We disgrace ourselves as a nation each and every day Donald Trump remains in office. The drafters of the United States Constitution provided a remedy for a criminally insane president like the one we have—impeachment and removal ...

“I don't get political” translates to “This isn't hurting me yet and I don't care that it's hurting you.”

The greatest threat to American democracy is income inequality

If you want Social Security for your future (When you’ve paid into it your entire adult life) then stop voting for republicans who want to kill it… It’s that simple!

A senile Republican narcissist surrounded by grifters and drunks just led our nation to the greatest diplomatic humiliation in its history. Here’s why my next five Atlantic pieces will be about the dangers of woke.

(5/X) A lot of American politics is just about hating the left, whatever the left means. It's what MAGA is built on and it's what "heterodox" thinking is built on too.

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually

Never gets old. J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?

My model predicts that over the next two months, the White House will announce between eight and fifteen Iran deals, all of which will be applauded by Fox News. And I tell you the best place in Guyana to buy Kool-Aid. All that and more in the next Silver Bulletin.

Most Caribbean countries have restrictions on entry. Bahamas will only allow felons who have *completed* their sentences. A total of 38 countries will not allow felons to enter. #ProudBlue

Paul McCartney made his first US television appearance (with the Beatles) on this same stage on February 9, 1964, adding further significance to his being at the Ed Sullivan Theater to celebrate Stephen Colbert.

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Paul McCartney helped Stephen Colbert, his entire team, and their families, turn the lights out for the last Late Show.

This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

I have two last wishes: 1: I want my remains scattered around Disneyland 2: I don’t want to be cremated THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.

It’s depressing to me that “reading“ is now framed as a hobby instead of, you know, a default activity for leisure and edification practiced generally by a literate populace.

If you think the Pope is a radical leftist, wait till you meet his boss.

2026: when every day is the final dinner scene from “Don’t Look Up”

The 25th amendment exists for a reason. This madman is the reason. This post is the reason. @SpeakerJohnson and @LeaderJohnThune, call Congress back into session today. Do your fucking jobs and defend America from this demented and deranged lunatic.

This movement has never been about violent criminal aliens, undocumented immigrants writ large, or even immigration in general, but about the country’s changing ethnic and religious makeup. It has always been about white Christian nationalism.

Wild that the US President is less trustworthy than an authoritarian theocracy.