Josh Young

Illustration of a young child sitting against a pink textured background with playful shapes. Text reads: 'Measles protection requires two vaccine doses.' Below, a water drop icon is followed by: 'In 2024, only 84% of children got the 1st dose and just 76% received the 2nd dose.'

#Measles is preventable with two doses of vaccine.

Yet in 2024, 30+ million children remained under-protected, leading to more large or disruptive outbreaks.

Only 76% of children got the second dose, far below the 95% coverage needed to stop outbreaks 👉 bit.ly/4kFzSGW

Honestly it’s good to know that when a guy who spent decades hanging out with a famous pedophile and is accused of being a pedophile himself spends years hyping up the existence of pedophile files and doesn’t release them, people will only elect him president twice before they get suspicious.

You know what works better than thoughts and prayers? A functioning government.

Forcing people to have a job in order to get health insurance is just another form of indentured servitude.

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

A majority in the United States Senate voted to kill many of their own citizens today in order to make rich people richer.

Sometimes you have to type it out to fully grasp what has just happened.

Working class - are we paying attention?

When Nazis have Twitter.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

you're better informed taking LSD and playing super nintendo than you are watching cable news

Because the last time US engaged in a reckless war in the Middle East it worked out so well...

I’m sure this notorious psychopath who just unilaterally started a war because he was bored will wind this down with great care.

This reporter on @CNN is carrying the water so hard you’d think it’s Fox News. Incredibly disappointing. Shame on corporate media.

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

Peace be upon us.

I'm begging folks to not compliment themselves too much on their "non-violent" marches & rallies.

Instead, try to understand that violence at protests is generally a result of law enforcement escalation.

Then, the galaxy brain move is to ask yourself "which protests do police tend to attack?"

More than 1M descend on Boston Common for Pride, No Kings rallies The Boston Pride Parade and No Kings march converged Saturday in downtown Boston.

More than 1 million in Boston!

www.wcvb.com/article/more...

North Bend, WA. A small suburb 30 miles east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain foothills. #NoKingsDay

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

The peaceable assemblies will be everywhere on June 14. Nokings.org

Was this headline written at gun point?

Yup.

The screenshot of the top of the article with an avatar of Shani Hamid under the Post Opinion section. The headline reads: A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. We can no longer avoid these uncomfortable truths. Underneath is a photo of Palestinians travelling through Jabalia as they flee the northern Gaza Strip toward Gaza City on May 19, amid Israeli evacuation orders and strikes.

The opening of the story. It reads: Throughout history, atrocities have usually been committed under cover of darkness. The perpetrators know that what they are doing is wrong. They hide it. They deny it. They speak in euphemisms. But what happens when they no longer feel the need to hide? What happens when they say the quiet part out loud? This is what is happening in Gaza today. The mask has come off. Ethnic cleansing has become the official policy of Israel. The nation's leaders are admitting it, without apology. There was barely a pretense before. But now there's not even that. And these admissions, combined with mass killing on the ground, point to something even more horrific: genocide.

The end of the article which reads: Words matter because they determine action. When we avoid naming a genocide for what it is, we become complicit in allowing it to continue. Terms like "humanitarian crisis" or even "war crimes" can function as euphemisms that fall short of triggering the moral and legal imperatives that genocide demands. The power of naming isn't some academic exercise; it's practical. It determines whether the international community mobilizes to stop atrocities or simply manages their aftermath. There was a time when I would have cautioned against using a word like "genocide" too freely, worried about diluting its meaning. But we are well past that now. Shielding people from uncomfortable truths is self-defeating. Words have meaning, and they should be used when they describe reality. Otherwise, we're in denial, and atrocities at this scale shouldn't be denied. Israel's brutalization of the Palestinian population in Gaza has gone on too long. These are unspeakable - and, more important, indefensible - crimes. We cannot be complicit in minimizing them or pretending that they are not happening. Because they are. Enough.

NEW: This opinion piece in today’s Washington Post is one of the most important it has ever published.

Shadi Hamid on the urgency of calling the Gaza crimes what they so patently are: a genocide.

I don’t like violating paywalls, but make no apology for doing so for this. It’s essential.

Traveling by subway last summer in London and Paris, and by train through England, France, and Belgium was one of the best experiences of my life.

LEFTIST: Dude, you need to grow up and get a hobby. Start treating women like people and find a useful role in society.
RIGHT WING INFLUENCER: You’re a pussy. You’re a beta cuck. You’re poor because of the soy in your blood. Suck my dick, simp.
YOUNG MAN: the liberals have left me no choice

Children and pregnant women are going to die, but that's the point.

This to infinity. Nobody has to starve. Nobody has to suffer. We allow the pain to happen.

Don't look away, don't normalize: this is the virtually unconstrained leader of the world's most powerful country ambushing the president of South Africa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda promoted by his unelected billionaire maybe-appointee who has caused the deaths of children through DOGE.

No.

This is HUGE.

For those wondering why due process is essential for EVERYONE. This is why!