Heartbroken to hear about the passing of amazing Howie Klein - founder of the progressive blog @downwithtyranny.bsky.social. He was a brilliant blogger (from OG netroots) who made his mark as a big time music exec. Most importantly he was a kind human & a good friend. Rest in power Howie.

Ruby Bridges and her mother walking to school, 11/14/1960

Gift link to Josh Marshall's glass-three-quarters-full take on the cave talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power. The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American. www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

@iwriteok.bsky.social I greatly "enjoy" your podcast, thanks for putting it out. Part 1 of your December 2024 series on Woody Guthrie doesn't play anywhere, perhaps today's fascists are worried about folk music being used against them. Do you know of any working streams? podbay.fm/p/behind-the...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

In a country characterized by the rule of law, some regulation of immigration is a legitimate function of government. In a lawless, expressly bigoted, and expressly corrupt regime, it is not. Download IceBlock and defy this administration.

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Found myself mysteriously moved tonight to slightly update this image, then discovered @gangoffour.bsky.social is currently on their final tour, and was performing near me in DC while I was doing it.

Rümeysa's legal team is coordinating a fundraiser for her and her family to help them deal with this crisis, including medical costs since ICE has kept Rümeysa from accessing all her medications. Please donate if you're able:

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Creating a flier listing the actions a dictator takes to transition a democracy to an autocracy, along with links to show Trump's progress, please chime in (no paywalls please)! First a list of 10 categories, then 30 actions: 1 Control of Media and Information 2 Manipulation of Elections

There are multiple protests all over the country now. Some targeting Musk and his companies. Some targeting Trump. Some targeting specific losses: housing, medical care, social security. Also this week is Stand Up For Science. Find your cause. Hit the street. Make a difference.

RED ALERT: Now Is the Moment, Folks talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/red-a...

I attended two #TeslaTakedown protests, in Devon and West Chester PA. About 10 protesters at each, many #Indivisible members but some from other activist groups, and some solo. The ratio of supportive honks to abusive gestures was about 50:1, not bad!

Legislators often retain their perks after autocrats take over, to pretend that Democracy is still operative, and to thank them for rolling over. Here's a proposal to instead make our new neutered Congress a DOGE-efficient one! Satire is inadequate to the hour, but I gave it the old college try...

Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

Gemini tells me "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

1/3 It's time to hit the streets! But instead of huge rallies, a decentralized strategy of smaller, frequent protests at major chain stores could have a greater impact. We protest Trump’s lawlessness while also pressuring store CEOs to use their influence to defend the Constitution.

We are kicking off 2025 with a reflection by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social on the MAGA metamorphosis that, just like in Eugène Ionesco's *Rhinoceros*, has seemingly swallowed up society.

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

#Oathbreakers is "historical writing at its finest." - @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social. A top-10 new release in history from Amazon Books. It's got swords, sex, witchcraft, demons, betrayals, one irritating dude named Bernard, and the fate of Charlemagne's empire hanging in the balance. Out today!

At the 2025 inauguration: CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Qualifications? TRUMP: Rape, defamation, falsification of business records, obstruction of justice, racketeering, theft, fraud, treason, insurrection, and rape. ROBERTS: You said rape twice. TRUMP: I like rape. ROBERTS: Splendid. Sign here.

"But it is not yet 1933. It is still 1932: the train has not left the station yet. It is possible for the fascist’s path to power to be blocked without violence, just with votes." acoup.blog/2024/10/25/n...

@capitolhunters.bsky.social Your 'Resources' doc notes that the Parler searchable database is gone. True, but the text is still downloadable: web.archive.org/web/20211128... Question: people often reuse usernames (e.g. Mark Robinson's Minisoldr), has the database been examined with that in mind?

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