We have become a nation that refuses to see that life, reality, and the world we actually live in are not played out as right or wrong, left or right, black or white; it’s not even gray. See more: substack.com/profile/2387...

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

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Do you still think Civil War isn't the goal?

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com

FYI, authors, it’s going to take me longer to edit your 300-page AI-generated book than it did for you to “write” it using AI. #writing #writers #editing #proofreading #books #AI

The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize. “What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? - Ebenezer Scrooge (Charles Dickens) youtube.com/shorts/BlfeP...

Interesting article on DC crime. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Silence doesn't mean you agree with them, but it might leave them thinking you do.

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

Republicans know exactly what the BBB does and who's paying attention. They don't care because they don't have to. If history tells us anything it may be years even decades before their cult members start questioning the lies they are being told, let alone be willing to do anything about it.

Meanwhile the Russian foreign ministry is bleating about 'international law' in Iran

Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S. www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g...

Truth.

Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."

Parents, educators, and students are united in the fight to protect our public schools. Join me in East St. Louis tomorrow for a public education town hall. It’s time to make our voices heard. forms.gle/H97GGtnYCx5S...

Make your opinion on this heard. You have 2 days to do so. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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Tom Homan on ABC does not deny that the administration's position is they have a right to grab people off the street and deport them without a hearing

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

One more week of class, Recipe Editing 101 with Melissa Haskin.

Why does a 22-year-old have access to private social security data? www.npr.org/2025/03/26/n...

We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.

The constitutional crisis is here and republicans in Congress are all in. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a Christian nationalist coup (continuation of Jan 6) reshaping our judiciary & government to then reshape American culture. The goal? A Christian version of Saudi Arabia, where religious extremism merges with corporate power to control policy, wealth, and society apnews.com/article/trum...

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Tell your friends because the author isn't allowed to right now. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #booksky

We went from "I will end inflation and drive down prices on day 1" to "this recession isn't my fault" in 49 days.

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I have never been more ashamed to be an American.

Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

Unbelievable...

Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there