I don’t know which is worse: “human shields” or “humanitarian pause.” Neither serve the interests of the innocent lives caught in the middle of the belligerents, and both serve Netanyahu’s political interests to preserve his hold on power through war,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There has been some good reporting on Mike Johnson in the past few weeks, but there has also been a lot of the kind of normalizing that we saw with the Alt Right a few years ago. News corporations and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you don’t follow football — and given my audience on this site, I’m sure half of you don’t — you may not have heard the controversy generated by Taylor Swift dating a player from the Kansas City Chiefs. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I’m horrified by the violence of Hamas that triggered the violence of Netanyahu’s government. But as the days have played out, watching people die and social media swap insults in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This whole cartoon is a response to a single article in the New York Times, “Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.” Well, and taking a potshot at David Leonhardt, whose bloodless newsletter appears[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This cartoon was created and published in the sliver of time between Congress passing a 45 day stop gap measure to prevent a government shutdown (for now) and the inevitable ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Kevin[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fetch enjoys the chaos even as he despises the chaotic actors of the Republican Party. I’m more with the goose, demanding a government that serves the people — although like Fetch I don’t think these people are capable of it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The news has been fixated on the hunt for and capture of an escaped prisoner in Pennsylvania. A man who murdered his girlfriend in front of her young children, he sounds like a menace to society and should be imprisoned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently Carlos Santana interrupted a performance to deliver his thoughts on trans health care, repeating tired old ideas about gender and outdated science. Meanwhile Stereogum asked Alice Cooper about the controversy over repressive laws on gender affirming care. His answer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I enjoyed the mug shots and related memes. But I’m not convinced we’ll get the judicial conclusion we want or need. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try. But the wealthy and powerful have a vested interest in protecting their class[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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