Just Dood

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

andrew is right, but mainstream U.S. media is fundamentally incapable of any introspection that isn't 'we didn't pay enough attention to the right-wing's needs'

Trump's lawyers won't stop lying in court It's past time for judges to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.

"The courts have no roadmap for this. They have generally not been faced with repeated instances of high-level government officials and attorneys routinely lying or perpetually insisting they have no idea what’s actually going on, but that’s where we are now."

like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane

Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

pivoting so hard they reverse the fucking earth like in superman

Striking stat from @kellycnbc.bsky.social on this:

The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings.

The key chart right now:

Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.

This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

The Data Trends That Define This Moment From life expectancy, to smartphone usage, to free trade, John Burn-Murdoch discusses some of the starkest current trends.

I had great fun chatting about this and other striking trends in public opinion with @galendruke.bsky.social earlier this week: www.gdpolitics.com/p/the-data-t...

Fun: since Trump was elected, support for international cooperation of all kinds has climbed sharply, from free trade to overseas assistance.

Perhaps Trump’s real MAGA legacy will be Making Americans Globalists Again

Trump is the Godfather in Reverse He’s making offers countries can’t accept

key point from @pkrugman.bsky.social: it's literally impossible for foreign governments to negotiate with Trump because he and his people can't/won't even articulate a consistent set of demands paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...

Why are men so much more right-wing than women now? Don’t blame Joe Rogan too much — one theory says that the roots of this gender gap go back decades.

New from me at @vox.com: what's driving gender polarization between men and women? Economics.
www.vox.com/politics/410...

Could this be the biggest climate story of the year?

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand

Full analysis + outlook by Lauri Myllyvirta:

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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What happened when the U.S. forcibly sent 400,000 Mexican workers back to Mexico in the 1930s?

The employment rate of native workers *went down* noticeably as a direct result. (You read that correctly)

Why?

Forced repatriation destroyed low-skill markets.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Return of the American assassin The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns

"Trump's message is plain. If you commit violence in his cause, he will have your back...America in 2025 is making political murder easier. This is a choice, not fate." My column. www.ft.com/content/e172...

PTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal action Ex-staff at outsourcing company Samasource claim they vetted unspeakably graphic videos in harsh conditions

Content moderation has always meant exposure to nasty stuff, but in the era of ubiquitous video it has become even worse.

Many of the people doing these jobs end up with PTSD or depression www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.

Some of those stories may even be true!

But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 

Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

🤣🤣 💥

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

Gnight, all. We ride at dawn. Let’s make tomorrow one for the history books.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!

Guess PUTIN🇷🇺 having a great day.....He own both American teams.🇺🇸

He is now calling for Trump to nationalize SpaceX lmao

The Feud - Three Initial Takeaways Friends, what a day.

My initial three takeaways from the feud:

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-feud-t...