Opinion Editorial Board The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. August 20, 2025

Opinion Editorial Board Wes Moore embarrasses Maryland with his gerrymandering ploy The Democratic leader of the state Senate deserves praise for resisting pressure from the governor. Today at 6:45 a.m. EST

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.

Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

Roberts’s speechwriter, Evan Myers, suggested that Heritage’s attempts to address accusations of antisemitism would eventually mean he would be required to attend a Shabbat dinner, which he said would conflict with his faith.

Heritage Foundation having a normal one
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

Calling these goons pathetic losers to their face is an act of patriotism.

YER A GOONER, HARRY

just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important

Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.

Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.

Debra Messing has crossed into the Roseanne Zone. There is no returning from it.

god this is so good (the thing you wrote, not the world we find ourselves in these days)

A screenshot of a post on X by Tim Pool (@Timcast). The tweet says, “Ms Rachel is a demon who harms children. Keep your kids away from this shit.” Below it is a retweeted post from Complex Pop Culture about Ms. Rachel criticizing the government for cutting SNAP food aid. The attached image shows Ms. Rachel wearing a pink shirt and denim overalls, speaking animatedly with her hand raised. Two quotes from her Instagram post are featured: one says, “People who say they are Christian and want to cut SNAP, Jesus said to feed the hungry,” and the other says, “Imagine slashing SNAP, the program that helps children in the US not go hungry, while sending billions in weapons to another country to kill children.”

The complete inversion of morals on the right is not surprising but it's still shocking. Imagine being on the side of intentionally starving children.

In response to a tweet by Jeremy Clarkson with text "For the first time in my life, I'm genuinely frightened about being a newspaper columnist." Twitter user @OfSymbols says "This you?" linking a screenshot of this text from The Mirror: "Jeremy Clarkson: 'striking public sector workers should be shot' TOP Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson caused outrage last night when he said striking public sector workers should be shot dead "in front of their families"."

THIS YOU? MASTER THREAD

1. Jeremy Clarkson

hey-o

hahaha I totally forgot this part

is hatred and contempt parasocial? asking for a friend

"VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO"

Mamdami wins the primary

"NO NOT LIKE THAT"

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The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

oddly enough, they call Funky Flashman 'Funky Flash'

god what a wonderful movie

followup: now I want to make up a whole batch of cupcakes and top them with The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun

Or at least The Ancient of Days

could you print a repro on rice paper, like those little things you can get to put on cupcakes that say 'HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY' or whatever