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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 01,1946

A common thing you hear from Journalism Knowers is something like "Do you want people to write 'and that is bad' every time?" and the answer is yes. I do want that.

I'm logging off of here forever. Ok man. See you tomorrow. Yeah. See you then.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 01,1948

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 01,1947

WOIMSDAY

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 1,1944

This isn’t really about Today’s Thing, but if you are a journalist you are either explicitly a leftwing activist or you are default serving the right. Neutral is rightwing we count those.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 01,1943

how am i learning about brand new mammals in 2026 i thought i knew them all

This is an obscene policy from an obscenely rich school. Shame on Yale and shame on Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis. yaledailynews.com/articles/yal...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 31,1952

When you can't decide if you want to chew or to fetch

something i wrote earlier this month but this sort of applies to just being trans in general it feels: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

McLovin's got some afternoon sillies

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar EITM In yet another sign of Dems taking a stand, WI Governor Evers vetoes 5 anti-trans bills --including a sports ban -- on TDOR explaining: "I will veto any bill that makes WI a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place."

i can see the moon but it doesn’t mean i’m getting there

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar Advocate KY Gov Andy Beshear, testing the waters for Presidential run, comes out firing on today's conversion therapy ruling: "The Supreme Court is absolutely wrong. Torture is never free speech. It’s just torture."

If it happens today, this will replace Halloween as my favorite holiday

I am in the waiting room of my doctor's office and some asshole is watching a video on their phone with no headphones. Another is reading social media out loud to their spouse. I can hear this all from across the room and am trying to stop myself from hoping whatever they have is terminal

The funeral home I used for both my parents just made a weird sales call text. Hopefully it's the last one. LOL

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr Guardian Australian govt report finds there has been "a concerted disinformation campaign against transgender rights" funded & fueled by intl anti-trans groups. The report finds this has created high barriers for them in nearly every facet of social life.

Just got word that my friend Shane DiGiovanna passed away. Shane was an OG Bulwark reader whom I got to know shortly after moving to Cincinnati. He was quite a person. 🧵

Someone could ask me to compile a list of Jews at my job, in my school, on my block. I'd laugh in their faces. It's time for civil disobedience. I know people need jobs. But, if someone asks what your job is, are you gonna say: "I make the lists of Jews [fill in the blank] to send to the govt"?

I guess all those years of guzzling piss really packed on the calories

Why would Texas need a list of trans people? Why would Trump need a list of voters? Why would the administration need a list of Jewish people?

A good title for a movie about robot gladiators would be Bread and Circuits

I'm leaning towards setting all my posts from now on so that only people I follow can reply to them. On a related note, I'll probably follow more people. (And if you annoy me, you get unfollowed.) This probably means I'll be on more blocklists for accounts that follow too many peeps, but oh well.

Another thing is the only thing you need to say about the Supreme Court is that the law is fake and they made up excuses, some times barely even that, to further rightwing goals.

I will never get over how effectively this administration convinced people in bad faith that they were fighting antisemitism on campuses just to turn around and do exactly this

if you put this headline in a campaign ad in 2024, you would have been accused of the worst kind of deranged, hyperbolic fearmongering

They can't go with an originalist argument because the language of the Amendment is plain and unambiguous. So they're left with trying out a bad version of 'the Constitution is a living document' on a bunch of originalists

A situation where, no shade to Dave, having a trans person in a newsroom is great for follow ups like "Do you believe trans women who are by and large treated as women in society are really men," and "Do you believe these bans should be extended to bathrooms and other contexts?"

In short: Which side are you on? A cool question I just came up with on the fly.

"I realized that what I was experiencing was some kind of fucked up, faux-kindly attempt at conversion therapy without my mom being branded as a parent who took their child to conversion therapy." www.welcometohellworld.com/receiving-ge...

This is fucking trash.

One time I saw Rahm Emanuel at a wedding and watched him cut into the drink line repeatedly, and while indignant about his entitlement, I thought “man, that’s a mildly interesting story if he ever reenters politics.” But then I was so bummed that felt so unlikely that I kinda felt bad for him.

I know there's a lot going on, but if you can spare a few bucks for my college buddy @chrisrabb.com's campaign for the D nomination in PA-03, you could help ensure the bluest district in the nation gets a REAL progressive. Every dollar goes a LONG WAY here! secure.actblue.com/donate/pak4r...

this miserable racist is the worst

For the love of god give me Bret Stephens' job, or at least his paycheck.

An addendum to this one. Every time I go on Facebook now it shows me this fucking chimera built from pieces of my identity. That is not me. I do not look like that nor do I want to imagine I do. I do have that hat though. Leave me alone

we're doing the equivalent of painting everything with radium because it looks cool

Yes it will. Yes I can. No they won't. No I won't. Suck my dick.

“Dynamic pricing for salaries” now in the running against “dynamic pricing for groceries” for being the more depraved feature of end stage capitalism.

not to brag buttttt my MRI was clean!!!!!!!

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr WSVN Gov DeSantis' FL Dept of Transportation and tore out Miami Beach's iconic gay pride sidewalk under cover of night. Now, Miami Beach is re-assembling all 3,606 colorful pavers just feet away in the city-owned park bordering the ocean in time for Pride.

Absolutely believe this in 2026: "There are no GOP safe seats." It's all up for grabs.

An individual trader doesn't think he's a sucker; he thinks every other trader is a sucker. Aggregated across many suckers, this is somehow supposed to produce rational outcomes

This guy seems to be a lightweight clown hired solely for his willingness to push fascist, racist policies for a fascist, racist president. Just my opinion!

My harmless hot take on this beautiful spring day is that holding class outside sucks: - The wind blows papers around - Can't clearly hear anyone speaking - Bugs or imagined bugs crawling up your legs - They are always mowing the lawn nearby

People who do this also tend to insist that it's massively unfair for big accounts to quote tweet them, or leave their handles in the screencap, and that doing so is instigating harassment, to which I can only say: if you don't want the smoke, don't start the fire

Retired Rear Admiral Nancy Lacore, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to flip Nancy Mace's House seat, says she raised over $1 million in her opening quarter.

Boosting, because Dave's videos are truly special. They're informative and funny, and always manage to deliver information even when things are very, very grim.

Omg this skit is hilarious, and Sliwa is a fantastic sport for doing it. But Mamdani being willing to take on the role of self-deprecating straight man while allowing Sliwa to eat scenery explains how he charms big-ego former rivals and turns them into allies. What a naturally gifted politician.

sometimes it’s the christo, sometimes it’s the fascism

man sometimes you have to just take an L. bad posts happen.

Senator Mark Warner: "But I fear that foreign interference is no longer the most pressing danger to our elections. It is increasingly evident that the greatest threat now comes from inside our own government." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...

And he’s off to the rages!

This is what posting is for!

"And what do you call this act?" "The originalists!"

Democrat Alex Vindman is off to a strong fundraising start. He says he raised $8.2 million since launching his campaign for #FLSen at the end of January and has $6.2 million on hand. He's seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Ashley Moody. mailchi.mp/5cd04e20f598...

Yep. I’ve been blogging since before they had the term “blog.” All of that work stolen by these creeps.

Don't image search this

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr LGBTQnation Continuing to show support for trans people, the Dem party tweets that: “Trans rights are human rights...We honor their resilience & celebrate their incredible courage.” Rep party responded with single word: "No."

[Steve Miller busts into Supreme Court like Kool-Aid man, runs full speed at Sauer, shoves him to the ground, leans into the microphone] Miller:

It would be so dope to get paid a small fortune to walk around being flabbergasted that everyone else is right & I'm wrong

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr RITM On TDOV Romanian court orders legal recognition of trans man's gender since he was already legally male in UK. 1st enforcement landmark EU 2024 ruling that member states must recognize gender changes obtained elsewhere. Ruling is final & can't be appealed.

Mail-in voting is very popular, with 58% approval which would be higher if not for Trump’s ridiculous campaign against it. Millions and millions of people voted by mail in 2024 without issues. The problems he cites are myths. Oh and it’s a state responsibility, not federal. Get outta here with this.

Happy tax season to all

Bari has tanked the ratings of every show she’s touched, now she’s ready to reshape 60 Minutes into a juggernaut of audience indifference. Analysts are eagerly awaiting what could be the first ever negative ratings in the demo, a feat long thought impossible. www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

“But Trump has been able to get it there because of the complicity of the conservative legal movement, whose thirstiest legal academics are trying to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment by recasting its settled meaning as mere “conventional wisdom.”” This is such a great piece.

Do not play with people's emotions about It Happening. We will DESTROY YOU.

Honored to be included in this list. Loads of great accounts in here - check 'em out!

New from Adam McCormick: When a teenager in Texas is pushed out of their home because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, foster care is supposed to help. But for many LGBTQ+ youth, rejection does not end when the state steps in.

There is an abundance of everything available to every human being on earth except for one single thing.

The argument that SCOTUS is not a political institution and the justices just call balls and strikes has always been ridiculous but it’s actually useful for Trump to ostentatiously emphasize this point by showing up at oral arguments in a case he brought that has no legal merits.

Kharg Island is 400 miles away from the Strait of Hormuz. Why are they all so stupid?

For all of the complaints about “virtue signaling”, it’s remarkable how much “grievance signaling” Hegseth and others engage in. They have no positive vision or morality, so they always need a battle (or war) to justify and give meaning to their retrograde vision

Ooh, he’s pissed. He knows he’s losing.

In South Brooklyn, Latina women escaping violent relationships visit the Healing Center for cafecito, therapy, and community—despite the threat of ICE.

Trump order blocking funding for NPR and PBS unlawful, a judge rules wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/31/r...

Sad thing is this person fulfills the first commandment of being a writer: hating writing

Citing religious freedoms, the Supreme Court has overturned a block on a California ruling that forced the outing of trans kids. @alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this story of legal animus.

JUST IN from @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday seemed poised to reject the Trump administration's attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

“Out of the 254 counties in Texas, only about six of those are not considered mental health provider shortage areas. In other words, everybody is short mental health, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers.”

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr DailyBeast In an key sign that there _may_ be a Higher Power, the husband of former DHS head Kristi Noem--who built one of the most virulently anti-trans administrations of any governor when she headed SD--has just been outed as a secret crossdresser.

As always, Elie's threads during Supreme Court questioning are a rich trove of understanding and humor, but this specific post is really the key to understanding the role of which Fox News has destroyed America.

Are we sure it’s about the war with Iran? Maybe he’s starting another one.

I’m a journalist but I am always going to side with regular people over my professional class sorry. Even if they’re annoying. Unless it’s against me.

what if today none of us were fools send skeet

This is the "When It Happens" that everyone is always getting excited about on here, right? Yaaaay

Trump now says he plans to attend tomorrow’s Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship, which as I understand it no sitting President has ever done. My guess is he doesn’t really go, but even just saying he will sends a signal of how important this case is to him.

If “it” happens today, no one will believe it is not an elaborate April Fools’ Day joke.

Just Rahm Emanueled a Chef's salad and

I just got a pitch email for "infant wearables" and I wish to be deleted from this timeline

It's wild how the friends friends always get the sweet couch/chair/coffee table setup. These mfs are grinding their shoes on the upholstery & barely buying shit while the guests who pay the bills sit at cd-rom sized two-tops or stand. If I was gunther I'd ban em all

Blue-state AGs keepin busy

With the jalapeño’s heat deliberately dulled to the point of soullessness, Texans have only one option. We must discard the jalapeño—in pico de gallo, on nachos, and cooked alongside meats, for starters—and embrace its spicier sibling, the serrano, as our everyday chile.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr Strong op-ed in the Advocate on the real impact of the Supreme Court's decision to treat psychotherapy as First Amendment speech rather than a form of medical treatment, esp where vulnerable LGBTQ+ kids are involved.