How to explain modern American politics in one chart

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-billionaires-war

#USPol

"Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life."

Simone de Beauvoir, 1949

#WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M

♥️And that's why Alysa Liu is Oakland royalty. In 2026 in the face of rising racism, fascism, and misogyny, a woman that speaks comfortably about Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, and Abolish ICE.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alysa-liu-olympic-gold-medalist-interview-1235525804/

Gold medal is cool and all, but do you have your own thizz face mural of you flexing that gold medal?

(Corrected to "thizz face" from "stank face," so that my friends and neighbors don't tackle me, pin me down, take my phone, and delete all the Mac Dre and E-40 from my playlists).

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116184060048303307

Considering how often the NYT in particular does this, despite being frequently called out for it, I can only conclude that it is a very deliberate choice. It's not as if journalism schools don't teach about how the passive case is used to deflect and evade. So when a journalist who has graduated from a journalism school and possibly even won a Pulitzer uses the passive case this way, they do so intentionally to deflect and evade.