"It’s not technology that’s the problem—it’s the doctrine that technology is more than a tool, that in fact we’re tools for it."

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #resist #bluecrew #resistance #economy #nazi #fascist #krasnov #coup

Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.

After Comey got indicted on Trump's orders, can we start using the D word now, media?

The trouble is that some people read the decisions and they say things like this

Trump announces 100% tariff on branded or patented pharmaceuticals starting Oct 1, 2025, unless the company is building a manufacturing plant in the U.S. Tariff waived if construction has started.

Reminder that the cotton stretchy decorative spider web stuff is terrible for local wildlife (yes, even in the city).

Trump “jokes” about asking Somalia to take Illhan Omar back—xenophobic, dangerous, and conditioning the public to see opponents as illegitimate. Meanwhile, Vance calls it “inciting violence and terrorism” to describe Trump as authoritarian. The hypocrisy couldn’t be clearer. @atrupar.com

NEW — Today’s Chicago City Council was a marathon meeting They swore in new alder Walter “Red” Burnett III, approved a $90M global settlement to resolve lawsuits tied to a corrupt ex-cop and passed an affordable housing ordinance near the Obama Presidential Center. thetriibe.com/2025/09/busy...

In honor of Randi Weingarten’s book ‘Why Fascists Fear Teachers’ I am sharing my Educators pack! go.bsky.app/MAtRxdm

Ezra Klein conducted a good interview with Corey Robin, about which I have some thoughts. The first is that Ezra's opening claim that the Reichstag fire analogy is "wrong" suggests a zero sum view that does not do justice to how most historians think about analogy.

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: What the Heck is the World Thinking?? The UN meeting this week definitely raised this question. It’s been asked a LOT at key moments—and Americans are never prepared for the answer. Let’s talk. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

Nobody ever said he was smart. *puts finger to ear* Are you FUCKING kidding me?

My new column:

BREAKING: Comey indicted on Trump's orders. ALSO BREAKING: Our democracy.

Quite the progressive idea. 20th century, here we come!

China, China, Chi—wait, what? Air Force mulls next steps amid homeland focus | Officials tout applicability of ongoing modernization, but experts and former officials have doubts.

Car mechanic Luke Seaborn was the de facto face of Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state's Medicaid work requirement program. Then technical glitches and red tape caused him to lose his coverage — twice. (Published May)

Some preliminary thoughts on Trump's new executive order "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence," which declares a law enforcement crackdown on some ill-specified blend of action and speech by his political adversaries, on grounds that they encourage and abet violence. /1

He talks about moving a World Cup game out of Chicago because it has high crime, which is interesting because there is no game slated for Chicago. But Dallas has a World Cup game, and Dallas has a higher violent crime rate than Chicago, and Dallas has a Republican mayor … oh, OK, I see it now.

"[Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol] makes 6,666 times as much as the average worker, whose blood, sweat, and tears generates that wealth."

Syria and Israel are reportedly close to finalizing a bilateral security agreement. The deal wouldn’t be a full-fledged normalization of diplomatic relations, but as @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes, it would represent a step toward a much more stable Middle East.

For the record, no, SCOTUS did not say this was ok in California. Justice Kavanaugh, writing only for himself, said investigatory stops could be made in part based on ethnicity. Not arrests—there is no authority for ethnicity-based arrests.

NEW Memorandum

Ahem. The figure ("Marianne") labelled "Unafraid Dems" is very obviously a Women's Marcher and it would be nice to have her identified as such.

Good points here. It's especially important to shatter the presumed link between economic growth and reduced poverty. We have growing poverty because SOMEONE profits from it. This can be (and was as noted in the thread) directly alleviated by policy. Economic growth is something else.

Trump just signed a an EO that allows the full power or the federal government to go after extremist groups. Stephen Miller predictably went on a rant about Antifa, but not a *single* reporter asked if they’d be going after right wing extremists too. Shameful.

'Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk cautioned on Thursday against having any "illusions" about Donald Trump's stance on Ukraine, after the U.S. president said in a rhetorical shift that he believed Kyiv could retake all its land occupied by Russia.' www.reuters.com/world/polish...

I am so fucking sick of his coy gangster way of talking.

In both this case and one from the DC lawsuit filed today, federal immigration agents violently arrest someone who is currently wearing an ICE-issued ankle monitor littlevillagemag.com/ice-seizes-a...

A political party that controls all 3 branches of government is blaming a looming federal shutdown on a party that doesn't control any branches of government.

“President-elect Trump as well as Don [Jr.], Eric and Allen are committed to ensuring that the activities of the Trump organization are beyond reproach and cannot be perceived to be exploitive of the office of the presidency.” - Trump’s attorney, Sheri Dillon, Jan. 2017

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on. The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Tough-on-crime can never fail, one can only fail it. If crime goes down under someone who is "tough-on-crime," the decline is bc of those policies If crime goes down under someone who is not "tough-on-crime," the decline is despite those policies. No evidence needed. It simply ... must be so.

Ladies, if you can't see where this administration is aiming to take us, I suggest you brush up on your baby bearing and rearing skills, your cooking skills, and oh yeah, get rid of all your shoes.

"Economically invisible"

“Claim.” Officials *claim.*. Given the number of lies so far, you should report this as a claim. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

and voters see it that way too — the party in control is always blamed for shutdowns

🔴 Hungarian Gripen jets intercepted Russian warplanes near Latvia as NATO warned Moscow that repeated violations could mean Russian aircraft being shot down.

I’m at the CGI2025.. here are some stats I just learned Russia and China (together) are funding a $3B propaganda campaign this year alone $100M alone into Moldova election China has filed 50% more scientific patents this year than the US (due to cut funding), next year the ratio will be 1 🇺🇸:10 🇨🇳

UPDATE — Witness videos captured Border Patrol agents boating down the Chicago River today. Also, there are multiple anti-ICE protests planned for the Chicagoland area this weekend. More details ⬇️ thetriibe.com/2025/09/bord...

"But when women face the reality of an unintended pregnancy, religion’s influence is more nuanced. The strength of her personal devotion fails to explain whether a woman will actually choose to terminate her first pregnancy."

“The Russian state has consistently demanded recognition as a great power, even as it has consistently lacked the material, political, and moral means to sustain one.” tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

EXCLUSIVE: More than 60K defense civilians have left under Hegseth—but officials are mum on the effects | Months into a hastily ordered overhaul, officials declined to disclose metrics, discuss problems.