Som :)

~These thoughts are my own~

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

9/ Real economic populism should be our tentpole.

But here's the thing - then you need to let people into the tent who aren't 100% on board with us on every social and cultural issue, or issues like guns or climate.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

7/ Meanwhile, men tumble into a different kind of identity crisis, as the patriarchy, society's primary organizing paradigm for centuries, rightly crashes. The right pushes an alluring dial back. The left says "get over it". Again, a refusal to listen/offer responsible solutions.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

6/ We don't listen enough; we tell people what's good for them.

And when progressives like Bernie aggressively go after the elites that hold people down, they are shunned as dangerous populists. Why? Maybe because true economic populism is bad for our high-income base. 😬

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

5/ Does racism explain part of the attraction of the right's nativism? Of course. But mass deportation is a (terrible) response to Americans' real sense they are helpless in the face of global forces (like increased migration). The left largely ignores this pain.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

2/ The left has never fully grappled with the wreckage of fifty years of neoliberalism, which has left legions of Americans adrift as local places are hollowed out, rapacious profit seeking cannibalizes the common good, and unchecked new technology separates and isolates us.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Walz: I have made many new friends. I have learned a lot of new things. I ate way too much food. But I can order doughnuts, people. I can order donuts.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

Back in reality, today I interviewed Ken Block — who the Trump campaign hired in 2020 to prove claims of voter fraud — and explained to me how not a single theory they tested or came across was proven out.

Tweets like this are sowing doubt in an election where there is a good chance Trump loses. Irresponsible is not an adequate word to describe it.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Strong pushback on from Jessica here

[Joseph Gordon-Levitt @hitRECordJoe]

Donald Trump wants to give me $70,000.

#Election2024 #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

“In four years, you won’t have to vote again.” Defend that, Trump supporters. Please. Defend that.

[Jon Stewart @jonstewart]

Legend.

[The Intel Crab @IntelCrab]

European friends, I hope you see the writing on the wall. Please plan accordingly.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

"Expertly gave a 30 minute history lesson in detail" ???

It's so interesting realizing all these people have never actually listened to Putin before, and the first time they hear his propagandistic retelling of Soviet history they are mesmerized.

Scary to think what an adept liar (like Putin) as POTUS could convince Americans of.

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

For years, I've been writing about Russia's preoccupation with Tucker Carlson and the enormous value of his propaganda for the Kremlin. Here is just a tiny sliver of Russia's Tuckermania. Watch, so you can be reminded how we got here.
https://t.co/0dIpSbgTVC

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

A comedian ruining his relationship with a large portion of his fanbase because he wanted to be like all of the other boring-ass Netflix Special "You Cant Tell Jokes Anymore" crowd is actually just depressing.

[Ari Cohn @AriCohn]

Remember, these people only support liberty and self-governance to the extent it allows them to control what you are allowed to do.

Stay frothy, @RickSantorum

[Ring of Fire @ringultimate]

An incredible season done a day too soon. 14 years of Ring culture shaped by the gravity of one man. #24 hangs in the rafters forever.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

The idea that McCarthy has been a "responsible" is a false premise, tbh. He made a deal with the devil to get in, reneged on the debt ceiling deal, launched a dubious impeachment inquiry, and has blamed Ds for the near govt shutdown. Not sure how this is Dems fault.

[Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer]

I’m so glad I went to NY today to sit down with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the United Nations. Understandably he got very emotional in describing what his people are going through as the Russian invasion continues.

[David Dayen @ddayen]

Child poverty rate:
2020: 16.1%
2021: 5.2%
2022: 12.4%
There's a way to call 2020-2022 "slow progress" and a way to call 2021-2022 "a total disaster" after the expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit.