“The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East + Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian + East European Studies are all slated to close.” 😥 dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

There’s a generation of principled scholars, writers, and artists who will never be awarded positions to then be recognized as such because they decided that belonging to institutions that condition rewards on silence and compliance amid a genocide was not worth the cost.

The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now. It's Loomers all the way down.

Erika Kirk wearing Serena Joy's uniform seems very appropriate.

Founding fathers can’t be blamed for not writing a constitution strong enough to curb the actions of a malignant narsisistic psychopath felon backed by a whole cabinet of incompetent sycophants propped up by a bought & payed for Supreme Court But the Republicans can for not rebelling now #Epstein

The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information. Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Trump Launches War on Drug Traffickers… Unless They’re Also Honduran Ex-Presidents youtu.be/MrPYvda-oSU

My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.

Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.

NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.

I love how the “poorly educated” get shit on constantly for creating Trump but it’s literally a bunch of college educated greedy dipshits that have dog-walked us into fascism.

Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days

What might break up Trump's coalition, and what Mamdani might have clocked, is proving to Americans that an anti-fascist government can make their lives more affordable. lnk.thebulwark.com/4iALUlB

A woman recently went viral for holding up a window sign during a traffic stop, part of a growing trend of drivers using cards to assert their rights instead of speaking to police.

"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... archive link: archive.ph/TxBWo

"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

MSM = Dereliction of Duty

Zohran's basic linguistic competence and commitment to a non-neoliberal economic platform makes Democratic Party leadership look so incredibly bad. And they hate him for it.

This is exactly what I said too!

Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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anyway there's probably some decent traffic for someone who puts together a decent "did your congressperson vote to release the epstein files?" website after the vote in the House, bonus points if you link to info on any progressive opponent of theirs if they're a No

The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon

dues-paying member of the WFP since November 2024 here!

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

So true!

The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

Omg.. c'mon media, when you ask "Why did the president pardon someone who he claims not to know", and they answer, "I haven't seen that." The follow-up is "Well now you know, so what do you have to say"? This is just ludicrous. "I don't know" is basically "I dont care".

This guy is just operating on a different level. NYers, you know what to do today.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

This!

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.

Couldn’t love this more.

It’s been FIFTEEN YEARS and the media is still letting Republicans pretend they have some super-secret concept of a hidden plan to maybe consider a covert proposal that could theoretically be implemented in a hypothetical simulation of a Congress run by people who are not actually clowns.

With open enrollment underway, annual reminder that we could have had healthcare for all if it weren't for Joe Lieberman. The CT senator didn't back the public option bc he had no political base after becoming an Independet), which meant he cldn't afford to lose the insurance coffers...HQd in CT.

The subway on Halloween night is one of the greatest things about NYC.

Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food!

Hi 👋 why can they do this but not swear in Adelita Grijalva?

Were these contractors vetted by the GSA? Does this impact White House Security during demo or construction? Were all sensitive documents/materials removed before demolition? Did he lie about only messing with the facade, or did he not know what the plans are/were?

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Hegseth improperly discloses war plans on a Signal chat to people-including a reporter Trump tries to text Pam Bondi but makes it a social media post instead Lindsey Halligan texts a reporter for days-then tries to claim it’s all off the record This administration is SOOOOO incompetent

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I was thinking about this after No Kings.