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Last month the Japanese American National Museum asked me to deliver a keynote speech on what is necessary to combat authoritarianism and preserve democracy. You can listen to it and the Q&A that followed here:
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What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 02/05/2026 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Last month the Japanese American National Museum asked me to deliver a keynote speech on what is necessary to combat authoritarianism and preserve democracy. You can listen to it and the Q&A that followed here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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What a disgrace.
ICE may have handed a suspect in the largest jewelry heist in American history a free pass by deporting him before he ever faced trial.
This is the result of Stephen Miller’s chaos. Reckless mismanagement that undermines public safety and makes a mockery of the justice system.
ICE may have handed a suspect in the largest jewelry heist in American history a free pass by deporting him before he ever faced trial.
This is the result of Stephen Miller’s chaos. Reckless mismanagement that undermines public safety and makes a mockery of the justice system.
Prosecutors stunned as ICE lets suspect in $100m jewelry heist leave US
Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, charged with stalking armored truck in 2022, allowed to self-deport to South America
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
What a disgrace.
ICE may have handed a suspect in the largest jewelry heist in American history a free pass by deporting him before he ever faced trial.
This is the result of Stephen Miller’s chaos. Reckless mismanagement that undermines public safety and makes a mockery of the justice system.
ICE may have handed a suspect in the largest jewelry heist in American history a free pass by deporting him before he ever faced trial.
This is the result of Stephen Miller’s chaos. Reckless mismanagement that undermines public safety and makes a mockery of the justice system.
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“We care about kids, and we care about our youth, and it's all going to be peaches and cream,’ because you're going to be making more money and your profit lines are going to be better, because we're cutting the wages of kids.”
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers
The Nebraska Legislature voted final approval Thursday of a bill lowering the minimum wage employers must pay some teen workers.
nebraskapublicmedia.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 AM
“We care about kids, and we care about our youth, and it's all going to be peaches and cream,’ because you're going to be making more money and your profit lines are going to be better, because we're cutting the wages of kids.”
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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I think one thing people forget in the whole Trumpian elections storyline is it's never been just one thing. The J6/Stop The Steal model was a bunch of people trying many different wild schemes at once. It's chaos. They throw everything at the wall and hopes something sticks a bit.
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I think one thing people forget in the whole Trumpian elections storyline is it's never been just one thing. The J6/Stop The Steal model was a bunch of people trying many different wild schemes at once. It's chaos. They throw everything at the wall and hopes something sticks a bit.
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How surprised should I be that a business that tries to block the missing link bike trail also supports ICE?
From the Seattle community on Reddit: Saw this today on my walk in Ballard
Explore this post and more from the Seattle community
www.reddit.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
How surprised should I be that a business that tries to block the missing link bike trail also supports ICE?
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Credit where due, funneling the defense budget to movie revenue is some creative money laundering
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Credit where due, funneling the defense budget to movie revenue is some creative money laundering
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Love that Tom Homan’s public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldn’t need so many agents. How about you fuck off?
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Love that Tom Homan’s public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldn’t need so many agents. How about you fuck off?
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"This isn't Christian, This isn't American, it is Fascism"
Following the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, "Commander at Large" Gregory Bovino was reassigned away from his leadership role in the operation.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"This isn't Christian, This isn't American, it is Fascism"
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What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
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Everyone who runs for office anywhere in Minnesota for the next decade should be asked, “What did you, personally, do fight ICE and protect your neighbors?”
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Everyone who runs for office anywhere in Minnesota for the next decade should be asked, “What did you, personally, do fight ICE and protect your neighbors?”
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
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If there's one benefit from all the Republican criminality and corruption it's that you never have to treat them like good faith interlocutors again. Every currently living Trump accomplice should be treated at most to a reflexive "Eat Shit" for life, and that's better than they deserve
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
If there's one benefit from all the Republican criminality and corruption it's that you never have to treat them like good faith interlocutors again. Every currently living Trump accomplice should be treated at most to a reflexive "Eat Shit" for life, and that's better than they deserve
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown. n.pr/4cd0u1o
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown. n.pr/4cd0u1o
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State Department will delete all pre-Trump X posts
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
We have always been at war with Eurasia
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
We have always been at war with Eurasia
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
State Department will delete all pre-Trump X posts
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
We have always been at war with Eurasia
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
We have always been at war with Eurasia
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Anyway just bookmark this for the next time the Administration tries to shut town another offshore wind farm by saying that they're protecting whales
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Anyway just bookmark this for the next time the Administration tries to shut town another offshore wind farm by saying that they're protecting whales
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fucking swine
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
fucking swine
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Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
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Lucky to be one of the only people who ever had the catharsis of speaking to SBF the way he should’ve always been spoken to.
(wait until the end for the smuggest head nod in history)
(wait until the end for the smuggest head nod in history)
November 16, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Lucky to be one of the only people who ever had the catharsis of speaking to SBF the way he should’ve always been spoken to.
(wait until the end for the smuggest head nod in history)
(wait until the end for the smuggest head nod in history)
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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BREAKING:
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
BREAKING:
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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ICYMI: our new paper on climate risk to US drinking water utilities. Climate impacts threaten water utilities across multiple hazards: fire, drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, & other hazards. But many long-term utility bonds don’t mention the risks: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 AM
ICYMI: our new paper on climate risk to US drinking water utilities. Climate impacts threaten water utilities across multiple hazards: fire, drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, & other hazards. But many long-term utility bonds don’t mention the risks: www.nature.com/articles/s43...