ICE just murdered a legal observer in Minnesota. She was driving away from the scene, not towards law enforcement, so any "self-defense" claims are bogus. This is what a police state looks like – and Secretary Noem and President Trump are responsible.

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

They should try directly saying bad actors are bad actors more

Trump is really fighting to keep his eyes open while Caine goes on and on

For some people there is literally no social problem or controversy that couldn’t be fixed if only women would sacrifice their freedom, dreams, and independence.

An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament. Feel safer?

Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974

For those keeping track, the administration is engaging in arbitrary detentions and illegal renditions at home, extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, and now two crimes of aggression (Iran, Venezuela).

Just say women. This is taking forever.

Congressional Republicans just made health care more expensive for millions of Americans.

more power to any Dean who makes the case that their discipline-specific standard for AI is refusal, and AI refusal will be what they integrate into the curriculum

✨ gender ✨

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

Added more resources to the Anti-GenAI bibliography! If you have links you think I may have missed while I was in Ireland (November 23 to today), please do drop them! I'll be so glad to add them (and self-promotion is welcome). catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...

“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

No armed conflict. Law of armed conflict therefore doesn't apply. No enemy combatants. No military objectives. There's a term for premeditated killing in those circumstances.

Absolute debasement of academic standards *student submits opinion in psych class *gets bad grade *instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources *student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated *professor suspended

Genuinely wondering how Northwestern (and other universities) can reconcile its stated priority of advancing and disseminating scientific in the biological sciences with its acceptance of Trump's demonstrably incorrect, scientifically illiterate definition of sex.

One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling. bsky.app/profile/radl...

Sorry, but this is not enough. The Democratic Senators' posts/videos about the outrageous Thing also need to go the next step & demand his immediate impeachment & removal. No, it won't happen. Doesn't matter. Normalize enforcing the rule of law & the Constitution. Articulate what must be done.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

The US government is no longer a source of credible information on any topic - anything said by any of its departments should be ignored or presumed inaccurate. That’s astonishing and distressing but it’s our reality for at least the near future.

Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

do you people hear yourselves?

Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised

There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way. One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.

Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now. I get it. I have my own feelings. 🧵

A fine for what? What does capitulation do except invite more abuse of power? Come on Cornell.

"everyone does it" approach is going to do an incredible amount of long-term harm. It's not enough for the Trump family to walk away with *billions* of dollars themselves; he's trying to delegitimize the basic idea that there's anything wrong with that.

if Joe Biden said this during a speech Hannity would immediately start anchoring special coverage and the New York Times would fire up a live blog breaking down every syllable

One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.

For the love of God, can just one interviewer push back on this insanity? There are people seeking political asylum in America. They were not taken out of mental asylums in other countries and brought here. It's a big mistake with big ramifications, but no one wants to correct Our Special Boy.

Want to read what I really think about the Trump administration and the Asia Pacific? Here you go. It’s a goddamn catastrophe for U.S. national interests and for the regional economic and diplomatic order.

"Who <actually> controls all branches of government, including both chambers of the legislature?" is rapidly challenging "Who was <actually> president in 2020?" for the title of The Great Political Question of Our Time 🤷‍♂️

One year ago, an entirely accurate page in NYT.

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.* They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets. Duh.

Walz making it clear that we can talk about corruption and government failure in the same sentence. Basically, our public goods are disappearing because the corrupt elite are looting the government.

The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...

Eight months after Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Let's be clear drawing and enforcing a "Yellow Line" across Gaza that civilians cannot approach/cross is incompatible with international law.