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Why Do Republicans Call Democrats Communists? A Congressman Stood on the House Floor and Called Their Bluff Naming Exactly What the GOP Has Become From Cult of Personality to Troops on American Streets open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 22, 2026“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.open.substack.com
Since Douthat is back in the news. Thread:
Parker Molloy👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it. What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
Austin police murdered Anthoneil Williams II, 17 years old. He called 911 on himself from a playground at 3:51am. 34 minutes later, officers gave him 5 seconds to comply, then opened fire. The "weapon" was a water bottle. Let's Address Texas State Director Saadia Mirza shares the full story.
Austin Police Murdered a 17 Year Old Black Child Over a Water Bottle.They continued shooting Anthoneil after his motionless body was already on the floor.letsaddresstexas.substack.com
the memo from Doran Schrantz shared in this Kuttner piece via this link is an absolute must-read www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Act Free to Be Freewww.documentcloud.orgDavid DayenI don't know how you look at everything Trump's been doing to mess with the election and think anything other than that he's trying to rig it. But whether he will succeed is a different matter, as Bob Kuttner reports. prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...
"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Los Angeles TimesImmigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.
Right Wing WatchRep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."
🚨 NEW: A $121,617 home renovation invoice used by Ken Paxton’s defense during his impeachment trial was dated September 1, 2020. But the file’s metadata shows it was actually created a month later, on a VERY significant date. We obtained the invoice. Here’s what we found:
New Photos Show Ken Paxton's Team Presented an Invoice for His Home Renovation with Fabricated DatesPhotos of an invoice submitted as evidence during Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 2023 impeachment trial show that his defense team presented a documentmeidasnews.com
Here's another example of the noxious trend we identify below: Stephen Miller claiming "all asylum claims" are "fake." What he really means is no asylum seeker is *worth caring about.* It's the same trick Musk uses with "zero" died from USAID cuts. (h/t @lastpositivist.bsky.social @mattortega.com)
Greg SargentThe pattern is unmistakable: *Nobody died from USAID cuts. *Nobody killed by ICE is innocent. *No Muslim in the UK can escape the charge of being a rapist or a murderer. *No Somali in Minnesota is there legitimately by definition. And so on: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
Grunnen til at det er mer nærliggende for meg å kritisere ytre høyre enn islamisme? Jeg vokste opp et par km fra 22. juli-morderen. Jeg har SoMe-venner som lefler med tankegodset hans nå. Barndommen min var full av historier om nordmenn som sto imot nazi-okkupasjonen, og dem som støttet nazistene.
Camilla Belle: Call From Inside the HouseALT: Camilla Belle: Call From Inside the Housestatic.klipy.com
I don't think that you can (or should) write about this subject without heavily emphasizing the fact the people in charge of how this technology evolves enthusiastically supported fascists who dismantled much of the federal regulatory and public protection apparatus
Opinion | The Environmental Case Against Data Centers Is MisguidedOur animosity toward data centers is really more about our anxieties about A.I.www.nytimes.com
See what Ken Paxton’s whopping $9 million real estate portfolio looks like Most Texans can’t afford to buy a home. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has 15 of them.
See what Ken Paxton's whopping $9 million real estate portfolio looks likeMost Texans can’t afford to buy a home. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has 15 of them.couriertexas.com
Israel keeps moving the ‘yellow line’ deeper into Gaza, forcing more civilians out each time. Palestinian territory has shrunk by more than a quarter since Trump’s pseudo-ceasefire came into effect last year. Nidal al-Mughrabi & Ebrahim Hajjaj, @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel's yellow line, a shifting edge of war pushing Gazans from homeOn a road in Gaza City's Zeitoun district, Palestinian resident Assem Dawla loaded mattresses and bags onto a truck as concrete yellow blocks marking the edge of Israel's expanding military zone stoo...www.reuters.com
What a tremendous piece from David Pressman and Arne Duncan. Yale trustees will own any capitulation to President Trump. It will be their historical legacy, it will be their shame. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequencesA lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.www.washingtonpost.com
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.www.dropsitenews.com
