so beyond happy—I’m so proud of this story & so hoped it would find its people.
SEE YOU IN LA DARLINGS, IMMA WEAR A VAMPIRE GOWN
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...
Warren: "Will you disclose how you divest those assets, or will you just collect the check for $100 million from someone whose whole business is betting on what the Fed will do?"
Warsh: "Ethics officials at the Fed. Reserve and the Office of Government Ethics-"
Warren: "I will take that as a no."
That’s my friend @notnotrocketscience.com doing their thing!!
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I like that it's in color, like black & white wouldn't convey all the information.
whY iS evERyONe aROunD TRUmP tiEd To EPstEiN?
I’m still the only candidate in this race who isn’t a billionaire and doesn't take corporate PAC money.
I don't spend my time in boardrooms; I spend it with the thousands of Californians powering this campaign.
That’s who the next Governor should be focused on.
If you attend the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, you should be legally barred from using the term "journalist" to describe yourself from that point on.
(2/X) the debate was between Camille Paglia and Naomi Wolf. Also both Trumpers now.
An enormous percentage of the self-promoting gasbags of 90s political/"culutural" tv became Trumpers.
There's a reason why things are so fucked up now.
In all seriousness, it’s clear that the Republican Party line re vaccination is that, while there might be some very sick people who benefit from vaccination, everyone else is more at risk from vaccination than from the disease itself. Utter lunacy.
you might be surprised by how often Tesla's data recording systems randomly break, fail to function properly, go missing, or are otherwise mysteriously unable to perform their functions precisely when they are needed most
then again, you might not be surprised at all
electrek.co/2026/04/13/t...
thing about the Trump administration's24/7 stream of funds from the public exchequer into private hands is that you no longer have to explain colonial wealth extraction or tell people to read Dadabhai Naorojiwhen they are doing a live demo of how the British operated in Asia and Africa but at home
Admissions and deaths by classification - US Army, 1942-45. Disease...14,969,028 Battle casualties...592,170 Nonbattle injury...1,995,398
I know it's already getting beaten to death this morning but the Army casualty figures from WWII are still stunning. 85% of hospital admissions were from disease, not injury. Imagine wanting to put flu back in the barracks.
"When asked why this sudden emotion, Xerxes replied, ‘I was thinking and it came to my mind how pitifully short human life is—for of all these thousands of men not one will be alive in a hundred years’ time’" www.liberalcurrents.com/remembering-...
Never in history were sycophants so easy to identify.
ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?
KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve
WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question
WARSH: I believe this body certified the election
WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking
On crucial question of independence @warren.senate.gov just grilled Trump Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh on basics.
Could he stand up to Trump? Could he straight up say Trump lost 2020 election?
No. BS instead.
Could he name ONE element of Trump's economic policy he disagreed with?
No. More BS.
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
