A timely and sobering dose of reality.
Sharing a gift article to offer access without a NYT subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.

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“Republican voters signed up for ‘The Trump Show: Politics Edition,’” writes Tressie McMillan Cottom. “Musk is producing and distributing that show, one chaotic bite at a time.”

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything? Lots of helpful advice here about how to remain informed (without getting overwhelmed), get involved, and stay sane.
#resist #takingaction #stayingsane

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Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear.

New piece from me:
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Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show! What an important, timely, and powerful reminder of the subversive power of art...and why it is feared by authoritarian leaders.

#kendricklamar #halftime #resist

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Halftime Bliss

Kendrick Lamar was defiant, proud, vindictive, playful and celebratory, subversive, trolling and joyful.

He’s our resistance blueprint.
#DemCast

An extraordinary piece by Caitlin Flanagan…

MAGA isn't conservative, and I am not sure that conservatism still exists; and contemporary progressivism is no better. Here's my solution: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

This week’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show, with Pulitzer Prize winning historian and Atlantic writer @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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ABC: Trump team threatening lawmakers that Musk will fund primary opponents if they don't bow down to his nominees.

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In the midst of all the current noise and ugliness, I'm so grateful for and inspired by the courage, humanity, integrity, and eloquence of elected representatives #SarahMcBride and #SummerLee @summerlee.bsky.social.

Highly recommend! "Authoritarian tactics are already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look." "It's not the future, it's the present." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

An astute, thoughtful analysis of what has led us to the present moment - with suggestions for how we might move beyond it. Highly recommend (and hope this link will work for those who are not subscribers to The Atlantic). www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...