Dan Rodricks

"I would call him a degenerate racist but for the fact that 'degenerate' suggests a decline from a higher state that Trump never occupied; "

The coming backlash Betting that we will see in the midterms a hard response to the sick cruelty and racism Trump raised from the sewer.

Just as Trump exploited prejudices to create an Obama backlash and win his first presidency, I’m betting that we see another backlash develop this year — in the midterms — against the sick cruelty and racism Trump raised from the sewer. danrodricks.substack.com/p/the-coming...

How to warm up the house: Make minestrone If you want to take the chill off the house on a winter morning like this one -- if you want to take the chill off your body — get up early and make minestrone. Make a big pot so you can share some with a deserving friend, neighbor, relative or conscientious citizen. (Please don't share with the undeserving.) If you don’t have ingredients, make a note of this home-heating plan for the future.

How to warm up the house: Make minestrone

If you want to take the chill off the house on a winter morning like this one -- if you want to take the chill off your body — get up early and make minestrone. Make a big pot so you can share some with a deserving friend, neighbor, relative or…

This happened this morning: The grand, old enduring elm of North Baltimore.

Democrats need to bring back Harkinism
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January Photo of the Month More and more Americans are refusing to believe Trump's lies.

It will take years to shake the effects of so many Trump-era lies, coverups and conspiracy theories.
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Sunday essay: The First Amendment versus the Ninth Commandment 'Telling the public the truth is as important or nearly as important as the Golden Rule for public officials.'

The Lying Faithful
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Photos: Chesapeake Bay freeze, Eastern Shore workboats on ice My friend Kurt Kolaja, videographer and filmmaker, traveled a bit on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Jan. 30, capturing these scenes from Kent Narrows, Turner's Creek and Chestertown. The last time the Chesapeake saw extensive ice -- so thick in some places that you could drive a car onto it -- was the winter of 1976-1977.

Photos: Chesapeake Bay freeze, Eastern Shore workboats on ice

My friend Kurt Kolaja, videographer and filmmaker, traveled a bit on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Jan. 30, capturing these scenes from Kent Narrows, Turner's Creek and Chestertown. The last time the Chesapeake saw extensive ice -- so…

MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”

So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it

(H/T longtimehistory)

It snowed. It snained. It froze. We cut. We chopped. We shoveled.

Dan Rodricks: A happy ending, a new start for the Allens of 28th Street In June 2023, the Allens were burned out of their home, with no homeowners insurance to cover the cost of recovery. Two-and-a-half years later, they are back in their house on 28th Street, Dan Rodrick...

Well, this turned out much better than expected.
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Much of the nation needs a good ICE scraper.

Writing letters to Congress: If you want to get their attention, go old school. In the 1939 Frank Capra film, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” letters from citizens to Congress play a pivotal role in the story — they symbolize the voices of young people crying out for honest re…

If you never bother, they never hear from you, and Republicans continue to abide the slide to authoritarianism.
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Supreme Court had a big role in creating the ICE monster “I have the right under the Supreme Court to verify your legal status."

John Roberts will be remembered as the Chief Enabler of a lawless president who tried to destroy the democracy.
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Letter writing helped end the Vietnam War.

If you’re sitting through the storm this weekend, wondering what you can do about this horrible situation, write a couple of letters. It’s old school. But, if a few million Americans flooded Senate mailboxes, it could be effective. danrodricks.substack.com/p/republican...

On a Baltimore sidewalk

Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds

Are you better off than when Joe was President? No, says a majority in new poll.
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They kidnapped a five year old child

Dear Europe Hold strong against this madness

A letter from @betoorourke.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Police shooting: This is what happens in normal agencies The Maryland Attorney General just did what the corrupt Trump DOJ refuses to do in the Renee Good case.

The Maryland AG just did something the US AG refuses to do in the killing of Renee Good. open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Women’s hockey: A full house in DC; please bring these touring teams to Baltimore You would not know it from reading today’s Washington Post, but a record-breaking crowd of 17,228 watched a women’s professional hockey game at Capitol One Arena in DC on Sunday afterno…

A record-breaking crowd of 17,228 watched a women's professional hockey game at Capitol One Arena in DC on Sunday afternoon, an impressive development in the growth of the Professional Women's Hockey League. @thepwhl.com danrodricks.com/2026/01/19/w...

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

How will they remember you? Cartoonist, ICE agent or federal prosecutor: Your words and deeds are your legacy. Live with it. Die with it.

How pathetic: To be remembered for your success as a humorist and, in the next paragraph, for being a racist jerk who believed supporting a racist president “was worth it.”
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Get 10 cents for every empty bottle or can. It’s one of many ways to resist Trump’s attack on the environment It's cool that Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel, the trash interceptor based in the city's Inner Harbor, is a worldwide celebrity. He's had some viral moments and enjoyed lots of attention for several years now. But so has all the trash that floats with every rain into the Inner Harbor, a chronic and depressing phenomenon. It would not be so bad if Maryland instituted a 10-cent deposit on every beverage bottle and can -- some of the estimated 5.5 billion of them that people across the state go through every year.

Get 10 cents for every empty bottle or can. It’s one of many ways to resist Trump’s attack on the environment

It's cool that Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel, the trash interceptor based in the city's Inner Harbor, is a worldwide celebrity. He's had some viral moments and enjoyed lots of attention for…

Top central bankers express ‘full solidarity’ with Fed Chair Powell in clash with Trump Central bankers from around the world said Tuesday they “stand in full solidarity” with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his confrontati…

Central bankers from around the world said Tuesday they “stand in full solidarity” with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Fed with the Justice Department investigating and threatening criminal charges.