Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused

These steps, I wrote, “could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid

perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...

Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Steve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance

i am having such a nice time

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HYPE HYPE HYPE

Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.

he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

The inhuman centipede

don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)

"where are all the protests?" read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."

give the bills a gun

my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient

the buffalo bills

for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events

the buffalo bills

my husband got me this hat with moveable velcro letters and unfortunately i think it’s going to become a core part of my personality

experiences, wrapped

my preschooler has come up with a great bit: every time we pass this random, spiky-roofed industrial building on the train into Melbourne, Australia, he bellows “the Sydney Opera House!!” in his NY accent. mortifying. no talking him out of it, either

havimg 3 glasses of wine at christmas dinner and telling my kids the paw patrol dogs died of parvovirus

"Babygirl" is about living off the Cold Spring train stop

evening walk

we are asking nicely whether you have any kangaroo feed

i have 2 very similar-looking sons and thoughtlessly packed them a very uniform rotation of jeans and plain t’s for this trip, and that’s how i’ve ended up with a TSA agent saying “you had the same baby twice” and a friend’s kid imploring my oldest “which one are you?!”

The entire piece is good, but I especially feel this excerpt from @kellyweill.bsky.social Seems like we need a broader conversation about the brain rot caused by the modern internet and how it makes democratic deliberation increasingly difficult. www.momleft.com/p/wheres-the...

. @kellyweill.bsky.social: "The left needs a recommitment to community because no measure of digital ad spending or get-out-the-vote activism is enough to guarantee a loyal base, let alone electoral victory anymore."

For my last MomLeft of the year I wrote about logging off. open.substack.com/pub/momleft/...

GDV BOOK

Great post from @kellyweill.bsky.social www.momleft.com/p/wheres-the...

As usual, @kellyweill.bsky.social nails it www.momleft.com/p/wheres-the...

For my last MomLeft of the year I wrote about logging off. open.substack.com/pub/momleft/...

“literature only?” not a problem if you’re a woman of culture like me

thinking, as i often do, of the man i saw in an airport baggage check line furiously arguing that the two full-sized suitcases he’d taped together technically counted as one bag

Illinois students who protested Gaza genocide are facing felony mob charges

dads en route to Thanksgiving love to inform you that they’re in some town you’ve never heard of, then decline to provide an ETA yeah, I’m right outside Splotsville. your mom and I just passed through Droobleshire. 20 miles north of Asdfghjkl Town and the traffic is great!

don’t be a SHEEP 😤🐑 be the goat actor who portrayed Black Phillip in the 2015 film “The Witch,” whose on-set behavior was so intense he got banned from show business and gets to live on a FARM NOW

recently learned that the Hudson Highlands are classified as a fjord. love that for them

heyy my friend over there thinks you’re really cute 🤭 would you mind telling her your lore?

good gloam tn

hey dude i'm so sorry i got the zoomies at your friend's house. do you think you could tell her i'm usually really chill?

i see you posted a joke. here are the facts

type a olympics '24

UFOs to RFKs: How conspiracy theories went mainstream Featuring the amazing @kellyweill.bsky.social and @rothschildmd.bsky.social www.npr.org/2024/11/22/1...

I appeared on NPR's "It's Been a Minute" along with @kellyweill.bsky.social to talk about how conspiracism has becoming such a driving force in politics and popular culture. Also, UAP's and a little bit of "Glicked!" www.npr.org/2024/11/22/1...