Absolutely worth watching with @jkbjournalist.bsky.social youtu.be/7awbgL_BP_k

'Not only is Trump not crazy, he is extremely dangerous': Historian Laure Murat salutes the citizens of Minneapolis who furnish us a 'lesson in democracy.' Marat says that the US is experiencing 'the greatest institutional crisis' in its history, not because of the madness of a single man, but due

Sums it up. Horrific.

Gulag

Preach girl, preach. As always, an incredibly insightful and important read from @miasato.bsky.social

Don’t know what to trust on your feed? How did we get here? Next Thursday, @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @cward1e.bsky.social unpack the rise, backlash and future of counter-disinformation. Join us for a live Q&A on Discord. 11am EST / 5pm CET discord.gg/ApEnkSK6?eve...

Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity

Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.

They are going down the list of amendments now. And the entire ICE action is the most obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment this country has ever seen.

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

Masha Gessen has written. Time to read. Gift 🔗👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

In my latest podcast episode, I discuss the psychology of virality with @steverathje.bsky.social, explore how agreeable AI chatbots may influence our beliefs, and examine how scientists can communicate effectively in a noisy, polarized media environment. matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-psycho...

This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.

Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls" www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”

We need your help contacting voters in key states and connecting them with their senators to demand ICE Out For Good. With the Senate soon set to vote on whether to empower Trump to send more secret police forces into our communities, we have a big opportunity to rein in ICE at the federal level.

Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well. I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III. (Gifted.) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Frame by Frame Analysis: How Minneapolis Woman Exercised Her Rights in ICE Encounter @weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video. Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check" Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...

Whenever I am bleeding internally after being hit by a car I keep filming on my cell phone while briskly walking away from the scene without waiting for medical attention. What about you guys?

Quiet, piggy

Seems like time to re-up: There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....

Please watch this.

Join us on Monday, January 12th at 3PM ET on my Substack, Assembly Notes, for a conversation with Professor @timothysnyder.bsky.social about authoritarianism and what we can do fight back. See you there! bit.ly/4qOzoSp

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

You don’t even need the Tronoto Holocaust Museum to tell you that this is a neo-Nazi anthem. Just listen to it. They might as well be goose-stepping.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

"How can I relax? You just killed my neighbor!" Emily Heller, who lives on the street where an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in her car, tells Erin Burnett what she saw happen as she shares new video of the aftermath with #OutFrontCNN.

It’s taken 3 days, but the MSW team has prepared what I think are the 34 most important exchanges of the Jack Smith testimony, and @meidastouch.com has been kind enough to have me present them to you TODAY at NOON PT/3 ET. See you there! youtube.com/live/6a1TCDY...

The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.

Françoise Thom does a complete inventory of Jeffrey Epstein's connections to Russian intelligence, which are complex and wide-spread. european-security.com/cesspool-and...

The Peace Monks will likely be in the city of Atlanta on Tuesday, December 30th. I wonder where they will stop midday and overnight? The MLK birthplace, the Carter Center are a 5.5 hour walk from Morrow, Georgia, according to Google Maps.

🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open! 🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #publicdomain #contest

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”

These always make me cry. Especially the years when Hollywood legends I grew up watching and worked with when I was a writer/producer at TCM are remembered. Farewell to so many greats. Farewell. You will be remembered in celluloid and in our hearts. youtu.be/qF8_YcxZp6U?...

Yep

🧵Speaking truth to power is never easy. I haven't spoken publicly much about the personal toll of my choice to speak out about my time working on election integrity issues at Facebook. But I was willing to share some details here. Despite the ensuing challenges, I say unequivocally: No regrets. 1/4

Founded as a Christian Nation? Gimme a break.

If you haven't been reading Sarah Kendzior's work, you're depriving yourself of the most cogent, not to mention elegant, writing on America's capitulation to criminality. Her artistry and integrity are the saving grace that keeps me in the fight in the face of the nation's ongoing historic failures.

Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children. Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

How has life denied me awareness of this bird till now?!?!

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Bring home the Ukrainian civilian hostages. Bring home the trafficked Ukrainian children. Restore Ukraine. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...

These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art