Join me on Substack Live today at 3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT for an interview with @thelisagraves.bsky.social , one of the nation’s foremost experts on the billionaire-backed, reactionary capture of the Roberts Court. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

We are well into a war of Southern aggression — a neo-Confederate project to remake the entire country in its own image and win the war the South never conceded. At @contrariannews.org contrarian.substack.com/p/the-war-of...

Some great insights on why Taylor Rehmet won in Texas (hint: it wasn't "moderation") and much more in this chat with @gelliottmorris.com www.weekendreading.net/p/g-elliott-...

Today's Amicus (and the piece it covers) should be required listening/reading for anyone still messaging "no one is above the law" or reflexively wound up that what the Trump regime is doing is "illegal! or "unconstitutional!" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

1/ Let’s consider the actions of the Trump regime that make no sense if the objective is winning elections, but make all the sense in the world if the objective is the MAGA reconstruction of the rest of America. J6 pardons? Of course; if the election really had been stolen, they’d be patriots.

There is a geographically distinct “nation” within the American nation—the Neo-Confederate States—that refuses to accept the legitimacy of the US as a pluralistic democracy. The invasion of Minnesota is the latest maneuver in that nation’s efforts to “reconstruct” the North by force.

We can't think for a second that this won't happen in another American city, or that this will all go away when Trump does or the media moves on. "Meeting the Moment" with @anatosaurus.bsky.social www.weekendreading.net/p/the-maga-r...

Once again join @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social today @ 1pm EST on Substack Live for Meeting the Moment!

among other things, a useful way to explain why the Trumpists and their allied judges just pretend the 14th and 15th amendments aren't real

Today’s crises come into focus once we understand that we are well into a war of Southern aggression—a neo-Confederate project to remake the entire country in its own image and win the war the South never conceded. www.weekendreading.net/p/the-war-of...

MAGA is not here to win elections but rather to carry out the agenda the Confederacy never abandoned. We cannot apply the logic of "electoralism" to their actions, nor to any hopes of a successful resistance. Must read: www.weekendreading.net/p/the-war-of...

New post: The brutal invasion of Minnesota is the most recent maneuver in the MAGA military "reconstruction" of the North—a coordinated assault on not just the idea of liberal democracy, but on those living in states who still strive for it.

The nucleus of the repression is MN because it's "real America" and "the heartland" yet repudiates all that MAGA alleges. The nucleus of the resistance is MN because "treat others as you wish to be treated" has genuinely been far more than a slogan for leaders there.

Join the ICE out of Minnesota Day of Truth and Freedom, Friday January 23rd #ICEOUTMN #ICEOUT #BraveOfUS @anatosaurus.bsky.social @mikepod.bsky.social

On general strikes and year one of Trump 2.0 with @anatosaurus.bsky.social www.weekendreading.net/p/minnesota-...

Great thread on what we discussed here: www.weekendreading.net/p/the-bigger...

"Yet through tear gas, harassment, & assault, everyday Minnesotans are demonstrating how we free ourselves by organizing mutual aid...& calling for a general strike until ICE is removed from our communities." @anatosaurus.bsky.social @mikepod.bsky.social 1/20 Walkout 1/23 MN General Strike

"Even as he asserted that 'no one is above the law,' Roberts placed Trump above the law in almost every meaningful way." For the January 6th anniversary, @thelisagraves.bsky.social revisited John Roberts's counter-constitutional immunity ruling: www.graveinjustice.news/p/john-rober...

Minnesotans are reeling from compounded trauma & grief - from the murder of George Floyd to the assassination of Melissa Hortman to the unrelenting assaults & lies of this regime. And still they rise, always for Good.

I spoke with @anatosaurus.bsky.social yesterday about how to talk about Minnesota, Venezuela, and more: www.weekendreading.net/p/minnesota-...

Exactly! I wrote about this here: www.weekendreading.net/p/the-courts...

It's a dangerous mistake to see the Epstein files vote as a sign Trump is getting weaker. The real power center is not Trump—it's the oligarchs who ensured his return to power and continue to support him. The Epstein files are of no moment to most of them. More here:

Join us again today at 1pm ET for Meeting with Moment on Substack Live with @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social!

My big takeaway from last week's election, as I told @perrybaconjr.bsky.social , is that this should be an accountability election not just for MAGA, but for the commentariat that keeps telling us the wrong thing about what’s going on in America. www.weekendreading.net/p/election-d...

Join me live with Esosa Osa of Onyx Impact at 2:30 pm ET! We'll talk about their new report (blackoutreport.org/report/?utm_...) showing over 15,000 instances of the Trump regime suppressing info about Black history, health, education, and economic opportunity. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Unpacking last night's election results and more, with @anatosaurus.bsky.social www.weekendreading.net/p/why-democr...

Mamdani is a Magnetist. And last night showed the credulity chasm is closing. www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

Tune in at 1pm! We'll talk about last night's election results, what they mean, and what's next, and take your questions.

“Stop conferring symmetry where there is none. Stop calling capture “jurisprudence.” Stop laundering tyranny as “the [ #SCOTUS] decisions.” Name shadowcasters, not the shadows. Then act as if the govt belongs to the people who live under it—because if we don’t, it never will.” @mikepod.bsky.social 🔥

1️⃣ Calling This Court “Supreme” Is Obeying in Advance When will legal and media elites stop passing off tyranny in robes as the rule of law? Why “Supreme Court Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act,” when it should be “Republican Justices Appear Poised to Entrench Republican House Control"?

Join me at 1pm ET on Substack Live for an interview with Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman to discuss his essential work on the Constitution and the Supreme Court. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Join @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social again today @ 1pm ET for Meeting the Moment on Substack! Live stream here:

The Roberts Court could use this case to rig Congress in Republicans' favor for at least a generation: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

Join me and @anatosaurus.bsky.social at 1pm today! We'll discuss the new Roberts Court term and Anat's vital new piece about why "Pollingism" has failed Democrats and voters (www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...) open.substack.com/live-stream/...

This is a long, thoughtful, and brilliant post about how to understand political campaigning & strategy from one of the progressive left's most brilliant thinkers and practitioners @anatosaurus.bsky.social. Read it and listen to her: Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

ICYMI, a tour de force guest post at Weekend Reading by @anatosaurus.bsky.social www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]" www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

Please join me on Substack Live today at 2pm ET with @thelisagraves.bsky.social. Her must-read new book "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights" breaks much new ground on how we got here. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Please join me on Substack Live today at 2pm ET with @thelisagraves.bsky.social. Her must-read new book "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights" breaks much new ground on how we got here. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

New at Weekend Reading: What the Kimmel dust-up tells us about the demise of free speech. This incident felt like state censorship—but Kimmel’s suspension and un-suspension were both business decisions. And we almost never notice or object to the ways that censorship has been privatized. 🧵

It’s no accident that authoritarians like Trump attack both public education and the labor movement. Great chat with @rweingarten.bsky.social on why fascists fear teachers: www.weekendreading.net/p/randi-wein...

Today @ 1pm ET - join @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social on Substack Live. Join the live chat here:

A geeky deep-dive on opinion research and message testing with @farrahbostic.bsky.social www.weekendreading.net/p/how-to-fix...

And remember: it’s not just corporations, it’s wealth however packaged that drives politics — — unless effectively constrained by law as made by and for ordinary people, not just the wealthy or the elite

New at Weekend Reading: John Dewey warned us: big business casts the shadow we call politics. Today, we ignore the shadow-casters, construing their shadows—politicians and their campaigns—to be the whole story. www.weekendreading.net/p/shadows-an...

Join me on Substack Live at 1pm ET with @farrahbostic.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Get this in your brain. Listening to it for the second time and it just keeps hitting harder. I’m going to pull some clips of @mikepod.bsky.social and @anatosaurus.bsky.social don’t mind.

This was such a rich and wide-ranging conversation with @ositanwanevu.com about his essential new book—what democracy means, how to make it real, and how to bring back the lost understanding of “economic democracy.” www.weekendreading.net/p/osita-nwan...

"No dollars for dictatorship." @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social this week on Substack Live.