@lanevanham.bsky.social
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Sculptor Steven Weitzman placed books under the floorboards of the Barbara Johns statue's self-base (dedicated last week in The Capitol Building) with titles from prominent African American scholars and authors to signify materials the students were missing in their classrooms. 🗃️
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sculptor Steven Weitzman placed books under the floorboards of the Barbara Johns statue's self-base (dedicated last week in The Capitol Building) with titles from prominent African American scholars and authors to signify materials the students were missing in their classrooms. 🗃️
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There will be a casket toss at the Holiday Bowl.
December 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There will be a casket toss at the Holiday Bowl.
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There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
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The Sickos Committee is a forward-leaning, data-driven solutions platform operating at the intersection of inefficiency, entropy, and under-optimized outcomes.
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Sickos Committee is a forward-leaning, data-driven solutions platform operating at the intersection of inefficiency, entropy, and under-optimized outcomes.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
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No one makes it entirely on their own. If you benefit from a functioning society, you owe something back.
#TaxBillionaires
#TaxBillionaires
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
No one makes it entirely on their own. If you benefit from a functioning society, you owe something back.
#TaxBillionaires
#TaxBillionaires
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"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements
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saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
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Diogenes, but looking for an honest Republican who will acknowledge that the president's brains are running out his ears
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Diogenes, but looking for an honest Republican who will acknowledge that the president's brains are running out his ears
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Half the time I post something related to race on this website I get someone in the comments like, “yeah america is a racist country what do you expect.” I’m starting to think folks like this are bots or ops designed to make people feel helpless. Think we should call it “doomsplaining”
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
July 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Half the time I post something related to race on this website I get someone in the comments like, “yeah america is a racist country what do you expect.” I’m starting to think folks like this are bots or ops designed to make people feel helpless. Think we should call it “doomsplaining”
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Man, it would be great to have an opposition party in DC right now.
As @shannonrwatts.bsky.social pointed out, where's the Democrats Leadership's response to JD Vance and the Trump Administration essentially declaring war on the majority of America?
Debunking all his lies? Calling out right-wing terror?
Anything? Anything at all?
Bueller...Bueller?
Debunking all his lies? Calling out right-wing terror?
Anything? Anything at all?
Bueller...Bueller?
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Man, it would be great to have an opposition party in DC right now.
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Reminder:
- there’s no left leaning ideology calling for violence in US, no leader of the broad center-left doing so either
- movement seeks to buttress democracy, rule of law and freedom, not undermine it
- tens of millions have marched and protested w/o incident this year
- it’s pure invention
- there’s no left leaning ideology calling for violence in US, no leader of the broad center-left doing so either
- movement seeks to buttress democracy, rule of law and freedom, not undermine it
- tens of millions have marched and protested w/o incident this year
- it’s pure invention
These are the same people who dismissed countless public and private studies that showed conclusively that right-wing violence was, by far, the most pressing threat in America.
Now they're going to concoct something that purports to blame the left.
Once again, it's all projection and bad faith.
Now they're going to concoct something that purports to blame the left.
Once again, it's all projection and bad faith.
Getting more sinister by the minute www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Reminder:
- there’s no left leaning ideology calling for violence in US, no leader of the broad center-left doing so either
- movement seeks to buttress democracy, rule of law and freedom, not undermine it
- tens of millions have marched and protested w/o incident this year
- it’s pure invention
- there’s no left leaning ideology calling for violence in US, no leader of the broad center-left doing so either
- movement seeks to buttress democracy, rule of law and freedom, not undermine it
- tens of millions have marched and protested w/o incident this year
- it’s pure invention
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Exactly this. And it is important to overwhelm their systems before they're up and running. The corollary to "courage is contagious" is that everyone has to stand up *early*, not wait for others to go first. The sooner everyone demonstrates that their machine can't possibly do this, the better.
Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.
Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Exactly this. And it is important to overwhelm their systems before they're up and running. The corollary to "courage is contagious" is that everyone has to stand up *early*, not wait for others to go first. The sooner everyone demonstrates that their machine can't possibly do this, the better.
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extremely interesting indicator of where we are in postmodern syncretism that the guys making Kirk out to be a hero of the Christian faith will simply not comment on a Hindu proposing that he is now in the afterlife of Norse Paganism.
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
extremely interesting indicator of where we are in postmodern syncretism that the guys making Kirk out to be a hero of the Christian faith will simply not comment on a Hindu proposing that he is now in the afterlife of Norse Paganism.
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RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
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The very concept of communicable disease is also antithetical to the politics of the right. Your wellbeing is inextricably tied to mine, and our individual decisions necessarily impact the community as a whole.
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The very concept of communicable disease is also antithetical to the politics of the right. Your wellbeing is inextricably tied to mine, and our individual decisions necessarily impact the community as a whole.
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This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
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“A Republican is somebody who couldn’t enjoy eating unless he knew someone else was hungry.”
~Mary Karr
~Mary Karr
August 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“A Republican is somebody who couldn’t enjoy eating unless he knew someone else was hungry.”
~Mary Karr
~Mary Karr
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Just this week, the 79-year-old president hallucinated a lie about the Unabomber, forgot he appointed the Fed Chair he hates, blanked on names of officials, fell asleep at a rally, threatened to strip Rosie O'Donnell of her citizenship and spun wild theories about his good friend the pedophile.
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just this week, the 79-year-old president hallucinated a lie about the Unabomber, forgot he appointed the Fed Chair he hates, blanked on names of officials, fell asleep at a rally, threatened to strip Rosie O'Donnell of her citizenship and spun wild theories about his good friend the pedophile.
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Things at the heart of being American:
Free & fair elections where WE get to decide who gets power.
The right to protest & talk back to power.
Faith in a fair chance before the law (due process)
The promise of citizenship: the ultimate pact of trust
A shared set of laws that rules us all.
Free & fair elections where WE get to decide who gets power.
The right to protest & talk back to power.
Faith in a fair chance before the law (due process)
The promise of citizenship: the ultimate pact of trust
A shared set of laws that rules us all.
July 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Things at the heart of being American:
Free & fair elections where WE get to decide who gets power.
The right to protest & talk back to power.
Faith in a fair chance before the law (due process)
The promise of citizenship: the ultimate pact of trust
A shared set of laws that rules us all.
Free & fair elections where WE get to decide who gets power.
The right to protest & talk back to power.
Faith in a fair chance before the law (due process)
The promise of citizenship: the ultimate pact of trust
A shared set of laws that rules us all.
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Free busses...or masked police-state goons rounding up law-abiding workers and residents, separating them from their families, and sending them to gulags.
Tell me which outrages you more.
Tell me which outrages you more.
June 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Free busses...or masked police-state goons rounding up law-abiding workers and residents, separating them from their families, and sending them to gulags.
Tell me which outrages you more.
Tell me which outrages you more.
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Democrats should organize a letter with all Govs, statewides, state leg and Congressional leaders to be sent to Trump, Noem et al demanding they stop this masked, police state shit.
It’s so far over the line, totally unnecessary and already been exploited to kill a prominent elected official.
It’s so far over the line, totally unnecessary and already been exploited to kill a prominent elected official.
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Democrats should organize a letter with all Govs, statewides, state leg and Congressional leaders to be sent to Trump, Noem et al demanding they stop this masked, police state shit.
It’s so far over the line, totally unnecessary and already been exploited to kill a prominent elected official.
It’s so far over the line, totally unnecessary and already been exploited to kill a prominent elected official.
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If only the New Yorker had read @albertburneko.bsky.social six months ago it could have avoided wearing the clownshoes today defector.com/what-the-fuc...
May 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If only the New Yorker had read @albertburneko.bsky.social six months ago it could have avoided wearing the clownshoes today defector.com/what-the-fuc...
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FULL DISCLOSURE, MAGA Murder Budget is the messaging that I suggested and while I wanted to just ignore this new testing, now that it's out there, feels like I gotta wade in. Here goes - adventures in everything wrong with Dem message testing, a case study. /1
"House Majority Fund, a Democratic group aligned with House Democratic leadership, issued talking points for members on the bill."
Avoid Hyperbolic Rhetoric
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Avoid Hyperbolic Rhetoric
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May 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
FULL DISCLOSURE, MAGA Murder Budget is the messaging that I suggested and while I wanted to just ignore this new testing, now that it's out there, feels like I gotta wade in. Here goes - adventures in everything wrong with Dem message testing, a case study. /1