I remember in the 1990s when a common debate was whether a personally immoral man could still be a good president. And now it's more like, huh the racist rapist pedophile is also a genocidal maniac, weird
Trump's latest tweet which appears to call not just for war crimes but for all out genocide against the entire Iranian people. Anyone in a position to participate in such crimes should refuse. Here's why and how. Please share widely.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-us-ira...
The story shouldn't be the opposition party/Dems saying he should be impeached or criticizing/expressing outrage at the president's horrific comments/intentions, it's the utter silence from the GOP in response to them
Makes us wonder what GOP Americans are texting each other about today.
“You gonna watch us erase a civilization tonight on Fox live at 8?”
“You hear the backside of the moon has a plumber’s crack like uncle Dons?”
“ChatGPT says cousin Lilly did really give me gonorrhea”
If you’ve been following the WSJ’s editorials over the course of the war, they are also completely delusional.
A - effin - men. Hasn’t been true for at least this entire 21st century
You can just block anyone who didn't vote for Harris and move on with your life. What is it you think you gain from listening to stupid people?
Shot, Chaser:
Department of Waaaaah!
And he's a Democrat. I think this is actually a telling example of how deeply the hard power bias in U.S. media and culture runs. It's just assumed, because it's constantly reinforced...everywhere, that beating your enemies to death with a Big Stick is all you need to do to get your way.
6 days after 9/11 a GOP Rep. said someone w/ "a diaper on his head" should be detained & was quickly shamed into apologizing, even in that climate. Now Ogles can say "Muslims don't belong" & GOP/WH is so OK w/it he posts a racist folo-up, grinning. That's how vile the GOP is now
Hey remember this? Good times...
Once again we’re asking “Why do they hate us?” And the answer is the same: It’s not because of our freedom, it’s because of what we do to them.
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As has always been the case: You can do any corrupt, immoral, incompetent things you want in Trump's employ, but once he decides you're a public embarrassment to him, you're done.
These excerpts from @rhodesben.bsky.social memoir "The World As It Is" about GOP resistance to Obama responding militarily to Assad's use of chemical weapons are tragically humorous to read during the current crisis. Republicans being unserious hypocrites is sadly evergreen.
This place seems determined to both alienate anybody interesting who comes here and if that doesn't work to bore us all by retreading the same arguments and talking points over and over and over
The gap between how cool he thinks he sounds and how he actually sounds would take light eight centuries to traverse.
War is not a morality play.
The relevant question isn’t: Are the targets bad people who have done bad things?
The relevant question is: Will going to war make things better, achieving something that’s worth the death and suffering it causes?
Shorter SCOTUS: if you’re a Republican president you can cheat, you can steal, he’ll, you can rape and kill. But don’t even think about fucking with our portfolios!
They’re not strong, they’re not funny, they’re not cool. They’re just a bunch of losers.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/maga-white...
Many good takes on Bari Weiss' dumpster fire at CBS (e.g tinyurl.com/245qx5z9). But for a tonally perfect evisceration see The Ringer: tinyurl.com/2bvz4emv. All expose her as a pseudo-intellectual, vacuously contrarian amateur prone to self-fluffing (a statue--to herself!)
“And that’s why I’m cravenly endorsing a republican in the Alaska senate race to ensure that this authoritarian menace remains unchecked”
I show it every semester -- same reaction!
This SDE clown doesn’t need a nazi tattoo, he IS a nazi tattoo
Liking this pope more and more every day
Waiting for the same Very Serious People in the media, WH, & GOP who scolded Dems to "lower the temp" after Kirk's death to condemn this & other examples of racist, authoritarian, & violent rhetoric (incl. Kirk's) w/the same intensity & self-righteousness www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Everyone in this administration is competing for the SDE Poster child award
Good for the generals. No one is impressed with this insecure, limp, utterly weak display of warrior cosplay. Certainly our enemies aren't (nor our dwindling number of allies). Typically pathetic, which makes it even more dangerous.
Sadly true but needs to be said, from
@paulwaldman.bsky.social :
"We Were Right: The savvy scolds said lefties were overreacting to Trump a year ago, and calling him "fascist" was crazy. How's that looking now?" paulwaldman.substack.com/p/we-were-ri...
Excellent must-read from Coates (esp. for those who claim to prize "debate.")
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...