Politics

Super informative thread on how the Podesta hack went down. twitter.com/pwnallthething…

What’s Your Ideal Community? The Answer Is Political

It’s conceivable that people who live in cities come to value more active government. Or they’re more receptive to investing in welfare because they pass the homeless every day. Or they appreciate immigration because their cab rides and lunch depend on immigrants. This argument is partly about the people we’re exposed to in cities (the poor, foreigners), and partly about the logistics of living there.

The suburbs… See more →

Saw this t-shirt today. A take-off on Metallica’s Kill ’Em All: “America: Free ’Em All” with “tour dates” listing all of our wars. Cute.

“Under the old feudalism, the peasants were exploited; under the new arrangement, they’ll merely be superfluous.” newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…

No one knows what Trump will do, but from the available evidence, this matrix is a reasonable map of possibilities. nytimes.com/2016/12/28/opi…

This story of an American jihadi who joined ISIS is a microcosm of ISIS itself: pedantry taken to wild extremes. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

How the dominos fell from Bill Clinton’s foolish tarmac meetup with Loretta Lynch to the nothingburger Comey letter. washingtonpost.com/world/national…

The Inaugural Committee couldn’t satisfy the part of Kiss’s rider stating Gene Simmons gets to be the biggest, loudest asshole at the show.

We just added a printable PDF version of our trading cards of Trump’s Cabinet picks. Last-minute stocking stuffers! propublica.org/article/the-ch…

It will be interesting to see what comes of Ivanka Trump’s seeming Stockholm syndrome. nytimes.com/2016/12/03/fas…

“[P]eople believe guns in their home make them safer […] epidemiological research suggests precisely the opposite.” thetrace.org/2016/09/harvar…

New work: @JessicaHuseman and I are making trading cards of Trump’s Cabinet picks, with a reading guide for each. propublica.org/article/the-ch…

“By attacking the very notion of shared reality, [Trump] is making normal democratic politics impossible.” thinkprogress.org/when-everythin…

Name your punk band The Faithless Electors.

Think of all the great things we could have accomplished in the coming years if we didn’t have to drop everything to beat back fascism.

George W Bush’s chief White House ethics lawyer makes clear the issues raised by Trump’s many conflicts of interest. nytimes.com/2016/12/01/opi…

This is easily the best postmortem on the 2016 election. vox.com/policy-and-pol…

Kasich Goes for ... McCain

At least three prominent Republicans are publicly throwing away their vote.

The Different Stakes of Male and Female Birth Control

for some women, there are tradeoffs between their reproductive freedom and their mental and emotional health.

Not so for men. Though men have an equal responsibility to prevent unwanted pregnancies, they don’t share equally in the consequences, and never have. The burden of birth control has always fallen largely on… See more →

With fear on a winning streak, the NRA can enjoy some downtime. They can finally get back to watching Red Dawn over and over again. twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…

Reminder: Conspiracy theories about mass voter fraud exist primarily to influence legislation aimed at disenfranchising minority voters. twitter.com/ProPublica/sta…

Short of reading a full biography, this is about as thorough an obituary of Fidel Castro as you are likely to find. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Jesus Christ, this thread is frightening. twitter.com/summerbrennan/…

“How do I strengthen the better angels of our nature? And how do we tamp down our tribal impulses?” newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…

“[A]s long as there are ink and pixels, you will be the focus of my withering gaze.” nytimes.com/2016/11/23/opi…

Recap, prioritized: (1) President-elect settled fraud charges for $25m, (2) framed it as sacrifice, (3) resumed feuding with entertainers.

Name your punk band Merrick Garland.

Fox News → TMZ → Trump → conspicuous consumption. A gradual escalation of noxiousness I didn’t think was possible in one brief tweet. Kudos. twitter.com/gerryfsmith/st…

“With the shoe on the other foot, the left may soon realize how terrifying […] the president’s authorities can be.” thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/…

Stephen K. Bannon first appeared on my radar five years ago. Among his many faults, he’s a shitty filmmaker. letterboxd.com/robweychert/fi…

Reached the anger stage. Angry at everyone who should have known better. Angry at everyone who diminishes the significance of this.

We must fight to limit the impact of the backwards thinking central to this moment. But this also remains true: twitter.com/robweychert/st…

Slept nine hours. Went running. Brain straining to map the complex causal network that got us here, and to see how best to prepare/respond.

“Fascism is not our future—it cannot be; we cannot allow it to be so—but this is surely the way fascism can begin.” newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

Going to bed tonight with a broken heart. Getting up tomorrow with clenched fists.

Today I voted for someone who has persisted in public service for decades in the face of unrelentingly vitriolic opposition.

Today I voted for a generation to grow up knowing a woman can be President of the United States or anything else she wants to be.

Today I voted for competence, compassion, and grace under fire, and I voted against greed, vanity, and spite.

Today marks the third time in eight years that I cast… See more →

“I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton either. I’m voting for Hillary Goddamn Brilliant Badass Queen Beyoncé Rodham.” youtu.be/b6zf5VkuiEQ

Pretty great HRC CliffsNotes. twitter.com/onlxn/status/7…

#MakeAmericaGreatAgain by returning to the halcyon days when white nationalists had no one in government to admire. nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/…

“Women changed. Too many men didn’t. What happens next?” nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opi…

“He will receive her labor, but not her vote.” nytimes.com/2016/11/06/us/…

If he’s not already, @AlecMacGillis should be your go-to guy for in-depth political backstory. Fantastic reporting. propublica.org/article/would-…

Calming my election nerves with a brand new record from Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions. amazon.com/Until-Hunter-H…

At least three prominent Republicans are publicly throwing away their vote. twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…

I hadn’t given much thought to the concept before yesterday, but I was sad to see parents politicizing their kids’ Halloween costumes.

Barbara Crampton on Stuart Gordon, Chopping Mall, and the new wave of indie horror

For fans of 1980s B-horror, here’s a good AV Club interview with the delightful Barbara Crampton.

Anti-Christ in a custom van: The churchy cheap thrills of A Thief In The Night

It may seem impossible to not think of the end of the world in poetic terms, but never underestimate the premillennialists.

Why Punching Down Will Never Be Funny

Watters and… See more →

“Priebus […] will become just the latest to invest with Trump and wind up poorer for the experience.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The government’s go-to expert on Agent Orange for the last several decades has a habit of downplaying its effects. propublica.org/article/alvin-…

Seems like there’s a lot of energy devoted to validating extremely safe assumptions these days. twitter.com/nytimes/status…

Julian Assange: “[A] man whose mission was often left on a backburner in his efforts to demonise his opponents.” buzzfeed.com/jamesball/here…

What a time to be alive. youtu.be/FdBF6h7oH5I