“School turned him liberal” — this is a big reason that US conservatives now aim to destroy US universities (and thus US science). I’ve been hearing this from Fox watchers for two decades. We shouldn’t underestimate how strongly they are committed to acting to blow up academia.

TWwashingtonpost.comJul 20, 2024 3:23pm

After a mother sent her son to a new school, his views shifted — bringing the nation’s political division home. “Mom, this is the heart of liberal America,” the son said, urging her to tread cautiously as she navigated his deep-blue college town. “You gotta be careful.”

School turned him liberal. His mom loves Fox News. Will their bond survive?

After a conservative mother sent her son to a new school, he brought home liberal views that caused tension. Questions arose over whether he was indoctrinated at home or at school, and how their relat...

If the shooting was “not related to the RNC,” why would cops from Columbus, Ohio be involved in the first place? Also, pretty on the nose for cops from a red state to come to a blue city and kill a homeless black guy on the second night of the RNC. www.jsonline.com/story/news/c...

Milwaukee man dead after being shot by 5 Ohio police officers near RNC

The man killed by Ohio officers near the RNC on Tuesday was well-known in the neighborhood, several witnesses told the Journal Sentinel.

While we’re on the topic of Vance and neoreactionary nonsense, here’s a piece I wrote a while back: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/o...

Opinion | A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World

It’s no mystery why Marc Andreessen thinks people like him should be in charge. But how did he get so many of the rest of us to sign on?

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump does not erase the crimes that Trump himself has committed against American democracy, or the crimes he would commit if given the chance, and no one is obligated to pretend otherwise www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump

This crime does not erase what the former president has done, or what he has promised to do.

A great illustration of how class is just vibes is that only one major party ticket is entirely Ivy League alumni and it’s the one that yells about the elites selling you out

t.co/wT3wcyqeuv When whiteness as inherently apolitical, and non-whiteness in inherently political, the greater visibility of nonwhite characters will seem like political messaging. Hence the “woke” freakout over The Little Mermaid, which was no more “political” or “woke” than the original.

Disney Needs ‘Course Correction’ Away From Political Messaging, Says ‘Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’ Director

'Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' director John Musker called out the Walt Disney Company for prioritizing political messaging over story in recent films.

Also, if the natalists were serious people and not just racists with a delusional understanding of their own intelligence, they’d just be pro immigration, which would increase birth rates by itself. But it’s always “more babies! But not *those* babjes!”

Trump suggests he is open to states restricting access to birth control www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

Trump suggests he is open to states restricting access to birth control

When asked if he supports any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception, Trump promised to release a “comprehensive policy” on the issue soon.

one aspect of the Biden admin has been an enormous redirection of capital away from tech bullshit and into Building Stuff, and I think this explains a lot of the hysteria among VCs bsky.app/profile/lolg...

LOlolgop.bsky.socialMay 20, 2024 5:04pm

A Quiet New Deal is going on, and Biden is doing all the things Trump pretended he would do and will immediately steal credit for.

Republicans: all judges are communist agents of Joe Biden unless they rule in our favor Democrats: certainly, ah, Supreme Court justices should not be shooting protestors, we ask for an ethics code