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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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We don’t live in a neutral marketplace of ideas. We live in an attention economy shaped by algorithms, tribal identity, outrage incentives, and profit models that reward engagement over accuracy.
June 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
We don’t live in a neutral marketplace of ideas. We live in an attention economy shaped by algorithms, tribal identity, outrage incentives, and profit models that reward engagement over accuracy.
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America is washed up, an ongoing series.
Fox News brings on Rebekah Koffler to talk about the military parade, but she seems to be heavily intoxicated so they cut away with quickness
June 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
America is washed up, an ongoing series.
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The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
I have at least two people in my replies who are extremely upset that I suggested the two political assassinations of democratic politicians, yes even white ones, counts as an act of Jim Crow style terror and what is alarming is that these two accounts seem to be real people.
June 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
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This. The end of Reconstruction and Jim Crow hold so many examples and parallels for our current era.
Oh. Just like they liberated Wilmington, NC from "Negro rule" in 1898? With a coup?
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This. The end of Reconstruction and Jim Crow hold so many examples and parallels for our current era.
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What you saw from Trump in CA this weekend was not law enforcement.
What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections.
My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections.
My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What you saw from Trump in CA this weekend was not law enforcement.
What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections.
My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections.
My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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if a liberal fox existed this morning
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
May 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
if a liberal fox existed this morning
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
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*Copy one of Boris Johnson's stupidest and most self-destructive policies.
*Ignore the massive wave of public fury it ignited.
*Smear and attack anyone warning that it might not be a great idea.
In this week's column I ask what the hell Keir Starmer is playing at.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
*Ignore the massive wave of public fury it ignited.
*Smear and attack anyone warning that it might not be a great idea.
In this week's column I ask what the hell Keir Starmer is playing at.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true | George Monbiot
Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
*Copy one of Boris Johnson's stupidest and most self-destructive policies.
*Ignore the massive wave of public fury it ignited.
*Smear and attack anyone warning that it might not be a great idea.
In this week's column I ask what the hell Keir Starmer is playing at.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
*Ignore the massive wave of public fury it ignited.
*Smear and attack anyone warning that it might not be a great idea.
In this week's column I ask what the hell Keir Starmer is playing at.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rise up America. This is waaaaaaaay outta hand.
May 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Rise up America. This is waaaaaaaay outta hand.
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Republicans are an organized crime syndicate. That is all.
May 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Republicans are an organized crime syndicate. That is all.
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The entire right-wing strategy is repetition.
Hundreds of front groups all saying the same stuff, passed onto tabloids and right-wing media, turned into congressional inquiries, and of course, laundered into the pages of legacy media.
It’s not a secret.
Hundreds of front groups all saying the same stuff, passed onto tabloids and right-wing media, turned into congressional inquiries, and of course, laundered into the pages of legacy media.
It’s not a secret.
May 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The entire right-wing strategy is repetition.
Hundreds of front groups all saying the same stuff, passed onto tabloids and right-wing media, turned into congressional inquiries, and of course, laundered into the pages of legacy media.
It’s not a secret.
Hundreds of front groups all saying the same stuff, passed onto tabloids and right-wing media, turned into congressional inquiries, and of course, laundered into the pages of legacy media.
It’s not a secret.
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keep coming back to this Hannah Arendt line from Origins of Totalitarianism:
April 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
keep coming back to this Hannah Arendt line from Origins of Totalitarianism:
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Powerful
April 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Powerful
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Also why, when we get a normal government back, we should tax the shit out of them. No more billionaires.
A.so
April 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Also why, when we get a normal government back, we should tax the shit out of them. No more billionaires.
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If only there was a better way to convert excessive wealth into public goods... oh well
April 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If only there was a better way to convert excessive wealth into public goods... oh well
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The plan to prove that the most incompetent White men are preferable to the most highly qualified Black men has been a smashing success.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
April 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The plan to prove that the most incompetent White men are preferable to the most highly qualified Black men has been a smashing success.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.
April 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.
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and there is more of this for democrats to do! demand to see the other people renditioned to this prison! conduct on camera interviews with people who have lost social security, veterans benefits and medical care because of DOGE, hold rallies against the administration’s lawlessness!
Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador is a form of embodied protest and helped put Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Gracia on the front page of the NYT two days in a row.
As Bayard Rustin once said, “The only weapons we have are our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.”
As Bayard Rustin once said, “The only weapons we have are our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.”
April 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
and there is more of this for democrats to do! demand to see the other people renditioned to this prison! conduct on camera interviews with people who have lost social security, veterans benefits and medical care because of DOGE, hold rallies against the administration’s lawlessness!
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After X’s repressive actions, hundreds of thousands in Turkey joined Bluesky, seeking a freer space. Reports of government censorship here are deeply troubling. Don’t squander this trust. This is a critical moment for principled leadership—not silent compromise. @jay.bsky.team
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
After X’s repressive actions, hundreds of thousands in Turkey joined Bluesky, seeking a freer space. Reports of government censorship here are deeply troubling. Don’t squander this trust. This is a critical moment for principled leadership—not silent compromise. @jay.bsky.team
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