I was surprised at how touching it was.

I voted in Missouri in 2000 and voted for Nader. Bush narrowly won the state but elected democrats to governor, lt governor, Treasurer and attorney general AND elected Mel Carnahan to the senate (despite having died in a plane crash before the election). I will never stop regretting my Nader vote.

This is the moment where two realities diverged

Always nice to have a reminder from time to time that the Bulwark and I used to be on opposite sides of the aisle.

One step closer to signing an allegiance to the sun king, our one true president

Bill, I don’t think any serious democrat is trying to destroy the free market. But my entire life we have been told that trickle down economics is gonna work. And I’m wondering how much longer we have to wait for normal non-bezos’ to see any benefit?

They don’t want their federal funding turned off, like they’re doing to blue states now

I like Andy beshear but I don’t like it when he says “secretary of war.” That isn’t a thing just because trump says so.

I think they should. Do everything they want to do. Let’s see how voters like it.

If her last name was Torres, ICE would’ve scooped her up in a van and disappeared her by now.

As long as the president says it was part of his “official duties” he would be fine.

Court? Didn’t you hear him? They’re terrorists! You don’t get a trial at CECOT

Goody’s! It’s made of autism!

Oh then include a Doan’s in that cocktail

If the advil was in a coat pocket or loose in the bottom of a travel toiletries bag, I think you’re fine

So the President can just start charging people for certain kinds of visas on a whim, but he can’t alter the structure of student loans despite legislation that clearly allows him to do so? Cool cool cool. Got it

Is this the cover of the new Lucius album?

Seeing that AI appears poised to make humans obsolete in areas like math and coding, humanities might be of great use to us. Hopefully the coders paid enough attention in their philosophy pre reqs to give AI some kind of ethical framework.