The storied Washington National Opera decides to leave the Kennedy Center where it has played since 1971, perhaps the most significant artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the facility in his image and attach his name to it. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

Continually sickened by the misogyny and homophobia that runs through this whole affair--from the words of her murderer to the many attempts by conservatives to devalue her life since

10 years ago “Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border”

Because they would always rather have a Republican’s approval than a constituents.

This is really it.

This is for anyone who thinks they don't need to at least practice due diligence that output from an LLM is not copyright infringement or (obvious) plagiarism. (I contend it should be understood as both, even when the emitted text is not near-verbatim, because the mechanism is identical.)

Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?

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NEW: 400+ civil rights groups and unions just joined our demand that Congress refuse funds for ICE and rein in their behavior. Masked federal agents are endangering our communities and putting lives at risk. Our leaders must act now and defend us from this lawless violence.

Authoritarians lie as a loyalty test. They don’t care about actual belief, just that their lemmings are willing to prostrate themselves before the great leaders provably false claims.

Judging by the quality of my hate mail, the literacy crisis is real. Also, there’s nothing more tiring than being called a coward by people who issue threats while hiding behind anonymity. I’m not scared but you clearly are.

American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.

Ending the Avelo contract with DHS also a big win. And a place where, as with many fights against logistical networks, local action against a national or international problem can be surprisingly effective. New Haven is its biggest airport! And they got the mayor against the airline.

I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

Ahmari is a fascist. His entire project is aimed at creating a red-brown alliance.

I have a draft op-ed on ICE’s threat to public health. Anyone have suggestions or ideas for the best outlets to target? Would love suggestions!

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And because you are human and not perfect, they will find something. And because you are human and have a personality, a soul, are different in some way, have lived life, have interacted with many different people, they will find something.

They will pick apart your life and find anything and everything to justify the violence they enacted against you.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Last week, Rep. Jamie Raskin told reporters that it would have been “devastating” for Trump if the public heard the extent of Smith’s testimony. trib.al/pzHY3Kl

Again, it should surprise no one, AOC is the best voice in America on a critical issue.

My friend and colleague @michellesphelps.bsky.social explains how the history of community organization prepares Minneapolis for this moment. @newrepublic.com

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is very, very good; I've been recommending it widely The aspect of it that prob affected me most was something I didn't anticipate: the way the parents aspired to be good parents, & saw in themselves the way that homelessness took that away from them, & were hurt by that

This is brilliant public sociology from @michellesphelps.bsky.social on how the tragedy of Georgy Floyd’s murder led Minneapolis organizers prepared for violence from ICE @newrepublic.com

Excellent 🧵, especially the subsequent posts:

This looks like an excellent read.

I wrote about the proliferation of nonconsentual and child pornography on Elon Musk’s X, and the way AI has accelerated the use of porn to push women out of the public sphere.

Contemplating responding to hate mail sent from a work address and CC’ing the boss.

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I agree. My OP was poorly worded. I think he will claim he thought she was a threat, and when he does I think it makes sense to ask if the cell phone use affected his judgment. But I also also don’t think it was reasonable for him to conclude that she was a threat.

If I'm not mistaken, this means that @jamellebouie.net has won the major public engagement prizes from APSA and AHA within a six-month period! And he more than deserves them both! Mazel tov to Jamelle!

Republicans: We are legally allowed to murder you. Democrats: Like hell you are. The Media: Language!

This pretty much sums up the “civility” debate. The guys calling for civility regularly excuse incredible harms. They just do want to be yelled at for it.

On the real tho, you’d be stupid to not want to attend this. Any student is lucky to get Mehdi in their classroom 🤘🏻 I don’t just say this as a friend and now employee; he spoke to one of my UC classes I think by now years ago, he was fantastic. freebeacon.com/campus/georg...

I’ve been struck by this, too: the tremendous bravery and commitment to justice shown by those who confront ICE, at real risk of violence.

better late than never I guess bsky.app/profile/kevi...

We are at the moment when fossilized, comfortable politicians don't know what the fuck to do, even those who, as children, heard stories of their ancestors' abuse by state-sanctioned violence.

gotta hear both sides with respect to shooting poets in the head

Flytrap cofounder @katelynburns.com is on FIRE with this piece!

This is not hard if you have even a nominal moral or strategic compass.

Laughing at all the people saying shit like we should get rid of the few bad apples in the ethnic cleansing operation

One of the worst traits of some posters is just refusing to take the loss and walk away from the keyboard. Just say you were wrong and keep it moving.

It just makes it easy to think the problem is just "Trump" and if he would go away everything would be fine.

Folks will be out there saying they Trump's MRI doesn't show a "racist bone." Meanwhile,

Some great comments on this post.

This is indeed very dumb. Look at the way in which he exercises his power, and you see extreme nationalism, pleasure in violence and cruelty, racism, xenophobia, sharp distinctions between friends and enemies, and a desire to dominate enemies. This is what fascists do and what they are.

You are comically out of place with this. Even committed Klan members have strategically adopted less overtly racist language for short term political gain and recruitment. You really don’t understand what you are talking about. Ideologies are flexible or they don’t work.

Yes. I feel the same when people say Constitutional sheriffs "enforce only laws they like." It's got nothing to do with their personal preference. It's a white supremacy ideology.