I hope JD Vance is proud of himself.
Here, I'll leave a quote from the Bel family's pastor. “I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,” he said. “But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.”
Also known as "How Seth Moulton misread the 2024 election and destroyed his career as a result."
In the scheme of things, the fact that the justices seal their records isn't the biggest deal in the world. And yet, it is emblematic of the way the court sits above the political system — of its imperious attitude towards the American people.
Everything about the MAGA agenda has completely failed to produce security or prosperity for the American people. Democrats need to be as loud and emphatic about this as possible.
Rep. Jim Clyburn told Meet the Press on Sunday that he would support expanding the court to 13 justices. That is a very strong indication that should Democrats win a trifecta in 2028, they will try court reform in 2029.
It is useful to remind ourselves that this president is engaged in an open conspiracy against the Constitution and the basic rights of the entire American people.
Another look at how gender anxiety and highly reactionary notions of gender identity shape the Trump administration. Also, some classical Greek political history.
The title is pretty self-explanatory.
One of the problems facing moderate and establishment candidates in their competition with their more progressive counterparts is a serious dearth of ideas.
Demolish it, blow it up, I don't care. But the ballroom has to go.
The task ahead of them in the majority, as McConnell understood when he won the Senate under Obama, is to be an opposition to the White House and not a partner.
From my Letterboxd:
This, to be clear, is not a bad thing. Nolan is covering the same thematic territory he did nearly 20 years ago and more recently with OPPENHEIMER. And it is compelling! A kind of Burkean liberalism that sees the heroism of “great men” as a necessary bulwark against disorder and chaos but understands the great men as merely men — who themselves bear some responsibility for the chaos — and sees heroism as a terrible burden to bear, more akin to a curse than a crown. There are no parades or honors. In the end you bear the scars and fade away, an exile remembered in legend.
Anyway, I am glad Hollywood keeps giving the man hundreds of millions of dollars to make his didactic and idiosyncratic blockbusters. Keep ‘em coming!
For any given question you ask the public, around 25 percent of people will embrace the most unhinged or ridiculous answer available. That is the "crazification" line and it is the reason that you'll never find a politician with 80 or 90 percent opposition. How close is Donald Trump to that point?
The president is treating Democratic-led states like colonies to be dominated, and it is the kind of thing that undermines the very notion of a federal union.
[Vladimir Harkonnen voice] She who controls the information controls the president.
Why is it that we're talking about one of the president's minor aides, what is her significance to Trump, and why the whole scandal demonstrates the political importance of being aggressive and getting attention.