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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

There is no “why” among the MAGA. Except perhaps cruelty and chaos.

uh oh... someone is digging up old tweets.

It’s probably bad that the future of America’s government pivots on a fight between Lex Luthor and the Joker

How Progressives Are Unwittingly Aiding the Rise of Autocracy Dictators get an unlikely boost from the left’s identity politics.

FP: “autocrats…avoid outrage from their supporters because they excel at covering up their self-serving policies—at changing the subject—by scapegoating disfavored minorities.“

Exactly. @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and crew fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

We need much better from everyone at this critical time.

Local journalism needs a massive boost in Canada and the USA.

Local journalism needs a massive boost in Canada and the USA.

There are lots of wrong definitions of habeas one could give, but this is just about the *most* wrong definition possible.

Imagine a cabinet member being asked to define freedom of speech and answering that it’s the government’s right to stop you from criticizing them. About the same.

Updated #UCPayToPlay scandal-in-a-tweet:

Premier Smith's former chief of staff allegedly pressured health officials to cut half a billion dollars in contracts to a businessman whose sister was his landlord and who bought them all luxury NHL tickets. And they fired the person ready to reveal it.

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The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025) How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.

We're saddened by the passing of Joshua Clover, brilliant poet, theorist, and organizer. UC Press had the honor of publishing two of his major works: 1989 and THE TOTALITY FOR KIDS.

This remembrance captures his multifaceted life beautifully. Rest in power, Joshua. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

This is a bloody interesting quote.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan charged with 2 felonies in ICE case Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.

NEW: Statement from attorney for Judge Dugan.

"Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously, and looks forward to being exonerated."

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

The day after Donald Trump’s election last year, three Georgetown Law students started a political movement to brace for impact. The students texted each other, started organizing, and eventually discovered the ability to perform a simple act to put the world’s wealthiest and most powerful law firms on the defensive. They created a spreadsheet. “Fascist Attacks Tracker” After Trump signed executive orders singling out law firms for political retribution, the students recorded BigLaw’s responses in a document they titled “Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker.”

"Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem"

Georgetown Law students made a spreadsheet. National coverage followed. Now, the world's richest firms face PR & recruitment headaches.

An organizer on how it unfolded @www.AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...

Warrior culture

Correct

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

I laughed out loud at this!! Well done. Best of the day.

we’re gonna have Ackman doing land acknowledgments by May at this rate

Corrupt Russian security services personnel are now cashing out their franchises (supplying fake taxi permits for example) for 5x monthly revenue. ie they’re bailing out at firesale prices.
- Mark Galeotti

People are forgetting that if any institutions are left, Trump risks spending the rest of his life in prison after his term ends. Many in his circle, too. Keep that in mind. They’ll burn it all down rather than relinquish power.

This seems bad. Trump isn’t happy with how the US-Canada border is drawn.

“Moral Cowardice”, by Jeff Bezos. Sucking up to an autocrat to preserve and expand profits, imperiling journalism and helping democracy die, not in darkness, but in the clear light of day and within the glow of his oligarchic power.
-(riffing David Corn)

Swasticar. The fascist thing on four wheels.
lol.