Editorial cartoonist @dennisgoris.bsky.social is exceptional. Please follow and share (&credit his work).

Er. This is absolutely the worst circumstances under which an old thread can be revived, so I'm not quite sure how to react. I guess, thank you all for reskeeting and quoteskeeting, and please share the joy around. ❤️ Heartbroken to hear about the murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer.

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Cheetah Hammerhead shark Indian hornbill Orca Penguin

Seems bad.

What is he talking about? I only have 48 plants in my house.

Threats of political violence are a hallmark of authoritarian regimes and a direct attack on US democracy, the Constitution, and the rights and freedoms of people across the country. They put lives at risk, and they are unacceptable.

This morning, my computer told me to accelerate my adoption of AI, and I briefly considered throwing it out the window.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

*whispers* start with the food industry blog.ucs.org/alice-reznic...

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

I went deep on SNAP, including the 50-year battle to make benefits more generous, and the unprecedented cuts and restrictions taking hold in the program, which are separate from and much more permanent than the recent payment freezes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/d...

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling? Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

I was just thinking things didn't feel quite chaotic enough.

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

On November 1, President Trump’s government shutdown will deliver another horrible outcome: more than 40 million people won’t receive their monthly food assistance benefits. 🧵1/5

"Of course."

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action

"The level of cruelty, the scale of wanton destruction, the blatant violation of the Constitution and rule of law, the violence and grasp for power and money ... It puts us all in danger." Rachel Cleetus @ucs.org on why we must say, loudly, #NoKings on October 18. blog.ucs.org/rachel-cleet...

"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession." -- Me

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

He froze because he realized, in real time, that what he’d just said carried serious constitutional implications. Which now will be used against the Trump administration in court. He invoked “plenary authority.” That phrase means complete authority, basically the president has dictatorial powers.

Took a moment in class to remind my undergrads to get their flu and covid jabs. Not my usual role as an econ prof, but right now they have too few trusted voices. And if others are trying to avoid political strife (this ISN'T political!!!), my students may not be hearing it elsewhere.

It's kind of funny that Trump's idea of how to Make America Great again is to make it what it was like in his 20s and 30s but that somehow doesn't extend to the tax code.

Some are arguing that the current tenor - limited targeted protests - is a form of gray rocking. The theory is that Trump wanted 2020 George Floyd style protests which media could frame as violence from nowhere, but that isn't what they are getting.

Tiktok taught me a new phrase which is "gray rocking"

As food prices surge, the Trump admin cancels a critical hunger study. “It’s the latest sign that the president and his allies are hell-bent on eliminating science and data that don’t support their political agenda.” -my colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

On Saturday, @wsj.com broke the news that the USDA canceled its annual report on food insecurity & hunger. Now, researchers in the unit responsible for the survey have been put on indefinite leave.

In which @chuckwendig.bsky.social wins the alt text prize for the day.

I've been rehearsing something to say to the National Guard troops out patrolling (or more often just standing around) my neighborhood in Washington DC. This morning, I got a chance with a couple of MPs outside the Whole Foods in Logan Circle, of all places. 🧵 1/4

The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.

Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*. There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.

Trump is an authoritarian. The version of democracy we had before is over. There is still hope: dictatorships end, often before they get too entrenched. Democracy can come back stronger and better than before. But, we’re never going back to what we had before.

Top NJ federal prosecutor Alina Habba commands everyone to lower their flags even though the president’s order applied only to federal buildings and military posts and the like. And even as to those, she has no enforcement authority. Shocking — but not at all surprising from her.

@jbf1755.bsky.social Yesterdays you said you were going to post things that make you laugh. I’m sharing one I saw. May you enjoy! And for @hcrichardson.bsky.social too. Cuz you two are the cats pajamas!!

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

For people in a state that is asking for a prescription, try a CVS MinuteClinic. Some MinuteClinic’s are getting around restrictions by having nurses on site who will give you a prescription during a visit. They ask to confirm if you are high risk but don’t ask for proof.

Huh.

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.

This #USDA reorg plan is bad for farmers, bad for food, and bad for all of us. My colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social explains why: blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

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The New Yorker…

This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...