It is these people, not protestors, who should be corralled into “free speech zones”
laurenas a society we are well past due in establishing No Content Zones where making shit for tiktok is explicitly forbidden
It was a pretty big year for predators The marketplace was on a roll And the land of opportunity Spawned a whole new breed of men without souls 📍Texas
“A lot of” Well no, all of it. “Respect the troops” has only ever meant one thing and that’s “glorify war or shut up.”
Nicholas GrossmanClarifying to see how a lot of “respect the troops” was always BS. They never meant it, never thought taking on risk for national service was honorable, just saw people serving the country as props, and “respect the troops” as a selective way to try to silence disagreement over foreign policy.
At a certain point you do have to accept that the Israeli government does not recognise other countries as having sovereignty in the same way they have sovereignty.
Mark ChadbournIsraeli Minister of Energy Eli Cohen: “We will not accept Turkey's entrenchment in Syria. “If Turkey establishes bases in Syria, we will also act to establish bases within Syria itself.”
Everything going to ICE should go to the IRS instead.
Anna Merlan"“You can’t get rid of 30 percent of your staff and expect to be functional,” says Traci DiMartini, the former IRS human capital officer who was one of the first high-ranking officials DOGE pushed out last year. “Things are starting to break.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
yeah, this is why we shouldn’t have a standing army
Aaron RuparTrump is back to threatening war crimes: "I could take out most of their bridges in less than an hour ... I could knock out all of their power plants within one day ... they know I'm going to do that If they don't make a deal. The bridges are gonna be gone."
Can’t trust Politico.
Dave WeigelSo... 1) Politico got audio of El-Sayed comparing a progressive primary win to putting an "ogre on a pike." Describes audio as if it refers to Stevens. 2) Stevens fans say this is offensive to Stevens. 3) In story about reax, Politico uses fuller quote, which referred to Fetterman not Stevens.
Which of those checks and balances are currently functioning well? Are they perhaps showing their age?
Bill Scher“The DSA Platform Would Destroy American Democracy” My @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social look the group’s plan to end the Constitution’s system of checks and balances washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/28/t...
Of all the many things wrong with "Morning Joe," is anything worse than their ceaseless efforts to make Rahm Emanuel into a thing? That they're so clueless about how hated Emanuel is by 95% of Democrats calls into question the validity of their opinions about anything else