Paul Crider
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Mill-Anderson vein. Writer and editor for Liberal Currents. https://bsky.app/profile/liberalcurrents.com
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Inheritance of Equals: A Case for Liberal Socialism
Things literally cannot go on as they have before the present democratic crisis—things have been broken and will have to be put back together somehow. Ideas that were unthinkable even a decade ago may...
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There is no better time than now—with fascists at the gates across the world and wreaking carnage in the halls of American power—for a liberal-socialist alliance. And a big part of that is bringing liberal socialism into consciousness.
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
I actually quite like this characterization. Liberalism does, in general, does assume good faith. That stems from its pluralism and humanism. It's a strength. Itcan also be exploited though.
Fascism acts as an autoimmune disease of liberals in, as Sartre noticed, its deliberate use of bad faith. Aggressively insisting on a falsehood means that you can only engage with them "under civil norms" by engaging with the falsehood. Then they wager you won't forcibly exclude them.
It makes you feel like you’re going crazy when you see people watch what you watched and say they something entirely different.
And I think that’s part of the deal. Like making you feel nuts is a core part of the far-right playbook.
And I think that’s part of the deal. Like making you feel nuts is a core part of the far-right playbook.
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I actually quite like this characterization. Liberalism does, in general, does assume good faith. That stems from its pluralism and humanism. It's a strength. Itcan also be exploited though.
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Manhattan. Sunday afternoon. This is the NYC rapid response march organized by Indivisible. Look for the analogue in your city.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
No Wars No Kings No Ice March and Rally · Mobilize
From Minneapolis to Caracas, Trump is killing people in order to entrench rule by bullies for the benefit of billionaires. Our leaders in Congress must do their duty to stop this regime’s criminal att...
www.mobilize.us
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Manhattan. Sunday afternoon. This is the NYC rapid response march organized by Indivisible. Look for the analogue in your city.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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This editorial is obviously right... and has a close connection to the insane panic about trans girls in sports, which is partly premised on the weird assumption that a person born with a penis will always beat a person born with a vagina in any sport
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
This editorial is obviously right... and has a close connection to the insane panic about trans girls in sports, which is partly premised on the weird assumption that a person born with a penis will always beat a person born with a vagina in any sport
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honestly very moving!! there’s a frog with an accordion
Anti-ICE protesters are having a rolling noise demo and protest in downtown Minneapolis targeting hotels where federal agents are reportedly staying -- starting at the Canopy by Hilton and going to the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel. Police have just arrived as we are posting this.
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
honestly very moving!! there’s a frog with an accordion
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Welcome to Antifa, icy concrete
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Welcome to Antifa, icy concrete
Happy to see @liccardo.house.gov is hosting a town hall Monday evening. If you live in California Congressional District 16,
1) DM and I'll share registration link.
2) I'm thinking about organizing a lowkey Bluesky meetup for Mountain Viewers (and nearby)
1) DM and I'll share registration link.
2) I'm thinking about organizing a lowkey Bluesky meetup for Mountain Viewers (and nearby)
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Happy to see @liccardo.house.gov is hosting a town hall Monday evening. If you live in California Congressional District 16,
1) DM and I'll share registration link.
2) I'm thinking about organizing a lowkey Bluesky meetup for Mountain Viewers (and nearby)
1) DM and I'll share registration link.
2) I'm thinking about organizing a lowkey Bluesky meetup for Mountain Viewers (and nearby)
Everyone call your representative and demand they cosponsor this legislation. #AbolishICE cc @liccardo.house.gov
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Everyone call your representative and demand they cosponsor this legislation. #AbolishICE cc @liccardo.house.gov
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I’m seeing example after example of everyday Americans going toe to toe with lawless agents of tyranny today. Knowing now, sadly, that standing up for their neighbors could end in their death.
So brave. SO BRAVE. Their courage should give all of us hope.
So brave. SO BRAVE. Their courage should give all of us hope.
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I’m seeing example after example of everyday Americans going toe to toe with lawless agents of tyranny today. Knowing now, sadly, that standing up for their neighbors could end in their death.
So brave. SO BRAVE. Their courage should give all of us hope.
So brave. SO BRAVE. Their courage should give all of us hope.
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I’ve been thinking about language a lot this week & how our language in what happened to Renee Good has varied. I think it’s b/c the terminology feels foreign for our general public. It’s one some know from history or the worst of Despots but not here.
It was an extrajudicial execution.
It was an extrajudicial execution.
This was an extrajudicial execution.
Complicity or acquiescence by the Gov holds equal meaning to a direct order. Bypassing legality/judicial to use lethal force makes it “state sanctioned” regardless of our constitution & international law.
And now this admin is reinforcing in escalation.
Complicity or acquiescence by the Gov holds equal meaning to a direct order. Bypassing legality/judicial to use lethal force makes it “state sanctioned” regardless of our constitution & international law.
And now this admin is reinforcing in escalation.
January 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I’ve been thinking about language a lot this week & how our language in what happened to Renee Good has varied. I think it’s b/c the terminology feels foreign for our general public. It’s one some know from history or the worst of Despots but not here.
It was an extrajudicial execution.
It was an extrajudicial execution.
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louise lucas my queen
NEW: Virginia Democrats are signaling a push for a new congressional map that would leave Republicans with just one U.S. House seat — a direct response to GOP-led gerrymanders pushed by Trump ahead of the midterm elections.
Virginia Democrats signal push for congressional map that leaves just one GOP seat in bid to counter gerrymanders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:06 AM
louise lucas my queen
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This is really it.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This is really it.
Anyway, I'm prepared with the perfect laptop sticker for this: Treason against whiteness is loyalty to humanity.
January 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Anyway, I'm prepared with the perfect laptop sticker for this: Treason against whiteness is loyalty to humanity.
Of course. White women who are liberals or leftists are race traitors.
The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Of course. White women who are liberals or leftists are race traitors.
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Interesting how the right has used “white woman” as a smear this week.
The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Interesting how the right has used “white woman” as a smear this week.
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Good on the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social for clearly standing up for trans rights.
"Trans members of this profession have been rapidly losing their freedoms and protections.... Scholarship on the philosophy of sex and gender, especially trans philosophy, has come under attack” -- from a recent APA Board open letter to trans philosophers & the philosophy profession...
The APA Board’s Open Letter to Trans Philosophers - Daily Nous
At its November 2025 meeting, the Board of the American Philosophical Association (APA) approved a statement addressed "first and foremost, to trans members of our profession," and to "those who teach...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Good on the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social for clearly standing up for trans rights.
What are the chances that the Republican lawmakers Trump excoriated have the self-respect to hold a grudge?
President Donald Trump called up Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in a fury to shout at her over the war powers vote on Venezuela earlier this week, The Hill reported on Friday.
Raging Trump screamed profanities at defecting Senate Republican in explosive phone call
President Donald Trump called up Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in a fury to shout at her over the war powers vote on Venezuela earlier this week, The Hill reported on Friday."According to two sources familiar, a fuming Trump dialed up Collins, the foremost Senate GOP centrist, during the vote aimed at b...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
What are the chances that the Republican lawmakers Trump excoriated have the self-respect to hold a grudge?
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it was very obvious to me from the early terf wars that there was a kind of bigotry black hole: the transphobes all became racists. the racists were all misogynists. the misogynists were all authoritarians. much of my work since then has been devoted to trying to understand why.
you know how if you try and make LLMs more racist, they also end up more sexist and pro-genocide? this is the human example of that. evil isn't a single thing, if you start down one path you keep ending up at the same destination.
Graham's all about 'protecting women'
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
it was very obvious to me from the early terf wars that there was a kind of bigotry black hole: the transphobes all became racists. the racists were all misogynists. the misogynists were all authoritarians. much of my work since then has been devoted to trying to understand why.
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"Surely a situation that a reasonable civilian would not find to constitute deadly force is even less likely to be fatal for a police officer. ... But experience tells us that evidence-free handwaving in the direction of ‘split seconds’ is most often all that is needed to keep justice at bay."
Subject the Police Equally to the Law
Because liberalism is often seen, particularly on the left, as enjoying ideological hegemony in the modern United States, there is an assumption that the current police system is a natural outgrowth o...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"Surely a situation that a reasonable civilian would not find to constitute deadly force is even less likely to be fatal for a police officer. ... But experience tells us that evidence-free handwaving in the direction of ‘split seconds’ is most often all that is needed to keep justice at bay."
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
It seems inevitable that some kind of violence or rioting will erupt at some point. It's surprising, and impressive, that the most that has happened so far is assault by sandwich.
No matter what happens, remember this: All blame lies at the feet of Trump and of ICE.
No matter what happens, remember this: All blame lies at the feet of Trump and of ICE.
Setting a Fire by the Powder Keg
Trump, Miller, and ICE are playing with fire and we cannot help them stick the blame elsewhere.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
It seems inevitable that some kind of violence or rioting will erupt at some point. It's surprising, and impressive, that the most that has happened so far is assault by sandwich.
No matter what happens, remember this: All blame lies at the feet of Trump and of ICE.
No matter what happens, remember this: All blame lies at the feet of Trump and of ICE.
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"They think their opposition is just elected Democrats, or what remains of uncaptured media, or activists. They don't seem to perceive what they're fomenting with ordinary people who are getting swept up in their untargeted assaults on local populations." www.liberalcurrents.com/setting-a-fi...
Setting a Fire by the Powder Keg
Trump, Miller, and ICE are playing with fire and we cannot help them stick the blame elsewhere.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"They think their opposition is just elected Democrats, or what remains of uncaptured media, or activists. They don't seem to perceive what they're fomenting with ordinary people who are getting swept up in their untargeted assaults on local populations." www.liberalcurrents.com/setting-a-fi...