Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.

This is a regime at war: With large segments of the population, with pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists. They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.

Beware the “Trump’s political genius” fallacy! There has never been any actual evidence for his “brilliance” – and it’s a narrative that only serves to strengthen Trump while offering a convenient exculpatory tale for both those who support him and those who failed to stop him.

New Is This Democracy is out, with a discussion on why binary ideas that suggest a clear directionality - Trump is either winning or losing - are not very helpful if we want to understand America’s trajectory. Also: Some big personal news and an update on the podcast’s - hopefully bright! - future.

Just trying to imagine FDR treating Winston Churchill this way, and I can’t.

French #resistance

KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

O, while you live, tell truth and shame the devil!

So, actually, it always was Russia.

How it started: How it’s going: Any questions?

relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?

Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment. The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

The First Felon is appalling youtu.be/TRcUumrC8bs?...

Yesterday, every American who loves freedom and democracy and the other values for which prior generations fought and sacrificed found themselves aligned against our own president and vice president. The pro-American president in the Oval Office Friday was Zelensky.

The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...

The Ugly American

Americans who live in blue states are extremely fortunate during this disastrous presidency, especially if we have active representatives. I wrote to our Hawaii Senator, Brian Schatz, about the federal funding freeze and its implications for Hawaii’s housing crisis. I was pleased to get this reply!

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

Bill on fire, srsly.

The last, best description of Trump from British writer Nate White.

Rep. Jasmin Crockett is always 🔥

Lovely morning walk and the perfect Mary Oliver poem for our current state of tyranny

We’ve been resisting our so called leaders for years, this last election just motivated us more. #bluedotsintexas

I see how that works, yes. Do you?

Y'all are amazing. How can we help?

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Sure I'm a hippie but I've never been into meditation or chanting or anything super crunchy like that But now, every now and then I find myself breathing - and repeating to myself "At least Ruben Gallego beat Kari Lake" Over and over and over again Good morning Arizona🌵

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I didn’t have MTG threatening to expose Republicans on my bingo card

Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87

Oz has a long record of promoting BS health info including shilling for scammy diet pills: www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

Blue Tit on a reed. 😍 Taken at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊🐦 #Birds 🪶

Wings and feet with a Puffin attached! 😀😁🐦 #Birds 🪶

Carl Bovis always brings the birds! An uplifting reminder of the wonders and fun. 👍🏼💙

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Re: UFC champion Jon Jones & the “Trump dance,” Brian Stelter asked for a comment on Trumpism & UFC. He tweeted part of it but not sure if he’s doing the column so here are my two cents:

What kind of convoluted, pretzel-brain bullshit is this? If the US was invading Mexico, I would fully expect Mexico to use any weapons they had at their disposal. If Russia doesn’t want to be bombed, the simple answer is to get the fuck out of Ukraine.

Fun fact: Dr Oz's family business received the largest ICE fine in U.S. history for engaging in a scheme to hire undocumented immigrants. He's now getting a job in the administration that wants to carry out the largest deportation in history.

It’s because Garland isn’t an unqualified cocaine fueled pedophile. Hope that helps.

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Oh look at that, Comcast announced they're spinning off cable news including MSNBC and CNBC. It's not about business, it's about eliminating their political liability for owning MSNBC. I wouldn't be surprised if they're shut down by the end of next year. finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast...

Fascism is here. We face a demented dictator emboldened by the American oligarchy. We are the Spartans. The first wave on the beaches of Normandy. Our job is to slow them down. To resist at every turn. To fight for every inch, while our reinforcements gather In strength. ...

Hakeem Jeffries has been re-elected as House Democratic leader.

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For as long as I live, I will never understand how anyone could have chosen Trump over this.

Felis catus is her taxonomic nomenclature