earlier this morning at the gym i was on a beastie boys kick and i was reflecting on how their music — which i discovered at like 10 — is a constitutive part of my personality, from my sensibilities to my politics and general demeanor towards the world

@tinatin.bsky.social has a fascinating and insightful story to tell about Georgia (the country, not the US state) and rising authoritarianism. harriman.columbia.edu/episode-3-hi...

This is great! Also, how to support an academic: - read their papers - cite their articles and books - tell your friends and students about their work - include their work in your reading lists and syllabi - ask your library to buy their books - tell them you liked their work or that it was helpful

Trump puts the 'Southern Strategy' made famous by Nixon and Reagan on steroids. Thwarted by resistance up north, POTUS finds friendly grand juries to indict his enemies while GOP lawmakers crush Black districts The road to perdition heads South. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

As far as I can tell, a map-drawer can now say, "I am going to split this community of black voters into separate districts, not because I intend to dilute the votes of black Americans, but rather because black Americans vote Dem and I want to dilute the power of Dem voters," and it's just fine

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.

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I will keep criticizing the President and his administration for being a terrible president and administration

Shout out to the #librarians on National Library Workers Day!

This is a snapshot of the failure of MSM and the concomitant ignorance within the American electorate about what is happening in and to their country.

The future of literacy is extremely depressing open.substack.com/pub/samkriss...

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The disconnect further exemplified by Trump not knowing what a "corner store" is...

"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

And the laugh he gets from the audience…

Interesting that Sharon Simmons, the Door Dasher from Arkansas at the White House, is also Sharon Simmons from Nevada that testified at a GOP Ways and Means field hearing about trumps ‘big beautiful bill’ in Nevada last year.

Not dunking on Zack or this post, I’m just always struck by how easily American journalists will admit that the media shapes public polling and political outcomes when they’re not talking about America.

The depth of the Republican betrayal of the American people is that even as the GOP leadership sees the president becoming increasingly deranged and dangerous, they're still thinking only of their own petty, meaningless political careers.

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"The war has exposed the contradictions of the Trump admin’s geopolitical worldview. Under this president, the U.S. has rewarded Russia, ignored China, punished Europe, & abandoned its Asian allies & partners to an economic crisis that it helped set in motion." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

This week: Orbán blocks EU support for Ukraine. New episode of Ten Minutes On… steps back from the news to explain the bigger picture: how the “Orbán model” works, why it’s lasted & if it’s starting to crack ahead of Hungary’s election. www.buzzsprout.com/2354388/epis... #Hungary #EU #Politics

According to the Cato Institute, The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?

Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.

Things are not okay.

People on awards shows don't "make it political." The world is political. Our lives are political. Our choices are political. The only decision is whether to acknowledge it.

HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found. After Trump officials cut food aid to Kenya, children starved to death in an American-made hunger crisis. (Published Dec. 2025)

Happy De La Soul Day to all those who celebrate… youtu.be/5AVYDHTOixU?...

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Damn, I wish I’d filled up on gas on Saturday like I meant to!

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

'To me, education is inherently worthwhile – but I am probably a deluded old dinosaur.'

I am sure JD Vance will resign in protest, right?

Jason is, admittedly, very on brand.

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Final numbers appear to be in in PA #HD42, and we're looking at a +35 Dem overperformance. Our special election Big Board has all the data:

PA #HD22 also looks final, a D+17 overperformance. Notably, this is a majority-Latino district that swung sharply *against* Dems in 2024 at the presidential level: Biden won it by 34, but Harris by just 18. Tonight, though, it bounced all the way back, as Dominican-born Ana Tiburcio won it by 35.

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Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

Listen to this ICE whistleblower. This is why Trump’s iteration of ICE needs to be completely dismantled and its leadership impeached.

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"We're going to be able to ethnically cleanse the entire territory and get it ready for the uber-wealthy to make it their playground"

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#nowplaying 'Afro-Disiac' by the great soul-jazz organist Charles Kynard who was born OTD 1933 St Louis, Missouri. This is one of best recordings, and features Grant Green on guitar. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #jazzsky #musicsky #soul

The Supreme Court:

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. If your tariff policy is so unpopular that you have to bully the central bank into not talking about it, maybe it’s time for a new policy.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/kevi...

The new economic golden age www.ft.com/content/93dd...

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