Media throws a party, invites Trump to insult them, then writes a thousand stories about how Trump insulted them at their party. Very cool.
Venezuela was a war, but Iran is just a military conflict. Sure.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump offers sales pitch for his war: "Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD. Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD. Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD. Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD. Venezuela War: 1 day, 0 DEAD. Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD."
It’s not actually great that the Graham Platners of the world have made “Free Palestine” their code for a sort of generic “Fuck you” to authority. Especially when the lesson of the Platner debacle is that sometimes authority is actually very important.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4w agoMaine U.S. Sen candidate Graham Platner says he has formally withdrawn his candidacy, posting a letter to the Sec of State requesting removal from consideration. The letter thanks supporters, calls for continuing the movement behind his campaign, and ends: “F**k ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.”
It's the name for a J Street proposal that Rahm is riffing off: "J Street supports a comprehensive regional agreement that ends the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and provides Israel full acceptance by 22 former Arab adversaries" jstreet.org/the-23-state...
onion person@junlper.beer · 4w agoan absolutely incredible hillary clinton post that flew under the radar yesterday. the 23 state solution
Guy who was clearly an asshole to everyone who doesn’t think having a Nazi tattoo is morally ambiguous continues to be an asshole
Axios@axios.com · 4w agoSCOOP: Platner privately told staff he'll formally exit Senate race Monday
“Establishment and media forces beyond his control” omg graham just say “Jews” this is taking forever
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4w agowhat a surprise. again, he reacted like this when the Nazi tattoo was revealed! he wasn't contrite, there was no actual acceptance or suggestion of change, it was pure entitlement and anger. All of this should have been obvious.
When someone shows you their Nazi tattoo, believe them.
It sure is easy to send a message to Graham Platner with this form without even providing your name or email or any other identifying information. Hypothetically.
Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 4w agoIf you want a live link to the feedback form being circulated by the Platner campaign to volunteers, it's here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9XL7GGG?my... Again, this is only for Platner campaign volunteers, and I cannot sanction bombarding it with comments from non-volunteers. Nor can I sanction that.
He just wants to understand the process? The process is he drops out and then lives the rest of his life in shame.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4w agoPlatner now in a pissing match with the Maine Democratic Party:
the last round of allegations against platner were also credible, btw.
If only there had been some clue early on that Platner had a rape problem www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
![“How about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f----d up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?” Platner said in reply. “Men and women, you make a choice to consume enough of a substance to lose your self control. So if you don’t want to be in a [compromising] situation, act like an adult for f---s sake.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uebxgljqq6iaurdl3xqcura4/bafkreiae4x5oa7yelcb43fuylehogn4iqf7glcv4tju2sxowox2sencpie)
If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.
AdotSad@adotsad.bsky.social · last mo.Oh its OVER OVER
Rand Paul's son has been getting in trouble for drinking for more than a decade. But sure, now he's gonna get help for his problem. www.wdrb.com/news/rand-pa...
Rand Paul's son pleads guilty to DUI in Kentucky
The reports say the University of Kentucky senior was ordered to pay $718 in fines and court fees and attend a safe-driving program. His license will be suspended for 45
wdrb.com
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3mo agoRand Paul son explains why he was ranting at Mike Lawler in public that he hates Jews and gay people and wants them all to die.
I promise no woman wants seeping blister balls
bobby@bobbylewis.bsky.social · 3mo agoi regret to inform you that i read the giant balls article
folks, the idea is out there. Virginia Democrats are talking about it. this could happen. gift link to the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...
Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · 3mo agothis is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.
It’s so crazy it just might work. Brilliant idea from @yeargain.bsky.social.
Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · 3mo agothis is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.
We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.
How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.
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We would be a lot better off as a country at the moment if more of our institutions had said, "Fuck you, make me" over the past year and a half
Thomas [DARK MODE], DO@tom.medsky.social · 3mo agoLast summer Jim O'Neill, the CDC director, demanded that Merck and GSK break up the MMR vaccine into 3 different shots. Both companies responded basically by saying "fuck you, make me" and it never happened.
Wow seems that paying a $15 million settlement to Trump’s library slush fund doesn’t go as far as it used to
Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn an extraordinary legal letter, ABC is accusing the Trump administration’s media regulator of threatening broadcasters’ First Amendment rights >>> www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/m...
Road Rules for me but not for thee
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoSean Duffy's wife, Rachel-Campos Duffy, on the 7 months her family spent on a roadtrip while Sean was supposed to be working as Transportation Secretary: "I'm gonna be really honest. We live in a PornHub world. This is really wholesome good family stuff."
Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe U.S. Postal Service is considering allowing people to ship handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years
@pkrugman.bsky.social recently said that the "good old days" of low prices should be fading away—and he's right. The problem is, it'll take many years. New (and my first piece at Strength In Numbers!) w/@gelliottmorris.com: Why consumer sentiment won't recover until the 2030s w/o bold new policies.
It'll be years before Americans get used to higher prices — and politicians can't just wait it out
Consumers will eventually adjust, but in the meantime, they'll keep punishing leaders who don't act
gelliottmorris.com
This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately. This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A1197 (24-109 and 24-110)
一
PHILLIP CALLAIS, ET AL., APPLICANTS v.
LOUISIANA, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO ISSUE THE JUDGMENT FORTHWITH
[May 4, 2026]
To permit the losing party time to file a petition for re-hearing, the Clerk of Court ordinarily waits 32 days after the entry of the Court's judgment to send the opinion and a certified copy of the judgment to the clerk of the lower court.
Sup. Ct. Rule 45.3. This period is subject to adjustment; the default applies "unless the Court or a Justice shortens or extends the time." Ibid. The Callais appellees have asked for the Clerk to issue the judgment forthwith so that "in the event of a judicial remedy," the District Court may "oversee an orderly process." App. 3. Appellant Louisiana does not oppose this application. And while the Robinson appellants oppose it, they have not expressed any intent to ask this Court to reconsider its judgment. Thus, the application to issue the judgment forthwith presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreib6qi5rm4isu3umgaxads7cnlwh45xeu7rotc6s6vwmjpmjtp6ij4)
We aren't even talking about how *even the Hawks* were scoring points for the Knicks last night! Onyeka Okongwu tipped this Jordan Clarkson miss at the end of the first quarter *into the Knicks' basket.*
Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.
TW@twesq.bsky.social · 3mo ago'Disappointed, "Surprised," 'Betrayed': 12 Toddlers on Where Did Mom Go Peekaboo Oh There She Is
"Theyre callin' it a drive-by shelling on the dark web. Freaks post seashell pictures to instagram and next thing you know a corpse shows up in the East River" DUN DUN
Kaili Joy Gray@kailigray.bsky.social · 3mo agoAssault with a deadly photograph of some shells
Can’t we negotiate some sort of deal where Republicans get to throw Comey in jail but it’s for interfering in the 2016 election and handing the White House to Trump instead of some stupid shit about seashells?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoSen. Jim Banks: "James Comey deserves to be indicted for a lot of reasons. He totally abused his power. The way he used that power against President Trump ... "