Donald Trump is such a loser.

me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk

Honest question: if wealth shields people from consequences, what does accountability even mean? The #Epstein files add information, but outcomes stay the same. At what point do we admit the problem isn’t secrecy, but class protection baked into the system? #EpsteinFiles

The rich do not need conspiracies to protect themselves. They have institutions, lawyers, and patience. The Epstein files are another reminder that transparency without enforcement changes nothing.

The Epstein files feel like a revelation, but they are really a release valve. Information came out. Power stayed put. That tells you everything you need to know about who the system exists to protect.

In the long shadow cast by recent events in Minneapolis, Americans are again confronting a question that should have been settled by history, law, and conscience: Does obedience to authority ever justify the violation of fundamental rights?

Public media exists because information should not be a luxury product.
When news, education, and culture are left entirely to profit incentives, the public loses.
I wrote about why institutions like PBS still matter.

Over the past several decades, the Democratic Party has presented itself as the vehicle for reform. It speaks the language of compassion, equity, and progress. Yet when examined through the lens of action rather than rhetoric, a consistent pattern emerges...

For generations, working people in the United States have been told that their interests are represented. That if they simply vote harder, donate more, or accept incremental compromise, justice will eventually arrive. Yet material conditions tell a different story...

The fastest way to lose freedom is to convince yourself it can be taken from “the right people.”
History is very consistent about this.

Due process is not a loophole. It is the line between law and force.
When we decide that some people do not deserve it, we are rehearsing its removal for everyone.

Introducing The Citizen’s Advocate: Essays on Liberty, Power, and the People
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Unchecked Authority and the Fragile Rights of the Citizen
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The Architecture of Acceptable Violence
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The Cost of Conditional Liberty
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Terrorist attack in Minnesota:

A Trump Zio MAGA attacked US Rep. Ilhan Omar ( @IlhanMN ), the terrorist sprayed her with an unknown substance and was quickly taken down by security. The terrorist timed the attack at the mention of Trump’s ICE paramilitary force. #3E #GoodVsEvil

🚨"Justice for Keith Porter!" hundreds of NYC ICE protesters chant as they protest in lobby of Hilton Hotel housing ICE agents—invoking name of the Los Angeles father killed on New Year's Eve by off-duty ICE agent. Over 70 protesters were arrested. Our Michelle Dao reports.