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"Jews don't belong in American society."
Imagine a sitting member of Congress tweeting that. You can't. Thankfully, it'd never happen. And *if* it did, it'd be the end of their career and the biggest story in America.
But Ogles can say this about Muslims without any censure.
Exactly!
Who could have seen such a thing coming? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...
we used to have Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Mike Pensions, Gary Literacy, Pete Socialsafetynet,
Damn, I’m sorry. That’s awful.
It is impossible to imagine Eisenhower saying he would fight “without mercy” even against the Nazis; nor would he have reveled in the thought of death and destruction.
He would have regarded it not only as deeply un-American but also beneath his dignity as a serious career soldier.
I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
To reconsider a fundamental of American history, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not an act of war, but merely a strategic strike. It needs to no longer live in infamy, perhaps.
People often forget wartime presidents’ preoccupation with White House furnishings. FDR just would not shut up about the goddamn sconces.
Rep Jason Crow (D-CO): “I went to war three times for this country and learned that when elites in Washington bang the war drums, working class folks pay the price. The tough talk of a five-time draft dodger falls flat for Americans tired of military adventurism”
Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, sitting alone on the surface of Mars.
It is 1991. I am 15 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.
It is 2003. I am 27 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.
It is 2026. I'm too old for this shit. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.
I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
Virtually no one, it seems, thinks a physical barrier in the region is a good idea.
The Trump administration is rushing to build one anyway. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/inside-trump-big-bend-border-wall-plans/
NEW: Profs. Martha Jones and @brennancenter.org Historians Council Member Kate Masur filed an amicus brief in the upcoming Supreme Court case involving Trump’s attempt to unconstitutionally strip birthright citizenship 🧵
I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.
no such thing as other people's children
worth reading the whole story for all the awful details - including literal bounties for other people to rat out trans people using the “wrong” bathroom
Isn’t past time for this Poochie administration to return to its planet?
NEW POLL on Dem. structural reforms: U.S. adults support 18-yr term limits for Supreme Court justices by a 50-point margin (GOP is +34 in favor), favor statehood for Puerto Rico and limits on pardons by POTUS, and are split on DC statehood, packing the Court:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/two-thirds...
It shouldn’t be hard to condemn Andrew Jackson’s enslavement of hundreds of people. But in Middle Tennessee, he’s still a saint. Hats off to the folks at the Hermitage who are doing to the right, hard work.
would anyone like to discuss mlb trade rumors
I’d prefer less adrenaline with my Sunday mornings, thanks
Oof. I hear you.
Is there any time, place, or context in which a government hanging enormous banners of the Leader’s face was not a sign of a diseased and authoritarian society? Because I certainly can’t think of one.
Years later, I’m not sure there’s another song that I like to play *loud* more than this
