This is good, actually.

The upside of taxing the rich: 99% of us benefit Downside: there is none

I refuse to believe that this stuff doesn't matter to a lot of voters

This is the most important victory in the history of American democratic socialism. It's a massive achievement for the left that shows our politics can win. The Democratic establishment should be terrified. We're coming for them.

Solid bit. I respect it.

Voting for @ZohranKMamdani is honestly the best I've ever felt about voting for a candidate in a general election.

Naked Raygun

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This is exactly why any message from the opposition party that isn’t “partisan gerrymandering is undemocratic and we stand against it” is unacceptable. Americans are being disenfranchised, stand against it. Period. Do not abandon democratic principles to defend democracy.

RT @PabloReports: CHICAGO EAST SIDE — Border Patrol agents raided a @Walgreens today, assaulting a black man for no apparent reason as resi…

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Here’s one of my favorite songs that was written by David Bowie. My music taste is very eclectic 🎵 youtu.be/9IqiRY60ZDE

Amazing. He's offering a more sensible take than @RepJeffries is capable of mustering.

October 1st

Celebrating John Coltrane’s 99th birthday today. Photographed by Jim Marshall in Queens, NY, 1963

Kaboly: It has become clear (and maybe rightfully so) that it’s impossible to please a Steelers fan Mark Kaboly / Steelers Correspondent For The @PatMcAfeeShow FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For a fan base that can rip off the last time the Steelers won a playoff game more readily than their anniversary or even the date of their firstborn, they are sure hard to please. The Pittsburgh Steelers went into the personal house of horrors Gillette Stadium on Sunday, forced five turnovers – two in the end zone that resulted in touchbacks -- and used a late fourth-quarter touchdown drive to defeat the New England Patriots, 21-14, on a day that the home team was honoring franchise greats Julian Edelman and Bill Parcells. Yet, you would think that the Steelers got railroaded by 30 points, like the last time they were here at the house that Bob Kraft built. Instead, the big boys came to play. T.J Watt had his first two sacks since last year, Cam Heyward was all over the place with six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, a quarterback hit and a tipped ball at the line of scrimmage that resulted in an interception in the end zone by Brandin Echols; Derrick Harmon’s debut was more than promising; and Jabril Peppers looked like an in-season steal that is going to help this team a lot. Yet it’s bitch, bitch, bitch, everywhere you turn (mostly social media, but that’s everywhere, right?) Offense this, running game that, tight ends this and that, offensive line stinks, Arthur Smith is clueless, the defense got lucky, they gave up too many yards, they couldn’t get off the field, wait until they play the Ravens, fire Tomlin. Seriously just for a moment, allow yourself to enjoy a win over the Patriots. Was it a virtuoso performance? Hell no, but it was a defense finally living up to their lofty expectations in a game that they needed to step up to the plate and make it happen, or they would be in last place in the AFC North right now and not first. “Man, it's great to win in the National Football League,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "Appreciative of the efforts today. Certainly required 60 minutes of effort in all three phases to get it done. Certainly, there are a lot of things to work on, but it's good to do that with a win.” We’ve all heard Tomlin say those words before, but these have more of a bite to them than the same old platitudes he normally puts out there. A win is a win, and the Steelers are above .500 heading to Ireland next week for their International Game against the Vikings, and haven’t yet come close to playing up to the level of their talent. And that’s a good thing. And that’s what we tend to forget. “The biggest thing is coming up with the win,” Echols said. And, you know what? It is OK to get better throughout the year. It’s allowed. And if you are a Steelers fan, you shouldn’t have to be told that. How many examples are out there over the years about the Steelers starting fast before falling apart down the stretch? Without even looking, last year they fell apart over the final month of the season. The COVID-19 year, if you don’t recall, the Steelers won their first 11 games before losing five of their last six, including an embarrassing shellacking by the Browns in a wild-card playoff game. Steelers fans are just as tired of hearing about Tomlin’s no-losing seasons as they are with end-of-the-season collapses. If there is any season where the opposite is not only possible but probable, it’s this year … and that should excite even the most critical Steelers fans who are put off by 369 yards of total offense that Drake Maye put up, even if it ultimately resulted in five turnovers (I say six turnovers because of the game-ending turnover on downs). The offense had its worst performance of the year, but it sure did start nicely with a 54- and then 90-yard drives to take a 14-0 lead. This isn’t your same old 9-8 Steelers team. It just isn’t, and that should thrill you to death, and not be overly critical of every single thing they do every week. This is probably the best version of the Steelers that has a chance of getting better as the season goes on, so finding a way to win until they get on the same page – like Super Bowl champion Darius Slay said last week – is critical. And you can’t deny that the Steelers found a way to win. “Yeah, for sure,” Jalen Ramsey said. Now, don’t confuse that with lucking into a win. When you play defense like the Steelers did, it’s not luck. “They had a lot of fumbles on tape,” Watt said. “Anytime you emphasize that throughout the week, it has to show up during the game. That’s what you saw here.” This team is going to get better. They are going to figure things out because they have too good of players not to. Even if you don’t buy that, just knowing what the guy is going to do next to you is critical, and the Steelers don’t know that right now. On defense, the Steelers started seven different players. Make that eight when Harmon came in early in the game. Jabril Peppers was unemployed two weeks ago and now is pulling off a trifecta – tackle, forced fumble, and fumble recovery – during a critical portion of the game. “We just have to keep getting better with the minute details and keep gelling with the guys,” Peppers said. “I think we have a pretty good group here.” Black and Harmon are rookies; Alex Highsmith, DeShon Elliott, and Joey Porter Jr. are injured; Payton Wilson is learning, and Cole Holcomb is nearly two years removed from his devastating knee injury. Ramsey is playing out of place because of necessity, and Echols is in the game playing a position that’s not his best. “It is still early in the season,” Echols said. “We are still getting acclimated to each other, and once we all get comfortable and know our jobs, it is going to be really fun.” You can’t see an instance where this unit gets better? “We have had a couple of pretty rough performances at the beginning of the year,” Watt said. “Today was a much better performance.” On offense, Rodgers is being hampered by a struggling offensive line, and that showed on Sunday, even though he wasn’t sacked for the first time as a Steeler. I’m not going to predict that the line is going to get better within a week or two, but their pedigree is high enough to make you feel that they have a chance to do a 180 like they did two years ago, and to a degree, last year as well. Rodgers is still learning his receivers; Arthur Smith still hasn’t figured out how to use his tight ends, and Jaylen Warren has been RB1 for now three games over his career. “We are not a finished product,” Heyward said. “We talk about not riding the roller coaster, win or loss. This is something that we can continue to keep improving on. I’d rather be 2-1 than 1-2.” So, relax, enjoy the ride, because this team has a feeling of continuing to get better as the season goes on. “There is another step that we can take and a whole other level to be able to take it to,” Patrick Queen said. KABOLY’S QUICK HITTERS: • It has become noticeable that the Steelers don’t trust their offensive line with the quick throws and the lack of allowing Rodgers to throw the ball down the field. If that doesn’t change, then this offense is never going to reach its potential. • Ramsey can play one-high safety, but he’s much better suited in this defense than what we saw from him in Week 1. But when you have a rookie quarterback and you can’t get beat over the top, you throw Ramsey back there and he eliminates that threat. • It is only a matter of time before the Steelers move Yahya Black to nose and Derrick Harmon to the starting right defensive end position. • I am not going to torch Tomlin for not trying a 60-yard field goal with Chris Boswell, even though he would have likely made it. Sometimes you just can’t take that chance in a close game, and field position is such a big deal. • They have to find a better way, or at least a more effective way, to use tight ends Jonnu Smith, Pat Freiermuth, and Darnell Washington. I thought this was Arthur Smith’s dream room, yet we haven’t seen much production out of it. That needs to change. • I have a feeling that the Steelers are going to regret not offering Calvin Austin an extension before the season. • Rodgers wasn’t great, and he said as much. But one thing that we haven’t seen here in about five years is a quarterback who will make the big play during the most important parts of the game. That throw to Austin for the game-winner was money. • Cole Holcomb got the start and had an impact early, which made it all the more curious why Payton Wilson played the majority of the second half. I can see Holcomb continuing to split time with Wilson moving forward. • Watt moved around a little bit, but both of his sacks came from his normal left side. But he also wasn’t getting triple-teamed either. Photo courtesy of the Steelers

It would be an exaggeration to say that JD Vance and Stephen Miller are trying to turn Kirk's death into the burning of the Reichstag, but I wish it was more of an exaggeration than it is. Things could get very bad very fast if people of principle on the right don't speak out.

Truly up there among the worst tweets/stupidest logic I've encountered on here.

Happy 55th birthday Latrell Sprewell 🎂