Max Geier

absolutely. This is one of the best ruminations I have seen on the importance of face-to-face teaching, in person, in a classroom setting. Communication happens there in the pauses, in the silences between what we planned to say and what suddenly occurs to us in the moment. That flash of insight.

San José City Council Supports ICE Mask Ban After Plainclothes Arrest | KQED The San José City Council showed strong support for a new policy that would prohibit federal officers from hiding their identity while working in the city.

This is the kind of power that state and local governments have to protect residents from Trump’s regime. Turn up the pressure on your governor, legislature, or city council to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian immigration crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...

It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.”

My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

Circuit Court Judge Diana Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home in South Carolina went up in flames around midday forcing her husband, former Dem state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze.

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A good legal critique of the Kafkaesque strategy of harassment-by-legal-jeopardy that the US Department of Justice is deploying in its effort to silence and intimidate dissent.

Report: A Third of Americans Can't Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — Streetsblog USA So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day?

It's one thing to talk about the 1 in 20 Americans who live in households without cars. But it's another to talk about all the people who live in households with fewer cars than people who need to drive to participate in an autocentric society, particularly kids, elders, and people w/disabilities.

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

A cautionary tale from Argentina about chainsaw economics and where it leads: "Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?" | Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Trump to be hit by 'largest peaceful protest in modern American history': organizers As President Donald Trump and his allies continue to target immigrants, journalists, and anyone else critical of the increasingly authoritarian administration, organizers are gearing up for another round of “No Kings” rallies across the United States — which they expect will draw even more demonstra...

Millions are preparing to march against Trump’s authoritarian rule as he floods cities with troops and ICE raids. The protest is set to dwarf June’s rallies, a massive rebuke of a president flirting openly with dictatorship.

A top Mamdani adviser tells me internal data shows taking on Trump's authoritarian abuses resonates. It appeals to working class voters across all demographics, countering the frequent claim that this is a "distraction" from issues working people "really" care about.

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There is no money for cancer research, no money for the deaf and blind children program, and not enough money for healthcare, Social Security, and Medicare, but there is enough money to give $20 billion to Argentina.

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

Yes, we are in the grips of an aggressively anti-intellectual fascist kleptocracy that actively cultivates disdain for actual experience and professional training.

Not an immigrant, trans, leftist, black or brown person.
Just the usual suspect.

"war on cars"

How Portland did it

💙 Portland 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

‘No driver, no hands, no clue’: Waymo pulled over for illegal U-turn “Our citation books don’t have a box for ‘robot,’” the San Bruno Police Department quipped.

Hahahahahahaha unaccountable robot drivers 😵‍💫🫠 sfstandard.com/2025/09/28/w...