Imagine being a comic, doing your ten minutes, then finding out there’s a drop in from the antisemitic maniac, the king of transphobes, the white N word edgelord and the JO on his subordinate coworkers guy.
return of the Jedi is not possible without the receipt of the Jedi
Full piece is here. Also Mike’s two books of interviews with comedians, “And Here’s The Kicker” and “Poking a Dead Frog,” are better craft manuals than anything I’ve ever read describing itself as such.
John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”
The first major interview with one of the most revered comedy writers of all time.
newyorker.com
some people here really do wield the word "zionist" so you can hear both k's
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 7mo ago“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
Netanyahu's regime has spent years making it increasingly clear that they don't care in the slightest about the diaspora's safety or well-being.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 8mo agoCompare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
If we had questions about Bidens on the board of Ukrainian companies, this would seem to be fair game
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo agoQ: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate
Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
theatlantic.com
We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
Release all the files then so President Trump’s service can be properly acknowledged
Raskin: "The dictators of the world have got nothing to fear from this hearing. Republicans called it to attack our democratic allies in Europe. The star witness is not a human rights leader like Navalny, but a far-right pro-Putin politician who leads the UK Reform Party."
A lot of people on the extremely online left right now seem to interpret "Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism" to mean "all antisemitism is actually fine if you just say it's anti-Zionism."
Children are starving. Hospitals are bombed. Journalists are killed. Trump and Congress must stop all military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government. No more excuses. We cannot continue to be complicit in these war crimes.
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
Brilliant by Ezra Klein on how liberal American Jews & Israel have clashing political visions. American Jews can only have equal rights and safety in a society that rejects ethnonationalism; Israel believes Jews are only safe in a society built on ethnonationalism www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
nytimes.com
@talibkweli.bsky.social hurls vile insults at a suggestion anything he posts could benefit from clarification. Then, when somebody posts Jew-hatred on the post that speak to exactly the concern raised, he quickly deletes those so they don’t get in the way of the scorn he’s sending somebody’s way