Pres. Welsh knew LGBTQ studies were important and knew it was wrong to fire the instructor but caved and did it anyway. Great moments in groveling. Let Texas A&M know what you think of this fascism!

President Orange Shit Stain didn't want you to see this video of him getting booed at the US Open, so please be respectful and don't circulate it widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Wf...

Very much looking forward to my talk at NYMAS tomorrow, on a serial killer in Hitler's Berlin and what this had to do with the Holocaust.

It was a great pleasure to talk again with my friends Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz. Here is part one of our conversation: youtu.be/AkrFu1a7FKk?...

Long weekend at the lake. Photo credit spouse.

Law school friends, Don (left), me, Sheldon (right). Learned yesterday that Sheldon left us. Go in peace old friend.

I observe a kind of anniversary today. 45 years ago a 14 year old version of me went to the public library and checked this out, because I had become a fan of John Coltrane, and read somewhere that he had recorded with some trumpet player . . .

Sunday afternoon in the garden with my lovely spouse.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha etc

View from Untermyer Gardens yesterday.

Ah, New York . . .

ABSOLUTELY NO, @harvard.edu. I gave my alma mater money for the first time because of its resistance to Trump. I will give more if it keeps resisting. Appeasing a dictator NEVER works. @crimsoncourage.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

More brutal thugs in action, this time CPB.

I signed.

DHS says we are facing threats of cyber and terrorist attacks from Iran. So it's really great that Nazi Barbie Noem is devoting her resources to sending ICE goons to rip parents and grandparents away from kids. dhs.gov/ntas/advisor...

Look at this fucking clown, "Deputy Field Director." At least the Nazis' goons had great uniforms from Hugo Boss.

Huge turnout for the "No Kings" protest in New York yesterday . . .

Cats and boxes…

THIS, folks, is exactly the cruelty that Rep. Stefanik and Rep. Lawler and all the other spineless GOP cowards and traitors enthusiastically support. Judge them accordingly and remember when you vote. www.closertotheedge.net/p/they-took-...

When you see this disgusting spectacle of Rep. Lawler venting his hatred for migrants and the rule of law, remember he bragged about how much money he got from Elon Musk. Lawler is clearly the best congressman Musk's money can buy. www.google.com/search?q=vid...

“No, no. We’re not a king,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re not a king at all, thank you very much.” Love the "we," dude.

In New York, even the pigeons are activists. Fuck ICE and all who sail with it.

I'll feel safer when this piece of shit is in jail for the rest of his life. Jail in El Salvador would be fine.

Queens (Borough of) Pride today!

I have begun tracking a pattern that when media outlets -- even liberal ones -- interview someone with a Dr. or Prof title, when it's women it's "Mary, let me ask you . . . " but when it's men it's "Dr. Smith, let me ask you . . ."

Important thread here from @ankahajkova.bsky.social about the brave reporting done by her brother, Adam Hájek, on the war in Ukraine.

Peak Edmonton: Shumka Ukrainian dancers celebrating the Oilers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoU...

Not the first time McDavid and Draisaitl have looked a lot like Gretzky and Kurri in the old days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTEb...

The only thing the Prime Minister is wrong about here is that Trump's White House is very much for sale. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Hey, Joey said it. I'm just the messenger.

"Trump’s formula...is to reverse an extraordinary success into spectacular failure...problems that don’t exist can be solved by policies that won’t work." Great piece by Sidney Blumenthal: www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

Want my simplistic take on the different tactics of Pritzker and Whitmer? Whitmer has to listen to billionaire donors and their consultants, and Pritzker only has to listen to one billionaire—himself. Not ideal! But it does free him up from the drivel some Democrats will feel bound to try.

The main thing you notice here is not the lying, but Trump's utter and complete stupidity, his inability to say anything accurate or meaningful about anything at all. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-def...

Elbows up today, Canada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=972f...

Despite everything, the garden is doing its annual magic.

There is a Nuremberg trial waiting for this piece of shit. Trump’s Border Czar Has Chilling Threat for Every Democratic Leader newrepublic.com/post/194039/... via @newrepublic.com

“The kind of propaganda and disinformation that we see now is not particularly new and not dependent on the internet,” said Hunter College History Professor @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social. More @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

The funny thing is, MAGA have become Communists. It used to be Communists who destroyed free markets for hare- brained ideas, promising short term pain for long term gain, that turned out to be only long term pain too. Stalin's destruction of family farms for instance. Now it's Trump and his cult.

The funny thing is, MAGA have become Communists. It used to be Communists who destroyed free markets for hair brained ideas, promising short term pain for long term gain, that turned out to be only long term pain too. Stalin's destruction of family farms for instance. Now it's Trump and his cult.

Prof. @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social joins The Thought Project for a timely discussion of the rise of autocracy in America and its unsettling parallels to Europe in 1938 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/echoes-...

@adamblackler.bsky.social and I are saving the Trans-Atlantic relationship one fine German restaurant at a time.

I had a great time tonight with @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social. We even received a free dessert as a sign that the Trans-Atlantic relationship remains strong. I hope that’s true.

Make this go viral! Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.

Big win in PA! “In a district that went to Trump by 15 in 2024 and has a 23-point Republican voter registration advantage, Malone’s victory is a loud and clear rebuke to Republicans’ threats to ... Social Security and Medicaid to our public schools." thehill.com/homenews/cam...

An old and dear friend sent me this. Myself with saxophone, circa 1981 or 1982. Another old friend, the great bass player Laurence Mollerup, behind me.

Putin joked about keeping Trump waiting for an hour. Just in case there was any doubt -- Trump is Putin's bitch. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

This is the moral and intellectual level of President Musk. Remember, he quickly decided he didn't want you to see that he said this: "Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did." -- Elon Musk

I'll start. Go fuck yourself, @schumer.senate.gov