Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Is there an Ig Nobel for peace?

“I’m a law-abiding citizen who never thought I’d be of such interest that the U.S. government would use my tax dollars & yours to try to send me to prison…[after being] manhandled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent trying to remove my phone from my hand.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Italy, 1951. France 2025.

I’m not sure it helps an incontinent 79-year-old man with dementia to be posting videos of himself shitting everywhere.

A good take on no kings day 2. Apparently, not a single incident with police in NYC, among the hundreds of thousands out marching. It was as peaceful and joyous a march as I’ve seen. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Genuinely least self-aware motherfucker in Washington.

First they come for the academics. <gestures widely> Witness the carnage. Then they come for justice and lawmakers. Trump wanted James Comey prosecuted. Now he is indicted. Trump wanted Letitia James prosecuted. Now she is indicted. Trump wanted John Bolton prosecuted. Now he is indicted.

They didn’t have No Kings Day www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Where we stand, in long arc of history: -Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people. -Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites. I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

“Polish pro-democracy forces won only when they agreed to leave aside their bitter divisions over abortion until after they had succeeded.” Solidarity politics wins. Purity politics loses.

Every single university needs to firmly stand united on this. This has always been the plan. Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country. Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...

I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.

Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...

Good post with a good argument about universities and the "compact", basically the same argument that applies to law firms If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests? www.instagram.com/reel/DPwXVbR...

No kings day, Oct 18.

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b... 1/

I don’t know about “only”, but yes it is a good source among a dwindling pool of good sources.

Minor Sunday gripe: Why do some scientific journals truncate author lists? For example TiCS and TiNS list “first author, et al” for any paper with 3 (!) or more authors. It can’t be about space: they do this both for PDF and online layout. Who does this serve? Curious if there’s a good reason.

On behalf of a friend raising funds to support counseling services that aim to improve mental health for the survivors of Gaza war. getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism Textbook stuff

If your core "enemy" is "anti-fascists" what does that make you?

AMAZING!! 🎉👏👁️🧠🤓

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Morningside Heights-Manhattanville” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I wanted to share my reasons why I think it is of paramount importance to attend a No King’s protest on October 18, and to make the case to everyone you know to do the same. a thread... www.nokings.org

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Erich is not a sensationalist. And yet this is pretty dark. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

Just another Monday morning... State Terror, American Style open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... 1/3

newrepublic.com/article/2013... Sanity in the senate (or at least, in a senator)

Trump’s dementia reminds US why it was so important to ensure that Biden did not run & win the 2024 election. My greatest regret in life is that we did not cover Biden’s age more. By @jaketapper.bsky.social

Are you an alum of one of the 9 schools targeted by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

🇺🇸 These dedicated public servants risked their careers to deliver an urgent message. 🚨 While the 1st amendment grants them the right to speak on matters of public concern, their protection is not guaranteed under an administration hostile to free speech. Please take the time to listen and boost 🔥

Our next profile is here! Dr. Christine Constantinople studies the neural mechanisms of decision-making. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠 www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuro

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Interesting.

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this: We salute you.

There's no need to speculate about what I said when you can just take the time and look for yourself. All my posts are still up.

It is funny for sure. The reason for the difference is that the closer analogy here is between Columbia's board and ABC's executives, who responded similarly. Kimmel is more like Columbia faculty who have resisted their bosses' capitulation. The recurring pattern is: management cowers, labor fights.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

"experts say" www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...

A 79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner has filed a $50 million civil rights claim alleging that federal immigration agents used excessive force during a raid that left him with broken ribs, head trauma and other serious injuries, despite confirming he is a U.S. citizen. He's my age. Hope he wins.

The occasional retraction is probably a good indicator for the field.

what could go wrong? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Progress. I recently came across some vivid depictions of Woody Guthrie's life with Huntington's Disease: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... journals.lww.com/cogbehavneur...

How Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u... This might require another Larry David response.

In addition to the content problems in @markhisted.org's post, the NYT teaser is absurd ("Science Is Broken"). Huge advances in 21st cent in materials, genetics, computing, cosmology, physics, biology and medicine.

Trump should be able to get to work out the biology and epidemiology of autism. His uncle taught Ted Kaczynski.