Scholars (and students) have to trust that their institutions will not abandon them out of political expediency. Many of the country's elite institutions have shown that they will — even as they “affirm the importance of and their support for academic freedom.”

Jason Stanley is a weird guy, but a lot of people are dunking on him with variations on how they’re not scared of these clowns in Washington — and, well, with kids getting zip-tied in military-style, nighttime raids on their home, that seems privileged too.

The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists. They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver. apnews.com/article/trum...

The right did this after Biden won — "The Regime is going to execute me because I love America." — and then we got Merrick Garland: www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat... Inspiring RW terror may be one angle, with Bannon; but at some point, Dems will have to show the threat of accountability is real.

Allow yourself to believe in hell today, as a treat.

RWers OUT OF POWER: The Nazis were socialists. And liberals. Obama and my ex-wife are Nazis. IN POWER: I saw your post and reported you to the government. You sir are an enemy of the state. My friend Adolf Hitler would know what to do here.

I know the NYT is trying to make "Ross Douthat as an on-screen presence" a "thing," but I just don't think he has "it."

I still can’t walk by litter without feeling guilty if I don’t pick it up. First grade teacher really got to me.

Pledging to deport your own colleague is how you get people like Nick Fuentes

“The driver’s family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Nothing fires up voters quite like "we will create a fund to support lead mitigation efforts."

“These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable. The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats.” apnews.com/article/un-u...

I think the problem is clicks, not subscriptions. Whether staff or freelance, writers are judged and rewarded by the number of views they receive. The incentive to cater — to go viral by appealing to the lowest common denominator — is there either way. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...

I would prefer that we not preface our criticism of murder with “I’m sympathetic.” You can nix that bit of throat-clearing and just say it’s wrong to kill civilians without charge or trial.

this is evil

This is straight-up kidnapping and should be an international crisis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One of the many issues with news organizations openly publishing AI-generated articles: Why would I go to your website, then, and not just straight to the chatbot? Because you also have ads?

I’ll accept Hyatt points.

Another illegal US maritime strike—again in the Pacific. Against a vessel allegedly operated by an unspecified "designated terrorist organization." Four reported fatalities—dubbed w/o ID or evidence "narco-terrorists." There's a word for premeditated killings outside of armed conflict.

New: Progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility after videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Polls are like “only 45% of Americans approve of The Purge for ESL learners.” And in 2025 we’ll take that.

Source: bsky.app/profile/atru...

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

There’s just so many people I’m so tired of hearing about but they’re all now The Most Powerful People on Earth.

The British government plans to house asylum-seekers in military barracks to cut costs, but... the British government can't say whether it will actually save money. Still, it says, the move will at least satisfy the "public appetite to see every asylum hotel closed." www.bbc.com/news/article...

American media is so weak and eager to accept Trump White House framing that every outlet is describing a total demolition as a mere "renovation."

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Very few of these are even Democratic policies although its pretty awful that "increase refugee admissions" polls that poorly and this type of polling is going to continue to scare Democrats from taking a pre-2021 immigration stance.

"Several journalists cited Zitron’s plumping for Nomi, which would become notorious for an incident in which one of the platform’s companions reportedly told a man to kill himself." www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-...

I think political writers actually should have an opinion about a guy in his 40s having a Nazi tattoo. The decision to keep it on their body may tell us more than their website.

Important to note that people like Ezra Klein only ever interact with what they think the “working class” is when they’re having their kitchen remodeled.

“…taking a different approach.”????? You guys. Come the F on Do better

Despite holding out Costa Rica as an option, DOJ has just publicly filed a notice in Abrego Garcia suggesting that it's identified the Republic of Liberia as the next country that's willing to accept Abrego Garcia (after it was rejected by/unable to make a deal with Ghana, Eswatini, & Uganda). FFS.

Trump is deliberately killing civilians in his "war on drugs" — and getting away with it. Now, with DHS claiming "Antifa" is collaborating with cartels, it's not impossible to imagine that war coming home. I asked experts what that could look like and how to resist. www.salon.com/2025/10/16/f...

*mass* murder

Should add their median mile times.

Republicans in my life are laying low on this topic but I'll trust they'll get to "well, Obama..." in the next week or so.

"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr

I created a Facebook account again to try and find a used Vitamix and this is the kind of content it serves up by default?

No honor; no pretense of law; just murder.

The Bernie Sanders who went on Lou Dobbs and sounded like a xenophobe was the real Bernie Sanders.

I don’t like this site’s nuclear block because I never know if I blocked them (justified, projects strength) or if they blocked me (unjustified, weak).

As I argued a few weeks back: The most selfish man in America ain’t building this for anyone else. www.salon.com/2025/08/06/t...

It is baffling that Democrats didn't hold a press conference within sight of this destruction. It's a perfect visual metaphor.

Imagining: Going back to 2005 and telling myself that a Blackwater mercenary with a Nazi tattoo is running for Congress. As a Democrat. As the leftist. Oh and Donald Trump is president.

KCRW fired JEREMY SOLE, the only person I have ever described as “my favorite DJ.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

State of American politics: the lesser evil also has a Nazi tattoo.

Key questions for press: What is the president’s legal authority to detain? (There is none.) Given the claim that this is armed conflict, will the ICRC have access to these people? What are the conditions of confinement? What is your plan here — prosecute, release, endless detention? And where?

Extrajudicial assassinations. Innocent Caribbean fishermen being bombed by our junta. Reason alone to take to the streets, en masse. This must cease! Trinidad and Tobago police investigating reports 2 citizens were killed in U.S. strike off Venezuela www.cbsnews.com/news/trinida...

"The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, two U.S. officials said on Thursday."