In 1991, during his confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas assured senators that he would be an impartial jurist. In a recent speech, the Justice made clear that he views Progressivism, past and present, as anti-American. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

only $15? that’s 15% of the way to winning the $100 Taco Bell Challenge™️

UPDATE: The Colorado Democratic Party's central committee is now considering a measure to censure or otherwise punish Gov Jared Polis (D) for giving clemency to Tina Peters. I'll thread details here.

I have been exposed to Takes (2026)

bro what is this tradecraft (2026)

"Bro what is this tradecraft"

There has been talk of an AI focused executive order soon. From what I understand, it mainly implements a mandatory waiting period for frontier model releases (90 days maybe? I'm not 100%) for safety and resting purposes. I'm not faithful they won't try to impose some political restrictions here

a reminder that segregation among other things is a form of theft

The refugee and asylum system in the US was modeled on the UN protocols established to protect vulnerable people after WWII. Many nations signed on to that agreement as the horrors of Nazi Germany became clear. This is a repudiation and an inversion of that spirit of protection. History:

is that spooky liminal space movie out yet or näh

It lives here now, post-USIP website purge archive.org/details/jm-b...

might have to reread “A Paler Shade of White: Identity & In-group Critique in James Mason’s Siege” by @jmberger.com

some of my thinking is being influenced by anna o law’s book - immigration law is about shaping a political community - useful to note how white supremacy shifted footing from challenging citizenship post 14A and more focused on controlling entry and naturalization

The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”

like really good - like a tradecraft disco elysium

apparently zero parades: for dead spies is good

if u see this post your getaway vehicle (2026)

you can all have a lil shadow war as a treat (2026)

Ready for my APR

liberated horkos ascendent (2026)

this modern reboot of huckleberry finn is just too w y l d

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

history and immigration scholars are there any good books, papers, etc on the passage of the immigration act of 1924? it was heavily influenced by the second klan and i think a good example of extremist groups looking to shape the in group @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @jmberger.com

the kind of advertising that does work on me (2026)

history and immigration scholars are there any good books, papers, etc on the passage of the immigration act of 1924? it was heavily influenced by the second klan and i think a good example of extremist groups looking to shape the in group @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @jmberger.com

This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power”

christian nationalism asks two question: who’s nation and which christians

gonna be wild when opponents to birthright citizenship discover how anti catholicism and christian sectarianism is intertwined w the definition of who or who isnt an american let alone a citizen birthright citizenship is cornerstone for multiracial pluralistic democracy because of what it solves

just open contempt for the united states as a pluralist and secular democracy. and a reminder that the function of the fiction that the united states was founded as a fundamentalist christian nation is to establish a hierarchy of human worth with white christians at the top

imagine what would happen in the absence of birthright citizenship - imagine what a lineage/allegiance model of citizenship would bring the second klan’s ideas on immigration and who is or isnt an american might be instructive here

under the court’s reading of the VRA and the 15th amendment, it is basically constitutionally suspect for a state to have a district that elects a black person to congress. you have to prove it isn’t an illegal majority-minority district.

every day we relearn/re earn the lessons of reconstruction

I feel like there's a lack of awareness among my fellow white people that no Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of white voters since the Civil Rights Act passed LBJ underestimated the fallout by several generations

Jesus Christ this is the most chilling thing I've read in ages. The "new understanding of truth" described here is not new in any way, it is basically a return to pre-literate dark ages & the inevitable result is going to be fascism.

One of the most interesting things I read this week was a paper on how the mountains of state media published to the internet went into the sausage machine of generative AI training data and how it affects what comes out the other end. TLDR your AI chatbot may be quietly laundering state propaganda.

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

imagine what would happen in the absence of birthright citizenship - imagine what a lineage/allegiance model of citizenship would bring the second klan’s ideas on immigration and who is or isnt an american might be instructive here

We need an updated version of White by Law by this point. Whole-ass extra chapter if not a full-on sequel. amzn.to/4wAFolg

This is not a "controversy" or a "dispute" about casting. It's a racist position being echoed and amplified by other racists. Journalists need to learn to use the word "racist" much more freely; right now, too many publications treat it as unprovable unless self-reported.

“Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These Black urban voters disagree.” We’re still not doing that one?

When a Democrat is president, the press only cares about the swing voters who oppose him. When a Republican is president, the press only cares about the conservative voters who support him.

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They should check the area for eggs. This is mating behavior. After a short incubation period, the spawn will swarm towards the nearest freeway

s2e10 of batman beyond is probably the most anime episode in the series

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