There is perhaps nothing that makes me feel worse about the prospects of pluralistic democracy than reading posts on NextDoor.

An interesting representation of the L.A. protests found on /r/LosAngeles - the purple dot represents the areas of L.A. that the national guard came in to "save." Provocation is the point. www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles...

lawandcrime.com/high-profile... It's just such a "strange coincidence" that all the auditors and institutional transparency mechanisms are being dismantled. If only there were some inferences we could draw from this?

This is trolling-qua-diplomacy. I get the sense there are some folks for whom "owning the libs" is the pinnacle of political philosophy, but I just feel shame, embarrassment, and pity for the folks who this either either strong or wise.

One of the key questions I am tracking is how long it will take for detailed information about the chaos and cruelty of the DJT administration to filter down to the low-engagement populace. Can the signal cut through the noise? www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...

It feels oddly fitting that one of the big pushes of the new administration is to claim they came up with something that already exists and somehow make it worse in every way. www.usaspending.gov