lol. lmao

Holy fuck they actually did it

These guys still think Donald Trump is 1. interested in "learning lessons" and 2. capable of doing so. It's mind-boggling. They don't understand the guy's nature *at all*, even though it's as simple and obvious as could possibly be. And yet they absolutely dominate the discourse about him.

Sauron was not only evil, he got distracted and his defenses failed

Tucker Carlson is promoting Hitler the right way.

by Ezra Klein

"the speaker of the House is refusing to seat a duly elected member of Congress to protect the president from a vote to investigate his extensive connections the world's most notorious human trafficking pedophile" is one of those things you simply cannot put into New York Timesese

incredible use of the passive exonerative tense

(a person in an inflatable unicorn costume to be clear)

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.

by Ezra Klein

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

Just a reminder: Kirk’s organization established the Professor Watchlist, which even the NYT framed as a threat to academic freedom.

I don’t get why ppl keep describing him a a good-faith debater.

One can say “Kirk should not have been murdered” (which is true!) without engaging in hagiography.

i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is

the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.

They say elephants don’t hide in mouse holes but allowing a man who attempted to overthrow the government full immunity for having done so, and erasing the part of the constitution that clearly disqualifies him because of small technical concerns is about the biggest goddamn elephant there is.

The transformation of the Washington Post editorial page appears to be complete.

The vicious cycle for transit agencies. Source: https://www.urban.org/research/publication/surmounting-fiscal-cliff

Today, Philadelphia’s transit system SEPTA is cutting service by 20% & eliminating 32 bus routes, since GOP state legislators failed to agree to fund the agency www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

What’s going to happen? A death spiral: Worse service ➡️ fewer riders ➡️ less revenue ➡️ worse service

In a bold change from senate norms, Chancellor Palpatine has declared himself "Galactic Emperor"

how many hours of tv does the president watch a day

it's nice for matt to admit this so explicitly, it's been obviously true for nearly a decade now

Does Trump have a legitimate reason for seizing control of the DC police? We asked three crypto investors applying for membership at Mar-a-Lago.

can't have bad numbers if there are no numbers

democrats are going to be dealing with anti-trans hate until they either

- nut the fuck up and defend these people from bigoted attacks

- concede to every republican attack on the issue, inevitably leading to the total eradication of trans people from all public life

literally the only 2 options

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

Really good, fascinating, scary story. It is absolutely next-level Fantasyland. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...

The problem isn't that transphobic parents are being ignored, it's that they're *lying about basic facts.* This is the dynamic on nearly every issue of public interest, from guns to climate change to economics.

"The bigots are lying again" is a fucking great message for democrats and it's true.