Michael Mathog

This is my issue with conservatives explained in a single video: They are COMPLETELY unable to practice any kind of empathy (neither cognitive nor emotional) with any out-group. Until they have first-hand experience with an issue, they cannot fathom that it even exists

@estherzelda0514 He’s become bad faith all the way down, sadly Yglesias is no longer useful. He understands this history. He also understands that the “finding himself guy” while one can feel sympathetic to a “life’s journey” is entirely inappropriate for significant political power.

If you think progressive and populist messaging cannot be put forth by Nazis you really, really have a very poor understanding of the rise of the Third Reich. The National Socialist German Workers' Party's platform was full of anti-capitalist rhetoric, promised widespread social welfare, and appealed to the working class to position itself against the Weimar elites.

God, this is so much better than the recorded version.

@BayAreaNewLibs It was the most consequential statement of the 21st century. It led directly to the 2016 election result and January 6th.

I've still never been able to understand why right-wingers are so offended by this quite banal observation from Obama.

Imagine ever thinking the Timberwolves lost the Rudy Gobert trade lol

@tszzl Or you guys can just admit that there’s something else worthwhile to study in school besides STEM.

all technology brothers should have a birthright trip to paris to see how good certain things can get and all the axes of civilization they don’t think about. they should also get one to singapore to witness the hollow Disneyland feigned joy of technocratic perfection

@terronk It’s an *incredibly* good bit.

Also funny. Jackie wants you to go to jail for her bullshit but can’t be bothered to stand with you.

Just finished Detroit-Orlando. I get people are going to clown Orlando, and their offensive execution this year hasn't earned them the benefit of the doubt. But man, I think that was more about Detroit's desperation and on-ball defense. Plus Ausar everywhere in help. Unreal.

D9 Supervisor @JackieFielder_ continues to collect a paycheck from the taxpayers but hasn’t been seen at work since March. (She ghosted her meetings for weeks before formally requesting medical leave.) But she is well enough to do this, apparently. Does D9 want representation?

@mattyglesias That isn't what happened.

Magic executing one of the all-time great chokes

I know Scott Jennings tantrum got all the attention yesterday, but I want to talk a little bit about what I said that got him so mad. The bottom line is: Trump’s war with Iran has failed. This has made it mentally strenuous for MAGA operators to defend it on TV. For 8 weeks now, Scott has pointed to the U.S. destroying the 50 year old Navy and Air Force of Iran to try and prove we have won. This is dishonest for many reasons. The point of war is not to kill your enemies and blow up their navy. That’s an infantile view of war that MAGA is pushing to trick Americans. The point of war is to use force to extract political concessions from your enemy that benefit you on the world stage. Trump has been unable to translate his military success into a SINGLE political concession from Iran. Not one. This is a failed war. The Strait is closed. Iran won’t even negotiate. The enriched uranium is still in Iran with their blueprints stored in the Cloud. So enter Scott Jennings. He has claimed weekly that victory is right around the corner with this war… but we have blown past the 4-6 week deadline set by this administration and have failed to get a single concession. So I asked the simple question: “Can you name a single political concession we have gotten from Iran?” He couldn’t answer. Never forget the weakness he showed when he had no answer for Trump’s mistakes.

Daily Wire is a tough gig, your competition is guys making stuff up, and you're fighting over an audience that's too stupid to tell the difference.

When you definitely don't have weird issues with women

So apparently The Daily Wire laid off half its staff today. It comes as Ben Shapiro and other MAGA influencers have seen huge losses in engagement and audience retention.

Supervisor Connie Chan was arrested at SFO today. It’s ideological performative BS like this that explains why she has accomplished so little as our City Supervisor. Her ‘recovering’ pal Jackie F was there today too, but fled before the police started arresting protestors. #UselessLeaders @bettersoma @whentoletgo @garrytan @griffinlee415 @tdwhalenho @MylesPynchon @Twolfrecovery @GrowSF

The worst people in California seem really threatened by Steyer. That feels like a sign he’s on to something.

@ramit This is dumb because they should either decide they’re ready for marriage, with or w/o a pre-nup, or not. If that frightens either of them then they shouldn’t shack up.

"How do you split rent with your girlfriend?" Please come on my podcast, Money For Couples

For years, there has been this narrative that Rudy Gobert gets "exposed" in the playoffs. After this series against Denver, he has the highest career playoff TS% in NBA history. His career playoff net rating swing is +4.1. He's top 25 in career playoff block percentage.

Ashkenazi, Russian, Sephardi

The counter-intuitive reason to expand the NBA is because what it really lacks are competent gm/coach partnerships, not talented players, and more teams means more opportunities to produce those. A great side effect would be the league can shorten the season w/o loss of revenue.