Benj

one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!

Genuinely, I think "confidently believes in things and has a backbone" is a pretty solid way to win young men over regardless of platform

Farewell to the International Space Station - NASA confirms that it will fall into the sea and that they still don't know who will be its replacement It has been orbiting the Earth for three decades, but the International Space Station (ISS) is getting ready to say goodbye to outer space.

This sucks. Now space stations will be privatized and profit driven. What could go wrong?

Three questions:
1. Is who politicians follow online newsworthy?
2. Is the vice-president more important than a primary candidate to be junior Senator from Texas?
3. If the answer is yes to the first two, why isn’t Axios doing a fuck ton of stories about who JD Vance is following?

How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.

Beatings. Choking suspects until they confess. Shooting unarmed people.

On this week’s @revealnews.org, reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com reveal the years-long reign of terror of a group of sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi.

7 minute abs

Its in a bad place, it seems beyond our visual spectrum, and we haven't even found a recognizable landmark, path, or boundary, let alone made a plan on how to get out & build a durable, competitive & rewarding media environment to compete with the BS machine.
Im so tired of ☕️ club journalism...

GL

...they tossed raw meat in a patch away from the stands & spilled the kool-aid. Trails of the juice flowed over thirsty ground to a boardwalk of undergrowth above a guttered trough. There, in the patch of propaganda, creatures of curiosity came crawling to consume the chaos and look for clues...

...they tossed raw meat in a patch away from the stands & spilled the kool-aid. Trails of the juice flowed over thirsty ground to a boardwalk of undergrowth above a guttered trough. There, in the patch of propaganda, creatures of curiosity came crawling to consume the chaos and look for clues...

Rick Scott: Totally agree, @POTUS! I'm writing the bill right now. We must stop taxpayer money from going to insurance companies and instead give it directly to Americans in HSA-style accounts and let them buy the health care they want. This will increase competition & drive down costs.

Rick Scott is right, government funding for health insurance is such a scam.

Google “Rick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue

14 courics

Notify Zuric, and... Bono

14 Courics

Notify Zuric

Give Matt your support if you can. He does good work.

This guy produces solid work.

Being a helper is sometimes unbearably taxing.
If ya can, help grease the wheels that keep life worth living turning...

Here's wishing you and yours some peace and comfort, Mathew.

Keep your spirits up, Mathew.
Ive read a bunch of your stuff, always thought it was notably good work. I was surprised to find i hadnt followed you over here from the hellsite.

Good to see you, wish it were under better circumstances.
Did what I could.
Take care.

Ditto.

SM is so different from other forms of dialog, its extrordinarily difficult to avoid mischaracterizations & whathaveyou. All sorts of meaning & nuance can just vanish & prior thoughts can meld into the current picture. Theres such a "you had to be there" element to it all.

Take care

🖕

Your omissions are your legacy, Axios.

I don't recall Talarico being the kind of Christian who is a sanctimonious, judgmental prude, so not sure what you're getting at. If he'd been policing everyone's sex lives like the weirdos from Heritage, that'd be hypocrisy, but it seems you're just assuming Christianity=playing bedroom cop.

Trump’s plan is for people to pay his banker friends hundreds of thousands more in interest on mortgages while they own a piece of your home until you die.

Trump fired the BLS director for reporting data he didn’t like. Now we can’t trust any of the numbers coming out of the govt because they lie about everything.

Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks The Trump administration’s new rules grant the Federal Protective Service cops powers to target masks and make arrests off federal property.

“It is clear that DHS sees what is in this regulation as a go-ahead to operate well off federal property.”

The housing bubble and financial crisis was driven by multiple interconnected industries, and tons of voluntary participants at various levels.

The AI industry is centered on a handful of companies, with a few prominent very rich leaders who openly meddle in politics.

A backlash could be severe.

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.

Marc A. Thiessen The filibuster is a wall against a Mamdani-inspired socialist dystopia November 6, 2025

Editorial Board Zohran Mamdani drops the mask The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. November 8, 2025

I dont think they're condescending🤷‍♂️or unreasonably judgmental
Antisemitism in NY is likely on par w/elsewhere? but u can

Thats diff than a PhD saying it was over Mamdani's condemnation & editorializing that fallacy (of a narrow, specific & reasonable objection) into a "decision" of broad rejection🤷‍♂️

Im guessing she logs in a dozen asks when she wants him to get off the XBOX
Starting with a proper mom stare, followed instantly by a "but 5 more mins is ok, my sweet boy" wink, increasing in passive-aggressiveness ½ dozen more times, before closing with a "now! Nalin [middle & last name]" finale...

We are meritocracying!

No DEI type stuff here.
Just a "pulling herself up by the billionaire bootstraps" girl earning the trust and respect of her readers and staff, going places!

Well, you are very welcome! Happy to be of some help.

No its not

WOL says nothing about any "decision," didn't call "him," or infer that "he's' a sellout & said nothing about him condemning the swastikas

They condemned the swastikas & suggested he not accept the inaccurate, prompted framing when responding

OP is straightup lying abt their complaint