“Stop killing us.” “We hear you. We’re going to tear down the Confederate statues.” “I mean, that’s long overdue but…” “And we’re also going to elect a bunch of White supremacists and Nazi sympathizers to fight antisemitism.”

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I’ve been grappling with this idea of captivity for a few years now. Strangely, it’s helped me to prioritize my wellbeing. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

I guess if you're a white person it feels this way to think racism is odious. Poor guy he's getting pointed at by the mean people of color who ridicule him for not being racist.

I wrote this about the intensity of a new academic year and then the political chaos of this week magnified it. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.

I don’t want violence to be the way that we defeat our political enemies. Violence is a self-replicating virus that will eventually destroy its host. This cannot be the way. I will not pretend to mourn him, though. He fed the violence that destroyed him.

In this week’s post, I’m reflecting on two recent reads that inspire creativity, joy, and hope: Alice Walker’s “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire” and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social “Hope in the Dark.” open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

I know there's a lot going on, but it should be getting more attention that the governor of Illinois just credibly accused Texas of planning to literally invade his state. I unpack how profoundly alarming this is @theunpopulist.net:

Did Big Pharma bankroll Dems in this last campaign? Because the way this admin is going after vaccines and now Tylenol feels vindictive.

To care is the most human of all human gestures. It is a gesture that comes forth from our common need for one another and the grace of compassion that binds us together. - Henri J. M. Nouwen

Americans were having long lifespans & stuff & RFK took issue with that.

White people not rejecting racism is having world destroying consequences and until they do I don’t know what to say or do

The start of a new school year is always fraught, but this one even more. I’m praying for all of us as we navigate the mundane, the extraordinary, and the horrific. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

My heart breaks over the deaths and trauma of these children. It especially breaks because it doesn’t have to be this way.

Black Women will save us! Perhaps, but who will save black women?

I thought y’all said it was just a distraction.

You know what's crazy? There have been no op-eds or editorial statements in major newspapers this year calling on Trump to resign. None calling for his impeachment. None asking if he's medically fit to be in office. Not one in any major newspaper all year.

I deleted the Facebook app from all my devices earlier this year because it seemed to be tracking my location and web searches despite my privacy settings. Turns out that I was right.

Distractions are him picking fights with Rosie O'Donnel. D.C. is a flat-out assault on democracy, and the civil rights of D.C. citizens. It's a dress rehearsal for slowly but surely implementing such fascism across the country.

Is it me or are only non-melanated people referring to what’s happening in DC as a “distraction?” Because some of us know that this is practice. And we know that Black, Brown, and poor people will be harmed, killed, and incarcerated because of it. Don’t belittle that by calling it a distraction.

The gleeful profiteers from Trump’s police state

THEE Jenifer Lewis has a word this morning. Our children are depending on us!

Thou Shalt Redact The Names of Epstein's Victims, Not His Accomplices.

Extroverts really be out here saying whatever pops into their heads, huh?

Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.

President Donald Trump continued his Profit-Off-The-Presidency World Tour this week with a stop in Scotland, where he opened a new private golf course. You, dear taxpayer, footed the bill for most of the trip. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is why we need to stop bashing shame, because some folks suffer from an absolute lack of it.

Last weekend I did a 3-day silent mindfulness retreat. It was everything that I didn’t know I needed. I wrote about it for today’s edition of my newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

I thought that most of the institutions would go along with authoritarianism because they support some fascism. But I didn't think it would be so fast.

My latest read is Alice Walker’s “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire.” I tarried with this one, reading it slowly over a two-month period. Here’s the review that I posted on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6ff9... #BookSky #BlackSky #BlackBookSky

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Republicans stay screaming about law & order…But won’t release the Epstein files. They sit up here posting conspiracy theories all day…But won’t release the Epstein files. They’re quick to call a hearing or launch an investigation on some BS…But (say it with me) won’t release the Epstein files.

“Now, do the Epstein List.” - Bernice King

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

So the Epstein files are making them think that their leader might not be trustworthy?

This thread is so good

The Wikipedia list of concentration camps is sooooo loooooooooooooong. And, yes, they have the new Everglades camp on there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

I stumbled across an exercise that I did during a workshop with Lerita Coleman Brown five years ago. Whew. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

I saw the Superman movie tonight. My expectations for DC movies are fairly low, but this one was good. Now, it's not going to surpass my love for the Christopher Reeve Superman (I'm one of the weirdos who even loved Superman III), but it'll do.

There is no version of the story in which collusion with white supremacy & dominant power is anything but a devil’s bargain for which you will pay … everything that matters like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.

ME: I’m so over the US fascination with Superman. ALSO ME: Oh, the right wing hates it? Let me go see it, then.

If you’re the kind of person who easily forgets what you’ve accomplished, you need a practice for reminding yourself. Count the years, the finished projects, the progress, the praise, count it all up and use it as evidence against the ever present criticism in your head that you’re not doing enough.

I’m not currently accepting therapy clients so y’all need to take your projection elsewhere.

I don’t know whose commentary on the Camp Mystic tragedy is worse: the “they had it coming” leftists or the “blame it on scientists who control the weather” far-right. Sometimes it’s better to stick to “thoughts and prayers.” My heart aches for those girls and their families.

My heart feels tender today. I will be gentle with myself.

My body is reminding me of my need for rest and recovery during this season. And I’m paying attention. open.substack.com/pub/drchaneq...

If nothing else made you decide to cancel travel to Florida, this should.