The "welfare problem" is the trillions in subsidies we give corporate America to include the likes of Elon Musk directly and freaks like Peter Thiel and defense contractors like Palantir. The real endless money doesn't go to poor people but instead the already incredibly wealthy.
Unpopular "centrist" Dems give the right endless ammo to effectively use against them, while leftists are so universally appealing that even FOX is scared to attack them, because they keep converting their own viewers.
This is a devastating interview.
Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.
Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.
this language is now indexed as a form of racial harassment. The mere mention of Palestinians and their ongoing mass killing, siege and starvation is treated as a form of bigotry. I don’t know what else to say other than this is completely dystopian and insane.
"At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before."
Here's the story: 🧵
The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.
Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.
Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.
The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.
Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."
They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.
If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.
Imagine if Iran bombed 10,000 homes in the US.
Then Iranian media said: "IRGC may have destroyed 10,000 weapon-holding homes in the US." (lots of people have weapons at home, so maybe its accurate?)
No need to image though ... just swap out Iran/US for Israel/Lebanon ...
@TheRealJChubby "Does Israel have too much influence in America?"
🔴 Too Much: 52%
🔵 Still Working On Object Permanence: 33%
🟢 AIPAC And Its Sad and Gross Supporters: 15%
Big Data / May 27, 2026
One of the most detailed testimonies I've heard of the Israeli torture and systematic sexual abuse of Gaza Sumud Flotilla activists abducted in international waters while attempting to bring aid to Gaza
It’s not a wedge issue within the party. The percentage of Democratic voters who have a positive view of Israel (13%) is the same as the percentage of Democratic voters who have a positive view of abortion bans (14%), yet nobody says abortion is a wedge issue within the party
Ilana Glazer and I are both proud Jewish New Yorkers who believe unapologetically that our safety is inextricably bound up with that of our neighbors, including Palestinians. And that AIPAC and the candidates they support aren’t making any of us safer or freer.