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Good for Rep. Raskin. The House isn't just a place to audition for Senate seat....

Good for Rep. Raskin. The House isn't just a place to audition for Senate seat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/raskin-passes-on-senate-bid-00105301

I need to get a "Stop appeasing bad faith right wing activists" sign printed just so I have something to tap everytime this...

I need to get a "Stop appeasing bad faith right wing activists" sign printed just so I have something to tap everytime this happens.

Cowards. "Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation"...

Cowards. "Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation"
https://mashable.com/article/threads-false-information-label-donald-trump-jr-error

He can't help himself. Just an absolute sociopath. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/nyregion/mayor-adams-photo-venable-fake.html

He can't help himself. Just an absolute sociopath.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/nyregion/mayor-adams-photo-venable-fake.html

"What I heard loudly and clearly at the summit was a call to theocracy in the guise of democracy — asserting conservative Christian...

"What I heard loudly and clearly at the summit was a call to theocracy in the guise of democracy — asserting conservative Christian values as normative for all. God’s name came up often, his blessing invoked, and his guidance proclaimed. For people who decry ideology and accuse teachers of indoctrination, the speakers seemed blind to their own."
https://billypenn.com/2023/07/04/moms-for-liberty-philadelphia-democracy-church-state/

"New and improved" meaning "broken, missing key features, and you have to pay for it."

"New and improved" meaning "broken, missing key features, and you have to pay for it."

I think this 🥐 is a little underbaked. Any suggestions?

I think this 🥐 is a little underbaked. Any suggestions?

It's now been 7 hours since I was last able to refresh my Twitter timeline. Masterful technologizing, Mr. Elon.

It's now been 7 hours since I was last able to refresh my Twitter timeline. Masterful technologizing, Mr. Elon.

I think it's also telling that basically the only example conservatives can come up with as a parallel is "forcing a Jewish artist...

I think it's also telling that basically the only example conservatives can come up with as a parallel is "forcing a Jewish artist to design a website for Nazis."

Kind of telling on yourselves there a bit, my dudes.

This is the problem with the Supreme Court essentially issuing an advisory opinion here. There were no injuries in fact! No gay couple asked...

This is the problem with the Supreme Court essentially issuing an advisory opinion here. There were no injuries in fact! No gay couple asked for a website, CO didn't sanction her. So the true nature of the "expressive" speech or conduct is basically a blank slate onto which the conservative supermajority can project their policy preferences.

There are First Amendment issues at play, but this decision provides very little actual guidance and will lead to more lawsuits and denials of service.

"And even though Friday’s decision was narrow, some experts said it could be expanded in coming years to slowly chip away at...

"And even though Friday’s decision was narrow, some experts said it could be expanded in coming years to slowly chip away at nondiscrimination laws that prevent businesses from discriminating against people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or any other protected class they might fall into."

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/supreme-courts-gay-wedding-website-ruling-means-lgbtq-rights-rcna92022

Sure feels like "Don't take legal advice from 'roided out weirdos who aren't lawyers" is obvious but apparently not...

Sure feels like "Don't take legal advice from 'roided out weirdos who aren't lawyers" is obvious but apparently not (cc @Popehat) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/14/trump-indictment-classified-documents-settlement/

Oh my god. Beyond parody.

Oh my god. Beyond parody.

Shot. Chaser. Politics by aesthetic rather than substance. And as an aside: a PhD student in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literature calling...

Shot. Chaser.

Politics by aesthetic rather than substance.

And as an aside: a PhD student in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literature calling somebody who doesn't wear a suit a "narcissist" for doing so isn't winning any working class votes.

I have to say, I've loved the nightly ritual of blocking the one new sex-cam bot who follows me each day at around 8:00pm ET.

I have to say, I've loved the nightly ritual of blocking the one new sex-cam bot who follows me each day at around 8:00pm ET.

This will certainly go well.

This will certainly go well.

Or other times.But he can definitely be the president of understatements.

Or other times.

But he can definitely be the president of understatements.

Remember the useful idiots (or outright liars) who said this was only about K-3 students? Yeah. Good stuff....

Remember the useful idiots (or outright liars) who said this was only about K-3 students? Yeah. Good stuff. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/called-dont-gay-rules-expanded-12th-grade-florida/story?id=98691183

"move forward from these issues... which we helped inflame and stoke because we're terrified of the audience we've created and...

"move forward from these issues... which we helped inflame and stoke because we're terrified of the audience we've created and the political party we've helped prop up."