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Editor at large for Commonweal magazine; writing at https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/users/mollie-wilson-oreilly-0 and sometimes other places, too. She/her.

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Why should YOU be marginalized for intellectual and moral bankruptcy that someone ELSE noticed

06.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

06.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 7160 πŸ” 1539 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 46

Trump keeps saying "some people will die" like it's some deep insight, as opposed to the reason he pretended to have bone spurs.

06.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!

05.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the way

05.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

05.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 7268 πŸ” 2005 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 88

What if, and hear me out here, Markwayne were not confirmed?

It actually is possible to stop giving this craven goon what he wants, and it would be nice if the media would report it that way.

05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 17128 πŸ” 5673 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 101

This is exactly it; two guys whose alliances are so corrupted they don't even know when someone's on their side, embarrassing themselves in public

05.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

05.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 11920 πŸ” 3830 πŸ’¬ 485 πŸ“Œ 179
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MAGA Unreality vs the World The U.S. government is in the hands of people who are fully detached from reality. That is a major weakness for the regime – but also a source of further radicalization.

I believe MAGA will ultimately fail to consolidate authoritarian rule. But for the time being, the powers of the U.S. government are in the hands of a regime that is hellbent on imposing its unreality on America and the world.

And that is truly frightening.

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04.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

by doing something so grotesque they won't show it on TV, he ensured there'd be no visual contradiction of his claims. this has been a consistent broken element of U.S. media for a very long time

05.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This is what weak and insecure people think confidence looks like: buffoonish bluster and swagger, like a 12-year-old bully. It doesnβ€˜t inspire trust or security. It inspires grave concern for the lives of the people serving our nation whose fate is in the hands of these overcompensating oafs.

04.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 3366 πŸ” 754 πŸ’¬ 163 πŸ“Œ 24

Seeing the new Hermes look is always my favorite part of new cast photos! This one is A+++

04.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

the phrase β€œmore than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 1888 πŸ” 818 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 86

Hey, remember how we let a nazi near-trillionaire annihilate the US state capacity? I know it was a whole year ago, but it turns out that this has consequences beyond "murdering 14 million people by ending USAID" (which apparently no one cared about).

03.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1183 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 10

I love a book with a map frontispiece. Can't get things off to a better start than that.

04.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my

04.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no

04.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

27 seasons of SVU and the greatest thing they have ever done is briefly show the ADA wearing the jersey from the unit’s otherwise unmentioned rec league softball team

03.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2467 πŸ” 300 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

03.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2308 πŸ” 1012 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 129

A shortage of large passenger charter planes due to DHS paying 10x the usual rates to ferry kidnapped migrants is threatening NCAA Tournament travel plans

03.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 790 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 16

She really has a singular ability to do... whatever that is

02.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Portion of a math worksheet featuring a brief biographical inset about Michael Jordan, alongside a drawing of a bald black man whose face is a completely different shape than the one that famously belongs to Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls.

Portion of a math worksheet featuring a brief biographical inset about Michael Jordan, alongside a drawing of a bald black man whose face is a completely different shape than the one that famously belongs to Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls.

My kid brought home this worksheet, probably a Black History Month tie-in, introducing him to notable Black athlete Michael Jordan, and because of it I'm afraid he will never be able to recognize the actual Michael Jordan

02.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Costco Connection magazine just published a full article about why and how to stop your car

02.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1245 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 121

...And now we have to live in a world where our big stupid president has a collection of big stupid novelty hats, like Judah Friedlander on "30 Rock," and wears them as he goes about his official duties, like napping through press conferences and musing peevishly about deporting his opposition.

02.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun to remember that those big dumb MAGA caps came about because candidate Trump didn't want to go through his whole bizarre hairdo routine every time he had to appear in public. They symbolized his fundamental attitude in that 2016 campaign: "I don't really want the job; I just want attention."

02.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I barely knew who he was at the time, and I remember it felt like a speech he usually gave at conferences on global politics, "the world is flat" type stuff, with (seriously!) "Dance like no one is watching" awkwardly tagged on at the end to make it graduation-ish.

02.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

IN THIS HOUSE WE
REMEMBER HOW YOU LOVED US TO YOUR DEATH AND STILL WE CELEBRATE...

(I started out joking, but I actually want this on a yard sign now)

02.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up with those hymns as part of my most profound experiences of faith, and I'm sincerely sorry that others didn't get to have that experience, but belittle the way good people pray just because you can't think about God and hear a guitar at the same time and you will catch my fury πŸ”₯

02.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0