Josh Friedman

I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.

Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This whole thing is incredible, but look how his hand is shaking when he points at the guys who are being hassled. He's scared, he's angry, he's pounding with adrenaline, but he's maintaining control of himself and not backing down. He's taking a stand, whatever the cost.

whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.

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I guess where I’m landing is less “oh no he’s a Nazi” and more “I just went through this shit with Fetterman and Sinema and a six year term is too long for me to take on faith that your Nazi tattoo was the accident but what you’re saying now is the truth.”

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

two protesters at the No Kings Boston rally at Boston Common--the protester on the left carries a sign that reads "BOSTON RUNS ON RESISTANCE" depicting a woman running in front of the boston skyline holding a DD cup. the protester on the right carries a sign that shows the icon for the United States and then a runner, which communicates "AMERICA RUNS ON DISSENT"

more protesters at boston #nokings #nokingsboston @universalhub.com

Actually, the security guard trying to deescalate is impressive too

I am in general skeptical of the value of liberals going on Fox News. You have to be very good at a specific kind of media interaction and most people just aren’t.

This is what it looks like to be good at it.

I just watched this whole clip and oh my god Kathy??? The way she also takes the opportunity to boost Zohran and drag Mike Lawler????

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

DAAAAA YANKEES LOSE

Vlad and Papi coming together to hate. A-Rod and Jeter just having to sit there and take it.

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

Confessions of a Model U.N. kid The dangers of skating by on glibness and appearances.

I wrote more about bright-kid syndrome and how model U.N. saved me from my hometown—and then how washing out on all that early promise saved me yet again. (With links to this week's podcast, too!)

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I am writing threads that really should be the nucleuses of posts here. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days: I say “seems” because it is possible that, behind the scenes, they are taking necessary steps. These include creating […]

The State of the Republic is Grim

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

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This is the key thing to notice about whataboutism: it is not actually a moral argument at all. It's not saying, "the thing you accuse us of is actually good," or "we didn't do it."

It just says, "everyone does this bad thing, so you're not allowed to hold us responsible." It's permission.

John Oliver Offers Four Defiant Words of Advice to Disney Over the Kimmel Situation It works. Try it out, Bob Iger.

"history is also going to remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen—whether it was for money, convenience, or just comfort. Use ... the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: F**k you. Make me.”" www.pajiba.com/news/john-ol...

The subtle influence of early-modern Calvinism on American ideas about the poor has a lot to answer for.

I mean, obvs, right? For chrissakes Ds

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

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Reassessing the ‘fine people hoax’ hoax Donald Trump appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" Friday morning, returning to the program where he was a weekly contributor until he announced his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination...

He's even more frightening when he tells the truth, he hates 60% of Americans and think they deserve violence being visited on them www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

I guess the main thing I’m learning this week is that lots of elite media people knew charlie kirk personally and didn’t know any minnesota state legislators

“The pretext for [Kristallnacht] was the assassination, on 9 November 1938, of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old German-born Polish Jew living in Paris.”