This is what conservatism is. Burke said as much. You can't have an aristocrat class in a democracy because the levers of democracy need to be able to hold ALL citizens to account. "Small government" just means "government that can't hold aristocrats accountable".

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

If you are in the habit of saying "Hillary was right" or "Kamala tried to warn us", wait until I tell you about Karl Marx

The Trump administration sees Charlie Kirk's murder as a 9/11 type event. His death inspired a whole new counterterrorism strategy embodied by NSPM-7 www.kenklippenstein.com/p/magas-911-...

Okay, let's get into the text... Here are their bullet point recommendations: Talk about the economy! Don't talk about immigrants or climate or "social issues!" Criticize the ultra-wealthy, but in a very-not-socialist sort of way! This is... just popularism? Didn't we already do this?

Have been keeping close track of who on the center-left and left is praising and who is not praising Trump's peace plan for Gaza and overwhelmingly it's been moderate pro-Israel Democrats and Biden foreign policy alumna. Basically the total opposite of the impression Bluesky gives you.

This, to me, is the signal feature of the DC-based Dem consultant class: the caricature of the Dem Party sketched by right-wing media is more real to them than the actual people & organizations that compose the party. They have more frequent & direct interaction with the caricature!

If the amount of fedposting going on on Instagram isn't a clear indication of rapid radicalization of normies against ICE, dunno what is really. The algorithm over there doesn't appear to yet be suppressing ICE related content much either (for us, anyway). TikTok, OTOH, has clamped down hard

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

In a nearly illiterate editorial, WaPo defends Trump's ballroom project, without revealing the fact that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, is a principal funder of the project. Shameful conduct all around. bsky.app/profile/bgru...

This is true—Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakota—and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.

ICE is back in OC grabbing people off the streets. 3 people confirmed taken already.

The US let the seeds of this fester for so long. This kind of expansion is what I wrote ONE LONG NIGHT to try to stop, but even thoughtful people had a hard time imagining what could happen. Someone from the Obama administration I interviewed a decade ago just sent me this article.

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

Yes. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

America is very upset about migrants and drugs coming from Venezuela So America is trying to destabilize the Venezuelan government Which would create a lot more migrants And open up more space for drug traffickers

oh so now suddenly these guys can't do phrenology

Thank you, Chicago.

Bro had the "Are we the baddies?" Nazi SS insignia on his chest for 15 odd years and knew what it was. He definitely wasn't hiding it from people and there was no way someone else didn't tell him what it was. Then he didn't do anything about it before running for Senate. The Guy is SUS as fuck.

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

It's not hard to wrap your mind around. It's a pretty fucking obvious reoccurring theme.

she's running for reelection btw

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every member of congress over age 80 should have to testify under oath whether they've given anyone power of attorney

They're gassing one of the richest neighborhoods in Chicago today

Angus: Canada is reconsidering that relationship with China. Why? Because we can no longer trust the US. And we know that we have 150, maybe more, Canadians in custody at ICE detention centers. We had two Canadians under Chinese custody and it caused a huge outcry. We now have over 150 in the US.

Still not liveposting this hearing b/c it's dense, largely administrative issues, but this was worth highlighting: District Judge Jeff Cummings just asked a govt atty if he can certify relevant immigration detainees are being held in "safe and sanitary" conditions. "I cannot," a govt atty replied.

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay. Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime. While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

Except it is succeeding. For Trump and those who support him. They don't care if they live in a failed state as long as they are rich.

Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.

Road to Wigan Pier is a rant of a book. But it goes so hard on why it’s evil to begrudge the poorest simple pleasures.

People caught up for being vile online & are always like ‘Former shitposter!’ That’s not what shitposting is. Plus the best shitposters are people through whom their shitposts reveal glimpses of their (usually) fundamentally decent moral foundations. A key to shitposting is Understanding Things.

The silencing and professional destruction of anyone opposed to apartheid and genocide was the immediate precursor to this.

Armed officials fired shots at a U-Haul truck that was driving toward them outside a U.S. Coast Guard base at the edge of Oakland during a protest against immigration enforcement in the Bay Area.

Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone. New York has her back. Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

Yep. The last English monarch to try and raise money without parliament was Charles I, and parliament beheaded him for it.

The US froze aid to Colombia Much of which is used to fight drug cartels Because the president of Colombia said the US killed Colombian fishermen In what is supposed to be a US military campaign to stop drug cartels

> Trump ending all trade negotiations with Canada because a Provincial government for a party that isn't even in power aired an attack ad that is just verbatim what Reagan said in the 80s > Canada announces strategic partnership with China on the same day

The Ballroom is getting built. This man loves parties about how awesome he is as much as he loves corruption. If you want to see for yourself watch this @vicbergeriv.bsky.social classic. youtu.be/YxG6s1-eIOQ?...

They like Trump and are doing their best to help him

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

From a former Eric Adams deputy press secretary (2022–23):

The way you know Virginia republicans know they’re going to get their asses kicked next month is the increasing viciousness of their anti-trans TV ads. Some of the most despicable stuff I’ve ever seen.

Trump's murder victims washed ashore with missing limbs.

It's not just what Andrew Cuomo is saying—it's who's funding him. The single largest donor to a pro-Cuomo SuperPAC is Airbnb cofounder/board member Joe Gebbia, who promotes vile and racist messages about immigrants.

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K