If the DNC had a sophisticated and strategic digital comms/advo operation they’d be launching multi channel online and offline blitz targeting every Republican (the party of Epstein) electeds and candidates to give back their money from Musk. This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.

"There’s no moral arc of the universe that bends towards greater freedom, but nor is there some natural nativism that rules it out," writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. A compelling call for liberals to lean into being pro-immigration. A must-read. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...

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Unapologetic pro-Israel politics appeals to approx 15-20% of Democrats now and that's the ceiling. The ceiling.

There is only one iron law of history and that is the Immortal Science of the Dialectic, and the main takeaway from that for IR practitioners is that for every stupid fucking use of raw power you use there's most likely gonna be something stupid coming back at you

Let’s say for a second there was a real military need for Greenland(there isn’t, we are already there), we still can’t just annex other countries or territories. That’s called a world war. This isn’t about Greenland at all; this is about a pretense to take us out of NATO.

It's also a stain on the @democrats.senate.gov who refused... REFUSED to do their job and their duty to investigate and hold hearings when they had the chance. Schumer and Durbin can't go soon enough.

"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money." I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.

The failure by US voters and politicians to recognize and act on this fact and the simultaneous choice by oligarchs and other superempowered elites in American and global affairs to enable and back Trump must therefore be seen as one of the great calamities of modern times.

…and antithetical to all the civilizing forces and lessons learned by society over the centuries. Indeed, the shared view of the battered planet after two world wars was that we must abandon such approaches and stop such leaders for the sake of our collective survival.

Anyway, I get every side of this, but I don't secretly hate Democrats because I want them to strengthen their opposition. Zohran, those that pushed for the Epstein Files release, the Tesla protesters and No Kings all prove that loudly changing the conversation can piss off and stall these fascists.

They will do things until they are physically stopped.

My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.

It’s 1991, I’m 21 years old,…

A true leader.

You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.

Playing the hits, sadly. syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/pos...

Universal jurisdiction must be truly universal.

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At this point, regime opponents can try to use the Constitution and the courts tactically. But the underlying fact is that the regime is not constrained by the Constitution, the courts, or Congress.

Most insightful piece I’ve read in months: danwang.co/2025-letter/

Who wants the US or any country randomly invading their neighbors, starting wars, and stealing oil again?! That has always made us and the world less safe. We forget World War I and World War II and what we built to prevent them at our peril.

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"It is a sad fact that no court since the Nuremberg Trials has held an individual accountable for the crime of aggression." fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...

The first reaction from a political leader comes from the President of Colombia, who is calling for immediate meetings of the Organization of American States and the United Nations:

The president needs to be impeached, convicted and removed.

The liberal consensus for years was that Palestinians existed outside of liberalism and human rights frameworks and Mamdani, among others, are the byproduct of the underlying shifts in public opinion and the opinion of liberal institutions.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Said this earlier this week. Agree 10,000 percent.

This is the way forward.

Let’s not do this. www.nobigrigs580.org

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Dan Goldman needs to go for so many reasons. Luckily, there is a principled opponent in the race! Elect @bradlander.bsky.social !!!!

I just finished reading the NPR story on this and it is utterly exasperating how they cannot or will not breakthrough the IsraelI-State Dept-CFR frame of viewing Gaza. Israel uses NGO employment data to assassinate aid workers but you’d never guess that if you read trained media.

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Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.

If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.

“The boat smelled like burned meat.” -fisherman who found it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room. "The Court has lost its legitimacy. But the assumption of obedience persists. Rulings from justices who took bribes still get treated as law. ... " @dailykos.com www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Dutch cycling infrastructure is such an absolute dream. Easy access to natural areas & city centers. So easy to get from A to B, even through busy intersections! People of all ages and body types just out on their bikes, living their lives. Wheel locks! I so badly want this for North American cities

"I'm being stopped for no reason other than just being Hispanic." We don't have a free society right now. When will the Democrats do something about it?

“Instead of expecting people to elbow their way into leadership, we should consider everyone who’s qualified unless they opt out.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

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AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"

More failed redacted allegations: "Epstein also threatened harm to victims and helped release damaging stories about them to damage their credibility when they tried to go public with their stories of being trafficked and sexually abused." #doj #epstein files 👀⚖️

Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator? This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.