Gorgon Zola

one of the single most important bursts of legislative activity in the nation's history happened because the governing party did not hesitate to remove their opponents from congress itself when they had the opportunity. 🤷🏿‍♂️

if there is a path to either national nonpartisan redistricting or proportional representation, it is going to go through one party or another. but the first step toward it actually happening is for that party to win power, and you go to war with the system you have, not the one you want.

the shift to a winner-take-all distribution of electoral votes? a partisan project. the development of the mass political party? a partisan project. antislavery and reconstruction? a partisan project. even direct election of senators comes out of populist agitation in the late 19th century.

but the fact of the matter is that with the notable exception *of* the mid to late 20th century, every major change in our political system and government has been a partisan or ideological political project.

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

If you act like a rogue state you should get treated like a rogue state

My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.

"You are being musically mean to me and it's hurting my feelings so I am going to call the police department that we are supposed to be supporting to report a feels violation."

No need for cat and dog beds in those place

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023 www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism

And so it has come to be, that on the eve of open rebellion among the district courts, the most important (to Trump) reaches the grand wizard in order to see if he shall be fired

this is giuliani’s 9/11

Some of the crimes I've seen in Washington DC: — Beige sweater with beige chinos — Jacket sleeve tag left on — Tan shoes with navy suits — Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)

Holy shit. #shareGoodNewsToo

This is one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever said.

Literally, a free society is one where everyone has the right to make their own moral authority and take that to the streets to convince everyone else.

HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates

I have a grand theory of trumpinomics that's coming into view. He views money as a tangible 'thing'. Not only that, but more important than any other good or service. It is the most important good. He actually views money as a means to itself.

“President Trump’s remarks do not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

(sigh)

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Ever see one of those pictures and think... "Man... this picture is like 3 years before its time."

Guys guys guys. You keep calling me a racist. But I can't be racist, because I also hate the Irish.

"Put labor at the heart of the Democratic Party. Build the party around that. Allow organized labor, the unions, the AFL-CIO, to represent the center of the party, and then allow the respective wings to sprout off of it," writes @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remaking-t...

Just a glitch I found because it’s legal

/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration at all to say the decision threatens the Republic. I might not have said so in 2015, before I saw how triumphantly lawless and autocratic the President could be, and how so many people would applaud it or at least shrug.

Brett Kavanaugh's "rule for the ages" with regards to presidential immunity is about to find out that the ages are about 20 years long.

On the positive side, I don't have to listen to people telling me all about the anti-dementia drugs that Biden took pre-debate.

Culture bundling. It’s not the guns per se; it’s the cultural bundles that come with the guns and with gun control. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1213-white-productive-gun-debate-20151213-story.html

Things you would never think were true until a search engine tells you. How smart is a beluga whale? Well, I guess, on average, they're super geniuses.

A Moscow court sentenced Twitch streamer Anna Bazhutova to 5.5 years in prison for livestreaming witness testimony about alleged Russian atrocities in Bucha. - The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/05/russian-twitch-streamer-jailed-55-years-for-bucha-testimonies-a85326

If people really want college students having more sex... they probably shouldn't be forcing them to tear down the tents in the middle of the quad where they're all living like it's Burning Man.

Zach Snyder is the Michael Bay of Sci Fi/Fantasy.

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Meanwhile, in other countries:

The Clown, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1868, 📸 by @hscheinukphoto

In a lot of ways, the 2024 election is like any other election. Focus on the economy to win the middle.