legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I know it feels almost impotent to be making calls at a time like this, but we have to use every available method possible. Flood those phone lines! www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... Minneapolis shooting today: Federal agents fatally shoot man

I’m out here in Los Angeles, where hundreds have gathered in response to the ICE execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Chants and speeches underway here outside the Federal Building in DTLA. Working multiple cameras today so posts may be sparse

It's also about convincing you that they impose reality and that they are the final arbiters of truth. Hence the importance of continuing to name reality and truth ourselves, at every single turn, with all that is available to us.

Same! 5calls.org

Here is a directory of places that you can donate to as a way to help activists in Minnesota, including the Immigrant Rapid Response fund: www.standwithminnesota.com

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today:

Trump 2.0’s second year may be even worse than the first. So, what can you do? Here are the 10 most important actions you can take in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

RIP 2025 2025-2025

static.nytimes.com/email-conten... So good

You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.

Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now

As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.

I am collecting donations for some really vulnerable children young people - in shelters, with precarious status, grieving a parent, with an incarcerated guardian and new comers Please share widely www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/...

Black Lawrence Press's Executive Editor, Diane Goettel, is hosting a workshop with Hudson Valley Writers Center! This workshop will be useful for first-time authors and those interested in publishing with small presses—read the full details and grab your ticket at the link below! buff.ly/04ApRt1

Really loved this conversation with Matt Shaer on the Origin Stories podcast. We get deep into the weeds of my approach to writing How the Word Is Passed and narrative nonfiction more broadly. Talked more about my writing process here than I have anywhere else. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33

New Orleans is watching you

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Excellent piece by writer Phil Klay www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

FREE Event! On 12/11 at 7 PM, Matteo Guidi will present his new book from Half Letter Press, Cooking in Maximum Security, at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago (1102 W 18th St). I will also be there to discuss the Temporary Services project Prisoners' Inventions. Please come out and spread the word!

While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line! Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders. Listen to what they had to say.

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

You will receive a lot of entreaties today, all of them worthy. I just want to bring your attention to Hope for Haiti, which does amazing work. My dad is on the board and one of the best things about HfH is that in the ground it is run by Haitians hopeforhaiti.com/givingtuesday/

For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...

The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

Hey, Los Angeles (and Los Angeles–adjacent)! Just two weeks till In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening, featuring Annabeth Gish, @kerryomalley.bsky.social, and me. Chills and shivers guaranteed. See link below for details!

Only a few spots left so grab yours now if you want to join my workshop and write some stories where Dorothy never left Kansas, but also Kansas got a little weird

Hugely useful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

...Just sprinting through to point out that THE SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich is ON SALE at @libro.fm - it's about a literally haunted bookshop, as well as love, justice, forgiveness, and just how hilariously annoying one customer can get... libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Two children's picture books that are helpful for having conversations about immigration and separation are: Mango Moon by Diane de Anda & Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat - socialjusticebooks.org/mamas-nighti...

We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation. www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

After a full year of work, this book is out! Cooking in Maximum Security, compiled by Matteo Guidi, is our latest Half Letter Press book and it's beautiful. How do people in Italian prisons cook? This book will show you their recipes and tools used to make them. halfletterpress.com/cooking-in-m...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Such a good point here from @davekarpf.bsky.social: If Dems don't engage forcefully enough on Trump's terror raids, Trump/MAGA propaganda filters down to the "inattentive public" and risks persuading people this is normal and acceptable. Check out our full exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org

this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...

L.A. TACO is committed to staying on the front lines, exposing the truths they are trying to cover up and amplifying the voices of those who need it most. But we can’t do it alone—we still urgently need your help to keep covering this evolving crisis. givebutter.com/LA_TACO_TMC

Beloved, visionary Fanny Howe, a beacon of ferocity, honesty & integrity—a fighter in all senses of the term—has moved on. Read her. The powerful voice does not depart. It only grows louder…. 1940-2025 www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

An absolutely monumental piece from @polgreen.bsky.social this morning. Appreciate the research, array of sources, and nuanced thinking on the complicated issue of migration. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

Great chatting! I hope the number one takeaway is this: this bullshit bill is not yet law, and public pressure in the next 24 hours could kill or at least delay it. If you’ve never called your rep before, make a plan to call tomorrow - especially if you have a GOP rep!

We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.

Great piece by Gessen. Names something complicated about the numbing quality of what it’s like to be in all this right now and ultimately reminds us to keep resisting. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...

Every Memorial Day is painful. I have friends who should be alive right now, not buried in their early 20s with their whole lives in front of them. But this year, it's especially hard to reconcile their extraordinary sacrifice to our country with the unchecked incompetence and corruption of Trump.