NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Now amended, of course, to “the law is whatever the f*ck we say it is.”

I guess he’s finally telling the truth, in a way?

⚡️⚡️⚡️Precisely. Presidential pardons are a remedy of last resort, in rare cases when the legal system has malfunctioned. The fact that Trump imagines that he’s been given a stack of Monopoly Get out of Jail Free cards to sell or bestow for profit or gratification, or political points, is grotesque.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

This thirty second Toothless Public Outrage Statement was brought to you by the Illinois State Police and their willingness to guard the Broadview Detention Center so that every single ICE goon is now freed up to teargass our neighborhoods…

Stepping back a bit, we wouldn’t be in this mess if we as a society hadn’t decided that the best way to run our economy was to have huge sectors of it (agriculture and construction chief among them) reliant on the cheap, easily exploitable labor of undocumented immigrants. I hope this is obvious?

So I asked one of my FB friend’s MAGA friends who Knows All about Chicago because he “grew up in the area” which all white suburb his parents fled to when Black people started moving in. (just in case you might have been wondering how I feel about people cheering on authoritarians at the moment)

“Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think”

And you are OK with Illinois state troopers assisting ICE at Broadview because why exactly…? Talk is cheap, Governor. I was so full on behind you, but words don’t do much unless there are actions to back them up. Deeply disappointed.

This piece means a lot to me. I hope you'll check it out. ❤️

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

Sooo… this happened tonight. (Gates opened to reveal 15-20 ICE agents in full Stormtrooper mode, firing flashbangs and tear gas into a crowd of around 150 peaceful, if angry, protesters)

“Stop acting like this is normal” says an editorial in The Paper of Record that’s been acting like this is totally normal.

Imagine if we attempted to deny healthcare, public bathroom access, and a host of other basic human rights to everyone currently living in Nebraska. Fewer people would be affected in that scenario than are presently under attack by the current regime.

Sometimes a hero is more than just a sandwich.

Oh Brave New World, that hath such people in it…

I hope it’s obvious to all that people who are afraid are people that we can stand up to.

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

This mashup has me some kind of way

Just in case you were curious about what 10,000 pounds of cast glass looks like. (Or can look like) Artist: Roni Horn, at the Art Institute of Chicago #artsky @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

(For whoever needs it) (And by “whoever”, I mostly mean me - though you are of course welcome to pass it on if it applies to you as well) #ArtSky

When you strip away humanity

The phrase “something closer to a” has been doing a lot of heavy lifting lately. Why are Publications of Note always adding an easy exit? We could be executing dissidents in Times Square, and it’d be a “concerning development bringing the US closer to authoritarianism.”

Caught #TatianaHargreaves and #AlisonDeGroot smoking in public the other day…

This postcard is awesome. If you want some more ideas of where to send it, try this michaelagosta.substack.com/p/wrestling-...

“When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.”

Fuck it, they killed him live.

Happy Monday! Offices are open till 4:30 Eastern - time to make those calls!

Some see things as they are and ask why. I see things as they are and ask “why not put googly eyes on them?”

For one possible avenue to fight back, may I propose a bit of a rebrand? I think the good people at VisitFlorida need to hear how a brand new concentration camp affects tourists' image of their state, so I made a postcard to help. Feel free to copy and share!

Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share) [ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]

Sometimes I do animations, sometimes I do sketchbooks. Sometimes I animate my sketchbooks. #artsky #flora #animation

I think a lot about how our true-crime culture emphasizes that serial killers start with helpless animals. And how Kristi Noem was so proud of the time she handled a difficult puppy by shooting it to death. And how now she’s in charge of concentration camps and disaster relief.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share) [ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]

trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

new one Cut Orange Scent 22" x 12" oil, acrylic, pastel, carbon pencil on paper mounted on Dibond #drawing #painting #mixedmedia #worksonpaper #originalart #heart #matryoshka

How far have we strayed from the Founding Fathers' ideal of America if we're labeling peaceful protests as "rebellion?" Chris Mirasola joins Jen Rubin to discuss how Trump circumvented CA Gov. Newsom to deploy the National Guard.

1/4 At ICE’s Krome Detention Camp in Florida, Cuban immigrants formed a human "SOS" on the patio—desperate to alert the world. The facility is nearly 200% over capacity. Built for 600, it now holds 1,700. People sleep on floors, eat only a cup of rice a day, and go without medical care.

Huh, why am I not surprised at this one headline I found while doing a search for news of this? :/

Very happy to have 3 poems in the new issue of The Texas Review, including this one that makes me laugh (if it is silly to laugh at your own poems, then I confess: I am very silly indeed).

Naive Dave story: when I was teaching English in China, it was a whole 2 years before I finally learned that the staff of their international exchange department were, in fact, employees of the Ministry of State Security (their CIA equivalent), and not the University itself. So yeah, in sync.

In 1229, some students at the University of Paris were beaten up by a local shopkeeper and some of his friends (over a disputed bar tab apparently). Students returned the next day and beat up the shopkeeper. In response, the monarchy sent in mercenaries...

The article is behind a paywall, and maybe I’m too fresh off of finishing Andor? - but this sounds exactly like [interchangeable Imperial Admiral] reporting to the Emperor that the Galactic Senate is dissolved and the fully operational Death Star will soon crush the rebellion.

Anyone else grow up with Ellen Raskin's books? Just me? Anyway, some of her illustrations made their way into this sketchbook of mine from a while back. Along with a few other things. #artsky #sketchbook #drawing