Rockfish
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The fact that only 5% of college professors voted for a far-right narcissist whose policies will destroy our economy and democracy shows that universities lack real intellectual diversity.
June 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fact that only 5% of college professors voted for a far-right narcissist whose policies will destroy our economy and democracy shows that universities lack real intellectual diversity.
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the pivot from “we’re not cutting medicaid” to “come on look at these lazy bastards” sure was speedy
Markwayne Mullin: "There are 35 million people that live below the poverty line inside the US. There are over 70 million people signed up for Medicaid. Now you're gonna tell me there's not room to make cuts?"
June 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
the pivot from “we’re not cutting medicaid” to “come on look at these lazy bastards” sure was speedy
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I keep coming back to this section of Taylor, when Alito explains that Uncle Bobby's Wedding violates parents' rights by portraying a same-sex wedding as a "joyous event." I have no idea why this logic wouldn't empower parents to object to portrayals of, say, interracial marriage on the same grounds
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I keep coming back to this section of Taylor, when Alito explains that Uncle Bobby's Wedding violates parents' rights by portraying a same-sex wedding as a "joyous event." I have no idea why this logic wouldn't empower parents to object to portrayals of, say, interracial marriage on the same grounds
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The way people are losing their fucking minds over a proposal for a publicly owned grocery store should give you some insight into how a proposal for public libraries would be greeted today if they didn't already exist.
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The way people are losing their fucking minds over a proposal for a publicly owned grocery store should give you some insight into how a proposal for public libraries would be greeted today if they didn't already exist.
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Democrats have spent so long trying to find candidates who won’t alienate theoretical centrist or soft Republican voters that they have alienated a natural constituency. That constituency just elected Zohran Mamdani.
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Opinion | The Democrats’ generational rift just got harder to ignore
Maybe the party should consider abandoning its cautious old ways.
wapo.st
June 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Democrats have spent so long trying to find candidates who won’t alienate theoretical centrist or soft Republican voters that they have alienated a natural constituency. That constituency just elected Zohran Mamdani.
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Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?
You’re kidding.
You’re kidding.
June 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?
You’re kidding.
You’re kidding.
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#NoKings coverage was better by smaller outlets while editors of influential news outlets like NYTimes / WSJ / WaPo continue downplay & dampen coverage of the pro-democracy movement and demonstrations like #NoKings.
See our analysis: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/no-kings-c...
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See our analysis: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/no-kings-c...
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June 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#NoKings coverage was better by smaller outlets while editors of influential news outlets like NYTimes / WSJ / WaPo continue downplay & dampen coverage of the pro-democracy movement and demonstrations like #NoKings.
See our analysis: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/no-kings-c...
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See our analysis: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/no-kings-c...
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Absolutely pathetic. They only care to uphold the voices blaming the trans community for its own persecution.
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Absolutely pathetic. They only care to uphold the voices blaming the trans community for its own persecution.
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The NYT decided to kick trans people in the teeth the day after Skrmetti. They wrote a hit piece blaming trans people for their own oppression and attacked the people who have fought hardest to stop this effort to eradicate us.
They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.
They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.
June 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The NYT decided to kick trans people in the teeth the day after Skrmetti. They wrote a hit piece blaming trans people for their own oppression and attacked the people who have fought hardest to stop this effort to eradicate us.
They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.
They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.
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The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
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Plessy v. Ferguson for trans people
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, concluding that it does NOT discriminate on the basis of sex, is not subject to heightened scrutiny, and survives rational basis review. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Plessy v. Ferguson for trans people
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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
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The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
June 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
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The answer is in ICE's selection of targets:
* Democratic politicians in public
* Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools
None of those people will be armed.
On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.
* Democratic politicians in public
* Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools
None of those people will be armed.
On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.
I’m still surprised that in a nation drowning in guns and “stand your ground” rationalizations, none of these masked kidnappers have been shot at yet.
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
June 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The answer is in ICE's selection of targets:
* Democratic politicians in public
* Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools
None of those people will be armed.
On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.
* Democratic politicians in public
* Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools
None of those people will be armed.
On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.
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I did not have "The Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill would dump more people from Medicaid & subsequently kill more people" on my Bingo card. But that's exactly what happened. Here are the details from the Senate Finance Committee's draft, released yesterday:
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The Senate draft makes changes that will annoy House moderates and conservatives. But on Medicaid, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
prospect.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I did not have "The Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill would dump more people from Medicaid & subsequently kill more people" on my Bingo card. But that's exactly what happened. Here are the details from the Senate Finance Committee's draft, released yesterday:
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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Trump Mouths Lyrics To ‘Happy Birthday’ While National Anthem Plays
June 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump Mouths Lyrics To ‘Happy Birthday’ While National Anthem Plays
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Awful: News orgs are credulously amplifying the ugly idea that sending troops into LA is good politics for Trump. This gives his lawless abuses of power the aura of conventional politics, obscuring how extraordinary and dangerous this moment truly is. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.
newrepublic.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Awful: News orgs are credulously amplifying the ugly idea that sending troops into LA is good politics for Trump. This gives his lawless abuses of power the aura of conventional politics, obscuring how extraordinary and dangerous this moment truly is. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
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Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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Love Ezra, but he's wrong.
Counterpoint from this neuroscientist: Emotions are evolution's way of organizing our brains to coherent action. Deployed well, emotions win wars & create revolutions.
Hating authoritarianism is a way of recruiting normies. Of course one must look like one is in control.
Counterpoint from this neuroscientist: Emotions are evolution's way of organizing our brains to coherent action. Deployed well, emotions win wars & create revolutions.
Hating authoritarianism is a way of recruiting normies. Of course one must look like one is in control.
June 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Love Ezra, but he's wrong.
Counterpoint from this neuroscientist: Emotions are evolution's way of organizing our brains to coherent action. Deployed well, emotions win wars & create revolutions.
Hating authoritarianism is a way of recruiting normies. Of course one must look like one is in control.
Counterpoint from this neuroscientist: Emotions are evolution's way of organizing our brains to coherent action. Deployed well, emotions win wars & create revolutions.
Hating authoritarianism is a way of recruiting normies. Of course one must look like one is in control.
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More broadly, political commentators & strategists need to get it into their head that most people’s “opinions” on most political topics are so shallow as to be virtually nonexistent. The practice of polling itself has manufactured this illusion that voters have views on every imaginable policy.
We need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration. Quality polling reveals that it's self-contradictory: Voters want mass deportations until they're offered more nuanced options. Why? Here's a theory: Most voters above all want a system that works. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
More broadly, political commentators & strategists need to get it into their head that most people’s “opinions” on most political topics are so shallow as to be virtually nonexistent. The practice of polling itself has manufactured this illusion that voters have views on every imaginable policy.
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Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
June 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
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“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”