So true. It reflects how ignorant most journalists are about the history of their own country. From the committees of correspondence in the Revolution to the far right institutions that built MAGA, US politics have been shaped first by people and action in ways that end up reflected in voting.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

A crime so bad you need not prove it in a court of law! Your punishment? Death or a very stern warning before going home. It boggles the legal mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Declaration of Independence Grievance #8 ✅ "He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers."

Declaration of Independence Grievance #7 ✅ "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands."

This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people… He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. —Declaration of Independence, 1776

Trump and his thugs hate Christians as much as they hate the Constitution.

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Schiff implored members of the committee to “demand answers to those questions” and to refuse “personal slander as an answer to those questions.” Bondi in turn said Schiff should apologize for “slandering” Trump. trib.al/1uAcJIk

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

The English Revolution was in no small part sparked by King Charles I routing around parliament to find everything he wanted through non/legislative means, despite that being why Parliament exists. Over a century later, American colonists aware of this explicitly gave their Congress power to stop it

WATCH- @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "incredibly dishonest and downright dangerous new talking point being pushed by MAGA:" “Republicans on Capitol Hill are claiming that peaceful protesters are part of a terrorist network hell bent on destroying America.”

Sad to see the state of my birth under of rule of barbarism.

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois. We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are. www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

Excellent local reporting on what the Trump attacks means for the Sacramento economy. www.abridged.org/news/immigra...

Excellent local reporting on what the attack on immigrants means for the Sacramento economy. www.abridged.org/news/immigra...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners. Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Trump has decided you only get coal for Christmas

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

Republicans and the business elite were hoping that Trump would be, as Wm. F. Buckley described Spanish fascist dictator Franco, “only as oppressive as it is necessary to be to maintain total power.” They weren't reckoning on Trump & Miller's total depravity.

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

As I recently wrote, "globalist" has long been a term that antisemites have used to attack and demonize Jews. link.motherjones.com/public/41852...

Stephen Miller is a dangerous madman living in a world of his own making. I really can’t believe there isn’t more discourse around the madness we are witnessing each day.

More messaging like this please

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller

What really pushes this into true greatness is the "some."

Reading this reminds me of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. Whatever happened to that dude?

Kept thinking about the debate between Klein and Coates and wrote down some thoughts.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

This is really a stark example of abject political cowardice and how the administration brings it out of people January 2025: introduces legislation making reparations for the Wounded Knee Massacre Yesterday: I don’t have an opinion on calling it a battle

1) This is disgusting, blatant propaganda that goes against everything a university should be. 2) AND, they still lost $790,000,000 even after selling like this. EVERY university, hell, every organization, company and institution should take not that conceding NEVER works. #academicsky 🗃️

as far as i can tell, people are having substantive conversations about ezra’s interview with ta-nehisi, but then i’m not thomas chatterton williams, professional dilettante and, apparently, liar

Texas v California, no contest for some of the same fundamental reasons gwagner.com/texas-solar

Solar v Trump, no contest

The Trump Administration's DHS officers appear to be carrying large weapons around downtown Chicago in camouflage and masks. This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses.

Bloomberg reporting via @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook: “While Pres. Donald Trump axes the green policies of his predecessor and Europe gets caught up in a regulatory stalemate, China is quietly making a number of transition sectors impenetrable to Western startups.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

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