16 years & Republicans don't have a healthcare plan 17 years & Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage 54 years & US Govt hasn't ratified ERA 7 Days & Zohran Mamdani got universal childcare for America's largest city ONE WEEK Incrementalism is a lie. Progress doesn't take time—It takes leadership

In other words, undocumented people (who keep many industries running) and government employees don't count as American workers. Which isn't surprising: they don't count anyone who isn't MAGA as a person at all.

We're at the "Don't go out in public if you have brown skin because you might be murdered or kidnapped" stage of white supremacist fascism.

Out of ~60,000 Somalis in Minnesota, 85 (.01%) have been criminally indicted Out of ~4000 people in the Trump regime, 215 (5.4%) have been criminally indicted. Thats a ~40X higher crime rate Not qwhite sure why the people who ignore Trump indictments want you to be upset about Somali indictments🤔

Reporters were present while Trump watched video of the murder of Renee Good, and when they pressed him on whether it showed her "running over" the officer (she didn't), he had no answer other than "It's a terrible scene." And then he let his mouthpieces baldly continue to lie about it today.

Just a reminder that these people have no rationale, no evidence, and no logic to back up their lies -- they only have slander. And so far it appears that's all they've ever needed to convince a large-enough block of voters.

This is why the humanities are important! Gov. Walz is bringing a tear to this English prof's eye.

I have a feeling that if you were to say to one of these people, "Your ability to tell demonstrable lies with a straight face is astounding," they would take it as a compliment.

God, she's horrible.

A government official tells residents of a major American city that if they exercise their 1st Amendment rights or try to protect their families & neighbors from kidnapping, they will be killed.

Incredibly thorough and damning video investigation by @nytimes.com video team directly contradicting the Trump administration's spin about ICE killing Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The swiftness and viciousness of the GOP disinformation campaign in response to Renee Good’s killing is what’s particularly frightening. Very “1984.”

It is really hard to teach anything when there's no ground for any kind of shared empirical reality.

it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants

Just two white supremacist buds crackin’ each other up…

After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.

Say her name: Renee Nicole Good

The CPB NPR, and PBS have been my window to the world for my entire media-aware life. America's most respected media organization has closed down rather than become a propaganda engine - and this will happen to every other media entity. US has no truly free press now, only independent journalists.

Amount of blood US has expended defending Greenland: zero. Amount of blood Denmark has expended defending the US: 43 Danish soldiers gave their lives in Afghanistan, responding to a US appeal under article 5 of NATO. Ogles has no idea about any of this, because he's an incompetent buffoon.

Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.

It's very clear that these people (with their taxpayer-supported insurance) have NO IDEA what medical procedures cost. Or are they suggesting each doc/hospital sell their own insurance? NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE

If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.

A police captain whose officers killed 80 people while arresting a criminal would immediately be relieved of duty.

A very funny bit of serendipitous Bluesky feeding (thanks, @heatherhogan.bsky.social):

Five years ago this week, I wrote about how "We’re careless with our mythologies. And that’s literally killing us..." We never DID leave that funhouse. And now the world is trapped in it. satyrosphilbrucato.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/t...

Trump is incoherently ranting and raving during this speech to House Republicans, who are sitting in silence as his brain flits around wildly

“Beware the man who has only read one book.” (poss. Thomas Aquinas)

Scoop: Trump is going to give every American a barrel of Venezuelan crude oil to barter for health care.

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

On January 6, 2021, this is how the rest of the world saw America and frankly, the view hasn’t changed much since 😬

The previous modern standard for murdering people en masse while effecting an arrest warrant involved members of a Waco religious cult (76), or group home occupants (11) in West Philadelphia or the Chicago abode of some Blank Panthers (2 dead, more wounded). Trump now holds the record.

This is designed to have a chilling effect on all retired service members. The message is that if you speak out, you risk your retirement pay.

Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river

Optimism is nice, but this is just foolishness.

Just Some Guy posting: I, personally, don’t think it’s *about* the oil per se; that’s the excuse, not the reason. Trump has personally hated Maduro since his first term; he also very much wants to be a Putin type, and views Venezuela as his Crimea to annex.

Still waiting for an explanation of the legal connection between arresting “a fugitive from American justice” and taking control of a foreign government. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS

My statement on the administration’s military strikes on Venezuela:

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

I keep thinking about the Uber driver I met last month - a former college professor in Venezuela. Maybe she’s glad about the US seizure of her home country, maybe she’s not — but one thing I know for certain is, this was not done for HER benefit, but only for oil barons & venture capitalists.

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

Erroneously thinking you've taken intelligence tests, when the tests were administered because doctors are (repeatedly) concerned you have dementia and may pose a danger to yourself and others, is probably yet another sign that you actually do have dementia.

I do not want an American news network who “loves America” as a principle. I want one who loves the truth.

Read the comments on this post - hilarious & inspiring.

Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history

unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.

A list that includes one of my favorite books of last year, "Nicked" by @mt-anderson.bsky.social, is likely to contain other books I'll like, so thanks to @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social for this list! I have a lot to catch up on!

Mood lifter for this last day of a truly awful year:

It's a good commentary on 2025 that the US President announces a major military attack on a foreign country and even the straightest arrows think, 50% chance it's an attack, 50% chance president is on another cognition bender.

With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear