On the failures of censorship. theconversation.com/censorship-c...

An interchange between A. Philip Randolph, one of the most important Black leaders for civil rights in the twentieth-century and Senator Allen Ellender, a racist Louisianian who happened to be a US Senator in 1947. Ellender's incredulity at being expected to use "Mr." with a Black man is stunning.

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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The delicious incompetence of the Trump administration. They are fascists who can't even get the trains to run on time. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/26/w...

If anyone is wondering, yes, this is how our news accurately reports how Michiganders talk about our roads.

Out of the closet at last. www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-2...

Next big headline will be: "Pete Hesgeth calls for arrest of Dustin Hoffman for his role in Little Big Man."

"The danger to all of this is one basic thing: the world is learning –again — not to listen to the United States." www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/24/w...

I'm sure this is all the fault of the liberals and leftists who forced them to do this stuff.

An incomplete list of misdeeds and failures that Trump admitted to in his failed Times lawsuit. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/23/d...

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Shorter: We can win. digbysblog.net/2025/09/22/t...

My department is advertising a permanent T&R position in non-Western Philosophy. I genuinely think I have the best job in the world. Do apply if you want to be in a fantastic department! Also Australia is great. Happy to answer any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29770

Sondheim's first draft, "The Demon Bowler of Fleet Street" was thought to be a "good first try, but keep working" by the producer.

ICE's arrest of non-criminals is up 500% under Trump. Or, to put it more succinctly: Racism. www.justsecurity.org/121122/us-de...

"These aren’t actual debates in the classical sense of trying to persuade, they’re spectacles designed to set up bad faith dipshits with the opportunity to dunk on others for social media clout." www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...

Responsible gun ownership in 1901 is much like responsible gun ownership today.

He's been down so long that it looks like up to him. apnorc.org/projects/pes...

What antifa looked like in 1943.

A 1940 post promoting swimming "in safe and pure pools" because one could contract polio in contaminated water. This is what RFK. Jr. means when he wants to "Make America Healthy Again."

Got my flu vaccine and my covid booster today. And RFK Jr. can go fuck himself.

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Breaking news: JD Vance and the entire administration are lying shits. Knock me over with a feather! theconversation.com/right-wing-e...

Jon Marks is possibly the most important scholar of race, genetics, and anthropology of the past 40 years. UNC-Charlotte should be ashamed of itself. www.ninertimes.com/news/univers...

Speak of Charlie Kirk as he spoke of George Floyd. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

Fascinating job opportunity at ARIA. Leading public engagement for the climate innovation programme aria.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

My department at Morehouse is hiring. If you study race, law, and American politics and want a tenure-track job at a place that will support your work better than most, please apply. morehouse.peopleadmin.com/postings/12898

This is why Switzerland is often called the Tasmania of the North.

Just a reminder: Trump's murder of a boatload of people was illegal. In case anyone lost track of that particular atrocity. www.justsecurity.org/120568/carib...

1959 poster from the US Information Agency. "Academic and intellectual freedom are guaranteed by the American University." That kind of talk will get you fired these days.

This defense of Kirk wallows in hiding what those "traditional values" are: homophobia, misogyny, white supremacy, and Islamophobia. "Oppression v. liberation," it concludes, "What's the difference?" theconversation.com/charlie-kirk...

My local NAACP branch cancelled an open forum because of safety concerns raised by the assassination of that guy who urged his followers to engage in respectful and open discourse with their fellow citizens. They sure took his central message to heart. www.wlns.com/news/naacp-l...

As a former collegiate debater and collegiate debate coach let me say that Kirk was not debater. He made shit up which is, get this, against the rules in honest debate.

I keep a small blog where I record my correspondence with my "Representative" right-wing Tom Barrett. Here's our exchange regarding Charlie Kirk. democracyandme.bearblog.dev/to-tom-barre...

Oop.

It is looking more like Reichstag fire than Horst Wessel.

This is the best thing I've seen about Charlie Kirk. rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/09/well...

Kash Patel, noted liar and scumbag, is in the center of serious lawsuit to prove legally that he is a iiar and a scumbag. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/11/k...

Meanwhile, another school shooting in Colorado that is not important enough for the talking heads on TV tonight. I'm sure Charlie Kirk is looking up from wherever he is offering his thoughts and prayers. www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

Where was the good guy with a gun?

Can recycling also defeat Trump? Discuss.

My article on the how the libertarian movement helped lay the foundations for Holocaust denial has been posted at Unz, a Holocaust denial website. This belies the idea that "all publicity is good publicity." web.archive.org/web/20240112...

In Doctor Who, the Doctor travels through time and space at will saving the universe over and over. In The Rookie, the Rookie serves in the LAPD and every officer is honorable and law-abiding. If only it were as realistic a show as Doctor Who.

Make America Great (Depression) Again! www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/e...

American psycho Stay away from me American psycho Mama, let me be www.thenation.com/article/soci...

If anyone cares, it was not legal. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

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