Drinking Deep While We Can https://f.mtr.cool/moeuebogox I can’t keep Donald Trump from building up ICE as a paramilitary goon squad or stop the polar ice caps from melting, but I can smile at my neighbors. Frida Berrigan #water

How Charlie Kirk Echoes Horst Wessel https://f.mtr.cool/qmqdtmnjqd Berry Craig: Conservative evangelicals are joining the elevation of Kirk to Christian martyr status. “His message will not be stopped.” #horstwessel #charliekirk

How the Supreme Court Just Officially Blessed Racial Profiling  https://f.mtr.cool/usoqwsntiu In another "shadow docket" win for Trump, conservative justices rule suspected undocumented immigrants may be detained. @BlumsLaw #scotus

The Long History of Black Community Defense Against Vigilantism https://f.mtr.cool/dfbmipjcjn  The formation of community patrols can serve as a visible deterrent to extremists and excessive policing. @houseroger55 #vigilantes

Our Humanity Not Up for Debate: Fascists Don’t Deserve Space https://f.mtr.cool/pbycdzvvwd In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, centrist liberals have lionized the white supremacist. @SonaliKolhatkar #fascism

Dear Bonespurs: What Courage Actually Is https://f.mtr.cool/zjekdfthsg Courage wasn’t taught at West Point. I don’t know if it can be taught. Dan Embree #bonespurs

Playing Donald https://f.mtr.cool/xupbfzgmqf Trump has no moral foundation. The human costs of war are beyond his capacity to fathom. As he has said of both these conflicts, he just wants them to end so that he can tend to nurturing his dictatorship. @MelGurtov #trump

Bobby's Worm https://f.mtr.cool/hnkhdbqvxu Some people are saying that Junior had the worm implanted to help him weasel out of a sticky divorce settlement. @donewithNFL #bobbykennedy

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?  https://f.mtr.cool/stkblnveek The Trump administration’s almost complete support of Israeli’s Gaza policies make it an outlier on the world stage. Walter Moss #genocide

Tucker Carlson’s Flawed Feudal Fantasies  https://f.mtr.cool/gdxxygsjep Carlson’s romantic vision of feudal life bears little resemblance to the historical reality. Chelsea Follett #tuckercarlson

The Ourobourean Age: America at the Precipice of Self-Destruction https://f.mtr.cool/uhcmprvzsj The United States faces a crisis unlike any in its history. Martina Moneke #SELF-DESTRUCTION

Homelessness and Overcrowding: Too Few Houses or Too Much Poverty? https://f.mtr.cool/gdcccaarwf LA’s crises of homelessness and overcrowding are getting worse despite statewide up-zoning legislation. @DickPlatkin #homelessness

Criminalizing Dissent https://f.mtr.cool/ldluqmpcgw Julianne Malveaux: This administration is committed to criminalizing dissent, and they have dozens of elected lackeys following the instructions of their mob boss. @drjlastword #dissent

Reading Charlie Kirk https://f.mtr.cool/tzmhkitkyd Chuck Yates: I didn’t know anything about Kirk until someone shot him, but the four-wall media blitz that has followed the shooting has left me feeling both astonished and fascinated.

American History Is Black History: We Will Not Be Erased https://f.mtr.cool/qkxsawcatd To remove the histories and experiences of Black people in the US is part of the educational pogrom enacted to "whitewash" America's real history. Rev. Graylan Hagler #blackhistory

First Amendment Math: Donald Trump + Corporate Media Conglomeration = Censorship https://f.mtr.cool/zgjbntakzl Suspending Jimmy Kimmel is not Disney’s first action aimed at currying Trump’s favor.  @jeffcot #1stamendament

American Medical Insurance Is Too Complicated and Inefficient  https://f.mtr.cool/eybqmjasuv The United States is the only developed country not providing universal medical insurance. Paul desPlanaise #medicalinsurance

Netanyahu Buried Peace in Gaza’s Mass Graves https://f.mtr.cool/hkwciaukcf Israel under Netanyahu never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. The PM is choosing annihilation of Gaza over a UN-brokered peace plan. @donewithNFL #gaza

SCARF Skills: Quick Brain-based Ways to Transform Your Communication https://f.mtr.cool/tlbvvpvbrb September temperatures are cooling. Let’s help tempers cool as well! Build your SCARF skills and enjoy richer conversations and connections. @MelindaCBurrell #communication

Going Deep: Beyond Belief—A Government of Men, Not of Laws  https://f.mtr.cool/ayabdsgjkm What makes America—the real one—great is not what we can do unto others but what we choose not to. Gary Karasik #fascism

Working While Brown Now New Living While Black https://f.mtr.cool/gqqcxxflum The Supreme Court’s decision gives federal agents license to treat Latinos like 2nd-class citizens, condoning the same racial profiling Black Americans have faced from police @aubry_erin #racism

Ford, Trump and the War on Education: Pedagogies of Repression https://f.mtr.cool/rngwlzfhqq Henry Giroux and William Paul: Culture has increasingly become a site in the service of pedagogical tyranny. #repression #trump

Charlie Kirk and the Repression to Come https://f.mtr.cool/kdmzxawrpd On its face that might not be a problem if they were going after anybody promoting political violence, but they’re not doing that. They’re after the “radical left”.  John Peeler #charliekirk

Newsom and Padilla: A Switch to Continue the Fight Against Trumpism https://f.mtr.cool/fnsbcysegp Padilla and Newsom might switch their way into extending Democratic dominance in California, continuing the fight against Trumpism.

Hazardous Rail Yard Pollution Reduction Efforts Stall Under Trump Administration https://f.mtr.cool/fgeygoukyd Twilight Greenaway and Maison Tran: Just as regulators were preparing to crack down on pollution from rail yards, they hit a wall. #trump

Armed Protective Force Needed to Stop Genocide https://f.mtr.cool/mtsyjyhviv Experts urge that stopping the genocide requires adopting a resolution that mandates the deployment of a multinational protection force to Gaza. @CoxStan #gaza #genocide

Albert Einstein, Palestine and Israel Today https://f.mtr.cool/wlmvurlhbe Based on Einstein's biography and political views, it is clear that he would strongly oppose Israel's genocidal actions and apartheid against Palestinians. @ricksterling99 #palestine

Farmers Are in Trouble: What Could Help? https://f.mtr.cool/umlwabweet Farmers may be the proverbial “canaries in the coal mine” when it comes to the effects of Trump’s grand tariff experiment. Anthony Pahnke #agriculture

The Pentagon Never Needed a License to Kill https://f.mtr.cool/wlatfzirgr If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recove our moral bearings. Eric Ross #departmentof war

Why the SanctionsKill Campaign Supports BDS  https://f.mtr.cool/mvihwhcwht The BDS movement to end Zionist violence, and the SanctionsKill campaign to abolish U.S. economic coercion, are not separate causes. Jill Clark-Gollub #bds

Disaster & Suffering https://f.mtr.cool/awhyhmjmoa What I enjoy most about bike racing is that it is so international. There is no chanting of “USA! USA!” No flag-waving jingoism. No military fly-over at the beginning of the race. @WDEhrhart #bikeracing

David Brooks Misunderstands Progressivism  https://f.mtr.cool/hpaqudqpfp I disagree with Brooks that “lefties” don’t care enough about “traditional values”—at least those I consider traditional. Walter Moss #davidbrooks #progressives

Two Lusty “Nos” from the French This Week https://f.mtr.cool/ssqsdpimwa The essential coalition that brought down the government then was the left and the far-right. Dennis Broe #france

More War, More Misery https://f.mtr.cool/kuopnmyehw It’s existed and continues to exist as a war state in a state of constant war (or preparations for the same), now stuffed to the popping point with more than a trillion dollars yearly in taxpayer funds. @astore_wj #defense

Living the American Nightmare: A Satirical Memoir  https://f.mtr.cool/nqmnpbepcb Truth itself is minced, seasoned, and packaged like a pliable meat substitute—gluten-free, keto-friendly, yet spiritually rancid. @PeterMcLaren_ #truth

Thinking Beyond the Bars https://f.mtr.cool/cdtjsayekp How higher education helped me develop confidence in myself and rediscover my humanity. Darrell Jackson #prisoners

California Lawmakers Back Censorship Disguised as Antisemitism Prevention https://f.mtr.cool/ngebwclqcn Teachers vow to resist even if Governor signs AB 715 into law. [email protected] #newsom #antisemitism

Turning Point https://f.mtr.cool/qloascmdbq Progressives in general do not spew hate or demonize whole groups of people; they do not single out individuals for attack at anything close to the level coming from the Right. Peter Laarman #progressives

Racism as America’s Keystone https://f.mtr.cool/vblqzylvfi From climate change and inequality to gun violence and housing, every major U.S. crisis is bound together by one force—white supremacy. @SharonKyle00 #racism

How Charlie Kirk’s Murder Indicates a National Political Culture in Crisis https://f.mtr.cool/ozdkakcsuw What we are witnessing is not an isolated act but the manifestation of a wider rot. @HenryGiroux #charliekirk

Going Deep: Beyond Belief—Divide and Conquer https://f.mtr.cool/tklsfwiphm It’s common to blame the media after an election loss. That can be legitimate. But often it’s palliative; blaming others is a topical balm for our mental bruising. Gary Karasik #media

Labor in Fight for Its Life Against Neofascists https://f.mtr.cool/hwkgweavgm Bill Fletcher Jr.: Neofascism sees the trade union movement as its enemy while at the same time trying to appeal to the working class. @BillFletcherJr #labor

Watch Wall Street Gamble with Your Golden Years https://f.mtr.cool/rfxivqjdch Private equity firms want your retirement savings — and the Trump administration wants to help them. @RealBankReform Chloe Rogers

Dear Bonespurs: I'm Packed! I Mean Packing https://f.mtr.cool/ftdprepnpt Roger, dodger. I infiltrated the dead-drop, executed the black bag op, and exfiltrated the humint. Dan Embree #trump

How Trump’s Cultural Erasure Threatens Democracy in the U.S. and Canada https://f.mtr.cool/ksizjykpis From book bans to attacks on the Smithsonian, authoritarian movements are rewriting history to dismantle democracy. @HenryGiroux

It Feels Like 1968 https://f.mtr.cool/irvubmbnlq There are a lot of disaffected young American people, and we have a President who, like LBJ, foments a lot of hatred.  Ted Vaill #1968

Charlie Kirk's Killing: How Violent Speech Leads to Violence  https://f.mtr.cool/lggnlnchak If we are going to be truthful in this moment, the hate that Charles Kirk put out came back on him. Gaylan Hagler #charliekirk

How Airbnb Legitimizes Occupation https://f.mtr.cool/tpxhqmxqrx Uplifting and supporting the theft of Palestinian land by illegal settlers on illegal settlements is a war crime under international law. Jenin #gaza

Narco-State Myth Used to Attack Venezuela. https://f.mtr.cool/qrjkmwjoiv Washington projects Its drug problem onto Latin America. Roger Harris #VENZUELA #NARCO-STATE