When a political figure is killed, his supporters want to believe he was killed by some powerful, organized "them." They want his death to be meaningful, and it's more meaningful to be killed by a powerful political force than a random nut, as most actual killers turn out to be.

Q: "Steve Bannon talked about you calling to tone down the rhetoric saying 'Spencer Cox is a national embarrassment.'" Governor Cox: "Mr. Bannon is angry, and rightfully so...There are conflict entrepreneurs out there who benefit from radicalizing us.”

Here’s Trump joking about Nancy Pelosi’s husband getting assaulted, and the crowd laughing

Republicans against Trump I think the United States still underestimates what's happening. And if the rest of the world scrutinizes every event, it's because the United States has a lot of influence abroad And what we see is more than concerning.

A lot of the people currently mocking government-censorship concerns about the Kimmel suspension seem genuinely to have missed that the FCC Chair straightforwardly threatened ABC over his monologue: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

am I the only one noticing that the president just tweeted out something worse than Watergate

Don't miss the point. MAGA's contention isn't that Homan is innocent of corruption, bribery, and fraud. MAGA's contention is that it's okay. And they simply don't care because he's one of their own.

One of the most disgusting little Song and Dance routines of the 21st century has been the idea that Trump is a godly man.

Currently muting any useless political hacks on the platform, Left and Right. Life is getting sunnier by the minute.

The entire Trump campaign and administration has been a massive bet that the American electorate is stupid and gullible, and won't realize or care that they are being lied to and their country is being gutted. And I'll be damned, it looks like they were right.

Donald Trump is going to go down in American history like the Confederacy. Generally looked at with shame, but with a few diehards who will never let him go.

Regardless of how one feels about slavery, according to U.S. law, this is a felony: harboring runaway slaves. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, §7.

The Bulwark Not even a month ago:

Exactly. Nineteen years ago, we all attended the signing on the South Lawn of George W. Bush’s White House after the bill passed the Senate in a 98-0 vote and the House in a 390-33 vote.

Theory about the decline in religiosity in America: People lost faith because Christianity in America has transparently become a tool for the pursuit of power rather than a spiritual endeavor. A moral bludgeon. Good churches exist, but they don't get the attention.

Ay why tf is there a Jonas Brothers concert in the middle of the World Series?

RONALD REAGAN IN THE WORLD SERIES

There are people who are upset that Mamdani won, but is anyone really upset that Cuomo lost? Seems there is a consensus that people like Cuomo deserve to lose.

The Biden strategy it is then.

Notice how all of a sudden it’s “they”. “They” did this, “they’re” doing that. No HE did this, HE is doing this to you.