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It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
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PBS right now: What else can they do to us at this point? So fuck it, here’s what’s really happening.
Posted in three parts for BSKY limits
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Posted in three parts for BSKY limits
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January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
PBS right now: What else can they do to us at this point? So fuck it, here’s what’s really happening.
Posted in three parts for BSKY limits
Part one:
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Posted in three parts for BSKY limits
Part one:
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If you aren’t watching this right now, you should be. www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
If you aren’t watching this right now, you should be. www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
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“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Gipsy Kings of Leon
Gipsy Kings of Leon
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
Ruin two bands by combining them:
ZZ Four Tops
ZZ Four Tops
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Gipsy Kings of Leon
Gipsy Kings of Leon
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If I had a dollar for every British astrophysicist named Brian who put their career on hold to join a chart-topping pop group and then successfully pivoted back to astrophysics, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...
Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If I had a dollar for every British astrophysicist named Brian who put their career on hold to join a chart-topping pop group and then successfully pivoted back to astrophysics, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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I posted this earlier in the morning on the day that Kirk was killed so no one read it and it wasn't that important, but it does explain this pretty well bsky.app/profile/anne...
Here's my one and only free substack post that I wrote and posted like one hour before you know who got shot so nobody saw it lol. But you should read it. annenotation.substack.com/p/the-dog-wa...
THE DOG WALKS ITSELF
Let's jump right to the point: life is better now than it has been at any other point in history, at least taking into account a historical scale (that is to say, you might be having a bad week, but y...
annenotation.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I posted this earlier in the morning on the day that Kirk was killed so no one read it and it wasn't that important, but it does explain this pretty well bsky.app/profile/anne...
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Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
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The executive has encouraged the legislature to compel the executive to release files the executive holds and has chosen not to release despite calls from legislators. It's unclear whether the executive will veto the legislature's bill, and whether the legislature will over-ride the executive's veto
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The executive has encouraged the legislature to compel the executive to release files the executive holds and has chosen not to release despite calls from legislators. It's unclear whether the executive will veto the legislature's bill, and whether the legislature will over-ride the executive's veto
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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Your constituents have sent a message that they are mad at Republicans and you want to compromise with them? This sucks, man.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Your constituents have sent a message that they are mad at Republicans and you want to compromise with them? This sucks, man.
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this is so much more embarrassing than any of j. edgar hoover's little outfits could have possibly been
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
this is so much more embarrassing than any of j. edgar hoover's little outfits could have possibly been
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supreme court poised to side with "No We Shouldn't" in landmark case "We Should Shoot The Economy In The Head For No Reason v. No We Shouldn't"
Gorsuch finally speaks, and oh yeah, he's against Trump. Alito also sounded skeptical, which is surprising to me. Regardless, there will plainly be a lopsided majority to strike down the tariffs.
The government better start working on its Plan B...
The government better start working on its Plan B...
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
supreme court poised to side with "No We Shouldn't" in landmark case "We Should Shoot The Economy In The Head For No Reason v. No We Shouldn't"
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A few months before I left TPM, Dick Cheney got a heart transplant and we thought he might die, so @davidkurtz.bsky.social asked me to prewrite his obituary. I did as instructed, David never even gave it so much as a copy edit, and now, 13 years later, it’s live, purple prose, TKs and all.
Time Capsule: Our Dick Cheney Obituary … From 2012
Editor’s Note: I mentioned in today’s Morning Memo that while TPM doesn’t...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A few months before I left TPM, Dick Cheney got a heart transplant and we thought he might die, so @davidkurtz.bsky.social asked me to prewrite his obituary. I did as instructed, David never even gave it so much as a copy edit, and now, 13 years later, it’s live, purple prose, TKs and all.
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
Not Tamales.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Pounds.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
Milky Wax
Milky Wax
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not Tamales.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
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NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
![This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 10/30/2025 and available online at
https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-19702, and on https://govinfo.gov
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Interim final rule (“IFR”) with request for comments. ______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: This IFR amends DHS regulations to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The purpose of this change is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD. This IFR does not impact the validity of EADs that were automatically extended prior to [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] or which are otherwise automatically extended by law or Federal Register notice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreicxgrb4jgjk3455qn4mjcjyz24ysxwf3ri2j5gzlqe4uuq67m746a@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
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I wrote about how Border Patrol taking the lead in immigration operations mirrors a shift that happens often in concentration-camp regimes, including Nazi Germany, and some ways we can respond.
When bad things get worse
Border Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I wrote about how Border Patrol taking the lead in immigration operations mirrors a shift that happens often in concentration-camp regimes, including Nazi Germany, and some ways we can respond.
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Morning light shines upon convection within Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Morning light shines upon convection within Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
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A jaw-dropping view of the sun setting on Hurricane Melissa tonight.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A jaw-dropping view of the sun setting on Hurricane Melissa tonight.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.