Banana Republicans

Proud of the elected leaders of my hometown of Chicago and my home state of Illinois in their clear, principled, and forceful opposition to the invasion of Chicago and Cook County by Trump's ICE thugs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTn-...

In the introduction to this 2022 book, I wrote: "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we find ourselves in the United States in an insecurity regime in which the state aims not to provide security but to produce and perpetuate insecurity." Chicago testifies to that today.

Banana Republicans

When will Democrats begin calling their opponents and their party what they are? "Banana Republicans." #bananarepublicans

In talking about Hamas disarmament and Palestinian demilitarization to this new Middle East peace plan, Netanyahu repeats the "we can do it the easy way or we can do it the hard way" phrase used recently by FCC chair Brendon Carr about ABC firing Jimmy Kimmel. This is a complete tell.

just gonna have to keep saying, in company of so many others: we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Also I intensely dislike the no tiebreaker game system.

White supremacism is the affective core of MAGA fascism.

AI capitalism run amok.

I haven't seen much talk about why ICE has focused their assault on Broadview, a Chicago suburb, rather than the city itself. The fact that Broadview's mayor, Katrina Thompson, is a black woman surely figures centrally into their decision-making.

This. AI capitalism run amok.

We need to make white supremacism front and center in talking about the current moment and its affective core—it’s not only free speech that is a greater crisis for Black Americans but other social, political, and legal rights as well

What a great model for Democrats at the 2026 State of the Union.

Let’s be straight. This is what Comey should have been indicted for. fivethirtyeight.com/features/the...

Most likely this is related to the impending government shutdown, which would start the next day. Can you say declaration of martial law? wapo.st/4nidndf

This is fascism #fuckfascism

This is not business as usual. This is prefatory to global domination.

Schumer and Jeffries: vying to see who can take the lead in the race for biggest beta cuck among Democratic "leadership."

Jimmy Kimmel’s return proves that free speech can still win. But as a government shutdown nears, Democrats are letting Trump and the GOP escape blame. Read why both fights matter—and why clarity and courage are needed now. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

This is fascism

Crush ICE

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

My worry is that teammates and management support this. Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is a big financial supporter of Kirk and Turning Point.

Brutal

Murphy is right on here. More of this, please!

Probably a coincidence that Hegseth puts out a new edict restricting Pentagon reporters from gathering military info and reporting it right as the Trump admin launches their campaign to start blowing up boats.

The media is struggling with how to define RFK and his ilk. Vaccine skeptics seems wrong. They aren’t skeptical about vaccines, they are opposed to them. I suggest we start calling them ANTIVA!

Schumer may be Trump's #1 beta cuck

Blame it on the Schumer Boomers

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Yes, Virginia, Israel is a terrorist state

Blame it on the Schumer Boomers

Blame it on the Schumer Boomers.

This has to stop. But how? What can be done? The 2026 midterms will be too late—if they happen at all.

The US is in full fascism mode right now.

I'm pretty much constantly unsettled--when I'm not angry or depressed. I bet you are too. We need to talk with each other about what fascism feels like, for our mental, physical, and collective health. We can't just live our lives as usual, but we need to be able to do that as well. #fuckfascism

This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean. Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified. No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing. President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n

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I'm pretty much constantly unsettled--when I'm not angry or depressed. I bet you are too. We need to talk with each other about what fascism feels like, for our mental, physical, and collective health. We can't just live our lives as usual, but we need to be able to do that as well. #fuckfascism

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

The US is in full fascism mode right now.