Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

A few years ago, the IRS got additional funding. What happened? More audits of wealthy tax cheats and better customer service for everyone else. Fast forward to now and the IRS is so understaffed and underfunded that it’s using HR employees to process tax returns. Trump delivers for the oligarchs.

For those keeping score at home:

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

other98 The Other 98%

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark sent a tip to the FBI accusing Trump of authorizing his murder: “I have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Present Trump authorized is murder.“

🇨🇦Vancouver councillors want ICE-Gestapo banned from FIFA World Cup events. ICE-Gestapo has been murdering US citizens. "We don’t want it disrupting the success of an event that we, collectively, have invested a lot of money in,” #Cdnpoli #CanadaSky🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.

A formerly enslaved Black woman with limited access to education. A working-class widow, mother, and washerwoman. An advocate who petitioned the US government for reparations in the form of pensions and encouraged other formerly enslaved Black people to do the same. Her name was Callie House.

A displaced Palestinian father in besieged Gaza painted a sun on his tent window to bring some comfort and normalcy to his children amid Israel's ongoing war.

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

nationmag “Per a new report from The New York Times—cowritten by former Post media columnist Erik Wemple—the paper is initiating “a widespread round of layoffs.” Other outlets reported that at least a third of Post employees across business and editorial are being let go.

Congress, it's time to start an independent commission to investigate and make sense of the Epstein Files. The American public demands answers for everyone named in the files and accountability for the victims. It's time. How deep does this go? Why won't the DOJ do their job? Investigate them.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets. Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract. And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts. Always follow the money.

It is like a tsunami of sewage. And we mustn’t be too overwhelmed, shut down, or desensitized to allow it all to go unaddressed, to give these subhumans yet another pass in accountability. www.instagram.com/reel/DUYrbZz...

This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.

What has happened in Minnesota should terrify every single American. If they can erode the rights of some, they can do it to you. No one is safe. We must stand up for the rights of EVERYONE in our communities and protect our democracy and our Constitution.

ICE and Border Patrol agents must be reined in. Here is one thing we can do right now. Please read and share. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Israeli raids cause rising casualties in Gaza, as attacks persist despite the ceasefire agreement.

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

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Can you commit to reading, analog-style/a real world book or magazine, for ten minutes a day, for 14 days? Reclaim your time and attention! www.instagram.com/reel/DTd4kGw...

Name and shame time. www.instagram.com/reel/DTOc09e...

Remember 2015 rally Trump? 2025 Grandpa Chaos can't even put together a couple of sentences. This ain't "the weave," folks. This rambling word salad is your sundowning FOTUS. Cognitive decline...brought to you by rapidly failing adventures in WH physician chemistry. 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Israeli forces killed these Palestinians in Gaza during the night.

this is what you support when you support Israel

Vanity Fair is doing the work the rest of the media has failed to do. Trump and his regime are naked a**, fascist incompetents.

of all of the things I am going to not watch, this is the thing I am going to not watch the most

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:

I was interviewed for a piece in @prismreports.org about Read This When Things Fall Apart.

Absences surge among US air traffic controllers, who have been working for more than a month without pay.

A must read. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Israel called Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif a "terrorist." Then they killed him. How many more journalists killed in Gaza will it take for us to do something? @premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the full story: zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...