Woke 2 is already here.

Denny Carter on talking to your children about the president's racism, which becomes more normalized all the time: https://badfaithtimes.com/tell-your-kids-this-shit-is-racist/

Government data is being used to normalize and mainstream race science

The anti-democracy SCOTUS majority must pretend to believe the president should have unencumbered power to run every part of the executive branch as he sees fit. https://badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-america-from-an-anti-democracy-supreme-court/

Denny Carter writes about the concept of a democracy-saving "back burn" that has begun in Democratic-held states: https://badfaithtimes.com/a-fire-to-stop-the-fire/

Right-wing school board members across the US leveraged bad faith arguments to gain power. Now they're losing elections after being exposed. https://badfaithtimes.com/they-banned-woke-and-suzy-still-cant-read/

Saying elected Democrats don't have the spine to hold Elon Musk accountable guarantees they won't have the spine to do what needs to be done. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-bad-bad-things-elon-musk-has-done/

There are ways everyday people can chip away at the influence of Trump-aligned tech oligarchs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Dusty Schmidt on how: https://badfaithtimes.com/how-to-stop-billionaires-from-dominating-the-discourse/

There are ways everyday people can chip away at the influence of Trump-aligned tech oligarchs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Dusty Schmidt on how: https://badfaithtimes.com/how-to-stop-billionaires-from-dominating-the-discourse/

Elected Democrats talking about the price of groceries might drive you crazy but there's a reason they're doing it. BFT's Denny Carter explains: https://badfaithtimes.com/the-normies-care-about-inflation-more-than-you-know/

Pro-democracy Americans are slowly realizing that in these advanced stages of small-d democratic decline, only power can save us now. https://badfaithtimes.com/happy-mlk-day-were-gonna-fucking-win/

Stephen Miller accidentally gave away the whole game on live TV. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-stephen-miller-gaffe-every-judge-needs-to-bookmark/

“I mentioned at one point, after one of my rants [about the 2024 Trump campaign], that I felt like an insane person ranting about the end of days on the subway, and how I usually tried to avoid making eye contact with that person. Now I was that person and […] [Original post on badfaithtimes.com]

Denny Carter writes about the concept of a democracy-saving "back burn" that has begun in Democratic-held states: https://badfaithtimes.com/a-fire-to-stop-the-fire/

A Virginia court on Tuesday gave Democrats the green light to redo the state's congressional map. Denny Carter on why this is the time to maximize Republicans' electoral pain: https://badfaithtimes.com/now-is-the-time-to-maximize-republicans-political-pain/

Elected Democrats talking about the price of groceries might drive you crazy but there's a reason they're doing it. BFT's Denny Carter explains: https://badfaithtimes.com/the-normies-care-about-inflation-more-than-you-know/

Denny Carter writes about a "grim test" of a growing legal theory: that social media platforms are products that can be found legally defective. https://badfaithtimes.com/theres-a-way-to-stop-the-algorithmic-spread-of-hate/

Denny Carter writes that the primacy of feeling good and the politics of pleasure run counter to the sort of sustainability and hearty civic life of a functional democratic society. https://badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-you/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cut right through JD Vance's bad faith-fueled unreality when she said Vance made it clear that a masked agent murdering an American citizen is just fine. https://badfaithtimes.com/jd-vance-is-not-happy-renee-good-was-killed-but/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cut right through JD Vance's bad faith-fueled unreality when she said Vance made it clear that a masked agent murdering an American citizen is just fine. https://badfaithtimes.com/jd-vance-is-not-happy-renee-good-was-killed-but/

Denny Carter writes about his (many) encounters with police over the years, and why he had the privilege of fearing nothing. https://badfaithtimes.com/im-not-afraid-of-cops/

Elon Musk's business empire is a global infection. Finally there are some governments choosing to fight the infection, as Denny Carter writes. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-cybertruck-and-our-muskian-infection-2/

NYT today described the Trump regime's lethal invasion of Minneapolis as a "crackdown." Denny Carter writes about the use of "crackdown" as a way to normalize these invasions of U.S. cities: https://badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-and-the-legitimizing-of-an-immigration-crackdown/

The Don't Tread On Me crowd's plea is as narrow as possible: Do not tread on me, and only me. You may tread on whoever else you want to tread upon. https://badfaithtimes.com/tread-baby-tread-just-not-on-me/

NYT today described the Trump regime's lethal invasion of Minneapolis as a "crackdown." Denny Carter writes about the use of "crackdown" as a way to normalize these invasions of U.S. cities: https://badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-and-the-legitimizing-of-an-immigration-crackdown/

One day someone will tell you all of the horror the Trump regime was wrought on the US did not happen, that it was all in your mind, Denny Carter writes. https://badfaithtimes.com/someday-theyll-tell-you-this-never-happened/

Sometimes the Trump regime's content creation can turn bloody, as it did Wednesday in Minnesota. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-content-regime-cranks-out-more-content/

On the fifth anniversary of the Republican attempt to overthrow the U.S. government, Denny Carter writes about how the history of that day has been muddied: https://badfaithtimes.com/insurrection-or-non-event-its-up-to-you-2/

Tim Walz, who on Monday ended his campaign for a third term as Minnesota's governor, was among the state-level Democratic leaders who outright rejected the GOP's bad-faith politics. https://badfaithtimes.com/state-level/

Tim Walz today ended his run for a third term as Minnesota's governor. Denny Carter writes about Walz's steadfast refusal to engage in Republicans' bad-faith attacks against his administration. https://badfaithtimes.com/tim-walz-doesnt-play-republican-games/

Research has shown the American right is more willing to share online posts they know to be untrue because their desire for in-group dominance is far stronger than those on the left. https://badfaithtimes.com/conservatives-think-everyone-consumes-and-spreads-misinformation/

Denny Carter writes that it’s never easy for folks on the left to be as gleefully hurtful as Republicans, who can say anything about anyone because they care about nothing. Nihilism is their shield. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-fatal-flaw-of-dark-woke/

Research has shown the American right is more willing to share online posts they know to be untrue because their desire for in-group dominance is far stronger than those on the left. https://badfaithtimes.com/conservatives-think-everyone-consumes-and-spreads-misinformation/

Denny Carter writes about the devolution of CBS News into a Trump propaganda organ as the final victory of a 50-year bad-faith campaign against mainstream media outlets. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-media-bias-wars-are-over/

Some good news for pro-democracy forces in the US: We don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It will. It has. Now is the time to move on from popularism's bloodless agenda. https://badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-warning-for-the-democratic-party/

Fascist attacks on immigration are made acceptable by media's acceptance of the right's anti-immigrant narratives, including widespread use of the term "crackdown." https://badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-and-the-legitimizing-of-an-immigration-crackdown/

Pro-democracy leaders in the US should one day make a show of wiping away Trump's legacy. Americans should crave the next episode of democracy vs. fascism. https://badfaithtimes.com/one-day-his-name-will-be-wiped-away/

Elon Musk's business empire is a global infection. Finally there are some governments choosing to fight the infection, as Denny Carter writes. https://badfaithtimes.com/the-cybertruck-and-our-muskian-infection-2/

As French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said, fascists "delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert." https://badfaithtimes.com/its-one-long-joke/

As French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said, fascists "delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert." https://badfaithtimes.com/its-one-long-joke/