Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.

Convicted Felon Donald Trump told Republicans NOT to negotiate with Democrats. Democrats said they'll meet anytime, anyplace, anywhere. The Convicted Felon does not care about you, me, or anyone who isn't a rich donor. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #FuckTrump www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Fiction.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison. Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.

All facts

We need work requirements for Congress.

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

ICE broke down her door, injured her kids, disappeared her for weeks, no notice, no warrant, no cause. Only a random tip got her lawyers access, & only the involvement of the State of Delaware AG’s office - via personal, private backchannels - got her released, & dumped, alone, at a roadside motel.

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

Please keep reposting this so it gets adequately reported

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors. He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years, My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US 2/

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

Sorry I’ve been posting less the last few days. The ICE stuff on Friday was a lot, and then this weekend I’ve been finishing my classes to get my concealed carry license because of the death threats. I’ll be back to shitposting these jerks in full force tomorrow.

This is as much a legacy of the War on Drugs than anything else. He has a controlled substance conviction separate and apart from the exonerated murder conviction.

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

Thank you, @aselrod.bsky.social. As far as I can tell, zero internal evaluations are going on at the big news orgs on how to deal with this basic problem, yet any discerning reader can see that it's a major impediment to conveying what's really happening in the US to readers and viewers.

Voters flipped multiple school boards in 2023, rejecting extremists who tried to erase inclusion and diversity. Democracy works when we show up. 🗳️ #FightBack #Democracy #VoteBlue

STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog S: Do you dispute the facts they reported? VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source

One more time: As it’s not “weaponization of justice” for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to rob a bank, it’s also not weaponization of justice for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to overthrow an American election.

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

Anyone come to mind?

🎁 article from The New York Times. You can read it for free 11/10 2025 This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s #CrisisConstruction www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

I conclude with some grim thoughts. Still, at least in the US and Israel, things haven't progressed to the point I describe here. They could, because no democracy is safe from collapse, but there's still a ways to go as Hirschman teaches us. And so we think, argue, and do politics. 26/26

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social. It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?" 1/ #CivMilSky #PolTheory

Things about politics I’ve come to believe strongly: 1. Less bad is better than more bad 2. Nostalgia is generally incorrect. Things weren’t better 3. Still, things can get much worse 4. Democracy is an outlier in human political history 5. Optimism is rooted in agency, not positive predictions

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup" In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation 📹bokareva.solovey.m

It’s always projection. Every prosecution is an admission.

Marty’s photo of the day #4862: I almost missed this one. It’s a three-banded courser, photographed in Zimbabwe. #birds #photography

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too. #NoKings snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...

Loki, creating his own little tabby Fibonacci spiral for your enjoyment.

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*. The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that. Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

Save this graph for the next time @MarshaBlackburn @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance try to hold $50 Billion for rural hospitals out as a of win for the 🇺🇸 people We’re bad at math but $1.1 TRILLION in cuts (for tax cuts for the rich) > $50 BILLION They think we are all morons

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition… We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.” Among those RIFd: —leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases; —leadership of global health center —leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

ICYMI — They lied about why they assaulted the WGN producer (then rammed a car for no reason)

Doubling down on the worst of the worst miscarriages of justice.

At least half a dozen companies vying for some of the $45B allocated for immigration detention work hired a friend of border czar Tom Homan because that friend (who previously had Homan on his payroll) led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of scoring a contract.

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier-- BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started BASH: So this is retribution then

In Pennsylvania, it has been 20 years since any state judge has even come close to defeat in a retention election. But the GOP is campaigning for voters to remove three state supreme court justices this fall.

the administration is cutting mental health services. Specifically, the people staffing 988 will be unsure of their employment. What we need to do to help support them is tell their bosses they have saved our lives, or kept us company, or helped. And insist they tell their staff you said so.