The Democratic Party was dominant for most of the 20th century because they were able to court voters who despised each other. The New Deal, the pinnacle of left-wing policy, passed because FDR made concessions to southern conservatives. See also: Ed Koch quote

Was this the worst NATO Summit ever? “Well, at least it wasn’t a disaster,” a friend said when we discussed the matter. And I had to agree — it could have been much worse. For example, we might not have NATO anymore. But we still do. So, technically, yay. As usual, a couple of

Uh god help me for writing this but I highly recommend Thiel's analysis. Just to add capitalists made a huge self-own by not pushing a quick recovery from the Great Recession.

New from me at The Bulwark: the new The Bulwark documentary on Ukraine's war and the West's response thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-stil…

if you’ve ever wondered why “escaping small scale subsistence farming” has been humanity’s primary group project for the majority of our known existence, it’s because small scale subsistence farming sucks real bad

"Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are working together. Right now that manifests itself most in Ukraine. Iran is helping Russia. North Korea is helping Russia. China is helping Russia. If Russia is successful in Ukraine, it strengthens all four of those countries, all of whom

It’s so rare to meet independent journalist in Ukraine who genuinely support this country and understand the russian threat + work tirelessly to film & edit on the front line Dylan Burns 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 is fantastic 🫡🇺🇦❤️

Lol, somehow not Beria’s biggest mistake

This fucking dork just last year bragged about voting for Trump cause he was cool

A piece of paper is literally what makes you American. The whole point of America was to reject the ancestral blood-and-soil status order of feudal Europe.

On the one hand I was wrong about who would win an election 8 months ago. On the other hand, conservatives were wrong about the extent to which their candidate supported literal sexual predators like Matt Gaetz and Jeffrey Epstein Personally I think I have less to apologize for

You put Qatar on the women's rights council so clearly you think there's a little wiggle room.

“Their increasingly casual antisemitism is not simply evil—it is strategic.” Read Rebeccah Heinrichs’ must-read piece in The Free Press laying out the “1939 Project,” the right-wing effort to “weaken the American people’s support for U.S. statecraft in the world.”

Epstein had to pay for all his sex trafficking somehow. Further evidence shows he used Russian banks to process hundreds of millions in payments. Again, this is info in the possession of the Trump administration, but they’re refusing to investigate.

My generation read Roald Dahl books as kids but we didnt build our identities around them nor did the books become a constant debate point in endless discourses. Thats the thing I don’t understand about the Harry Potter phenomenon, which are children’s books at the end of the day

>go to the zoo >decide I want banana >take from gorilla >he spontaneously invents property rights >shoves my foot up my ass >why would capitalism do this?

Yes, as is obvious to anyone who is at all intellectually honest, they are trying to conflate 'Russia literally hacked the vote tallies to change them' (never claimed) with 'ran a massive hack and leak influence campaign hand-in-hand with Trump' (actually happened).

JackFenton25 The teacher said "no, there is no holiday where Putin rises from the dead". So my son said "then killing him will solve my problems."

Again, it’s not what the Dear Leader said, it’s what the Dear Leader says *today*.