Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

I’d go further from 25 years experience as a lawyer. Ask for more than you could reasonably want. Build into your first offer some “gives” you can happily make.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 4h ago

Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?

three basic flavors of crank, in descending order of importance: 1) right-wing pandemic deniers/antivaxers/etc 2) centrist/lib NPI deniers 3) Covid doomers

Many, many thoughts on this, starting with the idea that it is not surprising people feel that the government is much more likely to interfere or punish them for their speech because at this moment that's just objectively true.

John Sands@iohn.bsky.social · 8h ago

A new survey from @knightfoundation.org and @ssrsresearch.bsky.social reveals a disquieting decline in how free Americans feel to use the freedoms protected by the #FirstAmendment without government interference or punishment. 🧵

If investors believe this, they deserve to have their money taken. I will shed no tears for someone who loses everything when the grift is this obvious.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 8h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

There’s also the fact that countries that do the most for women and young families have among the lowest birth rates. I’d like it to be true that “implementing the strong social safety net I want will also address fertility” but I haven’t seen evidence that it is true.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · 6h ago

The other thing worth noting, we've actually poured TONS of money into making child-rearing less expensive, from the CCB to subsidizing daycare programs to increasing federal leave benefits in 1991, 2000, and the 2019 sharing incentive. How much more should the state provide to address birth rates?

I'm not sure I entirely buy this. Are costs - esp housing - mitigating the growth of families? Probably! But how significant is it relative to other factors (particularly women prioritizing careers)? This is an empirical question that remains too understudied to make definitive claims about. 1/2

Meredith Martin 🇨🇦@meredithmartin.bsky.social · 6h ago

"We end up with declining fertility not becuase women have stopped wanting families but because the math of building one keeps getting harder." @SabrinaMaddeaux speaks hard truths with @MikePMoffatt in today's podcast episdoe.

I don’t think people have internalized how safe most parts of most cities are these days. Even the “bad” parts of most cities are way safer than 30-50 years ago.

draglikepull@draglikepull.bsky.social · 6h ago

Crime rates have fallen *massively* in the past 40 years. The homicide rate in Canada was 40% lower in 2025 than in 1985.

Crime rates have fallen *massively* in the past 40 years. The homicide rate in Canada was 40% lower in 2025 than in 1985.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 19h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

The prep isn't as bad as it used to be -- pills, not the drink -- and you'll have one, uh, busy evening and then you go in and get the greatest nap of your life and then eat a glorious meal. Get yourself checked out.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 21h ago

Well, I am of colonoscopy age now and I got my first-ever one yesterday. The prep wasn't fun but not as awful as I'd imagined. My appt was at 6am on Monday, I was home just after 7am. There's no recovery except catching up on the sleep you missed. So, if you need a nudge to get yours, this is it!

it’s crazy how so much of the right wing cultural push is just ‘let’s all pretend we never learned how bad/complex all this stuff is and go back to the way things were when we were ignorant’ ngl I get why it’s powerful messaging but it really is the death of knowledge/growth/expertise

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7h ago

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

(the other half is that AG Sulzberger loathes Muslims)

thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

I think “I am the protagonist of life” is the main psychological appeal of this kind of conspiracism. You risked nothing, you did nothing, and other real people are suffering the things you’re pretending to think are bad, but in the end you’re the great hero for surviving your imagination.

They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 24h ago

Susan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

My fellow men: y'all need to relax with these trucks man. You look silly. Grow up. That big ass 4-door with the little ass bed, the Denali trim? Embarrassing. You ain't hauling shit but Tanner and Colt. What you need is a minivan. Free yourself from the shackles and buy a Toyota Siena.

More incendiary stuff. Prince Ali, the FA president from Jordan, who was a rival to Infantino in his first election in 2016, alleges FIFA attempted to effectively blackmail theJordanian FA, withholding funds until they had provided backing to Infantino for next year’s election.

These products should be pulled off the market until they can demonstrate that the models won't produce this kind of output any more.

Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterday

ChatGPT’s role went far beyond giving the accused FSU shooter tips on guns—they chatted about brutally violent sex, how many dead kids would “grab more media attention,” sharing “intimate pictures” with an underage girl and using a Hummer for a deadly explosion www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 2x

I also don't totally understand what it's trying to prove. Like ok maybe the best men in the world are better than the best women due to inherent physiological advantages. So what? Do you go to a track meet and go "why is anyone watching this? a horse could easily outrun all these guys"

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

it's interesting how many men get satisfaction out of knowing that other men can beat elite female athletes. like ok, maybe the best high school boys team in the country can beat a WNBA team, but YOU can't

Mine is that he’s wearing a belt approximately the size, shape and color of the old Mid-Atlantic heavyweight wrestling championship.

I will not be surprised by anyone in indie rock who could be described as "difficult" suddenly going conspiratorial/weird/fascist. That's the Morrissey Rule.

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterday

Cat Power is antivax

Trying to decide if my favourite part is (a) the eagle firing a minigun; (b) the tank shooting out money; (c) the random “Big Gulp” ad on the tank; or (d) given Trump’s size, the tank is apparently the size of a Honda Civic?

Uncle Tifa@labboypro.bsky.social · yesterday

"Mister international relations professor, you just don't understand modern warfare"

I’ve seen some people expressing discontent with Jays’ management because of this year but as far as I can tell all their offseason moves were sound. The problem is a bunch of the holdovers, whom we all love, sucked ass. I kind of chalk this all up to “shit happens”.

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

We already have camps but they're for brown people so it's ok

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

This is why I always laugh at the right-wing arguments that China is meddling in elections to oppose Trump. My friend, the best thing in this world for China is just more and more Trump. They can buy him off and watch as he tears down 100 years of American institutional power and resilience.

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

Apropos of nothing other than that they popped up in shuffle play, but god I miss Japandroids. Four absolute banger albums and some of the best live shows I’ve ever seen. I hope they’re both happy in whatever came next.

And Michigan reps wonder why Canadians are pissed at them. A country whose word means less than nothing.

progsrock@progsrock.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Gordie Howe Bridge Is What American Betrayal Looks Like Canada spent billions on the crossing. Trump turned it into a shakedown thewalrus.ca/the-gordie-h...

I know this would be closing the barn door after he horse has been reelected president, but if Democrats win both chambers I'd really like to see a concurrent resolution deeming January 6 an insurrection under 14(3). 1/