#tdih 2010, SCOTUS ruled in Citizens United: gov't can't infringe upon 1st Amendment right of corporations to spend unlimited funds on elections. "This is oligarchy. Gov't of the few, by the few & for the few. We must overturn Citizen United & move to public funding of elections." -- Bernie Sanders

Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.

"Equal Justice Under Law" is the emptiest promise in America.

Parkways in my town started as park & pleasure drives where horse drawn buggies and walkers and bicyclists shared the road at 3 to 5 miles an hour. Then came the Almighty Car, and parkways became speedways, and to hell with you foot people.

It's shocking how much is being destroyed before our eyes, 100% needlessly, all because the president is nuts and everyone else in power is too far gone and/or chickenshit to do anything about it

How is the US model doing compared to the EU model? Or is the deficiency in the collection of data, and not in the analysis of the data as the basis of predictions?

It must be realized that we have had international travel and commerce for decades and had no continual flare ups of measles. Only since anti-vax misinformation and the rise of vaccine hesitance have we seen continued measles spread. The blame is on Kennedy and his plague mongers.

So, she grabbed the wussy by his pussy.

I gave a second interview with the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) about why the right is attempting to shut down NPR and PBS, and how rural station closures will affect democratic discourse. Thanks to the excellent Lucy Schiller.

"I'd like to thank the Academy...."

It’s not Air Force One if the president is not on board.

One thing most people don't understand is that we in the US enjoy greater wealth funded by other countries because they assume we are a stable and relatively friendly hegemon.

Eviction, and then go seize ICE assets to cover the years of rent owed.

“Virtually eliminates” is a choice in 2026. Why use numbers?

Yep. Over $70 billion for ICE in the fall, up from -$8 billion in previous fiscal year

🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them: "We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be." "What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)

Trump 2 is, among other things, the logical endpoint of everyone in power hiding behind "let the voters decide" when it came to enforcing any consequence on him. Can't do that anymore! If he faces the voters again it will be the biggest constitutional catastrophe yet

A moment of silence for all that we lost this year… - Presidential ethics - Checks and balances - Freedom of the press - Due process rights - American global leadership - A competent DOD - Operational security - Reliable government statistics - Academic freedom

Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."

MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota

No consequences, ever.

“Congress did not create a discretionary timeline—it created a legal obligation. Every day these records remain withheld sends a message to victims that transparency is optional when powerful interests are involved.” What is the old man hiding?

And they did it completely illegally, ignoring Congress' authority. Yet another thing that should immediately end a presidency & send lots of people to jail.

False claims are lies.

"He was singing karaoke when there was a loud noise at the door as agents broke down his door with guns drawn...'I was like, God, please help me, I didn’t do anything wrong.'... Thao immigrated to the United States from Laos in 1974 and became a citizen in 1991." www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...

I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white

As pointed out at the time by the color commentator with Al Michaels, and as noted in the movie “Miracle”

Springsteen dedicated “The Promised Land” to the “memory of slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good, decrying the ‘Gestapo tactics’ that he said have resulted in a climate where citizens can be ‘murdered for exercising your American right to protest.’” variety.com/2026/music/n...

#tdih 1968 When asked at White House luncheon why young people are angry, Eartha Kitt said, because "You send best of this country off to be shot and maimed." In retaliation for her honesty, gov't ruined her U.S. career for 10 years & CIA tracked her. See ⬇️ 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ea...

BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement BRENNAN: His name is public NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said

When the racist meme becomes national policy

In 2022, for the first time, the names of Black men and women military heroes replaced those of Confederates on army bases. In 2025, the current administration reversed these changes, restoring the names of the Confederates who fought to preserve slavery.

Cruel and Unusual.

Let them eat cake--of course, made from wheat they buy from us.

ICE got a $75Billion appropriation in the fall. Up nearly 10X. You can do a lot more thuggery when you have a lot more money.

What will Massachusetts and New York have, since any books from those states are automatically elevated to national literature?

Yes, there will be elections. Sure, they'll be "free & fair," in the way 🇺🇸 elections are always "free & fair" (i.e., mass voter suppression & gerrymandering already make us not a real democracy), now also with paramilitaries walking around. The real question is what happens on the day in Jan 2027:

The Supreme Court's motto of "Equal Justice Under Law" is the emptiest promise in America.

For better or worse, public law schools have to account for state politics when making decisions about who to hire as their next dean. But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.

We are literally an independent country because of our historic alliance with France. Again, this should be ending it all immediately. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Again, I’m going to keep banging the lonely drum that the fact that we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations, poses a massive threat to national security & world order, & should immediately end this presidency.

We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.

"We seem to be entering an age of state control armed only with the delusional hope that if universities hide and say nothing about all of the obvious ways in which the nation is slouching toward the demise of democracy, they will avoid political retribution."

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?

Might I recommend Copeland’s Lincoln Portrait…

Breaking News: China announced the world’s largest trade surplus ever, almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, as its exports flooded global markets.

These names should have been public record anyway. A name without some correlating info like an SSN or birthdate or address isn't even considered PII. Yes, there are exceptions, but they're intended for stuff like CIA undercover operatives, not to enable domestic terrorism like this.

I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.

Recall that in August the budget for ICE exploded nearly 7X to $75 billion/yr. ICE can now overwhelm any local police force.