"Do you regret your heated rhetoric?" "No. Do you regret your chilled rhetoric? Do you regret sitting on the sidelines as norms fell away and so many laws were broken? Do you regret pretending like this was all normal and you alone were savvy enough to see that Both Sides Are To Blame?"

I was elected as a democratic socialist, and will continue to govern as a democratic socialist. 100 days in — and we’re just getting started.

And you don’t live in a place, come from a family, age into a category etc etc etc where your rights are somehow lessened.

Pivoting to outrage over this asshole ain’t it

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

We’re drifting further every day

The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

The video JD Vance is touting shows that Ross boxed in Renee Good and got out of his car to confront her, her saying "I'm not mad at you," furiously turning her steering wheel to avoid hitting him, and Ross screaming "fucking bitch" after he shoots at her three times.

Yesterday, after killing Renee Good, armed federal agents went to a high school and tackled people, handcuffed workers, and teargassed bystanders. Schools are now closed district-wide because ICE and border patrol have created such a dangerous environment

if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now

The robot warriors are coming, and so are the zillionaires, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News on the rise and risks of artificial intelligence. nbcnews.to/4a2zSiB

Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.

No Kings in coastal VA. Bunch of old hippies, amazing vibes #nokings #cova #fdt

A sickening and important read.

Old millennial here. It all looked good in the beginning many times. I hope it’s different here, but fuck of a thing to see it going down again.

The world has gone mad.

Black Mirror pitch: POTUS destroys democracy in 90 days. Everyone watches it happen on their phones. The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day. Toiletries are locked behind glass. An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism. [fin]

CHAPPELLE, in 2017: Bring jobs back from China? “For what? So iPhones can be $9,000??? .. (via QCap) $AAPL $NKE

How could this not be right? What focus group or consulting firm bullshit makes more sense than this? 👂👂👂👂

The first and last lines of @nahaltoosi.bsky.social’s assessment of Marco Rubio are devastating. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

I keep thinking they don’t get the full impact of what they’re doing but that’s seeming more and more naive

The difference in preparedness and competency of Elise Stefanik (forget your party) versus a Pete Hegseth…

Admittedly tried for head-in-sand since the election. But that willful ignorance is now genuine fear for what we’ve wrought with this incoming presidency. Musk. unqualified key appointments. Fighting Canada. Meme coin. Media payouts for favor. Enemies list. The black of hole of big tech. 😮‍💨 This…

As always…Anne Applebaum is Applebauming. Tend to be negative about social media but then there’s the connectedness and opportunities to learn from a blue flame thinker like her is redeeming. youtube.com/watch?v=iEhm...