Could there be better confirmation of @laurenhorngriffin.bsky.social's excellent piece on Iran as a meme war? religiondispatches.org/2026/03/06/t...
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Could there be better confirmation of @laurenhorngriffin.bsky.social's excellent piece on Iran as a meme war? religiondispatches.org/2026/03/06/t...
Europe-focused but just as relevant to US & Trump/MAGA. And this line (about the BBC) just cuts to the heart of the problem with the NYT whose coverage "is all too often shaped by internal guidelines and a collapsing vision of performative neutrality."
True... and hopefully they'll bring it up with Politico U.S. over bagels at the next all staff meeting.
Lemme guess: It helps men bond & become stronger & more resilient? Which... that probably rings true when you're surrounded by incels & fragile men who're just positive we're THIS CLOSE to executing white men every time a statue of a slave-holder is removed from a vaunted institution.
So, as you clearly signal that you will throw anyone under the bus that rural Missouri voters deem "not normal," you're humblebragging about your support for same sex marriage? He's clearly another sleazy pol lacking conviction and crafting a message... Voters will see that.
As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1:
Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed:
Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs
In this weeks Group Threat @victorerikray.bsky.social writes about the resurgence of unabashed defense of white supremacy & colonialism in Rubio’s Munich speech & how DuBois anticipated exactly this over 100 years ago. groupthreat.com/p/the-souls-...
I suspect it has something to do with their numerous contracts with the federal government. bsky.app/profile/evan...
Darnit, just as the narcissist's rating is among the lowest since the 1930s. Sure. And bravo to The Hill's Dominick Mastrangelo for failing to mention that numerous federal agencies appear to be among Gallup's clients.
Washington Post endorsement of Pam Bondi for Attorney General: "Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious."
simply one of the greatest calls of all time
I don't know much about Australia, but I suspect "the right to have one's genes remain in the gene pool" is not codified in its constitution. But like I said, just a guess.
I'd love to see @michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @notalawyer.bsky.social cover Gen Z fave: Chan 5 w/ Andrew Callaghan. Not exactly standard IBCK, but I think it'll pique your interest partly bc it's hard to pin down politically (tho not nec in the good way). www.youtube.com/@Channel5You...
It's beautiful. And the Right is so baffled and so cynical many of them can only conclude that it must be a secret conspiracy. religiondispatches.org/2026/01/26/r...
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
So my theory that Jonathan Chait is actually an AI project whose sole purpose is to demonstrate how vacuous ideological centrism can be... it's looking pretty convincing right now.
Sure he doesn't acknowledge it explicitly, but in fairness his bio includes both The Atlantic & the Brookings Institution...so being catastrophically late to the party, shitting on those who already got it as so ideologically predisposed it doesn't count, and being a dick are all sort of implied.
Democratic leadership are unlikely to ever “find their spines.” But that’s not entirely necessary. What’s necessary is to build so much resistance & so much support for the right path that they’re more worried about not doing the right thing than about taking a risk.
Bill Kristol is urging defunding ICE. BILL KRISTOL. And people still think it’s a political non-starter?
It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
And yet. When he speaks the NYT and most other media act like he's NOT an entitled child whining about doing his homework. He's treated like he's a serious person who deserves genuine consideration -- and more importantly, the benefit of the doubt.
They're "too nihilistic" for political classification? Nihilism has long been *the* go-to description of MAGA (incl. in The Atlantic several times). What he means is a data set of 1 tells him that bros. in this standard right-wing movement won't mindlessly vote 'R' every time.
I mean. Who could have seen this coming...
You're correct of course, but I always thought it was somehow fitting that his name isn't exactly "hate"... but it isn't exactly not.
We're missing the point. The persecution of dangerous Brown people makes it FEEL like milk is cheaper.
Guess we'll never know if they're paid. For all the hand-wringing about condescending to the Right: either the Times doesn't recognize an obvious conspiracy theory (idiotic), or they just believe it's obvious to readers, which makes this the kind of "look at the idiots" piece they decry.
Renee Nicole Good, the woman murdered by ICE today. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
And our highest profile professional opinionators will continue to insist that Democrats aren't dominating elections because of trans people or identity politics or [insert some other Chait-ian, Chatterton-Williamsian hobby horse].
Despite my disappointment that I'm not your editor on this one here's my $.02: Upbeat often backfires... but bleak determinism tends to undermine curiosity. Maybe darkness *is falling* to leave the door open just a crack? Or it could be more subjective, less declarative. It's a tough one.
