We have swole Hutts now. Finally, Star Wars is giving the Manosphere a character to look up to. #MandalorianAndGrogu

and always remember this guy told us to drink bleach.

Transphobia is a principal vector of today's fascism because it's an organized demonization of a vulnerable minority. It reasserts patriarchal authority while providing an opportunity for public cruelty. The @economist.com's wanton participation in this moral panic has abetted reaction in the UK.

JB @govpritzker.illinois.gov has friends everywhere.

It is wild to me that we had an entire national freak out about a Presidential candidate's mental acuity, and it *wasn't* about Trump—totally unserious country.

(((They))) don't want you to know, but this is what Big Woke Vaccine is doing to our kids.

It cannot be the case that racism in the United States isn’t a powerful force in social life *and* you have to accept racism to have any path towards national power in the United States.

I think we count this as a victory. Public and economic pressure on Disney got them to reverse course.

I am against this kind of thing.

1/ I think a lot about this passage from Seila Law: "[T]he Framers made the President the most democratic and politically accountable official in Government. Only the President (along with the Vice President) is elected by the entire Nation."

This message is very important to remind ourselves of and to share with other people.

In my latest article for @liberalcurrents.com, I agree with @sohrabahmari.bsky.social that Trump is behaving like Andrew Jackson. I just go on to explain why that is so horrifying. Please read it if you’re also enthralled by 19th century political oratory! www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-must-l...

Trump’s ICE has arrested the father of three active-duty U.S. Marines and the daughter of a Navy veteran. @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social of @vetvoicefoundation.bsky.social explains how these cruel and indiscriminate actions hurt our veterans and servicemembers.

elite centrist/lib transphobia is one of those classic contrarian things where they’ve built up a huge pile of facially convincing “evidence” that collapses immediately if you put it under serious scrutiny

the difference between me and guys like klein is that he thinks we should study the right to learn their values and i think we should study the right to learn their tactics

The best thing about this corruption story is that Kash Patel said, “This matter… was subjected to a full review by FBI agents & Justice Department prosecutors. They found NO credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing” I guess the video of handing Homan a bunch of cash isn’t convincing enough 🤷‍♂️

Go woke go unbroke

We're +570%.

I had this thought too. MAGA is turning Charlie Kirk into their MLK. That's why I'm increasingly certain there will be a Charlie Kirk Day. And they're going to force Kirk Thought into school curricula.

oh fuck off

Lincoln and the radical Republicans and the black liberals à la Frederick Douglass. These are the American Founders we should be looking to right now. Keep tapping this sign.

I would like Never Trump Republicans to demand that George W. Bush appear and speak up for democracy in this country. Why do ppl always ask Obama to do things and “where is Kamala”? Where is the 43rd President of the United States while democracy crashes & burns. This is the party he led. 1/

a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

Translated for our moment: what would convince MAGA that liberals aren't a threat to them? Cease to call racism wrong, and join them in calling it right. In words and deeds, banish LGBTQ people from public life, expel immigrants and foreigners from the nation, and force women back into the home.

The notion that Republicans are the more real Americans, whose authenticity Democrats must pay tribute to with imitation, persistence even though it is contradicted by more and more actual empirical evidence.

Stay woke or go broke

Both sides-ism but from the left is just as stupid and useless in this moment as the tepid, centrist version we get in a lot of legacy media. Don’t get your political takes from angry clowns.

🚨”My grandfather was killed in the Holocaust. His children were asked at school, ‘Do you have Jewish parents at home?’ My aunt lived with that guilt her entire life…. This is trauma that is being perpetrated by our government. It is craven cruelty in our name….” 1/2

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

The median voter is a cosmic horror that is impossible to understand or satisfy. Ezra Klein is a cultist who has gone mad in service to his elder god.

The other thing is that women's bodies and sexual freedom are one of the critical terrains of the fight against fascism. It's like asking us to expand the tent by compromising on voting rights.

Had some personal reflections about visiting Thaddeus Stevens' grave last year, and what it means to fight for a cause that fails.

Look, if we're getting rid of the First Amendment, apparently we're getting rid of all of it... (the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)

And the landmark political science film The Empire Strikes Back

Two Half the Answers for this week makes a *Full Answer*. Only at @liberalcurrents.com, folks!

I stopped by the @liberalcurrents.com Half the Answer podcast to talk about Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, free speech and the power of independent media. Full episode here: www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...

Ooh, noting this for later listening.

Even the Objectivists are starting to think that Trump is actually just a corrupt socialist* dictator and not a superlative promethean business genius hero. His popular support is collapsing. *this is the only language they know.

with the photo credit! @staceywescott.bsky.social / @chicagotribune.com

I'm at the gender reveal party and we're having a PATRIOT

Yeah the sign on the ground is important. It reads "Every ICE agent will be held to account."

That's right. The Flag is ours, you fascist fucks.

Trump's scam of inventing "mortgage fraud" charges against his foes is failing. So he's set to fire a top prosecutor who is failing to bring charges, ABC reports. Failing to bring corrupt prosecutions is now a firing offense. This is profound misconduct. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Look at this, we've got metal bands out here who are doing more about authoritarianism than Chuck Schumer (this isn't surprising given Panopticon's work as well as the long-standing undercurrent of antifascist activity in certain heavy metal communities, esp. Black Metal)

Handy list of people to primary.

Trump take Christmas.