James Slattery
@jcslattery.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer and agitator for civil rights in Texas. Prev: Harris ‘24 | Texas Civil Rights Project | Commerce Dept | Battleground Texas | Obama ‘12. Truman Project Member. Books, travel, Star Trek, podcasts. Views are mine alone, or your mom’s.
My favorite part of Austin No Kings is this balloon of Elon Musk doing his Nazi salute
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My favorite part of Austin No Kings is this balloon of Elon Musk doing his Nazi salute
The series will initially focus initially on the life and work of Alexei Navalny -- the leader of the Russian opposition movement who wrote a revelatory memoir while imprisoned in a gulag above the Arctic Circle.
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The series will initially focus initially on the life and work of Alexei Navalny -- the leader of the Russian opposition movement who wrote a revelatory memoir while imprisoned in a gulag above the Arctic Circle.
Why not just save time and add Iran directly to the signal chat lmao
June 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Why not just save time and add Iran directly to the signal chat lmao
This obviously isn’t a quote from Ben Franklin. “Bad guy” is a term that originated in the 20th Century and is associated with the pop culture of that era, not the 1700s
May 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This obviously isn’t a quote from Ben Franklin. “Bad guy” is a term that originated in the 20th Century and is associated with the pop culture of that era, not the 1700s
You know things are bad for Trump when even Texas business turns against him
April 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You know things are bad for Trump when even Texas business turns against him
Gotta say, I think the Dark Mayor Pete look looks good on him
April 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Gotta say, I think the Dark Mayor Pete look looks good on him
For the love of God keep him away from JD Vance
April 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
For the love of God keep him away from JD Vance
Even North Korean officials would be embarrassed at this level of sycophancy
April 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Even North Korean officials would be embarrassed at this level of sycophancy
We are now in a new world — and not, I think, a better one
April 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We are now in a new world — and not, I think, a better one
Looking this up for no reason, no reason at all
April 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Looking this up for no reason, no reason at all
What’s funny here is that for Trump’s strategy to have a chance at working—that people will endure hardship in the form of higher prices to revive manufacturing—you would need the kind of national unity, trust, and sense of common purpose that Trump and his allies have spent decades destroying
April 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What’s funny here is that for Trump’s strategy to have a chance at working—that people will endure hardship in the form of higher prices to revive manufacturing—you would need the kind of national unity, trust, and sense of common purpose that Trump and his allies have spent decades destroying
I wish people would stop trying to read some kind of four dimensional strategy into Trump's words and actions.
Maybe Trump is floating the prospect of serving a third term for the simple reason that he intends to stay in office for a third term. We dismiss that simple explanation at our peril.
Maybe Trump is floating the prospect of serving a third term for the simple reason that he intends to stay in office for a third term. We dismiss that simple explanation at our peril.
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I wish people would stop trying to read some kind of four dimensional strategy into Trump's words and actions.
Maybe Trump is floating the prospect of serving a third term for the simple reason that he intends to stay in office for a third term. We dismiss that simple explanation at our peril.
Maybe Trump is floating the prospect of serving a third term for the simple reason that he intends to stay in office for a third term. We dismiss that simple explanation at our peril.
Please Democrats, you need to hammer him for this: Trump is saying he HOPES his tariffs cause prices to go up for Americans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
March 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Please Democrats, you need to hammer him for this: Trump is saying he HOPES his tariffs cause prices to go up for Americans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
JD in Greenland: "What this place needs is a good couch"
March 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
JD in Greenland: "What this place needs is a good couch"
Nah bro, you just look like that
March 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Nah bro, you just look like that
I’m now officially the neighborhood crazy cat lady
March 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’m now officially the neighborhood crazy cat lady
You’ve got to be kidding me
March 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
You’ve got to be kidding me
Alex, I’ll take “Actions that will please literally no one” for $500
March 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Alex, I’ll take “Actions that will please literally no one” for $500
Joining the cool kids at SXSW this week
March 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Joining the cool kids at SXSW this week
TFW someone asks me to share a “fun fact” as an icebreaker
February 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
TFW someone asks me to share a “fun fact” as an icebreaker
So like many people, I posted on Instagram the obviously fake and satirical cover of Time magazine showing Elon walking Trump like a dog.
Just got a notice that it “violates community standards” based on a single dude who claimed that it was deceptive because it wasn’t a “real” time magazine cover
Just got a notice that it “violates community standards” based on a single dude who claimed that it was deceptive because it wasn’t a “real” time magazine cover
February 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So like many people, I posted on Instagram the obviously fake and satirical cover of Time magazine showing Elon walking Trump like a dog.
Just got a notice that it “violates community standards” based on a single dude who claimed that it was deceptive because it wasn’t a “real” time magazine cover
Just got a notice that it “violates community standards” based on a single dude who claimed that it was deceptive because it wasn’t a “real” time magazine cover
This is so fucking embarrassing from Politico, of course FDR’s first weeks were way more impactful than Trump’s. One of the worst pathologies in the discourse today is how little history people know of anything before 2008.
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is so fucking embarrassing from Politico, of course FDR’s first weeks were way more impactful than Trump’s. One of the worst pathologies in the discourse today is how little history people know of anything before 2008.
