Too many Democrats don't grasp that the war on immigrants is also a war on non-white American citizens, and in favor of white supremacist rule over all. Opposing both should be non-negotiable. Via @jtccarroll.bsky.social

"Flanked by renderings of the 'Trump class' battleships at sea, Trump said he would take an active role in their design." And so the president continues his descent into vainglorious madness, this time via the prospect of gold-plated naval vessels. www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/p...

Definitely support @theunpopulist.net, which is doing great work explaining our slide into authoritarianism on a deep theoretical level while explaining what a future liberal alternative could look like:

Democrats are hiding their 2024 postmortem, luckily, I was invited by the great @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social to talk about what Democrats have been doing wrong and where they can improve: plus.flux.community/p/democrats-...

"The White House announced today that the United States will be renamed "Trump United States."" www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/t...

i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing

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My latest @flux.community: The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S., and needs to be called out for the unforgivable hate speech that it is. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/when-donal...

My latest at @flux.community : Democrats must insist that not just Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but the Republicans who voted to confirm him are complicit with murder and possible war crimes off the coast of South America. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/gop-pirate...

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Neon Liberalism #54: Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of "The State and the Soldier," as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking point. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...

The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..

My latest at @flux.community: As President Trump acts in increasingly erratic and dangerous ways - including calls to execute Democratic politicians - opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...

My latest @flux.community: Following a blue-wave off-year election, a key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/democratic...

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

My latest at @flux.community: With so many rich and powerful Americans leaning into self-preservation or even the benefits of authoritarian rule, the U.S. will need a cultural and economic reset as well as a political one. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/as-elite-c...

Many non-Trumpist elites have been willing to accede to his power grabs because ultimately they are anti-democratic as well. They differ from Trump only in their legalism, @jtccarroll.bsky.social writes at @flux.community plus.flux.community/p/as-elite-c...

A nuanced assessment of the limited but important impact of No Kings protests and of what it means that "a staunchly authoritarian movement is in power but [hasn't] been able to install a consolidated autocracy yet." Worth reading by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/42mxk7j4

A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity   American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.   New piece:

Sunday Reading: A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.   Some thoughts from my new piece:

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

My latest @flux.community: The No Kings protests show that many millions understand that the aim must be to delegitimize MAGA authoritarianism, not just beat it - even as the GOP moves in countervailing fashion to delegitimize democracy itself. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/no-kings-p...

So whether or not your city gets invaded by federal troops hinges on whether it contains a billionaire friend of the president who can call off the dogs. Totally absolutely not authoritarian or corrupt at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

My latest @flux.community: Not only has the Trump regime severely curtailed refugee admissions to the U.S., it's constructing new rules that assert only whites can be real citizens. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/privilegin...

Trump apparently ordering his appointees to get him a check for about a quarter billion of US taxpayer dollars www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

Good round-up of the massive displays of patriotism and defiance this weekend's No Kings demonstrations brought to cities around the nation from @brettwilkins.bsky.social @commondreams.org @flux.community. Big takeaway for me: Leading Dems showed up, too. plus.flux.community/p/millions-t...

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

They are pursing a "strategy of tension" but there's no red brigades to help them out. bsky.app/profile/sjsh...

My latest at @flux.community: There is no beating the president and MAGA without a strategy for defeating the political violence they are inflicting on American society. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/democrats-...

Democrats must make Trump's violence central to their case against him There is no beating the president and MAGA without a strategy for defeating the political violence they are inflicting on American society Via @jtccarroll.bsky.social: plus.flux.community/p/democrats-...

This one featuring @karenattiah.bsky.social discusses how the broader center-to-left has failed to understand power, at both personal and organizational levels. We have to seek power and use it in order to protect our beliefs.

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

@vermontgmg.bsky.social on vital context re gov shutdown that most Dems in Congress seem to ignore: "These budget negotiations and the shutdown must be seen against the backdrop of the entire year of presidential overreach and constitutional violations." 1/ www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly: newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Must read from @willbunch.bsky.social @inquirer.com “Defeating fascism requires a very different type of posture-both politically and morally-than might an old-fashioned political quarrel between liberals and conservatives…we must declare ourselves anti-fascists.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Thank God the feds have finally shown up to protect us Oregonians from the octogenarian veterans and their wives! Those people have been running roughshod over the community for long enough!!!

"This Week in Democracy – Week 37: Trump Goes Full Fascist and Denounces 'Enemy From Within'" Another week of Zeteo's project to document the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

My latest @flux.community: Conjuring fantasies of mayhem and anarchy to justify the latest domestic troop deployments, MAGA cites an "enemy within" that turns out to be. . . ordinary Americans just living their lives. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/as-trumps-...

My latest @flux.community: Look below the surface of RFK, Jr.'s insane anti-health policies, and you'll glimpse the basic fact of Donald Trump's urge to dominate the American citizenry however he can. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/triumph-of...

Now pushing no Tylenol for kids. My two small kids recently spiked three fevers in two weeks (Covid, virus, virus). You want me to make them stay up all night sweating and keening rather than give them one safe chewable, drop their temp, and let them go to sleep? You are an actual monster.

Triumph of the ill will: Look below the surface of RFK, Jr.'s insane anti-health policies, and you'll glimpse the basic fact of Donald Trump's urge to dominate the American citizenry however he can Via @jtccarroll.bsky.social plus.flux.community/p/triumph-of...

CNN has identified at least 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents after ICE deported them - including newborns. As a parent I cannot imagine the horror of being separated from my child, but that trauma is even more acute for the innocent children left behind.

Not available over the air in Portland due to Sinclair, so I’m one of 1.6 million and counting to have watched it on YouTube.

People of DC: The ABC station in the nation's capital, Sinclair-owned WJLA, was afraid to run this segment tonight. Let them know what you think about this. With minimal online skills can find their contact info.

My latest @flux.community: As the Trump administration declares war on the "radical left," opponents of Trump need to remind their fellow Americans that MAGA includes most of the population in this group. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/proclaimin...

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Oh. My. God. Profoundly twisted framing from @nytimes.com The casual reader of this hed and subhed would have exactly zero inkling that this is likely corrupt or even illegal or unconstitutional. Euphemistic to the point of absurdity.

I don’t think any country in the history of the world has ever done anything as stupidly self destructive as what Trump and RFK jr are doing with vaccines.