EA Macom
@eamacom.bsky.social
Consulting Editor | Rhetorician | Human Systems Strategist
May I suggest you use your power for good?
May I suggest you use your power for good?
“Mike Johnson is a very religious person,” the president went on to say. “He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray?' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
There is, quite literally, a rebellion bubbling up from below in the name of God. The regime knows its potential. It knows it can inspire even more resistance. And it’s taking steps to crush it.
February 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
“Mike Johnson is a very religious person,” the president went on to say. “He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray?' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
"Tiny private automotive kristallnachts."
“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zones of Minneapolis and St Paul! Don’t look away, please. We need you. It’s been a month and they’re trying to destroy us.
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"Tiny private automotive kristallnachts."
There’s this little thing called Wikipedia if he couldn’t read the whole essay.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_D...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_D...
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
There’s this little thing called Wikipedia if he couldn’t read the whole essay.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_D...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_D...
"Let America be America again. / Let it be the dream it used to be. ... / Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— / Let it be that great strong land of love / Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme / That any man be crushed by one above.
—Langston Hughes, poet
(h/t wordsmith.org)
—Langston Hughes, poet
(h/t wordsmith.org)
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"Let America be America again. / Let it be the dream it used to be. ... / Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— / Let it be that great strong land of love / Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme / That any man be crushed by one above.
—Langston Hughes, poet
(h/t wordsmith.org)
—Langston Hughes, poet
(h/t wordsmith.org)
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My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms
bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
Billy Bragg - City Of Heroes
Listen to City Of Heroes by Billy Bragg.
bbragg.lnk.to
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 PM
My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms
bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States
(h/t Wordsmith.org)
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States
(h/t Wordsmith.org)
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States
(h/t Wordsmith.org)
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States
(h/t Wordsmith.org)
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels . . . and you've got to make it stop!
—Mario Savio, 1964
—Mario Savio, 1964
American Rhetoric: Mario Savio - Sproul Hall Sit-In Address
Full text and audio mp3 and video of Mario Savio's Final Sproul Hall Sit-in Speech
www.americanrhetoric.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels . . . and you've got to make it stop!
—Mario Savio, 1964
—Mario Savio, 1964
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This is testimony…
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
This is testimony…
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social: As @anneapplebaum.bsky.social notes, "the Norwegian Nobel Committee is not the same thing as the Norwegian government, and neither of them is Denmark."
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social: As @anneapplebaum.bsky.social notes, "the Norwegian Nobel Committee is not the same thing as the Norwegian government, and neither of them is Denmark."
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Good morning from Denmark, where even major newspapers are now asking whether the US Arctic Warfare soldiers are meant to be deployed to Greenland
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Good morning from Denmark, where even major newspapers are now asking whether the US Arctic Warfare soldiers are meant to be deployed to Greenland
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
"The Kaiser viewed other people in instrumental terms, was a compulsive liar, and seemed to have a limited understanding of cause and effect. . . . If international conflict is around the corner, it would seem that you really don’t want a narcissist in control of a global power."
Evergreen article:
Evergreen article:
What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?
If international conflict is around the corner, it would seem that you really don’t want a narcissist in control of a global power.
www.newyorker.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 AM
"The Kaiser viewed other people in instrumental terms, was a compulsive liar, and seemed to have a limited understanding of cause and effect. . . . If international conflict is around the corner, it would seem that you really don’t want a narcissist in control of a global power."
Evergreen article:
Evergreen article:
The plaque at West Point:
January 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
The plaque at West Point:
This guy is *so* great.
The emergence of Nadine and her slightly assisted swimming lesson:
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
This guy is *so* great.
Now it's the Danes who face the demand for danegeld. As Kipling points out (1/n),
"It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
'We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.'
[more]
"It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
'We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.'
[more]
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Now it's the Danes who face the demand for danegeld. As Kipling points out (1/n),
"It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
'We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.'
[more]
"It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
'We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.'
[more]
🎶 I'll tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way. . . .
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind 🎶
—Robert Hunter, "Franklin's Tower"
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way. . . .
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind 🎶
—Robert Hunter, "Franklin's Tower"
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
🎶 I'll tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way. . . .
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind 🎶
—Robert Hunter, "Franklin's Tower"
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way. . . .
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind 🎶
—Robert Hunter, "Franklin's Tower"
“Look what you made me do.” Also the rationalization of all abusers.
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 AM
“Look what you made me do.” Also the rationalization of all abusers.
Bracing thread. 🧵
I wonder what any of you would do differently in your lives if I said "yes, America is at this moment a fascist nation."
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Bracing thread. 🧵
"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight."
—Horace (65–8 BCE)
—Horace (65–8 BCE)
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight."
—Horace (65–8 BCE)
—Horace (65–8 BCE)
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go[:] . . . down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
—Harry S Truman
—Harry S Truman
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 AM
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go[:] . . . down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
—Harry S Truman
—Harry S Truman
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My 4-year-old overheard me telling my sibling, “America’s in big trouble.” Later he said, “America needs to not break stuff and use its inside voice.” Chaos solved with preschool logic. Proud Dad here.
July 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My 4-year-old overheard me telling my sibling, “America’s in big trouble.” Later he said, “America needs to not break stuff and use its inside voice.” Chaos solved with preschool logic. Proud Dad here.
On January 6, 2021, newly elected representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) wrote: “Today is 1776.”
HRC's correction tonight: "In fact, it was not 1776 but 1861, the year insurrectionists who had tried to overthrow the government in order to establish minority rule tried to break the U.S."
HRC's correction tonight: "In fact, it was not 1776 but 1861, the year insurrectionists who had tried to overthrow the government in order to establish minority rule tried to break the U.S."
January 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
On January 6, 2021, newly elected representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) wrote: “Today is 1776.”
HRC's correction tonight: "In fact, it was not 1776 but 1861, the year insurrectionists who had tried to overthrow the government in order to establish minority rule tried to break the U.S."
HRC's correction tonight: "In fact, it was not 1776 but 1861, the year insurrectionists who had tried to overthrow the government in order to establish minority rule tried to break the U.S."
Lobbying with Quakers: www.fcnl.org.
January 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Lobbying with Quakers: www.fcnl.org.
🎶 You’re an idiot, baby / It’s a wonder that you still know how to breeeeeeathe 🎶
Just incredible meme potential
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
🎶 You’re an idiot, baby / It’s a wonder that you still know how to breeeeeeathe 🎶
“Americans who say they mostly watch Fox give President Trump a net job approval rating of +69, whereas his overall approval rating in this poll among all adults was -15.”
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 AM
“Americans who say they mostly watch Fox give President Trump a net job approval rating of +69, whereas his overall approval rating in this poll among all adults was -15.”