Ted nails it. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

#Hacks will own the Emmys this year for the finale alone.

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Care about saving democracy? Then this is the most important 14 minutes of your week. Thank you @tadstoermer.bsky.social.

I just finished the series finale of The Boys. After 5 seasons of blood, gore, sex, violence, filth, and over the top performances, they came up with a satisfyingly touching conclusion. Good on ya, mates.

I just finished “The Language of Liars” by @slhuang.com. What a marvelous and sobering tale about the stories we tell ourselves in the name of science and commerce. Thank you.

I am disappointed I didn’t hear this first from @schnorkles.bsky.social. Seems right up his galley. :-)

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

“The crisis is not the one man who wants to be king. The crisis is that the system keeps making room for kings.” Thank you, @dennycarter.bsky.social, for introducing me to @tadstoermer.bsky.social.

Yep.

Roberts and Alito won today. But just like the Dred Scott, Plessy, and Koramatsu majorities, their work will be undone. By all of us. It’s appropriate to feel sick and angry about Callais. Use that disgust as fuel. This is not over. Time to get to work. (great recap @chrisgeidner.bsky.social!)

Here’s my position on whether you buy my book from Amazon. I would strongly prefer you don’t! First of all, the price on Bookshop is exactly the same right now (mod shipping). Libro will give you the same audio and ownership of the files! Kobo ebooks and readers are great!

Important safety tip: They can’t steal a landslide.

No joke...the 2026 RESULTS National Conference agenda is here! We’re excited to reunite our community of advocates from July 12-14, 2026 for what promises to be an inspiring and impactful event in Washington, DC. Learn more in our FAQs and register at results.org/conference.

Excellent piece. Voters don’t want moderation. They want authenticity.

This is how you do it, legacy press. If a politician lies and you know he/she is, say it. Her question is factual, respectful, and non-partisan. Americans want reporters who will ask the hard questions and report the truth. Not stenographers who will repeat the lies hoping for a sit-down.

Just keep driving.

Immigrants - and their children - make America great. #AlysaLiu

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Just read “Where Peace Is Lost” by Valerie Valdes, after seeing it recommended on BlueSky. What a fabulous read… and eloquent mantra. Thank you, @valerievaldes.bsky.social. I hope we see more of Kel and friends.

Great news! We don’t want concentration camps in the Kingdom.

don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes

Excellent and necessary reading.

Jamelle nails it again. Less dooming, more fighting.

@dennycarter.bsky.social. The vibes, man. The vibes.

“We are ALL responsible for what happens in our community.”

Once again, @nycjayjay.bsky.social hits the nail on the head. Great piece on the state of play on DHS funding. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

I know many people will not like this but this is good news. Housing assistance, foreign aid, Head Start, child care, etc. get funded for the year, but DHS only gets 2 weeks. Either they get meaningful reforms for ICE/CBP or FY26 DHS money runs out (but the OBBBA money will still flow).

THIS thread. If Dems do everything perfectly right now, there is still zero chance of abolishing ICE in 2026. ZERO. That is a 2029 goal. For now, do all we can to limit their power. This is one step. If Dems take Congress next fall, we’ll take more. You can’t play a hand you don’t have yet.

Bye, bye, Broncos!

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA): “Stephen Miller is a domestic terrorist. At the top of this government.” Goddamn straight. #AlexPretti

Thank you, @dennycarter.bsky.social. I see now I’ve been looking for a Hail Mary that ends this madness. But what we need, as seen in MN, Chicago, et al, is a relentless string of 3-yard carries. We can’t out “flash” Trump, but we can wear him down. Smashmouth over SportsCenter. THIS is how we win.

Great overview of what’s happening with ICE funding in Congress by one who knows, @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social. It’s not nearly the outcome we want but it’s also not the worst one. It can be different next time as long as we remember that the key to change is not volume, but persistence.

“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter…because I’ve been to the mountaintop… And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

recorded this last week

This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

I needed to hear this today so I’m sure one of you does too. Keep fighting! ❤️ Thanks to tybarnett23

“Continue to mislead Americans about what is truly at stake, and you will learn that Americans are better at finding the truth than you are at burying it.” Damn. I have mixed feelings about the Clintons and their legacy, but they can still throw a punch.

He needs to take a trip to Ocean City. @dennycarter.bsky.social

The media, esp Fox News, has spent 7 years trying to isolate AOC as some crackpot leftist. She is actually one of the most gifted politicians I’ve ever seen, who can message as well as any Luntz acolyte. And Dem Party leaders better pay attention b/c Gen Zers like my 20-yr-old daughter love her.

And suddenly you know; it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. - Meister Eckhart

Inspired by @dennycarter.bsky.social’s latest piece, I sent this LTE to the NYT today (thread):