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I think they should just put it back every day--put a new one up each day--and let them take it down every night. Will show how completely obsessed they are.
Also, just ring the park, on city property with a hundred massive flags.
equality.house.gov/media-center...
Also, just ring the park, on city property with a hundred massive flags.
equality.house.gov/media-center...
Mamdani, Schumer & NYC Council demand National Park Service return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument
Rep. Mark Takano of California, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, said the move reflects a broader political agenda. “Removing Pride flags from a place that is so deeply connected to our fig...
equality.house.gov
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I think they should just put it back every day--put a new one up each day--and let them take it down every night. Will show how completely obsessed they are.
Also, just ring the park, on city property with a hundred massive flags.
equality.house.gov/media-center...
Also, just ring the park, on city property with a hundred massive flags.
equality.house.gov/media-center...
“Fashion without narrative, context, or emotion is just clothes. And Mrs. Trump manages to flatline an entire industry. When she enters a room, she does not brighten it; she dims it. She is a fashion asphyxiant.”
Melania Won’t Be Remembered for What She Wore
The First Lady’s documentary reveals how she uses her image to deflect from her complicity.
www.thecut.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
“Fashion without narrative, context, or emotion is just clothes. And Mrs. Trump manages to flatline an entire industry. When she enters a room, she does not brighten it; she dims it. She is a fashion asphyxiant.”
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ICE at every polling place?
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
Trump's FBI raid in Georgia is potential model for getting search warrant to seize 2026 ballot boxes, says @rickhasen.bsky.social.
"Once those ballots are out of control of election officials we’ve lost chain of custody."
On the pod Rick illuminatingly explains all:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
"Once those ballots are out of control of election officials we’ve lost chain of custody."
On the pod Rick illuminatingly explains all:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Press Sec Snaps at Media as Spin on Threat to Rig 2026 Goes Awry
After Trump called for Republicans to “nationalize” the midterms, Karoline Leavitt struggled to spin it away. We talked to an election law expert who explains the nightmare scenarios we should fear t...
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
ICE at every polling place?
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM
“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave.”
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
“His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him. But the Republican majority is in a codependent relationship with the president, unable to separate his identity from that of their party.”
Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him. But the Republican majority is in a codependent relationship with the president, unable to separate his identity from that of their party.”
“If we can endure this crisis, there will be a time of reflection and reform. It happened after the Civil War. It happened during the civil rights movement. It happened after Watergate. And when the time for reform comes again, it must focus on the abolition of the prerogative state.”
“It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep. It makes you discount the warnings of others. ‘Surely,’ you say to yourself, ‘things aren’t that bad. My life is pretty much what it was.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
“If we can endure this crisis, there will be a time of reflection and reform. It happened after the Civil War. It happened during the civil rights movement. It happened after Watergate. And when the time for reform comes again, it must focus on the abolition of the prerogative state.”
“Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.”
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.”
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The Difference Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
"Should the opposition ever regain power, it should commit to prosecuting members of this regime at every level to the fullest extent of the law."
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The Difference Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
“In ways large and small, the United States has seen serious democratic backsliding. But while the Trump regime’s desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, its capacity is not.”
"In normal liberal democracy terms, the US is in bad shape. But in consolidated authoritarianism terms, we’re doing pretty well."
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
Washington DC is Messed Up, But the Regime is Failing
America is no longer a constitutional democracy yet is far from consolidated authoritarianism. It's important to recognize both of those at once.
www.arcdigital.media
January 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“In ways large and small, the United States has seen serious democratic backsliding. But while the Trump regime’s desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, its capacity is not.”
I’ll take any bit of good news I can find these days
“Josef Centeno has transformed his downtown restaurant Bar Amá into Le Dräq, a new place that combines a version of Bar Amá and Bäco Mercat, the restaurant he closed during the pandemic.”
“Josef Centeno has transformed his downtown restaurant Bar Amá into Le Dräq, a new place that combines a version of Bar Amá and Bäco Mercat, the restaurant he closed during the pandemic.”
Commentary: One of L.A.'s most influential restaurants is reborn in downtown L.A.
One of L.A.'s best restaurants is back, and it's home to a killer new burger.
www.latimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I’ll take any bit of good news I can find these days
“Josef Centeno has transformed his downtown restaurant Bar Amá into Le Dräq, a new place that combines a version of Bar Amá and Bäco Mercat, the restaurant he closed during the pandemic.”
“Josef Centeno has transformed his downtown restaurant Bar Amá into Le Dräq, a new place that combines a version of Bar Amá and Bäco Mercat, the restaurant he closed during the pandemic.”
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A beautiful essay by @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social: Birth Pangs www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
A Christmas essay.
www.newyorker.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A beautiful essay by @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social: Birth Pangs www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
“He’s still a supremely dangerous [figure], especially as he comes to feel increasingly cornered and aggrieved...
But it’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did.”
But it’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did.”
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“He’s still a supremely dangerous [figure], especially as he comes to feel increasingly cornered and aggrieved...
But it’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did.”
But it’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did.”
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“According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from civil rights to Black Lives Matter, mass movement has shaped the arc of American history.” @justprotest.bsky.social
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from civil rights to Black Lives Matter, mass movement has shaped the arc of American history.” @justprotest.bsky.social
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The Trump Country Diner trope has returned
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Trump Country Diner trope has returned
“Shopping was once a feast of possibilities and has instead become a test of patience.”
Opinion | Why Is Shopping an Abyss of Blah?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Shopping was once a feast of possibilities and has instead become a test of patience.”
Reposted by Matty Wilder
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Campaigns for Democrats in Upcoming Midterms
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson Campaigns for Democrats in Upcoming Midterms
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Jared Kushner’s firm means Saudi Arabia’s in too.
So America managed to transfer control of TikTok USA from foreign billionaires in east Asia to foreign billionaires in west Asia, and from Chinese ruling party-connected oligarchs to US ruling party-connected oligarchs.
Congrats?
So America managed to transfer control of TikTok USA from foreign billionaires in east Asia to foreign billionaires in west Asia, and from Chinese ruling party-connected oligarchs to US ruling party-connected oligarchs.
Congrats?
TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
TikTok U.S. Sale to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Jared Kushner’s firm means Saudi Arabia’s in too.
So America managed to transfer control of TikTok USA from foreign billionaires in east Asia to foreign billionaires in west Asia, and from Chinese ruling party-connected oligarchs to US ruling party-connected oligarchs.
Congrats?
So America managed to transfer control of TikTok USA from foreign billionaires in east Asia to foreign billionaires in west Asia, and from Chinese ruling party-connected oligarchs to US ruling party-connected oligarchs.
Congrats?
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I appreciate Trump settling the political violence argument with barely disguised hope that someone murdered the Reiners because they were mean to Trump bsky.app/profile/eric...
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I appreciate Trump settling the political violence argument with barely disguised hope that someone murdered the Reiners because they were mean to Trump bsky.app/profile/eric...
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
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I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Reposted by Matty Wilder
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Reposted by Matty Wilder
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry