Nick

“America was never America to me. And yet I swear this oath: America will be!” - Langston Hughes

sigh, you know, people talk about how they are basically "trapped" in their houses, but I'm starting to worry that I am "trapped" in my current job forever - which all things considered isn't THAT bad a job, and clearly I'm fortunate to have a good job, but there is a certain ennui it generates.

Making "clinging to guns and religion" references in 2026 is like, well, Trump always playing "YMCA" at his rallies

“Woke” has intense proxy pro-DemSoc vibes.

perhaps a Brewers World Series title can fix what a Cubs title broke

A federal judge. Where we are as a country.

I'd like more of our electeds to think seriously about the gap between what the law requires/prohibits and less about passive "norm preservation" framings of their roles in the state

I dont know if it's because they love republicans and want them to win but holy crap is this an embarrassment. the equivalent of reckless disregard in terms of journalism fuck ups. Just the simplest damn googling.

bluntly this is also what destroyed LBJ and led to the nixon landslide, yes vietnam also mattered and was probably #1, but the white working class was infuriated that black folks would also benefit from the great society programs

Not the first time Minnesota broke the enemies advance.

REGISTERED US VOTERS FAVOR DEMOCRATS OVER REPUBLICANS BY 47% TO 36% ON GENERIC CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS

The Hard Hat Riot is the single most important and consequential independently organized labor action in post-Gilded Age American history but the entire left-of-center has deliberately chosen to completely forget it because of how utterly embarrassing it is to us

This was a significant portion of Liverpool fandom from 2018-20. Obviously it turned out great in the end for the most part, but living it week by week was excruciating

*BOLSONARO: FEDERAL POLICE REQUESTED I GIVE THEM MY PASSPORT

this might rank as one of the most important outcomes of the night if it happens. would give dems the ability to begin to make north carolina a democracy

#StarTrek #WalterKoenig

Neither here nor there but I just found my favorite version of this song, performed by the Lazy-B-Wranglers from Estes Park, Colorado (the internet is still good for a few things)

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

George Takei confirmed it on Facebook too.

Aw man, the original Enterprise bridge crew now down to two

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

"I'm a white male aged 18 to 49. Everyone listens to my ideas, no matter how dumb they are!"

BRAZIL'S LULA: WE DEFEATED FOREIGN INTERVENTION THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Finally, he can go fulfill his destiny and start a construction firm

alright, NO dooming until we have a little more to go on than lawyers who like to talk on the phone

The thing about this is that Trump's 2024 victory was always built on irreconcilable messages that were going to collapse once he actually had to govern. Deport everyone, but also deport only the "criminals"; no more wars, but also more belligerent, more isolationist, but also more pro-Israel.

lula

Lula retakes lead in Brazil election runoff with 47.62% of the votes counted

The world where classy straw hats become the symbol of democracy & liberty is my personal version of this meme

ugh

American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

lmao even DataRepublican is like “uh folks we need history e-day turnout or we are capital-F Fucked”

There is a certain brand of pundit that since 2016 or so has been so anxious about “getting middle America wrong” that they end up being offensive in reverse because they force themselves to be so patronizing 

Hey, Schwartz-Rot-Gold marched through my neighborhood just the other day

Welcome to the resistance, devil dogs