Everything doesn’t have to be strategic triangulation. They could just try standing for a few things and see where it gets them.

The boy loves an unwieldy stick 😂

@balint.house.gov It’s beyond time to impeach.

Admittedly, tariffs have not been top of my mind - too chaotic to keep track of - but didn’t he already impose high tariffs on the EU and everyone else like six months ago? Were those dropped or what’s the deal?

Maybe their pollsters are telling them that the kitchen table stuff plays well domestically, but internationally it’s really bad. The Dems have their own sordid history of military interventionism. They aren’t trusted and their muted criticism says more than they suspect 2/x

Establishment Dems responding to the threatened annexation of Greenland by messaging about cost of living issues really don’t understand that to Europeans it looks like they either don’t see this as a crisis or are tacitly in favor of it. 1/x

Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.

The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3

This is why I think smaller protests against individual members will be much more effective than generalized anti-🤡 protests. It’s also why I think online shaming of Democrats is so important right now. People are ASSUMING (incorrectly) that Dems want to impeach. Drag them into the light!

This is a fascinating read from @ashendruk.com - well worth a moment of your time. How connected is this with the free market thinking of Friedman and co. or would it be spun the other way and government would be to blame? Inequality seems a big factor here. #EconSky www.not-ship.com/america-isnt...

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

Hamilton Nolan is probably my favorite writer about these times.

“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?” 1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore. 2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions. 3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

Perhaps more importantly, grocery prices are up 30% since the start of the pandemic. That cumulative inflation is a big part of why things feel so expensive. #NumbersDay

The Winooski. I remember liking this prompt on twitter too.

🥗 USDA's War on the Hungry Targets Minnesota #SNAPMatters open.substack.com/pub/makethem...

The derisive tone when the right says “poet” in relation to Renee Good is pretty telling of the world of ugliness they wish to live in.

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

Vermont’s own Peter Welch, propping up the murderous trump regime - again. What the absolute fuck.

Why is no one talking about insisting they can't detain anyone at all without a warrant signed by a judge? Why are they not requiring that every person detained be allowed to see counsel IMMEDIATELY and also be in contact with their family?

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

The bot/troll army on here doing ICE propaganda under every post about Renee Good is unsettling.

"the MAGA gestapo are out in force so we're cancelling school to keep our kids & communities safe" is a fucking bleak reality

my friend @manzirae.bsky.social's not online cousin is out in minneapolis right now, and sent this image of a makeshift memorial from the site of the protest

Surreal seeing Trump sweat over the possibility of impeachment, and implore Republicans to win/cheat in the midterms not for any legislative agenda but to avoid getting impeached, while leading Democrats go "oh no, not that" when asked about impeachment in the face egregiously impeachable offenses.

Anyone not actively involved in impeaching and no other activity should just resign. There is no government until he is gone. Pretending otherwise props up him, not government.

The guy who argued against mohsen madawi’s release? REALLY?

They renamed DOD the Department of WAR. They have been transparent about their intentions.

Actual doomers are anyone saying that “we can’t do anything to stop fascism we didn’t win the vote” The online Democrats repeatedly making the claim that they “can’t do anything to stop fascism because they didn’t win” are the most dangerous doomers online as they are sowing despair and helplessness

One of the only members of Congress to take Elliott Abrams to task was Ilhan Omar, which is part of the reason you’re seeing a coordinated attack on her and on Somali-Americans and an attempt to oust her from office. Clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EGr...

The idea that they successfully kidnapped Maduro is so insane that my brain has trouble accepting it. But it really seems like they did. That is so so fucking bad, on so many levels.

If Congress extends ACA subsidies after the usual open enrollment period ends, is there any chance State marketplaces can/will offer an additional open enrollment window for people* who lost coverage? (*I’m one of the officially uninsured as of yesterday) @charlesgaba.com, maybe you know?

In the timeline cleanse category. 🌿💚

Another brilliant book. I might end the year with this one. I might start it over again.

Yes but too often it’s a form of intellectual nostalgia to speak of parties at all. Example: the US has a wholly criminal enterprise - a ruthless, sadistic cartel of sociopaths looting and shooting up the country - that has masqueraded as a political party for over half a century… but no, it’s not.

Bluesky is quickly losing its sheen. So many trolls - different than twitter trolls - but still feels like they’re an op.

Fifty years after making Burlington his home, British author Tim Brookes examines what drew him to the city and what it means to leave. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

We have these great neighbors who we love - who throw parties all the time. They are late middle age - like us. Halloween, Thanksgiving, several times during the summer. New Year’s Eve invite came yesterday. I just can’t imagine! So much work! So many people! How? Why? Just a crazy concept to me.

Winter Bird Count at my feeders yesterday: 12 dark-eyed juncos 2 downy woodpeckers 1 hairy woodpecker 2 tufted titmouses 1 red-breasted nuthatch 1 white-breasted nuthatch 47 mourning doves 15 chickadees 13 blue jays 1 goldfinch 0 surprises #birds #winterbirdcount #vt

Congress has a duty, cause, and crimes to impeach. A politician who tries to convince otherwise should be deeply scrutinized, for to mislead - to outright lie to - the public about matters so grave suggests complicity & a cover-up in favor of a felonious tyrant and transnational criminal network.

Oh my god this book.

The kerning with these fucking people.

The sunrise was such a show this morning. First photo was 6:53am, the second was 7:22am. And the moon! 🌙

Ursula Le Guin and cat

Vermont is one of four hotpsots nationwide, with est 1 in 39 people actively infectious.

It's a small thing, barely a footnote in an incredible career, but I just remember the feeling I got when seeing him pop up in The Bear this year. It's Rob Reiner! Just that little flutter of delight at seeing this brilliant man in this show I love. And he's great in it.

I swear to god if even one single word comes out of his mouth about Rob Reiner…

We lost Reiner tonight, but through his art he became truly immortal. People will never stop asking Mandy to say that line because Reiner created something beautiful that will never die. It is a gift we'll never lose.