Yup, Jess Craven is right here (chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/chop-wood-...): "...civic “antibiotics” are what will save democracy. And guess who that is? Not the Democratic establishment, not a superhero who sweeps in and fixes everything, but us. ..." bsky.app/profile/fabi...

A good, last-minute interview with Hopium (Simon Rosenberg) with Aftyn Behn ( @aftynbehn.bsky.social ): www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver... Early voting has ended Wednesday 26-Nov-2025; so if you live in that district, election day is this coming Tuesday 2-Dec-2025. sos.tn.gov/elections/se...

Another podcast I had to listen to with Wajahat Ali and Jess Craven dated 11-Nov-2025: thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-age-of...

@tiffanyng.bsky.social I enjoyed your article recently "A starter kit for civilization" in MIT Technology Review dated Nov/Dec 2025. It was about Marcin Jakubowski and his Open Source Ecology and the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS).

"... [attempt to prop up Andrew Cuomo] after he lost the primary is cited ... When figures like Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump coalesce around a single figure, it signals that the candidate is not for the people. ..." daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/a-seismic-...

Could be Jasmine Crocket (@crockett.house.gov) or AOC (@aoc.bsky.social). Quote of the day by Bruno Rodriguez Parrillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba: "...this is the UN General Assembly. It is not a signal chat, nor the House of Representatives." Here's the clip: bsky.app/profile/lore...

An important Seneca Project ad for the Saturday 18-Oct-2025 No Kings #2 protest everywhere (youtu.be/Jxlwdp824sM). Find a #NoKings event near you at nokings.org#map. bsky.app/profile/shar...

A good song. bsky.app/profile/oned... but don't forget the frogs: Amphifa and #antifa A line from the song: "Call me ANTIFA. That’s alright with me." 👊 bsky.app/profile/cape...

Wow! In Portland! A city I've visited a few times. "hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night" bsky.app/profile/stev...

By Anne Applebaum dated 22-Dec-2024 (10 mon. ago) on the Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. "... This is the opposite of populism: Instead of giving people easy solutions, Machado talks about complex problems that won’t be solved for a long time. ..." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

"In 1973, an Air Force nuclear-missile officer named Harold Hering asked a simple question ... “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?” The question cost him his career. ... How many officers left the room asking themselves Major Hering’s question?"

Interesting perspective from Glenn Kischner (@glennkirschner.bsky.social) (with Daneille Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social). The defense is planning 4 motions for dismissal; Glenn is optimistic. Great line was "Justice is a team sport...", so get in the game! bsky.app/profile/terp...

Release the Epstein files. According to Rep. Eric Swalwell (x.com/RepSwalwell/...) the end is near. I read the Hill article (thehill.com/homenews/hou...) here (and others). I remain leery, but optimistic. See: bsky.app/profile/miss... and bsky.app/profile/shep... and bsky.app/profile/dhar....

I'm old enough to remember when this Vietnam photo was taken. There are several iconic Vietname-era photos and this is certainly one of them. I hope Ashlee Rezin is remembered for this photo from this era as well. Thank you Craig ( @craigreynolds.bsky.social ). bsky.app/profile/crai...

@ioponomarenko.bsky.social Thanks @stevevanprooyen for the archive link: archive.ph/2025.09.27-1... "Why Ukraine is winning the war" by Yuval Noah Harari "... [But] the Ukrainian victory is already [irreversible] ... [Putin has failed to achieve] the destruction of the Ukrainian nation. ..."

I read, and enjoyed, "Downbelow Station" by Cherryh many years ago. I didn't immediately identify this alleged plagiarization, but Snopes says this is not correct. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m... So, @gtconway.bsky.social should take this post down or post a retraction. bsky.app/profile/gtco...

For the shopskeeper with "HOPE" on their door. "Hope, as we have heard, is not a strategy. *But*, hope is absolutely crucial for success. We must and will succeed for ourselves, America, and the world. So, thank you."

Another excellent post from "Pru Pru" liberalisheverythingleftunsaid.substack.com/p/get-your-g... "... It means: no more waiting for someone else. No more “they should do something.” You are “they.” ... So I say this with all the love in my heart: PIVOT. It’s time. Get. Your. Game. Face. On. ..."

Waj ( @wajali.bsky.social ) & Danielle Moodie ( @daniellemoodie.bsky.social ) are on fire in "Weaponizing Justice: The Crisis of Accountability and America’s Political Crossroads" thelefthook.substack.com/p/weaponizin... Worth watching, even though it is long.

A lot of concrete details about polling and elections and hopium and Sinclair/ABC/Disney[1] in this Breakdown by "Mueller, She Wrote" Allison Gill with Simon Rosenberg. bsky.app/profile/germ... [1] www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/s...

Quote from therickwilson.substack.com/p/mickey-to-... "“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.” Those were the words of one Jimmy Kimmel last night..." I agree; see bsky.app/profile/caro... for link to opening.

Accountability is key. It is really what we need from Democrats. On this subject, see from about 45:40 (2740 seconds) in this video podcast with Waj and Katie: katiephang.substack.com/p/the-glorio...

From Alexandra Petri (bsky.app/profile/petr...): "... Silence will certainly save us. Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. ..." bsky.app/profile/petr...

Mary Trump makes this point well in "This Is NOT How It's Done" in www.marytrump.org/p/this-is-no... . Check it out. "... it really does sound like Schumer is once again inclined to squander ...—by making common cause with the fascists..." Also, she includes: Bash & Schumer bsky.app/profile/rura...

A really good "Talking Feds" post by Harry Litman: "Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell" bsky.app/profile/harr... "Forcing a prosecutor [e.g Siebert] to stand in court and allege charges he ... knows cannot be proven is the gravest assault on justice imaginable, not to mention the Kafkaesque ..."

From Sarah Jones in www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/pastor-rej... (I didn't see the whole post): ... “How dare you compare him to MLK?,” Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts to make Charlie Kirk into Martin Luther King, Jr. after his horrific assassination. ...

Jack Smith at George Mason University said, among other things: “As Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. But that arc doesn’t bend on its own. We need to make that happen.” From www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-jack-s...

Very good post from Charlotte Clymer ( @charlotteclymer.bsky.social ) about free speech in the wake of the Kimmel firing. It included a lot of quotes from Brenden Carr (Trump FCC chair), and others on free speech. Check it out. charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/either-you...

Very interesting race for Senate from Texas. The James Talarico campaign is heating up a Democratic primary with Colin Allred and Terry Virts. One of these guys will be battling a Republican, such as John Cornyn or Ken Paxton. The latter is a crook and Cornyn is some kind of Trump toady. (1/2)

This post spoke to me. Worth reading; it isn't very long. reedgalen.substack.com/p/after-char...

From adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/from-trage... "... test. Will we let this moment drive us further apart, or will we honor the very ideals that allow a society of free people to thrive? If we choose to fight one another instead of the problem of political violence itself, we will have failed. ..."

See prospect.org/politics/202... by David Dayen that ends with "... Treating the government funding fight like a normal process would be insane. Not only has public sentiment shown the desire to fight the unpopular authoritarian, but ... Collaboration or silence would simply betray the country."

More on running for local office: do it. Here is Reed Galen and Katie Phang talking about that, starting at about the 37 minute mark (near the end). reedgalen.substack.com/p/r-u-kiddin...

Some very good "The Existential Republic" Substacks by Chris Armitage" cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research... and cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f... (via bsky.app/profile/what... and bsky.app/profile/rose...) ...

Also, this is gold! bsky.app/profile/mary... and this one has good "alt" text: bsky.app/profile/ungl...

I agree; one of the best signs. bsky.app/profile/patt... Here's the text: I WANT "YOU" TO STOP BEING #AFRAID OF OTHER AMERICANS OF OTHER RELIGIONS OF OTHER CLASSES OF OTHER NATIONS OF SPEAKING OUT YOU'RE AMERICANS. ACT LIKE IT! IF YOU DON'T GET IT, ASK AN AMERICAN WHO DOES

Wow! "Trump’s 2AM meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren’t part of a predetermined strategy — they’re collapse. ...." Here's the threadreader link that is much easier to read: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19606... Via x.com/threadreader... and I originally saw it as images on George Conway's feed.

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz... This is from a while ago: I see it as Jul 10, 2025. The whole discussion is good about toxic masculinity and setting a good example and so forth. I especially like this part...

This is very good. Five women join together to fight Authoritarianism (and Fascism, too?). I recognize four of them, but who is Dana Goldberg (maybe @dgcomedy.bsky.social ?) www.muellershewrote.com/p/women-in-i...

""Yes, the stakes are large. Very large," University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers[ bsky.app/profile/just... ]wrote in a post on X, sharing a graph of inflation under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he fired the country's central bank authorities." frm www.rawstory.com/lisa-cook/

Another from Rick Wilson: "...when the Democrats take back the House, inshallah, this has to be held to account. This is a corrupt use of state power. It's the least conservative thing you can do. ..." therickwilson.substack.com/p/live-the-b...

"This ... should be stated clearly by anyone who aspires to lead in the future. If you want power in America, you must pledge that you will not tolerate the abuse of power by those who came before you. That is the only way to restore trust." in adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/free-speec...

This podcast is quite good. Why the Smithsonian is under siege and what this says about Donald and his followers. Yes, slavery was bad and the Smithsonian must continue to say so. bsky.app/profile/cafe...

Really good post "Real American Presidents vs. Trump" by Rick Wilson on Substack. I didn't know Truman, but can hear these others speak these powerful words. therickwilson.substack.com/p/real-ameri...

Check out this picture of a Subway sandwich (via George Conway bsky.app/profile/gtco...) in Washington, DC. bsky.app/profile/ianl...

This thread beautifully illustrates the hazards of what Trent Telenko (x.com/TrentTelenko...) calls the big/expensive/few fiasco. I fully expect that Ukraine will win this war eventually. When they do, the people with the most experience building and using drones... bsky.app/profile/dani...

This is a very good article. (via Asha Rangappa bsky.app/profile/asha...) bsky.app/profile/film...

Wow; this is good. bsky.app/profile/john...

Read this interesting thread (via George Conway bsky.app/profile/gtco... ): bsky.app/profile/clar... It highlights that America is a welter of different zoning districts and sometimes the cost of permitting outweighs the cost of the solar panels. I suggest that very local posts matter greatly.

I laughed so hard when I saw this the second time. The first time I think there was no picture or I overlooked the picture of Stephen Flynn (Scottish MP). As "Joe Bob says...", check it out. bsky.app/profile/deir...