I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

GOP - *gerrymanders*

DEMS - hey stop that no fair

GOP - *gerrymanders even more*

DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue

SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*

DEMS - *start gerrymandering*

GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭

I discovered in my 20s (quite by accident) that returning on Sunday of a 3-day weekend, and having Monday to recover, was a huge win!

I've lived in (south) San Jose for 33 years. This is true, but generally only in the mornings after there has been a light south wind overnight. But it's pretty strong when it happens!

Dunked on this yesterday but in reality the first order of business needs to be punishment. I'm not kidding. We can't start fixing anything until we punish, and punish hard, the people who put us here. That needs to be done to send a message. And if we don't punish, nothing else will matter.

Artist: Dennis Goris

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

This guy wins the coin a phrase section of the internet today.

Fraudenscheude

As a Bay Area native, I've loved the 49ers my whole life. But they've soured on me the last few years. Nick Bosa crashing the post-game show wearing a MAGA hat a week before the 2024 election cut a major cord. This cuts another. Not sure how many are left...

if you're under Porter you gotta drop (thanks Yee)

The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”

It's essential, but also a fitting punishment for someone who spent so much time and energy protecting the statues and memorials of the white supremacist traitors who came before him in the Confederacy.

Plainly telling his own staff “I will ignore the Constitution to enact revenge on my imagined enemies” sure seems to me like a valid basis for impeachment proceedings for a life-term judge in the highest court.

Absolutely.

"These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that."

That's a pretty simple and effective message.

Apollo 13

Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to kids in NYC

Pete Hegseth Nailed It. No Really. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pete-...

I’m not the pick of Chuck Schumer or the DC establishment. Fine by me. I’ve been clear from day 1 that the status quo isn’t worth protecting. That means electing new leaders and taking on the corruption - in both parties. I’m running to be a Senator for Iowans, not Washington insiders.

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

If there are any Democrats who are thinking of running for the presidency on 2028 on anything less than a clear agenda of widespread prosecution for this administration's corruption and fundamental structural changes to ensure it can't happen again, they should just stop right there.

Aaron paying attention to Trump et al so the rest of us don't have to is a wonderful service. But his commentary, especially his snark, is the real treat!

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.

This is a serious escalation.

Gambling is a net detriment to society, and it should be illegal.

There's no greater sign of the iron grip that "both sides" framing has on American journalists than the repeated descriptions of the unhinged tantrum Trump is throwing over the pope's anodyne statements on Catholic doctrine as a "feud" or a "fight" or anything else that implies they're both to blame

Cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Fresh off his trip to Hungary where he begged Hungarians to back Viktor Orban, J.D. Vance has decided world leaders shouldn't meddle in other countries' politics.

You can understand Trump's confusion here, as his exposure to "Christians" has mostly been a collection of grasping televangelists and other assorted religious conmen who regularly gather to lay their hands on him and call him the chosen instrument of God as the cameras roll.

Speed Racer returns to the big screen exclusively in IMAX on April 20.
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Sam Wang, Politician-in-Training The neuroscientist went from analyzing elections to running for Congress. But can this rookie win over New Jersey locals—and Trump voters?

Dog walks and people on the street: a New Yorker writer sees what it's like for a scientist to run for office.

New: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...