Here’s a pretty good heuristic: political regimes that people flee *to* tend to be better than political regimes that people flee *from*. Cuba is actually existing socialism and it’s a disaster

Tom Lehrer RIP! What a wild talent and spirit, and explanation for why he quit: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” And this was such a cool move: In October 2020, Mr. Lehrer announced on his website that “all the

Fwiw, I have absolutely seen (often smart) STEM majors struggling in philosophy classes

The Orbanization of our country continues apace. Newsrooms bow to the placement of government censors.

Me too.

Trumponomics in action.

31% of all deaths in 1900 in the US were kids younger than 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Kids don’t die prematurely now because of modern science and medicines. Y’all want to go back to that?

lol

Getting rid of monopoly utilities and going to something like Texas's deregulated market all around the country is an underrated climate solution.

Americans who are smirking at European humiliation in accepting US tariffs don’t get it. This was an alliance that strengthened both sides, and it’s being turned into a zero-sum game by Trump that will weaken both. Trump is burning down the house and these morons are cheering.

Derek Thompson Both the far Left and Right have attempted to convince Americans that life in America today is the worst it's ever been, and only they have to ability to bring change, if only you'd elect them. Meanwhile, ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-g…

I still can't get over the spectacle of Republicans bragging about raising taxes -- and being cheered for it on Fox News 🤪

Vance says GW Bush's DOJ was too easy on Epstein. Okay, plausible. But kinda weird argument when Trump made Alex Acosta, the Bush DOJ point man on the case (Acosta literally oversaw and approved Epstein's sweetheart plea agreement) a cabinet secretary. mediaite.com/politics/trump…

End civil asset forfeiture. End all legalized theft.

How about we hear from the victims, not the trafficker? #GhislaineMaxwell

Manhattan is considerably safer than Phoenix.

To make nuclear cheap, you have to build at scale, the same design, over and over again. Lots of them. China does this. No one else today is. A small nuclear industry isn't viable in the US. Only a nuclear industry building lots of reactors is.

“Trump has a pronoun problem. He keeps saying he's imposing tariffs on they/them. But he's actually imposing them on us." Justin Wolfers economist.com/culture/2025/0…

Trump's attacking Josh Hawley for standing up to him. MAGA, ask yourself why Trump's attacking one of his own just because they want to ban congressional stock trading? Trump isn't better than the swamp, Trump IS the swamp, and Josh Hawley knows it.

This is correct. Coal is “coming back” only if the Feds subsidize it.