katyjconlin
@katyjconlin.bsky.social
art is life, don’t let the bastards steal your joy, keep going.
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As has been stated quite a few times, Republicans could shut this down at any time if they wanted to…
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As has been stated quite a few times, Republicans could shut this down at any time if they wanted to…
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If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment
The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.
www.motherjones.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics.
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
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BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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the delusional, nonsensical little fishes rant by the Cheeto described here is astonishing, this is the leader of the freeworld people. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-13-2...
March 13, 2025
Stocks fell again today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
the delusional, nonsensical little fishes rant by the Cheeto described here is astonishing, this is the leader of the freeworld people. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-13-2...
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I've yet to see any allegation that Khalil committed a crime. Or that he ever publicly expressed support for Hamas (which would still not be a crime). This piece suggests he didn't even participate in the encampment -- only that he mediated between the protesters and Columbia.
The many misrepresentations of Mahmoud Khalil
I talked with Columbia student activists. Here's what they said about Khalil—and what politicians are getting wrong.
www.motherjones.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I've yet to see any allegation that Khalil committed a crime. Or that he ever publicly expressed support for Hamas (which would still not be a crime). This piece suggests he didn't even participate in the encampment -- only that he mediated between the protesters and Columbia.
Solnits enduring brilliance is a bright light in this time of insanity. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/outrages-and...
Federal Government Mayhem: Week Seven of the Stupid Coup
The language might sound similar but the difference between being rational and assuming Trump and Musk are rational is the difference between recognizing what's going on and pretending what's going on...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Solnits enduring brilliance is a bright light in this time of insanity. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/outrages-and...
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The shocking arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is the latest evidence of a far more targeted approach to immigration in Trump's second term.
On the latest More to the Story, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social unpacks the forces—decades in the making—that brought us to this extreme era in immigration policy.
On the latest More to the Story, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social unpacks the forces—decades in the making—that brought us to this extreme era in immigration policy.
Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Decades in the Making
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 03/12/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The shocking arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is the latest evidence of a far more targeted approach to immigration in Trump's second term.
On the latest More to the Story, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social unpacks the forces—decades in the making—that brought us to this extreme era in immigration policy.
On the latest More to the Story, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social unpacks the forces—decades in the making—that brought us to this extreme era in immigration policy.
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There's all the political analysis of the threats and negotiations, but "the bigger point, of course, is that this reality-TV psychodrama remains a ludicrous way to run a continental economy."
Today's Morning Shots, a solo from @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-...
Today's Morning Shots, a solo from @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-...
Our Brave President Goes to War with [Checks Notes] Ontario
What is the point of any of this?
www.thebulwark.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's all the political analysis of the threats and negotiations, but "the bigger point, of course, is that this reality-TV psychodrama remains a ludicrous way to run a continental economy."
Today's Morning Shots, a solo from @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-...
Today's Morning Shots, a solo from @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-...
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Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest
Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest
Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice agents on Saturday, part of Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, who is now eight months pregnant, issued a statement on Tuesday night after the Columbia University graduate…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest
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I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
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News Analysis: In a span of only 50 days, President Trump has done more than any of his modern predecessors to hollow out the foundations of an international system that the U.S. painstakingly erected in the 80 years since it emerged victorious from World War II.
Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days
The system America took 80 years to assemble proved surprisingly fragile in the face of Trump’s assault, a revolution in how the country exercises power across the globe.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
News Analysis: In a span of only 50 days, President Trump has done more than any of his modern predecessors to hollow out the foundations of an international system that the U.S. painstakingly erected in the 80 years since it emerged victorious from World War II.
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March 11, 2025:
March 11, 2025
The stock market continued to fall today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
March 11, 2025:
shameful www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
shameful www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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And as if we can instantly measure all results. "The tyranny of the quantifiable," an environmentalist said to me long ago, and so much of what matters most is not quantifiable or efficient or profitable in the narrow sense, and that's kind of what all this is about. So thank you Ms Kabas.
there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.
March 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
And as if we can instantly measure all results. "The tyranny of the quantifiable," an environmentalist said to me long ago, and so much of what matters most is not quantifiable or efficient or profitable in the narrow sense, and that's kind of what all this is about. So thank you Ms Kabas.
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1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
In a note to colleagues, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the paper after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the direction of the paper’s opinion section
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
March 9, 2025
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March 9, 2025
Lately, political writers have called attention to the tendency of billionaire Elon Musk to refer to his political opponents as “NPCs.” This term comes from the gaming world and refers to a nonplayer ...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
March 9, 2025
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solid piece with various good ideas including ‘if you don’t want to be called a nazi dont salute like one’, and ‘what does the worlds richest man-child have against feeding the starving people’?
Read my piece about the boycotts/protests of Tesla, the goals, and the how the history of apartheid informs them, and Musk www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
solid piece with various good ideas including ‘if you don’t want to be called a nazi dont salute like one’, and ‘what does the worlds richest man-child have against feeding the starving people’?
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Read my piece about the boycotts/protests of Tesla, the goals, and the how the history of apartheid informs them, and Musk www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Read my piece about the boycotts/protests of Tesla, the goals, and the how the history of apartheid informs them, and Musk www.motherjones.com/politics/202...