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Hell is empty, and all the segregationists are once again here.
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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
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(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
The number one job of all small-d democrats over the next 11-35 months is to build a controlling majority within the Democratic coalition for radical political and constitutional reform. A Democratic federal government is coming, we have to be ready to end this war.
What your centrist, consultant-brained elected Dem doesn't realize (or, more often than not, actively refuses to) is that these are the same exact thing.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
i don't want a unifying Dem who promises to return to good government.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What your centrist, consultant-brained elected Dem doesn't realize (or, more often than not, actively refuses to) is that these are the same exact thing.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
Good government is the enforcement of the laws for the common good, and the reconstruction amendments mandate such governance.
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
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Your refrigerator shouldn’t randomly start advertising to you. Cars shouldn’t play ads while you are driving.
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Your refrigerator shouldn’t randomly start advertising to you. Cars shouldn’t play ads while you are driving.
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
As a programmer, I know why companies are putting ads in everything (they want money) & how to stop it (laws).
In Congress, I will stand up for all of us: bethfordemocracy.com
my unironic philosophy of judicial power, the rule of law, and democratic constitutionalism:
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
my unironic philosophy of judicial power, the rule of law, and democratic constitutionalism:
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
obey all district court orders and rulings (even when ridiculous), ignore all supreme court orders and rulings.
More that twice, if you count Shelby, Brnovich, and Rucho.
They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
More that twice, if you count Shelby, Brnovich, and Rucho.
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Twice actually, if we are counting the Kavanaugh stops
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Twice actually, if we are counting the Kavanaugh stops
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They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They’ve nullified the 14th amendment once already, they don’t care what the constitution says, only what their political allies want it to say
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
The only appropriate response here, morally, legally, politically, is to loudly say that any ruling contrary to the text is unconstitutional and will be ignored.
No elected Dem will say that, of course.
No elected Dem will say that, of course.
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The only appropriate response here, morally, legally, politically, is to loudly say that any ruling contrary to the text is unconstitutional and will be ignored.
No elected Dem will say that, of course.
No elected Dem will say that, of course.
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
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also, choosing to quietly resign when you know the soldiers under your command are going to be given orders you think may be illegal is coward shit, you make them fucking fire you and then you fight them on it
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
also, choosing to quietly resign when you know the soldiers under your command are going to be given orders you think may be illegal is coward shit, you make them fucking fire you and then you fight them on it
Thinking on this a bit, I don't think this viewpoint is actually conservative (in any sense). It codes that way because the language we need to use here is historically small-c conservative in the western european religious tradition, but the moral sentiment is, I would argue, actually quite
not to get all conservative or anything as an inveterate homosexual stoner myself but the people in charge of American society are decadent, hedonistic demons motivated by their basest urges, their pettiest grievances, and their vilest bigotries
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Thinking on this a bit, I don't think this viewpoint is actually conservative (in any sense). It codes that way because the language we need to use here is historically small-c conservative in the western european religious tradition, but the moral sentiment is, I would argue, actually quite
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not to get all conservative or anything as an inveterate homosexual stoner myself but the people in charge of American society are decadent, hedonistic demons motivated by their basest urges, their pettiest grievances, and their vilest bigotries
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
not to get all conservative or anything as an inveterate homosexual stoner myself but the people in charge of American society are decadent, hedonistic demons motivated by their basest urges, their pettiest grievances, and their vilest bigotries
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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You could almost argue that the "Kamala is for they/them" ad was *really* targeted at Democratic elites and pundits who'd long ago talked themselves into an anxious transphobia.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You could almost argue that the "Kamala is for they/them" ad was *really* targeted at Democratic elites and pundits who'd long ago talked themselves into an anxious transphobia.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
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I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.
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this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
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Star Trek is set in a post-scarcity communist utopia where one can and live anywhere on any Federation world.
There is basically zero YIMBY literature and sci-fi other than Toni Morrison's Jazz and The Expanse.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Star Trek is set in a post-scarcity communist utopia where one can and live anywhere on any Federation world.
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Members of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group pepper-sprayed several protesters as they cleared the road for federal immigration officials.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Members of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group pepper-sprayed several protesters as they cleared the road for federal immigration officials.
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Committed by the Federal Government between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2029.
Budget: $1.5B
Joint Special Committee on Violations of the Constitution and Federal Law by the Previous Administration.
Budget: $1.5B
Budget: $1.5B
Joint Special Committee on Violations of the Constitution and Federal Law by the Previous Administration.
Budget: $1.5B
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Committed by the Federal Government between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2029.
Budget: $1.5B
Joint Special Committee on Violations of the Constitution and Federal Law by the Previous Administration.
Budget: $1.5B
Budget: $1.5B
Joint Special Committee on Violations of the Constitution and Federal Law by the Previous Administration.
Budget: $1.5B
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A significant part of recovering from Trump 2.0 is going to be prosecuting its lawbreaking and the non-administration officials who aided it.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A significant part of recovering from Trump 2.0 is going to be prosecuting its lawbreaking and the non-administration officials who aided it.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
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They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
Another series I'd commission would be about our near future: the fallout from Section 31.
The public finds out and is horrified. The Federation Council realizes that turning a blind eye to extraordinary war measures was an inexcusable mistake and the order goes out: Section 31 must be destroyed.
The public finds out and is horrified. The Federation Council realizes that turning a blind eye to extraordinary war measures was an inexcusable mistake and the order goes out: Section 31 must be destroyed.
This dictator president wouldn't let tarantino anywhere near star trek, although someone (gilroy?) would be commissioned to make a post-Dominion war movie.
I'd also banish the Star Wars sequels to Legends and remake them ala Evangelion. Give Boyega and Ridley the acting roles they deserve.
I'd also banish the Star Wars sequels to Legends and remake them ala Evangelion. Give Boyega and Ridley the acting roles they deserve.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another series I'd commission would be about our near future: the fallout from Section 31.
The public finds out and is horrified. The Federation Council realizes that turning a blind eye to extraordinary war measures was an inexcusable mistake and the order goes out: Section 31 must be destroyed.
The public finds out and is horrified. The Federation Council realizes that turning a blind eye to extraordinary war measures was an inexcusable mistake and the order goes out: Section 31 must be destroyed.