Old School Liberal
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Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
September 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
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did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
New NYT Column — Republicans Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
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“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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What would firing Jerome Powell mean for inflation and the bond market? We asked three unvaccinated Jordan Peterson fans at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Secaucus.
July 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What would firing Jerome Powell mean for inflation and the bond market? We asked three unvaccinated Jordan Peterson fans at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Secaucus.
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In response to White House staffer Stephen Miller’s comments, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said: “If we wanted a white supremacist’s opinion, we’d ask. But we don’t. So we won’t. Also, Minneapolis is great.”
Watch: Senior Trump adviser dumps on Minneapolis, prompting retort from Mary Moriarty
Stephen Miller’s comments are the latest in a recent string from Trump loyalists targeting Minneapolis.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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incredible that mainstream media keeps announcing that the story they "missed" during the election was biden's age, even though it got constant coverage for years, and not "donald trump was close friends with notorious pedophile jeffrey epstein"
July 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
incredible that mainstream media keeps announcing that the story they "missed" during the election was biden's age, even though it got constant coverage for years, and not "donald trump was close friends with notorious pedophile jeffrey epstein"
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Sen. Jon Ossoff: "Trump promised to release the Epstein Files. Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was gonna release the Epstein Files?"
July 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sen. Jon Ossoff: "Trump promised to release the Epstein Files. Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was gonna release the Epstein Files?"
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It would’ve been 24/7 outrage on right wing media, banner headlines in the NYT & WaPo, endless opeds, and immediate articles of impeachment in the House.
I can only imagine the outcry if a Democratic President said of Republicans, as Trump said of Dems: "But I hate them, too. You know that? I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country, you want to know the truth."
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July 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It would’ve been 24/7 outrage on right wing media, banner headlines in the NYT & WaPo, endless opeds, and immediate articles of impeachment in the House.
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Today’s NYT wouldn’t publish the Pentagon Papers, but would totally publish Ellsberg’s unredacted psychiatric file.
July 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today’s NYT wouldn’t publish the Pentagon Papers, but would totally publish Ellsberg’s unredacted psychiatric file.
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When you have an entire political movement like MAGA who has sneering contempt for experts who have spent decades in a profession - like weather forecasters - and the need for govt to use those experts to save lives, the results of that too often are that many people die.
July 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When you have an entire political movement like MAGA who has sneering contempt for experts who have spent decades in a profession - like weather forecasters - and the need for govt to use those experts to save lives, the results of that too often are that many people die.
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The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
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Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed
The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
www.motherjones.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
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trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
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This is an excellent dissection of the NYT / Mamdani / "Ugandan-American" fiasco, by @donmoyn.bsky.social
h/t @resnikoff.bsky.social
The episode looks worse, the more we hear about it. Worse because of the patterns it illustrates. Worth reading.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...
h/t @resnikoff.bsky.social
The episode looks worse, the more we hear about it. Worse because of the patterns it illustrates. Worth reading.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...
Who's Afraid of Zohran Mamdani?
And what it means to be an immigrant on July 4th
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is an excellent dissection of the NYT / Mamdani / "Ugandan-American" fiasco, by @donmoyn.bsky.social
h/t @resnikoff.bsky.social
The episode looks worse, the more we hear about it. Worse because of the patterns it illustrates. Worth reading.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...
h/t @resnikoff.bsky.social
The episode looks worse, the more we hear about it. Worse because of the patterns it illustrates. Worth reading.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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At this point, Karoline Leavitt’s press briefings should come with a Surgeon General’s warning: “May cause dizziness, gaslighting, and a complete detachment from reality.”
July 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
At this point, Karoline Leavitt’s press briefings should come with a Surgeon General’s warning: “May cause dizziness, gaslighting, and a complete detachment from reality.”
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The greatest tool working people have to win dignity, power and respect is organizing.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The greatest tool working people have to win dignity, power and respect is organizing.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
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Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.
July 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.
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More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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Sharp new response from Zohran Mamdani, hitting back at Trump's threats:
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sharp new response from Zohran Mamdani, hitting back at Trump's threats:
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
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This is excellent and exactly matches what we've seen in reporting w construction teams, farm managers, food service, bldg maintenance. Let's not even talk about packing houses
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is excellent and exactly matches what we've seen in reporting w construction teams, farm managers, food service, bldg maintenance. Let's not even talk about packing houses
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
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Keep protesting. Keep going, everyone.
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Keep protesting. Keep going, everyone.