I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea. This should not be a difficult concept.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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A week before Renee Good was killed, an off-duty ICE agent fatally shot Keith Porter in L.A. DHS called Porter an "active shooter," yet no one else was hurt. Porter's family says he was no threat. What really happened? Latest w/ @liborjany & @cbuch03 www.latimes.com/california/s...

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges. Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Trump is planning even more insane renovations to the White House www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday. You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Trump can be stopped but we need our Congress onboard. The midterms are important. But we need accountability now. Impeach Noem, Hegseth, and Trump. I don’t care if the Senate won’t convict. Impeachment will set the narrative of constitutional contempt and corruption, and tie them up in procedure.

Great piece on the economic case for e-bike infrastructure. Imagine you live in the most dense city in the country, with great eats/shops/bars in your hood but ALSO great stuff in the next one over. E-bikes expand the radius of what's easily available to you. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/o...

Elon Musk, the Republican Party's largest funder in the 2024 election, runs a social media platform that is creating child pornography. I remember a time when that would have concerned Republicans. But apparently not anymore when money is involved.

So a Lumen/Century Link big bucket truck was blocked on my one lane road by another Lumen/Century Link truck and drove on the verge in pouring rain and mud right over my water meter busting a pipe. My plumber is coming tomorrow afternoon to fix. Until then, no water.

1. The military raid on Venezuela and ouster of Maduro will create a financial windfall for a Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer. Follow this thread for details. 🧵 popular.info/p/venezuela-...

The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.

Trump is already threatening Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro” Way to pour more gasoline on the fire you started. 🙄

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

Dear Democrats, you continue to apply before times norms to the after times at our peril. Snap out of it. Flex power back in his face. Start rolling up impeachments with Hegseth. Hold hearings, get in the news as a real opposition party. Trump’s criminal corruption is your talking point. Not Maduro.

Remember back a few days ago when we thought 2026 might not suck so aggressively? Those innocent times were fun while they lasted.

If you want to understand this regime’s desired goal, stop looking to the 20th century, look to the 19th century. This is about resource theft and plunder.

Regime change begins at home.

This regime is immoral, criminal trash. When even three impeachments aren’t enough.

Hoppin John, extra collards, and cornbread with honey butter to celebrate the first day of the new year. Best wishes for joy and better days in 2026. Onward!

The United States Postal Service (USPS) finalized a rule on postmarks to reflect changes in its mail pickup processes that could cause an uptick in blown deadlines for documents sent by post, including mail-in ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

US airstrikes slaughtering people at sea for transporting....marijuana. A substance that is legal in many states & Trump himself just days ago moved to reclassify. "First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...

The only good things I can say about a dream I that woke me up tonight is there were some cats in it and it had a musical interlude. Other than that, it was a slow motion hellscape.

Well that was a ten minute touchdown #seahawks

So Trump spoke to Putin by phone this morning in advance with his discussion with Zelenskyy, so that’s pretty grim. #Ukraine

So many issues with celebrating Christmas early to accommodate various schedules: 1) less time to prep 2) minimal ability to leverage sales 3) extends and deepens the goblin mode interregnum between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Gotta snap out of it today! #self-care

the people opposed to this are like a who’s who of who shouldn’t have the majority of the world’s wealth

I spoke to her attorney yesterday; she is still in the country as far as they know bsky.app/profile/aila...

Best wishes for a joyous and restorative holiday season, y’all. Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate. And a belated Happy Hanukkah to my peeps.

The claim that Democrats must temper their message to attract Republicans is flawed. 1) Republicans proved willing surrender former core beliefs on foreign policy, personal liberty, and free trade to pursue power with Trump. 2) Either they believe representative democracy is essential or they don’t

1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated 2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements 3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program 4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states

With the 60 minutes leak, the many recent Epstein releases, etc., I think we are seeing the future of government accountability under authoritarianism: Leaks, hacks, data dumps, releases of big document caches. Journalists and the public will have to learn how to digest this stuff. 🧵

Ugh, I thinking I’m coming down with a cold.

Fact: I will like every post about Elise Stefanik dropping out of the New York Gubernatorial election and deciding not to run to retain her congressional seat. That is my solemn promise.

And yet, where is the US on this?

“In the end,” Trump stated, “govt either serves the productive, patriotic, hardworking American citizen, or it serves those who break the laws, cheat the system and seek power and profit at the expense of our nation.” If that isn’t a self-own, I don’t know what is. open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man

Turkey prices were up. Egg prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Electricity prices are up. Jobs are down. Trump is lying to Americans. He can get away with many lies, but hard to bullshit people about what's in their wallets and bank accounts.

So, crazy, hateful, racist, rapey grandpa is going to yell at us incoherently and tell us up is down tonight, isn’t he?

Trumpconomics are going great! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...

I have a batch of rugelach cooling. Now, I get to consider whether I want to make another batch.

I think it’s important to remind people that those Trump seeks retribution against are people who had the audacity to suggest the law applies to him. Frequently it’s written about is if he has a legitimate reason for his sick obsessions.

Are we really gonna broadcast crazy, hateful, racist, rapey grandpa tonight? Is that even remotely responsible?

We have to be working on the next Reconstruction like yesterday. We are going to need a truth and reconciliation movement with a clear-eyed accent on truth. Justice must be reasserted after this rampant lawlessness.

I have become very adept at replacing weatherstripping this year. Cats, man. Damn cats.

Seattle friends, a levee down and evacuation orders active for areas along the Green River, including Kent, Tukwila, and Renton. Be safe, don’t get caught out in this.

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Tilly is home after a quick trip to her local park in the misty, wet weather. We’ve been trying to dodge the effects of Washington’s atmospheric river for the past week.

I have an Oura ring. It’s very cool, but it needs to understand that there’s a subtle difference between stress and exasperation. It shows me as being stressed around the times that the cats or dog want to go in or out. That’s not stress, it’s exasperation.