"Yes, Vance was celebrating the intelligence of a same man who suggested injecting bleach into human lungs to kill the Covid-19 virus and who bragged that he “aced” a cognitive test with sample questions like “what is this animal?” while pointing to a picture of a horse." -- @AmandaMarcotte

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/23/how-iran-emasculated-jd-vance/

#USPol

In our postmodern algorithmic age, #USPol goes like this:

The flip-side to the banal, brazen evil of the Far Right is the usefully idiotic, pandering, self-congratulating performative fecklessness of The Far Left.

Both are promoted by the algorithms as they (both) tear down the very institutions that the vast majority (in the middle) *need* to work in a functioning Democracy.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk...

#GenX

New! Michelle Pitcher of the Observer teamed up with Free Range Productions to create "The Unforgotten: Riding Shotgun," a true crime #podcast about potential wrongful convictions, hypnosis, and the death penalty.

Check out this preview: https://www.texasobserver.org/riding-shotgun-the-unforgotten-podcast/

#DeathPenalty #law #TrueCrime #audio #news #politics #USpol #Texas #prison #HumanRights

will watch.

"Having lived through the first era of the #manosphere, whose spates of incel violence unfolded very publicly on college campuses and group-fitness classes, my instinct is to oh-you-sweet-summer-child this assertion. But he’s referring to something that’s different, if almost as chilling: The suspicion that on a mental and interpersonal level, a lot of young people just never fully left lockdown."

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/22/i-watched-inside-the-manosphere-with-my-son/

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#COVID

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The Trump admin🚨has asked #SCOTUS to block demands for records & testimony about the #DOGE project led last yr by #Musk. Last year: justices intervened in govt's favor, & then➡️DC Circuit took a renewed look & concl a lot of the evid-gath re: DOGE could still happen."
-Z Tillman

The #TrumpRegime is protecting its co-conspirators. Musk was instrumental in gettng Trump elected -spent >$250M & used X, to sway voters.
#Fascism #Lawlessness #Corruption #NoKings #Protest #USPol
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-doge-inquiry?srnd=undefined

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One the first day as well, start as they mean to go on I guess....

#ICE #ICEMUSTBEDESTROYED #USPol #USPolitics