As sane, secular people abandon the GOP, religious kooks become a larger part of its membership. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

In the mail. amazon.com/dp/0300260970

Erick-son-of-Erick is an asshole.

Trump is clearly suffering from narcolepsy. In my observation, this is a symptom of advanced dementia.

Merrick Garland and legacy news outlets have made the same crucial mistake, clinging to standard operating procedure during an unprecedented attack on our democracy.
Unwilling to adopt new tactics to confront new threats, they have put us all in danger.

Republican SCOTUS plans to make it easier for Trump to steal the next election. Because of course it will. nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/…

In oral argument today, Justice Thomas is minimizing the severity of the 1/6 insurrection at the Capitol. Perhaps that's because his wife was part of the conspiracy. What a disgrace that he's sitting on this case. #SCOTUS

The generality of belief in unsubstantiated claims. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac…

Tom Cotton, 2020: In my NYT op-ed, I was only calling for the use of violence against rioters, not peaceful protesters.

Tom Cotton, 2024: Civilians should use violence against peaceful protesters.

Imagine what it means for US credibility and deterrence to convince Ukraine to give up its nukes and other weapons, to provide aid for a while, then stop and say 'Ukraine must stand on its own' against a Russian terror state that is also attacking US interests.

Just over 100 years ago, J. Edgar Hoover put a couple of hundred American residents on a boat to Russia because they tried overturn an election by force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Bufo…

If I was on trial for a serious crime, I think I'd stay awake during the proceedings. But that's just me.

Apparently, Elon is still too stupid to realize that those who post on this hellsite are providing free content.

Trump is a criminal and hopefully he will pay for his crimes. But the sheer awfulness of his presidency has been forgotten even by many of those who hate him. The deaths he caused through incompetence are at least in the hundreds of thousands. 2021 report. bmj.com/content/372/bm…

The MAGA authoritarian state is already here. vox.com/scotus/2408008…

I wonder if it would be a good idea for everyone to adopt as professional nomenclature a name with just initials and a last time, as in B.R. Bartlett. Seems like it would solve a lot of racial and gender problems.

Trump's dementia worsens by the day. newsweek.com/donald-trump-r…