Af-Am lit major Jodie Foster chose her field because of an interest ‘in literature that is as emotionally important as it is intellectually.’ In fact, she argued, Af-Am literature is perhaps the most American of all literary genres this country has produced..” www.harvardmagazine.com/radcliffe-in...

Great comments. Y Jon Ossoff. Let’s go!!!

That one man’s redemption of an astronomically leveraged investment brought down Bear Stearns is a textbook illustration of the recklessness that was characteristic of the finance industry from the Reagan presidency through the 2007-2008 financial crisis. And Trump has undone the reforms that ensued

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

Just listen. I’m sure you hear things that echo in our current situation.

WTF???

Excellent way to put it, @chrislhayes.bsky.social!

This would be true even if he were competent.

So the “elected” President with his elected majority House and Senate says they have to takeover elections because Dems cheat. Make that argument make sense.

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

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Yes! Onward!

This is the type of man that Donald Trump allowed to rise to the top of America's immigration enforcement. Disgusting, but not surprising for this out-of-control and despicable administration. We must weed out all of the Dan Bovinos from positions of power—and there are A LOT more of them.

Following up on my first repost of this & in response to Steve M., by ‘stunt’ I didn’t mean to minimize the effects of these abuses of power on those targeted by them. Rather, I meant to underscore the absence of legal basis for the arrest; i.e., the motive is purely cynical politics.

This has no more validity than Don Lemon’s arrest, and both are stunts designed to rile up Der Groper’s cult in an election year.

Pardon me for noticing that in the U.S., Tik Tok is owned by a consortium including Oracle, whose owner, Larry Ellison, is a big Trump supporter. And Trump is trying to turn Gaza into a giant resort property. Can’t have prying eyes around to see a massive population displacement, can we?

I guess when you’re afraid of offending Der Groper, the range of stories you can feel confident about covering sans reprisal reduces to family stuff, bake sales & county fairs. Great news organization you’re strangling, Bari.

I agree 100%.

Not a Dime for ICE Lawlessness... Sen. Chris Van Hollen is one of the best open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Ethan: "When ICE agents invade cities anonymously; barge into homes sans judicial warrants; yank people out of cars, workplaces, schools & even immigration courts; brutalize nonviolent protestors while Trump et al lie about every reported abuse, that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."

Amen to this.

It’s a flat-out election theft plan.

This is a bald-faced a plan for outright election theft. No one can spin this away.

This is exactly what Trump & Miller want. Next stop, rioting (people are already reported getting into fights with ICE goons on the scene). Then comes martial law.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Marching in (very) sub-zero weather. Props to these folks. #NMStandsWithMN #ICEOutForGood 💙🇺🇸 aka 🚫👑

Congressional Republicans like what Donald Trump did on January 6th. They applaud it. They congratulate DJT on his crimes. They would condone it happening again. They are willing to watch the demise of the United States because of their fealty to one lawless man.

Holy shit!

Recently I've been spending some time with pro-democracy leaders from other countries organizing against national strongmen. Their stories of organizing against authoritarians are eerily familiar. Among the many clear takeaways: stand up to bullies and go on offense because defense doesn’t win.

This is definitely worth reading or listening to.

"We need to establish a fundamental value: no grace for fascism, no tolerance for state terror."

This should have been obvious to the Six Kangaroos who ruled that they were. But then, they long ago established their contempt for the Constitution.

No surprises there, whatsoever.

Amplifying slightly, imagine inviting the invader responsible for the deaths, injuries & displacement of thousands of people to a “peace board” shakedown gimmick while threatening to go to war with Canada, Mexico, Europe, and who knows? Maybe Monaco.

We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate

JFC, Part 543,849,386

More evidence. As Cheryl Rofer says, the White House is lying (unusual, I know).

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

And no wonder. The EU has less than rock-solid unity & commitment, and the U.S. under Trump is totally untrustworthy. What would you do if you were them?

Good thing AI is wildly overvalued. Otherwise we’d miss the opportunity for another economic crisis when the bubble bursts. Idiots…

What Scott Horton said.

This is what ICE is about.

Beautiful!

This might influence a rational leader to reevaluate the wisdom of starting this war. But Putin is as sensible as almost all the military leaders in WWI. (The irony is that the only general who figured out how to fight with the new technologies was Russian General Brusilov. tinyurl.com/524edned

Quick thinking by John Abernathy under extreme duress. Respect.

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