The way Democrats have handled the issue of transgender rights is especially resonant for Jentleson. In 2021, his spouse, the writer Benny Peterson, came out as nonbinary. Jentleson and Peterson tried to make it work, but last year, after Peterson decided to transition, the couple split up. The pair co-parent two children and still vacation together as a family, but they now live in separate houses on the same street. Amid these personal developments, Jentleson has publicly urged Democrats to recalibrate their position on trans rights, particularly as they relate to sports and to gender-transition care for childrenAdmittedly a bit more of a life event than Yglesias being asked to clean up after himself in the Vox break room, but still very Elon Musk antitrans politics-as-revenge.
Friday, September 11, 2026
Origin Stories
As Corrupt As They Are
They obviously don't think corruption is wrong. They just think it is their right, not yours.
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 11 September 2026 at 04:32
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Scientists Had Theorized The diGenova Ethics Constraint Did Not Exist
Too much corruption even for him?
Joe diGenova submitted his resignation to Attorney General Todd Blanche amid what sources described as growing frustrations from Trump and senior DOJ officials regarding his work on the so-called "grand conspiracy" investigation based out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida.
NYPost reporter:
I am sure the ethics limit does not exist. He just couldn't find shit.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Most Moral Army In The World
Don't think I have seen a single "oops my bad" from anyone in 3 years.
The interviewees detail the secret methods used by the Israeli military in Gaza, including AI-based systems built to identify large numbers of potential low-ranking Hamas targets, who were then bombed in their homes at night, in the knowledge attacks would also kill their families.
The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed.
Years of people screaming at anyone who observed what was happening and quoted the words of top Israeli officials verbatim.
Sure Why Not
US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech
Another option: outbid him.
Don't Let The Terrorists Win
A certain kind of DC insider - dems included - fondly remembers that bipartisan era, which is both ahistorical and a big fuck you to people who volunteered as they were collecting their checks.Trump: "I think the war is gonna end immediately after the election. Because they can't hold out any longer. They're desperate to try to affect the election."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 September 2026 at 20:36
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top Democrats slapped Sunday at a remark by House Speaker Dennis Hastert that al Qaeda leaders want Sen. John Kerry to beat President Bush in November.
At a campaign rally Saturday in his Illinois district with Vice President Dick Cheney, Hastert said al Qaeda "would like to influence this election" with an attack similar to the train bombings in Madrid days before the Spanish national election in March.Just the first one I found.
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
Our Country's Gone Awry
Wondering when Canada decides to shut off all the juice (electricity, gas).
The White House responded Tuesday by announcing outright bans on some Canadian products rather than simply imposing higher tariffs. The restrictions on Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles take effect Sept. 29.
A sundowning narcissist will burn the entire world down before he dies, if he can, and Trump is the rare one who can. Someone should tell John Roberts how this might impact his investment portfolio.
OK I Apologize, Jake
Coming up next, President Trump's wild new 9/11 related claims. What he claims to remember 25 years later about some sort of big, strong guys who he is now saying rescued him from rubble.
Is It OK To Say This Now
The impact of Britain's Israel policies will be minimal, but there is value in their Foreign Secretary making the media rounds and saying things that journalists would have been fired for saying or even platforming for the past 3 years.
Sophy Ridge: "You talked about Jewish settler terrorists who are guilty of ethnic cleansing. Do you stand by that?" Ed Miliband: "Yes I do"
— Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) 9 September 2026 at 08:28
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