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“We believe these people to be terrorists” is a stronger justification than “we’re going to pretend to believe these people are terrorists.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“We believe these people to be terrorists” is a stronger justification than “we’re going to pretend to believe these people are terrorists.”
Every other disfavored US minority group has understood that engaging in the political process, not sitting it out, is the path to securing and expanding rights. Why not trans Americans? You don’t want to think that your rights are contingent. But right now, a majority of Americans think they are.
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Every other disfavored US minority group has understood that engaging in the political process, not sitting it out, is the path to securing and expanding rights. Why not trans Americans? You don’t want to think that your rights are contingent. But right now, a majority of Americans think they are.
This is exactly right.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is exactly right.
Black Americans have been pursuing full civic equality for 400 years. They never got quite to parity, and now we are in a period of backsliding. Your advice: stay home and don’t vote?
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Black Americans have been pursuing full civic equality for 400 years. They never got quite to parity, and now we are in a period of backsliding. Your advice: stay home and don’t vote?
I don’t think you appreciate how bad things are likely to get.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I don’t think you appreciate how bad things are likely to get.
This approach assumes politicians are static figures. But they aren’t. They can and do evolve with time, experience—and pressure. Newsom is imperfect on trans rights. But who’s more likely to improve in office, him or Vance? Who will only get worse? And “worse” will be inconceivably so. Vote blue.
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This approach assumes politicians are static figures. But they aren’t. They can and do evolve with time, experience—and pressure. Newsom is imperfect on trans rights. But who’s more likely to improve in office, him or Vance? Who will only get worse? And “worse” will be inconceivably so. Vote blue.
“Many voters' only power was to stay home.” Good God, no. Each and every voter’s only power is the same: voting.
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Many voters' only power was to stay home.” Good God, no. Each and every voter’s only power is the same: voting.
Dropping in price by double digits each year.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Dropping in price by double digits each year.
Imagine a push to abandon flat screen tvs and return to huge, bulky, heavy cathode ray sets. It’s the exact same impulse, but somehow extra manly and defiant.
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Imagine a push to abandon flat screen tvs and return to huge, bulky, heavy cathode ray sets. It’s the exact same impulse, but somehow extra manly and defiant.
If the budget is what matters, note that ICE Is paying $50k signing bonuses.
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If the budget is what matters, note that ICE Is paying $50k signing bonuses.
Not following the rationale here. Lots of cars will get you where you need to go, and haul what you need to haul. Musk is one of the worst and most dangerous people on the planet, and there are numerous competitors to his products. It’s not like the alternative to propping up his empire is walking.
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not following the rationale here. Lots of cars will get you where you need to go, and haul what you need to haul. Musk is one of the worst and most dangerous people on the planet, and there are numerous competitors to his products. It’s not like the alternative to propping up his empire is walking.
The writing is inherently bad because its goal is fundamentally bogus: to make a tawdry and ordinary affair into something tragic and momentous just because one of the parties has the last name of Kennedy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The writing is inherently bad because its goal is fundamentally bogus: to make a tawdry and ordinary affair into something tragic and momentous just because one of the parties has the last name of Kennedy.
Underappreciated point. His life is one long MAGA rally, in which he regurgitates words and concepts he has heard and assesses the response they get.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Underappreciated point. His life is one long MAGA rally, in which he regurgitates words and concepts he has heard and assesses the response they get.
“Pinkwashing state violence”?? Has there ever been such a thing?
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Pinkwashing state violence”?? Has there ever been such a thing?
Graphic should show the R bomber over Greenland.
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Graphic should show the R bomber over Greenland.
Genuinely thought this was a highly creative painting.
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Genuinely thought this was a highly creative painting.
Free personal jet airplanes for the president apparently *will* be tolerated.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Free personal jet airplanes for the president apparently *will* be tolerated.
It’s even worse. He and Epstein chatted breezily about how, because Summers was no longer a friend with benefits, he was going to ghost his grad student mentee. What does it do to a promising young economist’s career when her eminent mentor won’t speak to her? “Put out or get shut out” is monstrous.
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s even worse. He and Epstein chatted breezily about how, because Summers was no longer a friend with benefits, he was going to ghost his grad student mentee. What does it do to a promising young economist’s career when her eminent mentor won’t speak to her? “Put out or get shut out” is monstrous.
Ed Harris as RFKJ.
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ed Harris as RFKJ.
One has to admit no such thing.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
One has to admit no such thing.
Yup. The most powerful man in the world, who should be securely gracious, is instead possessed by an elemental misogyny so intense that he blurts out a childish insult when challenged by a woman—and leans into it eagerly. And then there’s the entitlement of a doughy man free to judge a woman’s body.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Yup. The most powerful man in the world, who should be securely gracious, is instead possessed by an elemental misogyny so intense that he blurts out a childish insult when challenged by a woman—and leans into it eagerly. And then there’s the entitlement of a doughy man free to judge a woman’s body.
In the “It was a dark and stormy night” genre.
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
In the “It was a dark and stormy night” genre.
Something called a battery can be used to store extra solar power on sunny days and release it when it rains. Same thing goes for wind turbines when windy days are followed by still ones.
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Something called a battery can be used to store extra solar power on sunny days and release it when it rains. Same thing goes for wind turbines when windy days are followed by still ones.
Our national land-use discussion, such as it is, presumes nearly everywhere that current homeowners have legitimate property and economic interests to defend, while developers and non-homeowners do not. The former focus is community protection; the latter is greed.
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our national land-use discussion, such as it is, presumes nearly everywhere that current homeowners have legitimate property and economic interests to defend, while developers and non-homeowners do not. The former focus is community protection; the latter is greed.
If the point is that there have been and are bad people, including embittered racists, in Boston, you are correct. But that’s a minority strain, and the city and state have been way out ahead of most of the country in working toward an open, tolerant, livable society.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If the point is that there have been and are bad people, including embittered racists, in Boston, you are correct. But that’s a minority strain, and the city and state have been way out ahead of most of the country in working toward an open, tolerant, livable society.