He’d have absolutely run and gotten elected from prison. He and his voters love being aggrieved.

Such a weird thing to say! Like, “these people committed crimes but were accepted in my peer group“ just says something about your peer group, not the rest of society

Wait, just to be clear, she’s arguing that norms regarding age of consent have shifted by using the example of a musician being arrested for exposing himself to a child? He was arrested, so clearly the norm was that that was indeed a crime.

I grew up food insecure, on govt assistance, poor and didn’t buy anything new til adulthood. Upper middle class now but we still thrift, yard sale, and shop promos. Social media has warped people’s lifestyle expectations.

Ooh, I’m a Cold War mom. Do it.

The most credulous people to ever exist.

So, like, all the booksellers are going to hide all the books, then?

Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Yes they did. Voters chose this, over and over and they’re getting what they voted for. Maybe they’ll decide differently in 2026, but this is the result of active choices.

There Is a Word for What Is Happening in Minneapolis What ICE’s opponents are doing in Minnesota is part of a long and successful historical tradition: dissidence.

This piece is imperfect but I do appreciate the idea of dissidence laid out here: not so much explicit political / ideological protest, but rather insistence on normal life and community in the face of a regime that is trying to make those things impossible. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

I got halfway through that thread before I realized it was serious and not a bit

Lotta new fears unlocked in that thread

Does it have the Mark of the Beast? They should at least make it accurate

Uh, how are we getting young People to start working earlier, exactly, when we’re being told AI is gonna take all the entry level jobs?

Stop Meeting Students Where They Are What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.

Excellent piece by Walt Hunter in @theatlantic.com. I've always read, but not always challenging books. In retirement I do more of that. I found "Les Miserables" terrific. "Don Quixote" will require a couple library checkouts with other stuff in between.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“Go fuck yourselves“ would help with Dem branding in a lot of areas, not just with regard to the press bringing up Biden again. We get branded as weak because being unapologetic is seen as strength.

They said there was a worse, non public part 2 of project 2025- iirc, it was part of that undercover video with one of the Heritage guys

Union Carpenter Derek Ellis of Skowhegan was down the street from his job site in Portland when he saw ICE agents shout at a woman to "get the hell out" of her car. As they tore her out of her car, she screamed "I'm a US citizen! I'm a citizen!" as her small child in a carseat cried hysterically.

That’s good context to have. All politics really is local. Great article.

Agree 100%. Sadism drives Trump (it’s a core part of malignant narcissism). Miller does the work of implementing Trump’s sadistic impulses, while being so extreme that Trump can feel benevolent when he grants an exception or says “too far”. Miller will stay.

Take a wrecking ball to the ballroom too

If someone tries to abduct me, I would like the most clickbaity journalists in the world to get as many eyes on it as possible, actually. I’d like all the clicks on my story.

I’m beginning to think marinating in conspiracy and Nazi slop on X might be bad for your brain.

Also, if we’re being blunt, the purpose of nonviolent resistance isn’t to avoid getting your ass kicked. It’s to dare them to kick your ass as brutally and publicly as possible.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

I mean, giving him that medal and expecting him to do anything but snub her shows poor judgment

HEDPAIN

the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.

hell you could even start this by offering a path to citizenship for graduates of US colleges, which could also be sold as “keeping american talent in america”

Sessions & Bannon