Bitterzoose

As we were awaiting his first inaugur -- er, coronation, I was arguing with a "give him a chance(!)" person, saying I'd feel safer having the 10th random person walking down Broadway as president. I feel exactly the same today.

why is that man such a smug mfucker? What happened to him in his childhood?

hahahahahahaha

the semester is starting soon and I'm once again baffled and furious that university presidents and boards/regents/etc in the US are not acting as if the entire system of higher education is under existential threat because, uh, we are

hahahahahahaah

brisket?

Um, Syria and the Sudan don't seem to be in a great place rn

This is turning my stomach.

I wonder if I'm coming down with something

California’s hidden homeless children: living in garages, doubled-up and unseen Student homelessness in Monterey county soars as families struggle with high rent and scarce housing amid funding cuts

The fastest-growing homeless population in America? School-age children.

Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade.

But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.

eeew, "pick his brain" gross

I am so sorry.

Hey, i bought a few of your books for teaching writing to my hs students! They just arrived. Excited.

He definitely misses the days when a well-paid, competent television producer would give him his cues

this is where Stubb was sitting when Trump couldn't see him btw

i like your optimism

It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.

the media is further to the right on the issue of using the military as domestic law enforcement than the republican governor of vermont is

Political cartoon. Four people in uniforms, all with the letter "T" on them, stand in front of a civilian man. One of the people in uniform says, "We are charging the man who threw a sandwich at us with a felony" and "That'll teach him not to call us fascists!"

More Western Activists Are Traveling to Palestine — and Israel Is Deporting Them Activists say Israeli officials identify them before they arrive, and harass them about their work as they are detained.

Eli flew from the U.S. into Israel-Palestine on May 30, in hopes of volunteering with the Tent of Nations in the West Bank. He was denied entry after a lengthy interrogation by Israeli intelligence officials. “The second I stepped off the plane, there was somebody waiting on the jet bridge.”

Between this and Judge Ho’s stuff there’s enough material to file an amicus brief in support of birthright citizenship consisting entirely of arguments made by people who abandoned them the moment they became politically inconvenient

Utah Sen. Mike Lee posting AI-generated videos supporting his legislation to require proof of citizenship in elections.

What are you talking about? Those three women are triplets, obv, who cosplay as housewives from 1950s sitcoms

if only
Trump can't read, we all know that

Zelensky wore a suit this time.

nooooooooooooo
Do you think you contracted it in NYC?

I've been missing the "Sir" stories. No tears in their eyes, though, so that's a problem

Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants

If Trump's immigration policies drastically reduce foreign students coming to US colleges and universities, small liberal arts colleges and regional universities will be forced to close.

www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

whywhywhy

A less well educated and therefore more compliant populace? Do they really think that afar ahead?

will someone please rid us of this meddlesome sexpest

At Columbia University, the real anti-Semites are on the board of trustees... and The New Yorker makes the case persuasively.