Jason Briggeman
@jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com
Economics professor at Austin Community College. Associate Editor for Liberal Currents. briggeman.org
Among the happy externalities from the @liberalcurrents.com fundraiser is that we've made this post public. Back in August we put the seven editors through five rounds of choosing books that, altogether, hopefully represent a lot of what we're about. Plus, now people can tell us who drafted best.
The Liberal Currents Canon, or Some Good Books
From time to time we get asked for recommended reading. The topics vary, but given the nature of Liberal Currents there are certainly recurring themes. By the same token, there are a few books that a ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Among the happy externalities from the @liberalcurrents.com fundraiser is that we've made this post public. Back in August we put the seven editors through five rounds of choosing books that, altogether, hopefully represent a lot of what we're about. Plus, now people can tell us who drafted best.
I'm taking the afternoon off. I'm going to watch footy down at the pub. Nothing left to do today
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm taking the afternoon off. I'm going to watch footy down at the pub. Nothing left to do today
Cool names are out, sincere names are in. Our problem, as usual, is we were right too soon
Liberal Currents desperately needs a cooler name.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cool names are out, sincere names are in. Our problem, as usual, is we were right too soon
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
This news comes after several Indiana Republican were targeted through swatting attempts within days of Trump calling for primary challenges against the holdouts
The Indiana Senate may meet on redistricting after all in early December: indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/25/indiana-house-will-still-move-forward-on-redistricting-without-the-senate/87465822007/
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This news comes after several Indiana Republican were targeted through swatting attempts within days of Trump calling for primary challenges against the holdouts
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
I think this is a challenge @equalaccesspublicmedia.org has faced a lot.
What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
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What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
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Why donate here when every Public Media Affiliate station takes donations?
IMO people should donate to their local station
IMO people should donate to their local station
October 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think this is a challenge @equalaccesspublicmedia.org has faced a lot.
What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
1/🧵
What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
1/🧵
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
Found this in my camera roll, dated September 2
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Found this in my camera roll, dated September 2
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
The work that they are doing is important.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The work that they are doing is important.
The eight-year-old is singing a song with an AABACDCC rhyme scheme, and it seems soooo wrong. But I'm trying to let her cook
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The eight-year-old is singing a song with an AABACDCC rhyme scheme, and it seems soooo wrong. But I'm trying to let her cook
In the times before we started Liberal Currents (i.e., before Trump ), I used to say in the chat that Chris Hayes was "the greatest Twitter user." It is really something to have his support, years later, as we start up in a bigger way. Thank you, Chris. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In the times before we started Liberal Currents (i.e., before Trump ), I used to say in the chat that Chris Hayes was "the greatest Twitter user." It is really something to have his support, years later, as we start up in a bigger way. Thank you, Chris. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Having a wide variety of vibrant international voices has been an enduring advantage for Elon Musk's X over the liberal echo chamber Bluesky—and the gap is even bigger than previously known
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Having a wide variety of vibrant international voices has been an enduring advantage for Elon Musk's X over the liberal echo chamber Bluesky—and the gap is even bigger than previously known
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
I see that I have been amply rewarded for going to church rather than watching the late Premier League game today. Wow
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I see that I have been amply rewarded for going to church rather than watching the late Premier League game today. Wow
'AI studied the open internet, leading it to master its first task: owning the libs.'
So @bdowney.bsky.social used Gemini 3 to make an anti-Liberal Currents Chick Tract, and I’m sorry to say I’m pro-AI now
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
'AI studied the open internet, leading it to master its first task: owning the libs.'
Asked some of the editors of @liberalcurrents.com for their 2028 Dem nom preference and got back five votes spread among four candidates. These people stay serious about the 'currents' part
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Asked some of the editors of @liberalcurrents.com for their 2028 Dem nom preference and got back five votes spread among four candidates. These people stay serious about the 'currents' part
Reposted by Jason Briggeman
Breaking?
Breaking news: In the past 10 months, the Trump administration has pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers and repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal.
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Breaking?
Donald Trump and the NBA draft system have got to go
We opened the previous episode with a single Tankathon spin where Pacers got #1. It couldn’t have been any worse last night on the first spin to open the show:
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Donald Trump and the NBA draft system have got to go
Aides are seeing signs of a softer, gentler Trump
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Aides are seeing signs of a softer, gentler Trump
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hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
The 8-year-old pronounced the name of a famous composer as "Record Strauss" and that seems like an incredible band name for the taking
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The 8-year-old pronounced the name of a famous composer as "Record Strauss" and that seems like an incredible band name for the taking
The notion that a U.S. war or deal with Venezuela would meaningfully reduce oil prices anytime in the near future is some light, sweet propaganda.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The notion that a U.S. war or deal with Venezuela would meaningfully reduce oil prices anytime in the near future is some light, sweet propaganda.
Impossibly lame
New : Haiti have qualified for their first men’s World Cup since 1974. But Haitian nationals are under a travel ban from the Trump administration; meaning currently many fans will not be allowed to travel to the U.S. for the tournament.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
U.S. travel bans mean many Haitian fans will not be able to go to World Cup
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Impossibly lame
Wonder if 'hey, we're ICE, so it's all good, right?' will fly with the judge
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wonder if 'hey, we're ICE, so it's all good, right?' will fly with the judge
Believing that we could inhabit Mars does require extreme mental adaptability, but LeBron was in "Space Jam," man. Come on
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Believing that we could inhabit Mars does require extreme mental adaptability, but LeBron was in "Space Jam," man. Come on