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Its the cars. Where can they go that they don't have to interact with drivers? I biked for pleasure for most of my life and gave it up when my kids could start because city biking in Houston is insanely dangerous and I don't want them to do it. Everything they want to go to is way too far to walk

It seems fairly clear that Donald Trump thinks gravity makes water flow "down" from the Pacific Northwest to California, because there is absolutely no system that connects the water in Oregon and Washington to Southern California.

Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has called off nearly $500 million in grants and contracts aimed at advancing mRNA vaccine development. This technology, first deployed during the Covid19 pandemic, allows vaccines to be produced rapidly and adapted as viruses evolve. His brain worms are getting worse!

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

What’s with the Trump Administration and having secretaries doing double duty as directors too?

When people talk about "legitimate concerns" about trans athletes I like to remind them that many sports governing bodies had existing policies based on scientific/medical evidence that were working just fine until a bunch of bigots got mad and forced those organizations to reverse their policies.

what is zohran mamdani's plan to stop paparazzi photos spoiling the entirety of the devil wears prada 2

this is a good illustration of what “compromise” on trans rights looks like. there’s no “everyone gets rights but we take it easy on the pronouns.” if you head down that road you will end up denying that trans people are real.

Oh no you mean we have to choose one or the other, how awful, how will we decide.

Exactly! It's actually very easy to turn generic small talk into an interesting conversation if you see it as an opportunity to offer up some specifics about yourself.

Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.

This is framed as "lessons for the left," but Lander and Mamdani actually offer lessons for the center: Instead of ruthlessly undermining leftist candidates, emphasize shared values and refuse to amplify right-wing attacks.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Cuomo spent the whole campaign trashing the Democratic Party while Mamdani never shied away from being a Democrat. For both centrists and leftists it's an important lesson: if you want to win a party primary you should outwardly like the party.

No! This is wrong! The law specifically ALLOWS cis people this same care. It forbids care for "gender dysphoria." Which the court argues is distinct from banning care for transgender people.

This is essentially the “same sex marriage bans affect both straight and gay people” equally argument, but even more nefarious that cis people still get access to hormone therapy and chest surgery

Hegseth should be removed for this comment alone.

The deployment of US troops against our own citizens should be an unquestionable boundary we never cross.

one thing i think people should ask the court conservatives given this ruling is what, specifically, was wrong with plessy?

We're still waiting for a single journalist to ask a single Republican, "But <how> will you pay for that?" in the way that they always & inevitably due for <every> <single> <Democratic> <policy> <proposal>

"Deficit hawks" etc. etc.

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It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.

My new soundbar just gave me a push notification to stream the 2011 Adam Sandler flop Jack and Jill where Sandler is in drag playing his twin sister. Pride Month is off to a questionable start. Also, why did I enable notifications for my sound system?

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Federal judges pause U.S. Education Department enforcement of DEI ban • Kentucky Lantern Federal judges preliminarily rule against Trump administration ban on DEI practices and funding halts to many schools.

Federal judges pause U.S. Education Department enforcement of DEI ban kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/24/r...

I think a lot of people convinced themselves buying into anti-DEI hysteria had nothing to do with vulgar racism like purging mentions of Jackie Robinson and I hope they’re really uncomfortable rn

‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches

Last year, Republicans silenced her.

This year, many stood beside her and defeated four anti-trans bills.

This is the power of standing up for your beliefs and for what's right, and good trouble.

National Democrats, take notice.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Daylight Savings Time slander will NOTTTT be tolerated. Idc about that hour, if you prefer when it’s dark out at 4pm, we are notttt a match.

this is _montana_. this could be everywhere if dems collectively followed zooey zephyr's lead instead of throwing the vulnerable to the wolves.

Trying to put myself into the mindset of an advisor who urges a Democrat to take this vote.

No general election voter would ever care about this, but you'd better believe Democrats voting in the primary will.

You know who wouldn’t do this imbecilic nonsense?

JB Pritzker

We need community now more than ever. Take some time to research a local group you might benefit from participating in. Maybe it's a local charity, a sports group, or volunteering with your local Democrats. This might mean stepping out of your comfort zone, but that might be just what we all need.

"If we throw minorities under the bus, Republicans will stop calling us too woke" is the same logic that got us Clinton's welfare cuts and Obama's immigration crackdowns.

You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem.

Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.

the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.