this thread from Parker is very good, as is this piece below from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social the discourse is rancid but it is SO driven by opps and third way. everyone is mad and anger is allergic to nuance. something can be not ideal and also not terrible

I'm biased, but I really think you're gonna enjoy today's @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social episode with our good friend Morris Katz, lead strategist for Zohran Mamdani. It's all about why Dems suck and how we can make them suck less -- because we can! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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The group Third Way accuses the popular progressive streamer of being a “Jew-hater.” His record, and an interview with TNR, prove he’s the opposite of an antisemite. trib.al/UgTxpZI

Coincidentally, there's an article published today at @newrepublic.com in which @aaronregunberg.bsky.social asked Hasan about the quotes that people are criticizing him for. Not endorsing or condemning, here, just sharing the context: 1/2 newrepublic.com/article/2084...

"Why the Pope Hates Me and That's Okay" by JD Vance, coming June 2026.

I wrote something personal for @thenation.com about what it means to try to live a joyful life while your country is committing atrocities. If you like any of the following—Mitchell and Webb, The Zone of Interest, George Saunders, or Chekhov—it may be worth a read! www.thenation.com/article/poli...

What does it mean to realize your country is the baddie? @aaronregunberg.bsky.social on whether it’s OK to embrace happiness when your tax dollars are going toward so much evil. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

New podcast alert! This morning we launched "Fighting Fascism"—hosted by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social, and Matt DaSilva. Want to learn how to piss off fascists? First episode with @astra.bsky.social and @mark-bray.bsky.social. www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe...

One of the hosts, @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, also published this on the obligations of a citizen who realizes their country is the villain. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Co-hosts @aaronregunberg.bsky.social and @mattydasilva.bsky.social have been getting a queue of fantastic guests and episodes ready, some of which I (as "friend of the pod") have been very excited to be part of. New episodes out every week—stay tuned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

I am the normie friend/vibes guy/personality hire on this new podcast with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social and @jonathansmucker.bsky.social We're talking with smart people about what we should do to combat the horrors. Give a listen!

I considered being ironic (just what the world needs, a podcast), but I’m excited about this, so I’m just going to be earnest. Today, @mattydasilva.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social and I are launching a new podcast, sponsored by @thenation.com. If you hate fascists, you should check it out!

Important piece by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social : The insistence that all criticism of Israel is antisemitic hands a giant recruiting tool to antisemites. And we're seeing the consequences. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/18/o...

Millions are suffering from a heat wave that threatens public health and will greatly exacerbate drought and fire conditions. This isn’t a natural disaster—as a recent attribution study shows, Big Oil companies caused this extreme heat. They should be made to pay for these harms.

Another predictably good piece by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social on the danger of conflating Zionism and Jewishness. #Israel aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/american-j...

I wrote about how mainstream Jewish institutions are making a genuinely dangerous mistake. By conflating "Israel" and "Jews," these orgs are exposing American Jews to an antisemitic mass politics we haven’t had to worry about for a long time. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/american-j...

"There’s no crisis in the world that causes me as much existential anguish as this one, and yet I barely ever speak about it, post about it, write about it." @aaronregunberg.bsky.social writes about the experience of watching Hoppers with his animal-loving kid newrepublic.com/article/2078...

Important opinion piece in today’s Boston Globe by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/18/o...

New for @slate.com: our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social writes that Justice Alito's conflicts of interest go deeper than we knew in an upcoming case. Alito recently broke from precedent and failed to recuse when granting oil companies' petition against Boulder in a long-running climate liability suit...

“As the Allies understood when devising their denazification programs, America cannot afford to allow the sadists running this regime to slide back into positions of power from which to plot the next fascist takeover.” Accountability post-Trump, in @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2075...

"Democrats cannot be allowed to repeat their past mistakes. We must bring the architects of our current nightmare to justice—not in the name of the past, but in the name of the future." From @aaronregunberg.bsky.social: trib.al/ZjDVZ2e

I wrote about why, if we're lucky enough to have an opportunity to drive MAGA from power in 2026 and 2028, prosecuting these fascist motherfuckers is a necessary, not an optional, step towards rebuilding our democracy. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/defeating-...

Lieutenant governor candidate @sueanderbois.bsky.social receives endorsements from former state Rep. @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, former PVD City Councilwoman Helen Anthony, and City Council members @msanchezpvd.bsky.social and Justin Roias.

It's time for Democrats to show that criminals in the Trump regime will be punished. We need a Nuremberg Caucus. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Last fall I wrote about Alito's conflicts of interest re: Big Oil's push to get the Supreme Court to bail out their climate liability. Low and behold, Alito did not recuse himself, and the Supreme Court is taking up Big Oil's case. Explicit corruption. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/i-know-wha...

This better be every single fucking Democrat who shows up to the Reichstag speech next Tuesday.

We are living in a country run by literal Nazis and literal pedophiles who are literally working to make our planet uninhabitable. If they were demons sent from hell to destroy humanity and all that is good, I don’t think we’d know the difference. I mean, what the actual fuck.

Last night more than 150 of us, organized by @indivisibleri.bsky.social called on US senators @whitehouse.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov to vote no on DHS funding this week. The temp said 20 but felt much colder; we froze our asses off. But we still showed up. Reed has said he will vote no. /1

Trump miscalculated. The regime seems to have assumed that the American people are as devoid of humanity as they are. But they’re not. Americans are repulsed by what’s happening in Minneapolis. This could be Donald Trump’s Waterloo. Let’s press the attack. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/lets-make-...

There are, I think, millions of Americans who are not Democratic-leaning -- politically, culturally, socially -- who are recognizing that "This Is Like The GESTAPO - HITLER Did this Shit" and are willing to fight it. That's very bad news for the fascists.

Like it was foolish of Schindler to have that list.

What the fuck is this bullshit framing. There is an objective truth to this, filmed from 15 different angles. When known constant blatant liars blatantly lie about something viewable by anyone, and other people say the obvious truth, you don’t have to do a both sides thing.

We need to be clear that this regime is sending death squads to murder protestors. We also need to be clear that Dems voting to fund these death squads 100% have blood on their hands. Any Dem senator who votes for DHS funding is voting for more of these murders.

They have him on the ground, they’re already beating the shit out of him, and then they execute him at point blank range. These are Nazi death squads. Fuck Trump, fuck these fascist goons, and fuck every Dem who keeps voting to fund this evil.

This is simply untenable. No rational, functioning opposition party would actively step in to fund the primary enforcement mechanism of the authoritarian takeover they ostensibly oppose.

My honest best take on what's happening with ICE funding. I got it down to 10 points: 1) Trump/Miller/GOP want more ICE funding 2) Dem leadership doesn't want it but also doesn't see a way to stop it without focusing attention on it. 3) Dems consultants say focus on ICE is a political loser.

I'm so disgusted that Dems may vote to fund ICE. And at the same time I'm so inspired by the people of Minneapolis. All our elite institutions have failed, but among regular people there’s a tremendous amount of compassion and old-fashioned American moxie. It gives me hope for our democracy.

This by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social is again dead-on. "It would be terribly dispiriting to see Senate Democrats cede what is likely their last concrete opportunity this year to block the appropriations that are funding ICE’s horrific abuses."/1 #defundICE aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/will-senat...

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

Mussolini had his Blackshirts, Hitler had his SS, and Trump has ICE—an army of ideologically motivated chuds whose new members owe their employment not to the state (being unqualified for legitimate positions) but rather to Trump’s personal patronage. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/abolishing...

It is happening here. I wrote a few thoughts on how we should face that reality. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/it-is-happ...

Saying we shouldn't have a gestapo isn't a radical position. It's the only non-radical position.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

I wrote about the obscenity of the rightwing disinformation machine's efforts to exploit the tragic shooting at Brown. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/the-rightw...

It fucking kills me that none of these kids is going to get the mandatory mourning, the required moments of silence, the Ezra Klein eulogies, the massive federal government policy response, of the guy who said mass shootings are just the price you pay for freedom.

I wrote about how Tim Robinson's The Chair Company reflects our reality more than we like to admit. The world is lousy with Teccas -- forces that stand to profit when we "blast through a fucking chair." Maybe maladjustment to that isn't the worst thing. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/the-chair-...

⚠️ Arrest Mark Zuckerberg for Child Endangerment 📌 🚨 Shocking new revelations about Instagram in a lawsuit against social media companies should pave the way for an ambitious prosecutor to file criminal charges. ✍️ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Thank you @aaronregunberg.bsky.social for helping to expose the ways that #Zuckerberg and #Meta execs have enabled pedophiles to prey on minors and systematically damaged children's #mentalhealth. We need criminal prosecutions for these bastards. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/arrest-mar...

The allegations detailed in recent court filings against Meta indicate that its executives have recklessly endangered children. In many jurisdictions, that is a crime. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about why Mark Zuckerberg should be prosecuted accordingly. newrepublic.com/article/2036...