And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead And I’m actually really sad about it.

"And Just Like That … was a state of mind, and that mind was in a coma."

Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll

Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

"Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began."

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

"They look very hungry" and a familiar American excuse Trump seemed to admit that children in Gaza are starving. He's just the latest politician to pretend he can't do something about it.

"You can't fake that" is a shockingly crass way of describing mass starvation.

But look a little closer, and Trump's remarks are just a variation on an American theme: Yes, we see the starving kids but we won’t do anything about it.

Same goes for Dems who condemn but still won't say Israel.

“Walking corpses”: Israel's blockade starves Gazans, aid groups say "People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses."

“Walking corpses”: Israel's blockade starves Gazans, aid groups say

“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.”

Here's a rundown on what to know @motherjones.com. Be warned that the latest images we have from Gaza are disturbing.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No One Was Supposed to Leave Alive Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration say they were tortured during their four months in CECOT.

"The female guards would count to 20 as they administered the beatings, and if the prisoners complained or cried out, they would start again...Tito Martínez, one of the inmates, recalled that a prison nurse was watching. 'Hit the piñata,' she cheered."

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

“For infants, we have virtually no baby formula. Children are being given 10% dextrose (sugar water), which has no nutritional value ... When an international colleague tried to bring baby formula into Gaza, Israeli authorities confiscated it.”

The Year in ‘Sensitive Content’ (Published 2023)

"I am not a survivor or a responder. I’m a witness, or a voyeur. The distress I am feeling is shame."

I think about this piece often, but especially this week.

We are starving My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.

"I crawled on my hands and knees through a crowd... I had to collect whatever had fallen to the ground — lentils, rice, chickpeas, pasta, even salt. My bones ache from being stepped on, but I have to do it for my children. I can’t bear the sound of their hunger"
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...

Why This AI Influencer Is Going Viral at Wimbledon (Yes, You Read That Right) Mia Zelu uploaded an Instagram carousel of herself seemingly at Wimbledon; however, the post isn't what her nearly 200K followers think because she's an AI-powered social media influencer.

AI not beating the allegations that it's fucking stupid

You know this American man! We all do :((((( www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

That middle school ass wipe who thought racist jabs were fun? The misbehaving young fellas shrugged off as "boys will be boys" ??

A similar juvenile cruelty animates ICE agents as they torment immigrants in t-shirts and ugly-fitting jeans. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The plainclothes goon squad The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.

They look like divorcees who wander America's dead malls.

But while the look of ICE agents is easy to mock, their accessible masculinity is helping excuse and normalize institutionalized terror.

I take a look at how ICE's bro aesthetics fit into MAGA's larger cultural project.

The plainclothes goon squad The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.

an enlivening piece from @inaeoh.bsky.social on the aesthetics of ICE www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

I haven't been a regular late-night viewer in forever. But as a kid, the genre was the biggest influence in shaping my news sense.

Killing the Late Show franchise to lick Trump's boots marks a dark new chapter for the culture at large: the art we consume, watch, read. We should all be disturbed.

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

We are the fucking worst. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

What $100 billion in new ICE funding looks like The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.

$100 billion in new ICE funding is about to get unleashed thanks to this bill. Come process that crushing figure with me.

"“The president was wonderful, as always,” Mr. Burchett said in the video. “Informative, funny, he told me he likes seeing me on TV, which was kind of cool.” Representative Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida, is shown in the video, too. “Did you show them what he signed for you?” Mr. Donalds asks Mr. Burchett. “Yeah, he signed a bunch of stuff,” Mr. Burchett said. “It’s cool.”"

these people respect their constituents about as much as they respect themselves. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?

For more on the tacky aesthetics that link Bezos-Sánchez to Trump-world, read @inaeoh.bsky.social on what's happening to the faces of the ruling class.

“Over the top, overdone, ridiculous,” is how one New York plastic surgeon described it.

YouTube video by CNN Mayor Bloomberg attaches home AC unit to car

happy primary day everyone. it's a hot one!!!!!

GROSS ENTITLED MEN!!

Monsters of 2024: Anthony Weiner and Andrew Cuomo Two of New York's most infamous sex pests appear to be eyeing political comebacks.

Monster then, monster now! 🙏🙏🙏 for some rare good news tomorrow.

a lot wrong here but i think you should simply not wear your vintage Guinness shirt to meet with members of Congress, at a federal building, about your government job

The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?

For the right, a white woman that sits atop a powerful agency ruthlessly deporting thousands is the “beautiful, delicate, tiny” victim.

People of color with opinions they don’t like, even elected officials, are the violent aggressors.

It’s the way his voice broke when he said “imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers” 😣😣

As the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers and an immigration expert, I have this exact fear. They’re kidnapping and abusing our loved ones. How else are we expected to respond?

Thank you, @padilla.senate.gov

Opinion | Obama Isn’t Going to Save You

"Begging Obama to save us is undignified. It reeks of weakness, and it begets more weakness. The answer will not come from above."

blast this piece on repeat 📣 @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Kylie Jenner’s plasticized candor The Kardashian-Jenner empire has a new trick to keep us looking when everyone looks the same.

The Kardashian-Jenners are suddenly honest about their plastic surgery, sparking praise for no longer "gatekeeping."

But that praise, @inaeoh.bsky.social writes, is wildly out of step with reality, and promotes a decision that Kylie Jenner—in a rare human moment—previously expressed regret over.

Kylie Jenner’s plasticized candor The Kardashian-Jenner empire has a new trick to keep us looking when everyone looks the same.

forgot how destabilizing the KARDASHIAN JENNERS can be for our readers

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”

"A National Institutes of Health employee in the South said she’s checked her government benefits to calculate how much money her family would receive if she killed herself."