NightRose

I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.

Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”

"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.

There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”

Anonymized Bluesky post: Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature. 2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise! That "feature" is now gone.

This keeps circulating, but as far as I can tell, it's false. The new X feature is still working and has been working every time I've checked today.

Point/Counterpoint This War Will Destabilize The Entire Western Hemisphere And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't

it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...

I, uhh, do not think I'm the person you intended to tag...

picture of anita sarkeesian from her series "feminist frequency," wearing a pale plaid top, hoop earrings, and a ponytail, as she speaks to the camera.

“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects" was such a simple message that was so thoroughly and viciously rejected, but i think many of you still need to learn it

the writing is muddled but this isn’t really what the piece says. And unless I’m missing it, the words “no public interest” are not there. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Nothing but Respect for My Petty-Bourgeois Red-Brown Congressman 😤

Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.

Lady Cassandra from Dr. Who. Just a face on a slab of skin.

Mar-a-Lago face

this doesn't mean the South is hopeless, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep trying to win elections and fight the MAGAs in the South, but maintaining this fantasy nonsense about how the South doesn't REALLY have a uniquely racist culture in a number of respects is just foolishness

With respect, isn't your whole schtick that people's preferences are impacted by their social conditions and the messages they receive from various media structures (i.e. "Vibes"), and that in order to change the political order, we need to start downstream, by altering the vibes?

Utah House Minority Leader Angela Romero with an EPIC quote when I asked if she wants to run for the new congressional seat: “Why the f— would I want to be part of that s— show when I’m already in this s— show?!?!”

She’s not running, for the record. She added: “I do love this s— show.” #utpol #Utah

Lt. Hicox of the British RAF using his pointer, middle and ring finger to indicate the number '3', a signal we are told indicates to the nazi to whom he is speaking that Lt. Hicox is British.

"self-ID"

it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance

The real rage should be at Disney executives not paying someone to plot an entire trilogy ahead of time. Wtf.

How can you spend that much money on an IP and be so sloppy.

It's not a two-part informed question: "Republicans are currently in control of the house, who would you vote for on the generic ballot" the question itself is framed as a reminder "would you like to see Republicans retain control of congress after the 2026 midterms?"

tbh the headline is a misleading way to frame the poll. I was present for the chat where this question was discussed and it was more framed as "maybe voters now think of someone like Schumer when asked the traditional 'generic ballot' question, so what if we frame it in terms of the impact instead"

really just three types of videos of the president now

(Standing in front some corporate logo) I fixed toasters. They used to explode left and right. Not anymore!

(In front of reporters) bad question! rude question! Also, never wear horizontal stripes, honey

(In Oval Office) I won the EKG award!

the default left wing position is that it is simultaneously

1) repugnant that people want to own sentient slaves, but
2) laughable to imagine that they could, so not a real concern

on a meta level, i think it is a bad idea for people who are opposing tech-fascism to marry that opposition to specific positions on philosophy of mind

this is because you presumably want allies who might disagree with you about those things

this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011

Industrial Capitalism is a damn sight better than chattel slavery, a viewpoint rather famously espoused by Marx.

some people are edging dangerously close to trying to both-sides the goddamn Civil War but leftishly, and no, absolutely not, we are not doing that

since mastercard and visa want to police what you are able to buy with your own money people should start labeling porn as Visa/Mastercard Compliant in order to make sure their brand is heavily associated with only the pornography that they allow you to purchase

The thing that gives me hope is that we've more or less fought them to a draw with nothing but heart.

$2,000 gift card to Circuit City

I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”

Dreamy Empire @PotatoParallax Every Latin America election be like : Fernando Indiano leader of a coalition of trade unions indigenous groups and a coalition of progressive parties 50,1% Felipe Heinrich Mengele III Nazi drug lord 49,9% 15:44 23jun 22

Watching Chilean election results come in and once again thinking about this tweet