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Hell is empty, and all the segregationists are once again here.
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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
The number one job of all small-d democrats over the next 11-35 months is to build a controlling majority within the Democratic coalition for radical political and constitutional reform. A Democratic federal government is coming, we have to be ready to end this war.
The key phrase here is "catalyzed by McGovern's loss in 1972 and Reagan's win in 1980." The inconvenient truth is that the Democratic Party didn't abandon the New Deal coalition: the New Deal coalition abandoned the Democratic Party, largely in response to the Party championing civil rights.
It was the abandonment of the New Deal, catalyzed by McGovern's loss in 1972 and Reagan's win in 1980. Clinton was the first *triumph* of this strategy (even though it was a stretch to draw conclusions from the goofy 1992 3-way election) and we've been suffering since
Pretty sure this behavior started with bill clinton ?
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The key phrase here is "catalyzed by McGovern's loss in 1972 and Reagan's win in 1980." The inconvenient truth is that the Democratic Party didn't abandon the New Deal coalition: the New Deal coalition abandoned the Democratic Party, largely in response to the Party championing civil rights.
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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For a lot of reasons, trans rights will be a more difficult row to hoe, but it can be done. Polling averages are not fundamental laws of the universe, they are subject to change. It's called 'doing politics.'
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
For a lot of reasons, trans rights will be a more difficult row to hoe, but it can be done. Polling averages are not fundamental laws of the universe, they are subject to change. It's called 'doing politics.'
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People need to acknowledge that all of the loud voices on the "Dems have to move to the center" team are paid by a Super PAC with the express purpose of electing more moderate Dems. They are not putting impartial empirical research out there. it's just Super PAC fundraising masquerading as "data"
none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People need to acknowledge that all of the loud voices on the "Dems have to move to the center" team are paid by a Super PAC with the express purpose of electing more moderate Dems. They are not putting impartial empirical research out there. it's just Super PAC fundraising masquerading as "data"
8 USC 1421 (amended)
(a) The authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the President, the governors of the several States, and the Attorney General.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, which shall apply to the Attorney General,
(a) The authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the President, the governors of the several States, and the Attorney General.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, which shall apply to the Attorney General,
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
8 USC 1421 (amended)
(a) The authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the President, the governors of the several States, and the Attorney General.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, which shall apply to the Attorney General,
(a) The authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the President, the governors of the several States, and the Attorney General.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, which shall apply to the Attorney General,
American conservatism is lying as a way of being. Lying to yourself about objective reality; that hierarchies exist as laws of nature, that might makes right, that goodness is inherent and divorced from action.
The fucking blatant lying is just so insulting
Doug Burgum lies that renewable energy is "worse for the planet, worse for the environment, and it drives up your electric prices"
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
American conservatism is lying as a way of being. Lying to yourself about objective reality; that hierarchies exist as laws of nature, that might makes right, that goodness is inherent and divorced from action.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
A $500B/year Higher Education grant to the states and localities to make public universities, colleges, community colleges, and technical schools tuition-free would solve a lot of social problems.
I believe it's good to do higher education that enriches & extends. I do not think it is sustainable to charge $20k, $140k, $60k a year for this
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A $500B/year Higher Education grant to the states and localities to make public universities, colleges, community colleges, and technical schools tuition-free would solve a lot of social problems.
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NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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this places rules and if you're too afraid to visit that's between you and your tiny baby brain
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
this places rules and if you're too afraid to visit that's between you and your tiny baby brain
I think one of the most disturbing realizations of the last ten years is that most elites have no endogenous ideologies or beliefs, and that he controls elite media consumption can, for a time, rule the world.
i have no idea why “the US must adopt the defense procurement strategy of the weaker party fighting a defensive conflict with deep asymmetries in order project power abroad(???)” is becoming a mainstay opinion of the commentariat but here we are
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I think one of the most disturbing realizations of the last ten years is that most elites have no endogenous ideologies or beliefs, and that he controls elite media consumption can, for a time, rule the world.
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this is great - an actual serious challenge from someone with established progressive credentials and a longstanding presence in state politics
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales on Monday announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026, aiming to ride a wave of liberal and progressive dissatisfaction with Democratic leadership to an upset primary victory.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper | Colorado Newsline
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026.
coloradonewsline.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is great - an actual serious challenge from someone with established progressive credentials and a longstanding presence in state politics
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
A big part of this is political economy. With a thoroughly financialized private sector and no state lending institutions, there’s no one who’s willing to undertaken the capital deepening required.
i do genuinely believe the US can be world-beating in just about any industry, its just a question of investing enough for long enough to make it happen—and the second part is the tricky part
Building cheap shit does not solve the the problem that we are overpaying. We should strive to be the county that has the industrial machinery to build the Nice Thjngs we deserve
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A big part of this is political economy. With a thoroughly financialized private sector and no state lending institutions, there’s no one who’s willing to undertaken the capital deepening required.
cut the army and national guard down to five artillerymen in a trench coat, strip them for parts, redistribute resources to the Navy and Air Force. Everybody's saying it
you *have* to win the air war. you *have* to win the war at sea. it's *nice* to be able to win the war on land, but again--for a nation with a geographic position like america's--this is very much priority 3, something that is (very!) nice to have, but not essential
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
cut the army and national guard down to five artillerymen in a trench coat, strip them for parts, redistribute resources to the Navy and Air Force. Everybody's saying it
One of my deepest held beliefs as a lawyer-in-training is that laws must be always written in clear, precise language that a sixth grader can fully comprehend, and that they must also be exhaustive and cover all imaginable bases.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of my deepest held beliefs as a lawyer-in-training is that laws must be always written in clear, precise language that a sixth grader can fully comprehend, and that they must also be exhaustive and cover all imaginable bases.
What your centrist, consultant-brained elected Dem doesn't realize (or, more often than not, actively refuses to) is that these are the same exact thing.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
i don't want a unifying Dem who promises to return to good government.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What your centrist, consultant-brained elected Dem doesn't realize (or, more often than not, actively refuses to) is that these are the same exact thing.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
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Your refrigerator shouldn’t randomly start advertising to you. Cars shouldn’t play ads while you are driving.
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Your refrigerator shouldn’t randomly start advertising to you. Cars shouldn’t play ads while you are driving.
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
my unironic philosophy of judicial power, the rule of law, and democratic constitutionalism:
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
my unironic philosophy of judicial power, the rule of law, and democratic constitutionalism:
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
More that twice, if you count Shelby, Brnovich, and Rucho.
They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
More that twice, if you count Shelby, Brnovich, and Rucho.
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Twice actually, if we are counting the Kavanaugh stops
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Twice actually, if we are counting the Kavanaugh stops
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They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE