Peter

even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less”

alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social

Dems' "Project 2029" first major policy proposal: an online child safety plan — narrowing Sec. 230, banning social media for kids under 16, promoting phone-free childhoods and more. Already backed by Cory Booker, Mikie Sherrill, Randi Weingarten + Jonathan Haidt. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

this wouldn’t work legally because a President has no authority to remove a Supreme Court justice. however the President could instead simply drone strike them. it sounds like i’m being snarky but as a result of the immunity decision this is the actual law.

the platner situation is a good reminder that when everyone with the worst political instincts in the world all line up behind one candidate that’s actually a bad sign

constitutional birthright citizenship survives by 1 vote. and to think people were worried about this beautiful institution.

i'm finally going through the dissents in the birthright citizenship case, each of which grafts some extremely broad unspoken exception onto the plain language of the constitution, and every single dissent can be rebutted by asking "if that is what the drafters meant then why didn't they say it?"

one thing that’s dying out in the next generation or so is knowing roads. my parents will ask me shit like “how’d you get there? 178? 232?” buddy i went where the computer told me.

“the establishment is trying to use these allegations to take platner down” yeah and it’s working because this dude sucks

so important to understand that it’s perfectly normal to be frustrated with a crying baby, you just need to have the emotional maturity to realize that negatively reacting would be insane

it’s very funny to believe that you’re headed to eternal paradise, most people are headed to eternal suffering, but while we’re very briefly on this mortal plane we need to be more racist

Sam @samd.bsky.social

Lyman stone is a christofascist freak and it is insane that people pay attention to any of the nonsense he says

really cool going from the 2010 World Cup, where Ghana’s little run seemed like a magical anomaly, to a bunch of African teams contending across the bracket and participating in the global pastime of causing fear and misery in England.

yeah i mean my worst colleagues didn't start wars though, they were mostly just rude in emails or things like that

the great american state fair is more evidence that you cannot manufacture the vibes

warning for bluesky repliers to stay inside

you guys complain that they're an out of touch elite institution, but it turns out the DNC is doing worse financially than all of you

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social

Democratic National Committee is horribly struggling. Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. While DNC is $2 million in debt. Bad management of DNC but also another sign that the energy in the Dem base is for change--not the establishment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)

The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

win or lose, soccer is about engaging in open corruption

a thing about these “priorities” is that they cannot be achieved without comprehensive Supreme Court reform, which means THAT is your actual priority

the thing about this Yglesias take is that it’s load-bearing for his career. if politics is about persuasion, someone like Yglesias serves no real purpose, and in fact it might be counterproductive for politicians to listen to the opinions of an abrasive nerd

Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social

This paragraph gave me an epiphany about Matty Y. It's not that he doesn't understand how politics words. It's that fundamentally, he doesn't understand *what politics is.*

one thing we touch on a bit here is that the argument that racism was essentially solved and therefore required no further intervention was popular among reactionaries as early as the 1870s

5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social

This week’s episode is a special one, in honor of America’s 250th birthday: an overview of the role the Supreme Court played in the end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, with our friend @kroosevelt93.bsky.social.

250 Years of Bad Decisions: SCOTUS, the Civil War, and the End of Reconstruction

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · June 30 · 54m

this stuff doesn’t clock as hypocritical to the right because they don’t think that the care that trans people receive is “gender affirming.” there’s no contradiction in their minds.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com

Every time someone calls Hegseth's testosterone program or Elon's hair plugs "gender affirming care," I wince. Speaking only for myself, and I know the jokes are well-intentioned: I wish we'd retire this one. New from me on why. www.readtpa.com/p/theres-no-...

There’s No Gotcha Here

Calling Hegseth’s testosterone program "gender-affirming care" trivializes trans healthcare and misreads what we’re up against. Speaking only for myself: knock it off

i’ve been really stressed about the air quality but i just heard the news say that breathing this air all day would be the equivalent of smoking seven cigarettes and a deep calm washed over me

really says something about the state of the nominal left that someone like Prelogar, who was probably the most sought-after Democratic lawyer at the end of the Biden administration, would go straight to working for Kalshi. absolutely pathetic.

Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social

Oh my.

even if there were a grand conspiracy to over prosecute sex crimes, if you look like Michael Tracey visually you have to be honest with yourself and admit that you can’t be the guy who delivers that message

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer

questions, my shirt etc

was minding my business looking at watches on instagram when the suggested account feature scored a direct hit

troops this troops that, does anyone ever stop yapping about these guys