Meg Secatore
@megsecatore.bsky.social
Boston-based news junkie.
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I’ve harped on this for years but the reason there’s a seemingly (or at least relatively) “low” amount of corruption in US politics is because we’ve legalized all of it.
The issue isn't whether "Melania" is a good movie or a bad one. It's that one of the richest men in America, with business interests affected by public policy, gave the President's family $75 million to make it. Like that's somehow legal.
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I’ve harped on this for years but the reason there’s a seemingly (or at least relatively) “low” amount of corruption in US politics is because we’ve legalized all of it.
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“Refugees have a legal right to be in the United States, a right to work, a right to live peacefully — and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause in their homes or on their way to religious services…” said Judge John R. Tunheim
Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Refugees Targeted in ICE Crackdown
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January 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
“Refugees have a legal right to be in the United States, a right to work, a right to live peacefully — and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause in their homes or on their way to religious services…” said Judge John R. Tunheim
The Marathon Moby-Dick Reading Is a Radical Act - The Atlantic
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The Marathon Moby-Dick Reading Is a Radical Act - The Atlantic
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it ‘neighborism’—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from.”
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it ‘neighborism’—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from.”
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DOGE's mission was clear to me from day one.
1) Disrupt and degrade the capability of the US government
2) Steal sensitive data, mostly for Musk's companies
3) Install persistent taps on the government's networks
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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1) Disrupt and degrade the capability of the US government
2) Steal sensitive data, mostly for Musk's companies
3) Install persistent taps on the government's networks
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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DOGE Employees Shared Social Security Data, Court Filing Shows
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January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
DOGE's mission was clear to me from day one.
1) Disrupt and degrade the capability of the US government
2) Steal sensitive data, mostly for Musk's companies
3) Install persistent taps on the government's networks
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
1/?
1) Disrupt and degrade the capability of the US government
2) Steal sensitive data, mostly for Musk's companies
3) Install persistent taps on the government's networks
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
1/?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
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January 17, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
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🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Note to the entire world: Stop trying to manage Trump. Stop trying to work with him. He betrays everyone. Always. He is irrational. Erratic. The only way to stop his damage is to stop him, contain him, isolate him, reject him, stand up to him. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Note to the entire world: Stop trying to manage Trump. Stop trying to work with him. He betrays everyone. Always. He is irrational. Erratic. The only way to stop his damage is to stop him, contain him, isolate him, reject him, stand up to him. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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CNN was always better for major breaking news than MSNBC, and it's looking like that gap may be wider in the MS Now era. Big news requires more journalists and fewer pundits
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
CNN was always better for major breaking news than MSNBC, and it's looking like that gap may be wider in the MS Now era. Big news requires more journalists and fewer pundits
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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Always pivoting from strongman fascism to kitchen table issues:
- makes us look weak not strong
- degrades our coalition by alienating "No Kings" sentiment demanding more patriotism, fight
- ignores what scholars of fascism tell us - that you must fight on all fronts or you encourage escalation 1/
- makes us look weak not strong
- degrades our coalition by alienating "No Kings" sentiment demanding more patriotism, fight
- ignores what scholars of fascism tell us - that you must fight on all fronts or you encourage escalation 1/
If anyone has a copy of the memo they seemingly all got this morning, send it my way.
Guys this is deranged. The Consultant Democrats are hopeless, utterly incapable of meeting the moment
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Always pivoting from strongman fascism to kitchen table issues:
- makes us look weak not strong
- degrades our coalition by alienating "No Kings" sentiment demanding more patriotism, fight
- ignores what scholars of fascism tell us - that you must fight on all fronts or you encourage escalation 1/
- makes us look weak not strong
- degrades our coalition by alienating "No Kings" sentiment demanding more patriotism, fight
- ignores what scholars of fascism tell us - that you must fight on all fronts or you encourage escalation 1/
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Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
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And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
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December 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Possibly one of the greatest moments in cinema history and it's just people singing the FRENCH national anthem? AND it always makes me tear up? What even is reality?
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Possibly one of the greatest moments in cinema history and it's just people singing the FRENCH national anthem? AND it always makes me tear up? What even is reality?
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
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December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Childe Hassam, "Late Afternoon, New York Winter," 1900, from collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/1202
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Childe Hassam, "Late Afternoon, New York Winter," 1900, from collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/1202
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857: