Always love a good typo once in a while to remind students (and myself) that even seasoned writers make mistakes

Wrote a piece for @slate.com on how our theories of partisan polarization gave the SCOTUS majority more intellectual cover to kill the VRA slate.com/news-and-pol...

If you haven't already, check out Ann Hermes's photography project on documenting local newsrooms. There's a great article covering her work in the AP today, but here is the link to the photographs themselves. www.annhermesphoto.com/newsrooms

It’s as if a whole industry has a punchable face

ICE’s tactics aren’t new. Years ago, sheriff Joe Arpaio turned Arizona into a testing ground for aggressive immigration enforcement including mass detentions, racial profiling and tent jails. Much of it was later ruled unconstitutional.

Here is my latest writing for @theconversation.com, where I talk about the legacy of Joe Arpaio, notably his building Tent City and the case of Melendres v. Arpaio, and the parallels to ICE and CBP's use of racial profiling and inhumane detention. theconversation.com/ices-heavy-h...

Excited to share my latest work for the amazing folks @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social. I wrote about Methodist priest and ACLU leader Rev. Aaron Allen Heist, who took on the anti-Japanese movement in Santa Maria, California during WWII. Check it out! www.zocalopublicsquare.org/preacher-imm...

An amazing read on labor politics in publishing. Not only does it give readers a rare glimpse into the workings of a major periodical, but also offers a striking account of the struggles that journalists are facing as workers at a time when cutbacks have sadly become a norm.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

Newspaper covers from around U.S. on No Kings protests. Many papers did a good job of putting massive protests front & center. Others completely ignored on page 1. @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social. Strong coverage: NYT, LAT, WaPo, MN Star-Tribune, NYDN, Philly Inquirer, LA La Opinión, NY El Diario.

C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: "Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer"

Huell Howser’s show had many gems, but this one is hands down among the top 5

Excuse me while I take my dog Boss Tweed to get his kibble from Tammany Hall

Another banger of a piece

"The people of the Twin Cities" are the winners of the prestigious 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

Happy to share my latest article for the good folks @newrepublic.com, where I tackle recent shakeups in American journalism and highlight my ongoing teaching on the history of American journalism and the rise of disinformation. newrepublic.com/article/2075...

The Allies

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Whoops, said the unconstitutional part out loud.

Something I talk about a lot with my students regarding disinformation: an overreliance on social media that keeps you focused on a massive amount of content policed by one of the biggest monopolies in US history. And as Matt says, social media is not free; you lose your time.

This is not the best part of the firing, but it’s in the Top 10.

As a reminder, Trump showed up to Puerto Rico - part of the U.S. - after Hurricane Maria in 2017, and his idea of emergency response was throwing paper towels to the crowd.

Unsurprisingly, a very Putin-esque way of launching a war that will lead to years of pointless bloodshed.

Trump has launched an illegal regime change war. As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions and push the region further into chaos. When we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction.

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

The century of humiliation continues

My latest for @newrepublic.com. Check it out!

I wrote about ways to bridge the gap between the national party and the civil resistance. newrepublic.com/post/206262/...

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

Good time to put the money where the mouth is, as the saying goes. Given how elites like Bezos have treated publications like the Post (and other legacy publications) as toys, rich liberals who like the Post and want to do something can actually do something about it instead of waiting.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE. Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.

Spot on. Swapping Bovino with Homan won’t change a thing and is just a distraction.

At Sacramento, great speeches in front of the State Capitol this morning by reps of Central California Environmental Justice Network in support of farm workers’ rights.

Now would be an interesting moment to investigate Defense Technology’s shareholders

Our 3-person jam session on the National Security Strategy, with Álvaro Guzmán Bastida & me in the rhythm section, & Greg Grandin on lead guitar, is up at @jacobinmag.bsky.social. "Latin America never had the luxury of believing the fight against fascism ended in 1945." jacobin.com/2026/01/gran...

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

About a year ago, a friend sent me this LA Times cartoon from 1968 by Paul Conrad. Then Conrad was criticizing HUAC’s threat of detaining US citizens accused of terrorism under Title II of the McCarran Internal Security Act. Title II was repealed in 1971, but the image still rings true today.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

When teaching the history of this administration, I think the murders of Pretti and Good (among others) will share some parallels with the murders of the 60s, notably Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. All were unjustly murdered for defending the rights of others.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

This is why ICE can no longer exists. While it was inherently flawed from its beginning - part of the erosion of civil liberties during the Bush years - now it has become a tool to suppress dissent.

This.

The UK, Canada and Australia are considering banning X. And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.

Tonight Minnesotans stood together to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good.

The ICE agent who killed Renee Good has been identified www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

This needs to be a priority for the next administration. The murder of Renee Good proves that ICE is a threat to public safety.

Wrote for @discourseblog.com about why it's important that we call what Trump has done in Venezuela by its proper name—a coup—and why (surprise surprise) our major media outlets have universally failed to do so www.discourseblog.com/p/the-word-f...