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I know we've already determined that saying "Lock him up" is illiberal, but is "Seize his assets" OK?
Steven T. DennisTrump made vastly more money in crypto last year than all of the presidential salaries since the beginning of the republic combined. He made more from crypto than the salaries of every member of Congress over the past 15 years *combined*. It’s yielded a collective shrug from his fellow Republicans.
McCarthyism is when a cis person says their pronouns in a zoom meeting.
Nicholas GrossmanRoss Douthat is a victim. As a well-paid regular columnist at the country's premier newspaper, with anything he wants to say widely distributed, he was repressed. Silenced. And did you know America had civic and educational collapse around 2015? Where, exactly? Uh... don't ask, he's rolling. 8/x
#20YearsAgoToday, I shot this clip of Of Montreal at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison. I remember very little about this show, except that Kevin Barnes wore a gold lamé blouse at one point that he said was previously owned by Bea Arthur. Also, in a very 2006 moment, they covered "Crazy."
Of Montreal: "Crazy"YouTube video by Aaron S. Veenstrawww.youtube.comSaw this ad four times on Tuesday night. So far tonight, an Oliver Larkin ad four times, and it's a good one.
The Good Life | Oliver for CongressYouTube video by Oliver for Congresswww.youtube.comAaron S. VeenstraJust saw a pro-Jared Moskowitz PAC ad where the first image of Moskowitz is him standing next to Ron DeSantis. It's still primary season here.
It's #BandcampFriday and my album is out! Currently a Bandcamp exclusive, it will be on streaming soon. What does it sound like? Well, it's instrumental bleep-bloop stuff that emerged out of the process of scoring a film, so, like that. Check it out!
Appetites, by Decapitol13 track albumdecapitol.bandcamp.com#20YearsAgoToday (plus a couple days), I shot this clip of Bloc Party at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. I was in SF for a conference, so getting to see this show was a lucky coincidence. Silent Alarm remains an all-timer of an album and this show reflected it – great atmosphere and a great night.
Bloc Party: "Hunting For Witches"YouTube video by Aaron S. Veenstrawww.youtube.comI feel like you have to work pretty hard to not realize that the vast majority of politicians are saying this.
Aaron RuparTALARICO: What they're doing in TX is they're redrawing the lines in middle of the decade, which is unprecedented. It's like changing rules after halftime bc you're worried the other team is going to win. It's cheating CHARLAMAGNE: More politicians should say that T: That they're cheating? C: Yes
Few things easier to do than troll Bluesky with a thinly sourced story about how The Dems hate the left more than they hate Trump.
Peter Baker"We are preparing for the next war that is coming": Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan and the rise of DSA candidates in multiple states have Democrats at odds with each other over the identity and future of the party. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
This sort of thinking is also founded on the fundamentally undemocratic idea that campaign money converts directly into votes because voters can't think for themselves.
VenomousGoatTVI have a great deal of contempt for AIPAC but they do not have the power to "steal" an election. Stuffing ballot boxes, changing vote totals, that's election stealing. Convincing people to vote for a candidate via ads and outreach is just an election. The distinction matters
Bring back expressing contempt for contemptible opponents, IMO.
Aaron RuparEl-Sayed: "Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little more manly by making an AI video ... he's a guy who went back to Florida so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to bet for his endorsement."
Sometimes I feel like nobody in the polling industry has ever heard of validity. Questions like this – or asking about trust in [major social institution], for example – are worse than useless.
Stephen WolfIt would be helpful to split this into separate poll questions. It’s reasonable to think vote counting will be (basically) accurate but our electoral system is unfair. How insightful is a poll where Democrats holding that view can only express it by giving the same answer as MAGA election deniers?
It's the next morning and I'm still marveling at this. If you're ~47 or older and ask this question, it's hard not to assume you were living an incredibly sheltered and privileged life in 1986.
Mike CaulfieldHealth care, food, video games, tvs, computers, sneakers, insulation, rain jackets, toilet paper, stoves (induction), central HVAC (heat pumps), mattresses, car safety (just literally saved life of acquaintance last week), power drills, solar power, amusement parks, farmers markets, gyms
The ads says that when emergencies happen, most people run away, but Moskowitz runs toward it. This coward has never even held a town hall.
Aaron S. VeenstraI've seen it four times during the baseball game tonight so I just gave all my money to @oliveralarkin.bsky.social.
I've seen it four times during the baseball game tonight so I just gave all my money to @oliveralarkin.bsky.social.
Aaron S. VeenstraJust saw a pro-Jared Moskowitz PAC ad where the first image of Moskowitz is him standing next to Ron DeSantis. It's still primary season here.
Political and policy instincts here are just abominable.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
Schrodinger's armory, both ready for a world war and wiped out by Biden.
Ron FilipkowskiIs this an “Iran is begging for a deal” day, or an “I’m going to bomb them at levels not seen since WWII” day? Sometimes it can be hard to keep up.