I do frequently wonder what the average citizen of the U.S. knows about Reconstruction. As Du Bois would later point out, the backlash of lost cause propaganda didn’t just create mass disinformation about the civil war itself, but about the opening for actual democracy that briefly came after it.

My latest newsletter is about how the media defines "political violence" as something that happens exclusively to politicians, and ignores its primary victims: everyone else.

Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely.

they can regulate ketchup but not license plate readers what are we even doing www.fox21news.com/top-stories/...

Law enforcement agencies are de facto lobbyists for surveillance tech corporations

i was told by john roberts and sam alito that racism is over so i won't worry about white republicans in the south jumping over themselves to end black political representation wherever they can

bump

gonna keep thinking about how even in schumer's own book he said he thinks trump wasn't anti-semitic. a totenkopf doesn't seem to worry him either. but mamdani, ooh, that tripped some wires.

. @aoc.bsky.social responds to this trend: "BOOOOO" "This race to try to see who can be exempt from participating in society is not a conversation that I'm interested in," she tells me, calling it an uninspiring message. "I'm a Great Society Democrat, and I believe in building that together."

42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data. Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.

the silicon valley ghoul ideal of an AI-enabled world is basically a bunch of digital serfs take your jobs and fill their coffers with money. i think the best-case reality is more going to be a you have a bunch of digital butlers serving you ads while fucking up paying your bills

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country

Someone made the point, recently, that things like locking up the detergent in grocery stores or investing in automated checkouts represented the corporate ideological preference to invest in capital instead of labor, even costing more, b/c it's theirs to control. I keep seeing it, now. Everywhere.

Any bill that reduces executive power and increases legislative power is good for Colorado, a place too long subject to the whims of a singular man and his insatiable ego. www.cpr.org/2026/04/29/l...

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

These clips are WILD. Once upon a time, Greenblatt at least pretended to try to balance "both sides" of the political spectrum. Today, he's openly saying that the ADL is an anti-democratic, anti-liberal, anti-coalition organization. In other words, he feels it should be a right wing org.

Trump: I’m not a king. Official White House account:

Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

“I mean we got 40 votes, and Schumer got seven. We have more support for our position than Chuck has for his.” Bernie Sanders agrees that he, not Chuck Schumer, is now the leading foreign policy voice on Israel-Palestine in the Democratic Party.

Colorado lawmakers are advancing legislation to dramatically narrow the scope of the state’s Front Range Passenger Rail District ahead of an expected vote in November to fund the long-awaited intercity line. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Colorado beats back an effort by manufacturers to undo parts of CO's right-to-repair law. The failed bill fits within what @doctorow.pluralistic.net calls the "felony contempt of business model" family of policies. www.wired.com/story/colora...

I wrote about California gas prices spiking during the Hormuz crisis, & the huge amount of disinformation about why. Turns out refineries have a cartel, they've raised their profit margins $1/gal in two months, & they charge branded stations higher prices, which gets passed on to drivers.

Happy 7th anniversary to this tweet, which explained exactly what would go on to happen.

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

Ran into a tech issue yesterday, tried poking around online, couldn’t find anything (as usual). Posed the question on here and was flooded with helpful suggestions. Human networks >>>>

The Palestinian Authority held the first municipal-level elections in years in occupied territory and in response the Israeli army kidnapped one of the victors and held him hostage and released him only on the condition that he step down from his seat.

And 9 seconds later … www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

New USDA data released today: H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history last July. By January, more than 3 million fewer people were receiving food assistance. Nationwide, SNAP caseloads fell by more than 8% in just 6 months — despite no improvement in economic conditions.

New: A husband and wife separated by ICE allowed me into their lives. Their story documents the pitfalls of fighting against an unprecedented immigration legal effort but also the lengths a couple will go through to fight for their love. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/26/c... via @denverpost.com

It's an understudied element of our media environment that Republicans can insult Democrats in any way they see fit, regardless of propriety or truth value, without repercussion, but Dems are consistently forced to use measured tones to describe Republicans no matter how outrageous their actions.

wild era developing

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

I'll say it again, one of the worst things this rampant push to cram "generative AI" into everything has done is make people suspect bright kids of cheating when they're just nerdy or bookish or neurodivergent, sanding down their unique edges to fit into people's lowered, homogenized expectations.

Something we don’t address enough is how many people, especially adults, do not have a working imagination.

Justice Department joins Elon Musk’s xAI in effort to block Colorado AI antidiscrimination law

Just as a raw politics level, Janet Mills' veto of the data center moratorium in Maine suggests that she ultimately has no interest in running for office anymore

they're gonna DPA it so they can use it for ICE flights

Elon isn't entirely wrong here but not for the reasons in his head of course

How do I even explain the feeling of violating by the existence of photos like this one? Israeli soldiers in a Lebanese home, using the Lebanese family’s stuff to cook food while the Lebanese themselves were forced out of their homes Repulsive, fascistic regime www.instagram.com/p/DXhh2P_j4M8/

Our society seems to have a genuine passion, like a deep deep love, for endangering children in the name of 'safety'.

DOJ arrested one of the commandos involved in the Maduro raid for insider trading on a predictions market on it. abcnews.com/US/doj-arres...

If our classroom activities comprise teaching students how to use a commercial product then we are not teachers; we are salespeople.

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

We did it. We defeated Woke.

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately