It's the weirdest thing. The wealth class destroys the economy by concentrating too much in their own hands, there's a period where the political class puts the thing back together for them and hurts working people, then the wealth class consolidates until the whole thing falls apart again.

Imagine your whole ideology being we have no ideology. We stand for nothing - or at least nothing we will admit. Now imagine that under fascism.

"social issues" are not distinct from economic issues, part ten million bsky.app/profile/the-...

🚨 Another journalist arrested. Estefany Rodríguez is a reporter in Nashville who has covered immigration enforcement and its impact on the immigrant community. Now, she's the one detained. 🧵>

i’d like for some people to grapple with the fact that “the most important election of our lifetime,” if you actually mean it, implies that the governance period following it is also the most important governance period of our lifetime, and adjust their demands/expectations/behaviors accordingly

Ndoye reports from detention that Nick Shirley, himself, pointed at him during the Canal Street raid to tell them to arrest him "ICE didn’t even try to talk to me, but then he pointed me out to ICE and they ran to me and arrested me." A regime of influencers www.courthousenews.com/immigrant-sa...

Another editorial from the Jeff Bezos Washington Post.

It takes a certain kind of…narcissistic nihilism to look across the country at people self-organizing against something that is generally a fairly good material symbol of the intangible class warfare that has alienated them and say, “what a silly distraction from what *really* matters.” And yet…

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

I am an Iranian American. I want freedom for my people. I want it for Palestinians. I want it for myself. I dream of taking my parents to a free Iran. I oppose the war on Iran. My conception of freedom—any conception of freedom that means anything—will never be realized via imperial intervention.

The sports gambling industry is spending millions to influence elections and avoid higher taxes. We followed the money. Help us keep exposing the corporate interests undermining democracy: bit.ly/4bb6fdW

Footage published by Iranian media today shows damage to Chehel Sotoon, a 17th century, Safavid-era landmark palace and garden located in the historic centre of Isfahan, after air strikes in its vicinity. The Persian garden that surrounds the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

US and Israel continue to kill Iranian children aje.news/a49wlz?updat...

Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court may be personal, but its broader role still demands scrutiny. Shahrzad Shams and Todd N. Tucker report that, as the Court has repeatedly blocked progressive policies, reform should be a progressive priority. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

Thanks to @inthesetimes.com for running the piece @toddntucker.com and I wrote for @rooseveltinstitute.org on why progressives must prioritize Court reform! inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

Over at the @rooseveltinstitute.org, @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @toddntucker.com explain why court reform should be a progressive priority.

Ve have meat, here, in ze building!

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

NEW from @shahrzadshams.bsky.social & me @rooseveltinstitute.org: Donald Trump just called the Supreme Court "fools & lap dogs" and we've already forgotten about it. What the ancient history of last Tuesday means for progressives rethinking SCOTUS power. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/trumps-...

a thing historians will marvel about when they study this era is the extent to which the "war is a thing that happens to poorer, browner people" class went about systematically dismantling every aspect of the global political order that confined the costs of war to poorer and browner people

RIP to hundreds of Iranians and one American vacation

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

“I am the son of the guy whose secret police force used to terrorize you, please install me or my friends, for democracy” is an amazing pitch from the shah’s son

Throwback to the co-founder of Palantir saying this is all about making money in June 2025: " I'm really excited to invest in Iran if we can get this country to be some sort of republic and not run by crazy people, and that's a lot easier than doing that in Afghanistan..."

someone transported here from 1995 with a layman's understanding of the Republican Party - "they like low taxes for the rich and aggressive use of the military" - would be more correct in their assessment of the party than many ostensibly savvy pundits working right now

world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.

The new Ellison-controlled media combine will check the boxes for all three types of capture: capitalistic, oligarchic, and authoritarian. lpeproject.org/blog/the-ame...

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

The year is 2137. Earth's three remaining creatures fight over a scrap of ragweed in what was, before The Event, a Best Buy parking lot. Realizing the he will lose, Creature 3 turns to his diary. "The Atlantic: President Trump, softer tone?" he writes. These are the last word's written on Earth 1.

California’s Attorney General says they have uncovered evidence of Amazon and its competitors engaging in coordinated price fixing to raise prices and boost Amazon’s profits. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

A lot of media buzz around prediction markets right now. I think folks are rightfully pointing out the very real human harm these markets pose. Without diminishing that reality—in fact, to better understand it—we should talk about what makes these markets so alluring to so many 🧵

I’ve found it, I’ve found the worst take

It is good that the Supreme Court spiked Trump's cartoonishly illegal tariffs. But the six conservatives also made sure that next time a Democrat is in the White House, they'll be free to use their "major questions doctrine" to strike down any policy they don't personally like

Thereeeeee you have it

Congrats to former Prince Andrew on his new job at CBS News

this is hell we live in hell

Trump’s regulators have announced they will fight states’ attempts to regulate prediction markets. It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market. Always follow the money.

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla collectively received $51 billion in tax breaks, thanks to the Trump and GOP corporate tax cuts signed into law last year. Together they effectively paid a federal tax rate of 4.9%, according to @itep.org. itep.org/trump-meta-t...

I have a new @lpeproject.bsky.social essay out that offers a framework for teasing apart three discrete and cascading layers of “media capture” that produce censorship, exclusion, and democratic failure in our information and communication systems. lpeproject.org/blog/the-ame...

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday

“She’s not from here.”

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed. Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

In 2008, during the last presidential election before the Citizens United decision, billionaires spent $16 million. During the 2024 election billionaires spent $2.6 billion.

Focusing solely on state overreach misses the other half of the threat to our democracy. @shahrzadshams.bsky.social explores how corporate oligarchy serves as an “abettor and accelerant” of state tyranny—hollowing out higher ed and the media from within. 🧵

Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know. The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project. Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.