Andrew Slack

Trump is giving me such a headache.

I think I need a Tylenol.

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

In 1986, DC Comics redesigned Lex Luthor as a billionaire businessman.

Their confirmed model? Donald Trump.

America elected its own supervillain. Twice.

The real question isn't how Trump won. It's what toxin in our body politic made him possible. Maybe even inevitable.

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Well, I guess, I can relate! Because this "Four Empire Framework" is a set of ideas I've been toying with since about 2010 (if not earlier).

And Trump has taken them to a kind of logical "conclusion."

Got a lot more coming on this and I'm eager to talk w/YOU of all people more on it! ❤️

Wow, Evan. I feel speechless. Thank you! ❤️

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

The Constitution's fatal blind spot: it never mentions corporations.

This enabled systemic racism, surveillance capitalism, and the real-life Lex Luthor in the White House.

But we're done letting traitors define what America means.

Let's fight "America's Kryptonite."

Let's Make America Super.

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

I think this might be the best thing I’ve ever written.

About America’s Kryptonite: the poison in our constitutional DNA.

With the hope that there's still time to Make America Super.

I’d so be grateful if you’d read, discuss, and share!

We made the front page of The Hollywood Reporter!

@joseiswriting.bsky.social and I explain why Superman has always been an immigrant—no matter what Fox News says.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#SupermanIsAnImmigrant

1/8 Trump just told Americans who have bodies that sometimes get sick (and prefer not to die) to #GoFundYourself!

So we did.

We’ve launched a $723B GoFundMe to replace what he’s stealing from Medicaid.

Every $10 cancels $1K in medical debt.

Pitch in at GoFundYourself.page

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

Major universities w/ massive endowments fought hard to displace impoverished people, ruining communities. But when fascists threatened funding—money these universities could easily replace—they folded immediately.

Respect to faculty & students standing strong. To admin who folded…I have no words.

Ezra on twitter, paying tribute to the late Kevin Drum: When I started out as a blogger, one of my definitions of success was to get a single link, just one, from Calpundit. It was hard. It took time. I was so damn proud when it happened. Kevin Drum was an inspiration to so many of us. A lot of the later turns towards wonkery and chart-blogging has its roots in his work. He influenced a generation of young writers — he was fair and independent and took the evidence seriously and and he did the work to see old things in new ways. He will be so missed.

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Times Square, New York.

A rally in support of Ukraine 🇺🇸💙💛

Screen Icon Gene Hackman Dies The Oscar winner officially retired from acting in 2008.

Rest In Peace. Another great artist leaves the world. www.huffpost.com/entry/gene-h...

One of my closest friends, the brilliant Aaron Kagan is starting this new support group for dads. I promise you: this will be transformative.

Web page with all the details: www.aaronkagancoaching.com/groups-dads

Or go right to the sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“If the Trump administration and Musk’s operation unilaterally gut NOAA, this would be an illegal overreach of presidential authority that will be swiftly challenged in the courts."

Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH

Unlike 2016, Trump's team has executive orders & a grasp of power’s levers. It’s daunting. But Trump excels at performing power, not maintaining it.

Suzie Wiles & Project 2025 put lipstick on a pig—an intimidating shade, sure—but it’ll fade. Beneath it? A weird, chaotic little man who is beatable.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

EXACTLY.

Also, for too long, the loudest voices of Christianity in the US have been those against the message of Jesus Christ.

I may not technically be classified as Christian but I love the teachings of Jesus and it’s really refreshing to see a prominent Christian in the US embodying them.

You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.

I did too. I did too.

A neighbor friend shared this in the group chat. If you’re in #LAfires avoid the leaf blowers in terms of cleaning up ash. Lots of particulate and harmful crap in there you don’t what to blow around

Midnight in America: Dreams, Nightmares, and the Collision of MLK and Trump At a Nation’s Crossroads: King’s Dream and Trump’s Nightmare Collide

The surreal nature of Trump’s 2nd inauguration falling on MLK Day reminds us: without MLK, Trump may never have met Roy Cohn. And yet, just as the Dream can birth a Nightmare—we’re called to turn it back toward the Dream.

Take a look, and let’s be good to each other!

We Are the Rebel Alliance: A Manifesto to Transform the Resistance I. Using Cultural Acupuncture to Harness Myth, Ritual, Symbol, and Community for Lasting Transformation

Peter Thiel says he, Musk, and their fascist billionaire friends are the Rebel Alliance.

In this manifesto, I envision how we can flip the script.

Big idea: Let’s rebrand the Resistance as the Rebel Alliance.

Nerd out with me!

#RebelAlliance

We Are the Rebel Alliance: A Manifesto to Transform the Resistance I. Using Cultural Acupuncture to Harness Myth, Ritual, Symbol, and Community for Lasting Transformation

As the inauguration looms, I’ve published the most ambitious piece I've ever written—a manifesto months in the making!

Let’s shift from Resistance to Rebel Alliance using myth, ritual, symbol, and community.

I’d love your insights and May the Force be with us!

Just several years ago, it was considered a compliment by many to be called, “woke.”
Then the right attacked. Does any one on the left still use the term as a compliment

Rest, Gratitude, and the Poetry of Belonging Poems and Practices for a Season of Complexity and Renewal

🌿 Rest, Gratitude, and the Poetry of Belonging 🌿

As the holiday season begins, I’m reflecting on how gratitude helps us hold both the beauty and the complexity of this time of year.

Wishing you peace as we enter this season of quiet, coziness, and gratitude.

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lol! Hi Ute!!!!

The Thirteenth Reason Kamala Harris Lost Why Our Crisis Isn't Political—It's Existential

Since the election, there have been a billion hot takes on how the Democrats got the politics wrong.

But what if we are facing an existential crisis that's deeper than politics? I explore this and more in my latest piece.

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A Broken Hallelujah Grief, Hope, and the Stories That Can Save Us

In the wake of the 2024 election, I've started a newsletter.

Not your typical political one, but something I've dreamed of for ages.

I hope you're giving yourselves grace as we navigate this obscenely broken time:

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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive