We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities. Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.

Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?

Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:

I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.

"his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy" Beyond parody. And utterly disgusting.

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Tom is not only unwilling to acknowledge the political realignment due to the civil rights movement, he actively mocks people for bringing it up. He’s just using “the leftward drift” to excuse his own moral failings.

Quaint notion to think that there is anybody, himself included, who could respect Mike Johnson.

The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.

Even if people had policy preferences, the problem seems that the media sees themselves like cultural anthropologists of the right. They are scared to provide any information that might cause the opinions of Trump voters more informed lest they bias the results.

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

All the latest on Trump’s efforts to invade Portland & Chicago, the gov’t shutdown & our own lawsuit against the administration for lying to the courts about Judge James Boasberg! With @lizdye.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’ I have been forced to move my classes online. If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

Historian Thomas Zimmer has left academia, Substack, and the US; now he’s launching his new career as an indie writer with a newsletter about “the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America”. Recommended! [steady.page]

Really psyched to see that @thomaszimmer.bsky.social has launched this full-time newsletter! He's essential reading for understanding our slide into authoritarianism. I just subscribed!

Dear @thomaszimmer.bsky.social we wish you a warm welcome to Steady. Your work is extremely important and we are more than happy to be on this journey together with you. Onwards and upwards!

Historian Thomas Zimmer has been one of the most clear-eyed observers and analysts of US political culture and the global far right over the past 5+ years. He's left Substack and started over at a new site that is NOT a Nazi bar. I encourage you to check out what he's doing there.

Thomas is a terrific independent historian — please take a look!

My friend @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is deservedly revered for his magisterial, in-depth analyses of the crisis of American democracy. Please subscribe to his relaunched newsletter Democracy Americana over on Steady and support his important work!

For those looking for a way to support (and consume) excellent work that genuinely contributes to the conversation, consider tossing a few bucks Thomas' way.

PSA: if you’re in the metro and it’s standing room only, take off your fucking backpack. This shouldn’t be hard.

It's sobering, in its way, to realize that there was truly nobody (save, perhaps, his children) who knew him that loved him as a man. He made himself into content, and he died as content, and his funeral is the most content of all. Soundbites to soundbites, bits to bits

This week's takeover update from @maustermuhle.bsky.social: So...... what happens now? Also: 🚁 That helicopter you've been hearing might be CBP 🚔 Has Congress been stiffing D.C. on police costs?

“All opposing forces seem as though vanished from the face of the earth. It is this utter collapse of powers only recently present, no, their complete disappearance … that I find so staggering.” Victor Klemperer, 1933

New rules for naturalization.. read this

Remember when the hot debate was about what a slippery slope we’d create if Simon & Schuster cancelled one Nazi’s book deal?

I truly don’t think the general public comprehends how all in on Trump the tech oligarchs are… Bro’s want more!

I had a great conversation with @lincolnsquare.media about where we are today: About political violence and the Right’s desire for escalation. But also about how we got here: About the recent history of the GOP and the rise of Trumpism. And, finally, about where America might go from here:

Trump’s threatening a national emergency if DC’s mayor doesn’t comply with ICE agents striping people from their homes and separating families. He’s dead set on trying to turn our nation's capital into a political battlefield but we refuse to let it happen. It's time to Free DC.

Today 31 Democrats chose to side with Donald Trump over DC. We did not ask for this. It will not make us safer. And fueling this fascist president's agenda is dangerous for our entire country. (🧵)

Democrats! Fuck me. Say what you will about the tenets of National Trumpism, at least it's an ethos.

Esri and Space42 Join to Launch "Map Africa Initiative" Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent www.esri.com/about/newsro...

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

People of DC, actual question: Someone will run against Eleanor Holmes Norton, as (non-voting) DC representative next year. Right?

Sunday reading: The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests. This week’s piece:

We've got Gavin Newsom et al. eulogizing a version Charlie Kirk who did not exist, Trump et al. blaming his death on leftist violence that didnt happen, and the entire media apparatus denouncing Dems for dancing on his grave, something no Dems are doing. Has The Discourse ever felt more unmoored?

I told you so

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Thus continues my story from last night: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-in-dis...

“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics... All of this. All. Of. It.

Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous. I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them. 🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...