Interesting breakdown.

This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

okay, but hear me out: What if we put health insurance *on the blockchain?*

Is cultural bankruptcy a term yet? www.thedailybeast.com/the-no-1-cou...

Gorgeous prose from Brendilou Armstrong, latest in a series of stories by new writers reported for a @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social course on documenting small corners of the Trumpocene. (Detail from photo by Matt Black, Armstrong's inspiration.) callingallsyllables.substack.com/p/desperate-...

What Russia does to Ukrainians:

Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year

Let the record show that President Donald Trump issued mass preemptive pardons to those involved in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election five years to the day since the Four Seasons Landscaping debacle in Philadelphia.

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

These appalling pardons a good reminder just how guilty these SOBs were of trying to overturn a democratic election, and how much exposure all of these insurrectionists had. Oh, and what a colossal failure the Biden administration was in holding people to account www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

We are teaching a groundbreaking class at USC titled “Bridging the Media Gap Between L.A. Influencers and Independent Journalists” trying to create a new style of ethical hybrid reporting that will usher in this brave new era of journalism. A letter from our editor: lataco.com/usc-class-la...

Federal agents have repeatedly terrorized rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport. https://bit.ly/3WDceBB

As a 47-year-old I can confirm that while I like Fleetwood Mac, it's been quite surprising to see how much younger generations have taken to them, given that when I was a kid there was literally a big hit record about how Fleetwood Mac were shit music for old people.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

The DC grand jury refusing to indict on a felony and the petit jury finding him not guilty is a great example of why people in power have tried so hard for so many decades to prevent cases from getting to juries. It's one of the most important, basic forms of democracy.

I hope the Sandwich Guy cash is in big. Merch, appearances, etc. (Recall the UNC frat bros who "saved" the flag from touching the ground managed to raise freaking $500K, and I think got a speaking slot at the RNC, or some similar cult gathering)

Airlines are conveniently using the FAA cuts to trim all kinds of un-profitable flights

The timeline right now. Find the country trying to run itself into the ground

Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The fact that "the narrative"shifted so dramatically overnight shows the uselessness of a narrative driven by a media complex with no interest in reflecting reality. It was convenient for bootlicking outlets to construct a narrative of trumpist mandate after a squeaker election in 2024

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

"Yes, it might seem technically intimidating. But it is, truly, not that profound. Unless you’re mainlining the intoxicating stream of hype being spewed by visionary tech marketers like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei..." @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...

dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Today, Trump’s lawyers will appear before the Supreme Court to argue that tariff powers entrusted by the framers to Congress should be in his sole possession and control, so he can maniacally wield them like a cudgel to extort and torment, moving markets to enrich his friends.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

"Trump now walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy, and bloodshed woven by Cheney. "

Where America stands, one year after the election. A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet. New piece:

This happens to be the exact topic I am speaking about on Thursday at SMU blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

@mgraber1.bsky.social reviews Justice Barrett’s book: “By presenting judging as a realm of pure law, insulated from politics, the justices offer a picture so implausible that it makes the opposite claim—that judging is nothing but politics—more credible.”

Essential read

Looking forward to this amazing "Third Rail Series: What are the Limits of Presidential Power?" at SMU this Thurs. I'll be talking about emergency powers and extraterritorial killing during the presidencies of GW Bush and Obama. Incredible line up of other participants! blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...

What is the tipping point?

Indelible masterpiece

"unprivileged belligerents,” one of these phrases that enter the usage lexicon of garbage law-shredding regimes, like Bush administration's abuse of "unlawful combatants"

We need to talk about Sudan. After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale. There is so much blood it can be seen from space.

We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

When "the fundamentals" of the country have curdled

Random distraction: Interesting short video about the department store Belk. Of note in the beginning: the founder's father was drowned by Sherman. The closest Belk is in Suffolk.

Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Gets Into Another Car Accident After Playing Dress Up at Home Depot. They Took More Than 20 Today, Including Two Flower Vendors 🧵✌🏽Parts @el_tragon_de_LA

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

There’s a Hegelian dialectic to be written about how people want humanoid robots so they can be masters and LLMs so they can compel their slaves to recognize them

If you missed any of the events on the Copaganda book tour, this great video of the Milwaukee event just went live. Thanks so much to all the amazing people I met in Wisconsin and beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJl...

"Integrity in proceedings" that started with the moron King waving around a Photoshopped image of fake tattoos on Abrego's knuckles