David O’Brien

As much as I fully support just abolishing ICE, the reality is that these would all be big policy and political wins for Dems and would create momentum towards abolition when they do finally have a trifecta again.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Right - during the Great Depression for instance, it became official US policy to artificially *increase* the price of wheat and other ag staples so that farmers didn’t go broke.

'out of the three mass shootings today'

Smart city attorneys everywhere should be drawing up “_____ v. Trump” templates in preparation for what we can only assume will be more military invasions of American cities.

Not that she has any reason to want to subject herself to this, but Leah Remini has a strong moral voice, a compelling personal story, and is widely known, including in red states, from her network TV career - she’d make a great political candidate one day.

(Don’t hate me but) in a sense you could argue he “revolutionized” Labour by dragging it to the right & embracing neoliberalism, couldn’t you?

In this essay I will, etc.

Very happy for Moldovans standing up against corrupt Russian imperialism today.

LOL. LMAO, even. They’re so desperate to shut down Zohran. Side note, what job is this two-bit wannabe mafioso getting in the Trump admin? I’m not even gonna bother saying “hope it was worth it, buddy” because we all know it won’t be. He’ll degrade and debase himself while ZM is cleaning up his mess

Really do think this dismissive attitude is just dumb. It does actually matter if the demographic most likely to kill people, which is men ~16-40, are feeling alienated. Yes, even if you think it’s their fault, yes even if other groups are suffering as much or more. They’re the ones who pick up guns

Trump pushed Kimmel into going full resistance lib for the biggest audience he will ever have. Another masterclass from the president.

watch house leadership support him just like they did with no-name Kennedy kid last time

so much of what this administration is doing is based on creating the perception that he is inevitable and unstoppable and it’s not true and he can lose and it’s important that people see that because the only way he does win is if everyone gives up

regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win

Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately

he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks

They're racists & they're fascists but above all they are the pettiest two-bit criminals you've ever seen

Democrats shouldn't enable or support this Trump Administration. Oppose it all. Shut it down. Let GOP own it.

Obviously nowhere near the biggest or most concerning thing here but… you’re apparently allowed to carry liquor into public city council meetings?! This is gonna make public comment so much worse 😫

Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.

DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it.

Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."

One reason why authoritarian regimes govern poorly is that they devalue rationality: they deny the existence of reality, and sooner or later, reality will catch up

Honestly, I think he *does* understand that - it’s just that he thinks the way for liberals to win back power will be thru traditional methods, and if we don’t, it’s because oopsie authoritarianism was just more popular and liberals should accept that + change if we ever want to win again.

Can’t wait for the farm bailout to come from the next Dem-led government, after which the farmers will show zero (0) gratitude whatsoever and again vote for a bunch of far-right lunatics

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It should concern everyone that one of the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet has completely cooked his brain on internet insanity and is now inciting violence against all manner of marginalized communities

Agree, but the fact that a) 40% of voters are either “neutral” or “don’t know” is worrisome, and b) he’s got the support of roughly 1/3 of the party currently leading the polls, which is roughly where Trump/MAGA started with Republicans before they began their successful takeover of that party.

For example, these two polls show that, while Robinson was viewed “very” or “somewhat” negatively by 70% in 2019, that number dropped to 49% in 2019. Fully 40% in the ‘24 poll were either neutral or said they “don’t know,” which is highly concerning in and of itself.

The British fascist Tommy Robinson is leading anti-immigrant marches throughout the UK today, and while it seems he is wildly overstating the attendance (claiming “millions” protesting when it’s likely closer to ~100k), the fact remains that UK voters are getting alarmingly fascism-curious…(1/x)

The political party who celebrated Paul Pelosi's assault, ignored Melissa Hortman's assassination, laughed at the attempt to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, and cheered as insurrectionists on Jan 6th attempted a violent coup of Congress want you to be ultra respectful about Charlie Kirk