Matt

It’s not clear to me that these guys aren’t just bigots who want to retain their racial and gender status in a somewhat more equal economic environment

this whole thread is a great 'splainer of the Ryan Grim ecosystem

me 2017: theright wing culture epitomized by the president has uncomfortable parallels with Kylo Ren
the president, 2026: I am Kylo Ren. And also Walter White. And also Deadpool, and Optimus Prime

Chlorine dioxide is an industrial bleach for lumber and freaks like RFK give autistic kids enemas with it. Kids die from the practice. These people just want autistic kids dead.

Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy.

it really is just stunningly on the nose that the opening salvo to Trump’s supposed war
of liberation in Iran began with bombing a girl’s school.

if you put that in fiction people would dismiss it as being too maudlin and heavy-handed, and yet this kind of thing just keeps actually happening.

If someone in your life talked like this, you would research involuntary commitment

Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall Republicans typically lead on the economy, national security, and immigration. Trump is squandering the GOP’s traditional strength on all three.

Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.

A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2074...

Headline and subhed of Washington Post op-ed arguing that there should be more representation of evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court and other government institutions.

I’m currently writing a book about what’s really wrong with #SCOTUS and how to fix it.

Suffice it to say, this ain’t it:

Ron Johnson

White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.”

Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

It’s almost like the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity

Haahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhaahhahhahhahaahahaaa <dies wheezing>

Dr. Manhattan on Mars in the comic

It is February 2022. An autocrat has started a genocidal war of choice, destroying global oil markets in the process.

It is February 2026. An autocrat has started a genocidal war of choice, destroying global oil markets in the process.

350,000 peoples’ lives hang in the balance. A majority entered the U.S. legally and have never been in violation of any immigration law. They’ve had to go through multiple background checks. And yet they’re hanging on by a thread, even though the situation in Haiti hasn’t gotten any better.

a graph of seattle link light rail ridership, shown as a rolling 12M average

US transit data is out today, and Seattle's Link remains one of the fastest-growing rail systems in the nation, with ridership up 9% in the wake of the extension to Federal Way

Ridership should increase even further at the end of this month when the 1 & 2 lines are connected🧵

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldIrump X.com The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

He’s right, you know. Wait…

If there’s a Nazi at UCSF and there are 10 people talking to him then you’ve got a University with 11 Nazis

Like clockwork.

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

the whole thing is just super dumb; like, he knew what it was, either when he got it or shortly after, he knew for years and didn't bother to get it covered, this is all completely obvious and any argument to the contrary is just an insult to our intelligence

I love how unambigiously, if occasionally cringy, woke the Pitt is. Last episode alone we had highlighted

*weight prejudice in healthcare
*neglect of black women's pain
*ICE leaving kids parentless
*Trump admin killing research

McGurk is a walking talking indictment of the entire US FP establishment. The fact that this absolute fucking moron (and I stand by that assessment) somehow continued to fall upward and remains an influential voice after the absolute debacle of his time as the "Maliki Whisperer" is... Staggering.

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

The #BondiTop

On the way to achieving the goal of Trump’s Fed Chair