Steve Sawyer
@stevesawyer12.bsky.social
Recovering data analyst. Husband to the LOML, proud Dad to a union machinist, a union road maintenance worker, and a pit bull.
“Winter is not coming. It is here.“ - Mike Brock
“Winter is not coming. It is here.“ - Mike Brock
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i have thoughts...thoughts drawn from the history of fascism...Mussolini had this level or micro managing including which fonts could be used in newspapers
Petty? Yes. Callous to those with visual disabilities who the government is supposed to serve? Yes.
But something more sinister is going on. Rubio's resurrection of a Roman font is part of an effort to enforce a MAGA aesthetic that echoes fascist propaganda efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
But something more sinister is going on. Rubio's resurrection of a Roman font is part of an effort to enforce a MAGA aesthetic that echoes fascist propaganda efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i have thoughts...thoughts drawn from the history of fascism...Mussolini had this level or micro managing including which fonts could be used in newspapers
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There is truth in this thread but the obvious issue which makes the original statement still true is that the **Supreme Court** itself is a key national problem and Democratic party leadership has been quite clear about its unwillingness to rein in the court.
2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There is truth in this thread but the obvious issue which makes the original statement still true is that the **Supreme Court** itself is a key national problem and Democratic party leadership has been quite clear about its unwillingness to rein in the court.
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THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!
Mike Johnson on video of the second September 2 strike: "My admission here is I was not in the Gang of 8 briefing yesterday because we were working on the healthcare stuff"
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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A lawsuit to stop Trump’s use of a citizenship database to purge voters hit hurdles after a judge criticized plaintiffs’ unclear arguments, though she said their case has merit. Ruling delayed pending new filings.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
#indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A lawsuit to stop Trump’s use of a citizenship database to purge voters hit hurdles after a judge criticized plaintiffs’ unclear arguments, though she said their case has merit. Ruling delayed pending new filings.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
#indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Democracy Docket’s “Live Redistricting Tracker” maps where
states are redrawing electoral maps—often favoring GOP
interests—and tracks ongoing battles, partisan shifts, and
litigation threats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit #votersnotpoliticians.com
@notpoliticians.bsky.social
states are redrawing electoral maps—often favoring GOP
interests—and tracks ongoing battles, partisan shifts, and
litigation threats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit #votersnotpoliticians.com
@notpoliticians.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Democracy Docket’s “Live Redistricting Tracker” maps where
states are redrawing electoral maps—often favoring GOP
interests—and tracks ongoing battles, partisan shifts, and
litigation threats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit #votersnotpoliticians.com
@notpoliticians.bsky.social
states are redrawing electoral maps—often favoring GOP
interests—and tracks ongoing battles, partisan shifts, and
litigation threats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
#indivisiblemetrodetroit #votersnotpoliticians.com
@notpoliticians.bsky.social
We keep seeing pro-democracy election results as being positive results “for the Democratic Party.”
That’s inaccurate framing. I don’t think people are voting for Democrats. They’re voting for candidates who aren’t creepy weirdo fascists. They happen to coincidentally be Democrats. /1
That’s inaccurate framing. I don’t think people are voting for Democrats. They’re voting for candidates who aren’t creepy weirdo fascists. They happen to coincidentally be Democrats. /1
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We keep seeing pro-democracy election results as being positive results “for the Democratic Party.”
That’s inaccurate framing. I don’t think people are voting for Democrats. They’re voting for candidates who aren’t creepy weirdo fascists. They happen to coincidentally be Democrats. /1
That’s inaccurate framing. I don’t think people are voting for Democrats. They’re voting for candidates who aren’t creepy weirdo fascists. They happen to coincidentally be Democrats. /1
“if you think of unregulated social media as dangerous drugs, as you should, then we’ve become a nation in which drug lords control much of government policy.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“if you think of unregulated social media as dangerous drugs, as you should, then we’ve become a nation in which drug lords control much of government policy.”
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We’re not your mother. We don’t care what you wear. Or if you even show your face. We’re just inviting you to our Wednesday Indivisible Metro Detroit Zoom calls. Find out what our politicians are up to. And how to fight back. Contact us about meetings at the link below. #indivisiblemetrodetroit
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We’re not your mother. We don’t care what you wear. Or if you even show your face. We’re just inviting you to our Wednesday Indivisible Metro Detroit Zoom calls. Find out what our politicians are up to. And how to fight back. Contact us about meetings at the link below. #indivisiblemetrodetroit
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It takes a surprisingly small percentage of voters’ voices to turn the tides. How? By attending town halls. Calling your elected officials. Joining a local group. And supporting companies that are fighting along with us. It’s power that works. #indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It takes a surprisingly small percentage of voters’ voices to turn the tides. How? By attending town halls. Calling your elected officials. Joining a local group. And supporting companies that are fighting along with us. It’s power that works. #indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
Read it!! 👇
"This post is about an evergreen but newly urgent topic: How mainstream media in general, and the New York Times in particular, ‘frame’ the political news." —@jfallows.bsky.social
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Saturday's NYT shows what its editors can do, when they want to. Why not do this every day?
fallows.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Read it!! 👇
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NO surprise to me that, for the first time in over 50 years, there are more people are moving out of the states than there are people migrating in.
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NO surprise to me that, for the first time in over 50 years, there are more people are moving out of the states than there are people migrating in.
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Competitive palm-greasing is underway!
The president has admitted the billion-dollar Netflix deal “could be a problem.”
Trump Threatens to Intervene in Hollywood Mega Deal
The president has admitted the billion-dollar Netflix deal “could be a problem.”
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Competitive palm-greasing is underway!
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Read @sifill.bsky.social: "Every Democratic member of the House should have been on the steps of the Capitol affirming support for their colleague Ilhan Omar and for the Somali-American community after the President’s Oval Office attack" sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
sherrilyn.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Read @sifill.bsky.social: "Every Democratic member of the House should have been on the steps of the Capitol affirming support for their colleague Ilhan Omar and for the Somali-American community after the President’s Oval Office attack" sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
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Torture is being used as a punishment in detention centers. The techniques the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation" are now being used in a brazenly punitive way. We're rounding people up innocent people, putting them in camps, and torturing them.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Torture is being used as a punishment in detention centers. The techniques the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation" are now being used in a brazenly punitive way. We're rounding people up innocent people, putting them in camps, and torturing them.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
“Where is this attack on Europe coming from? Some readers may remember the old slogan from the War on Terror days, ‘They hate us for our freedom.’ Clearly, MAGA hates Europe for its freedom.”
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“Where is this attack on Europe coming from? Some readers may remember the old slogan from the War on Terror days, ‘They hate us for our freedom.’ Clearly, MAGA hates Europe for its freedom.”
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
GREAT thread here. H/t @nathantankus.bsky.social
The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
GREAT thread here. H/t @nathantankus.bsky.social