Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.

their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts

We’ve gotten numb to it but Trump threatening NYC voters with federal funding to vote a certain way is the kind of shit that should get him unanimously impeached today. Insane fascist bullshit.

Honestly hoping Democrats drop the other shoe and start expressing absolute contempt for reporters who want to play makebelieve with the Republicans.

The Hasidic Jewish Community Council of Williamsburg is endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !!! Tell me again about the antisemitism hysteria, centrist mainstream US rabbis, tell me. Via Rabbi @abbystein.bsky.social

Instead of asking the Speaker of the House if he has a view on <critical separation-of-powers QOTD>, maybe reporters should start asking him if he reads any newspapers or otherwise informs himself on those matters to which we might think the Speaker of the House ought to be paying attention?

It’s easier when the rich fatten themselves up for later eating.

I'm not going to amplify the fucking things, but these anti-Mamdani slop ads Cuomo is putting out there use his likeness and put words in his mouth. If it's not actionable, it should be. It's not illegal it seems, but it should be so illegal. It should be *the most* illegal.

I think we should still teach students writing, not AI-assisted document production. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

This is a both sides issue. From drone strikes to current boat attacks the government has a history of problematic actions and we need to come to grips with it

Congratulations to Tim Mellon, the far right billionaire who just volunteered to become the literal poster child for ads about billionaires whose tax cuts are a primary reason why the govt is shut down. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating. When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.

Everyone should read this letter. It's a scalding indictment of Trump's criminality from top to bottom. (@jvl.bsky.social bait)

Why are the MAGA cops and ICE agents more Dirty Harry than Andy Taylor? In LA the mayor seems so afraid of being “soft on crime” that she is allowing the LAPD to assault journalists and enable fascism

Trump does not believe in public goods. He views the federal treasury as his private purse; public employees are to be his personal advocates, or they get fired; public property (like the White House) his to do what he wants, even if it means gutting the East Wing without permission./1

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.   During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

So let me get this straight. The President of the United States "takes a shit" all over the American People? Then he takes a literal Wrecking Ball to the Peoples' House (Miley Cyrus still did it better). What's next? Exploding missiles over American Soil? Oh wait, he did that too... Are nukes next?

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

Here's something that's not talked about enough The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year 1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

oh yeah!

Folks who are rightfully frustrated at the indefensible NYT coverage, please do note: in terms of actually reaching people, this is way more important

the quote.

Wow. Just wow. "Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

new survey research from CDT: 85% of teachers & 86% of students report they have used AI in 2024-25. Half of students say using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teacher & 70% teachers worry that AI weakens important skills that students need to learn cdt.org/press/cdt-su...

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility. He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatened legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. "Arizona's right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate."

These universities need to stop answering the administration's phone calls. Let them do what they're gonna do because they were gonna do it anyway. Lawyer up and get ready for the fight instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

It really seems like the core project of the whole tech industry right now is devaluing (and monetizing the devaluation of) everything that makes us human, including the experiences of love and grief

Absolutely this!

I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.

New in PN: It's about repression, not free speech "These people are not claiming to embrace free speech & then failing to apply that ideal equally. They openly think some views are more equal than others & they're entitled to enforce their rule with whatever means they choose, including violence."

Can now confirm: We have canceled our long-time subscription. There's no longer any reason for any of us to support this fascist-enabling news organization. Please join me in un-subscribing to the Post and using any savings to support independent journalists #CancelThePost

America is now a place where a prominent cable news host can openly call for homeless people to be murdered — and face zero consequences.

Weird how when a Trump supporter, white supremacist, and reportedly, a former member of Turning Point USA shot up Florida State University (FSU) several months ago and killed two people - there wasn't the same national conversation about "political violence." www.mediaite.com/news/mass-sh...

This is a rogue nation

I guess Ezra forgot about this

He will do anything until he is stopped. But there are no guardrails - Congress and SCOTUS are in his pocket. Who actually believes he will allow midterms to proceed without further interference? They are already changing maps for him. And he will declare some emergency.

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish. The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

Yep

But he was “doing politics the right way” according to Ezra Abundance

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

Losing my goddamned mind. We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.

The big problem is that a large swath of America had never heard of Kirk until yesterday. Every piece in major media about him is an introduction for many, and so conferring the sense of sainthood on him in the long run creates permission for the dangerous response I fear is coming.

Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism' We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans

PLEASE read to help understand how this "shutting down the govt" hostage-taking works & how it needs to work this time for Dems to come out on top :