Holly Berkley Fletcher

Thanks, New Yorker

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social welcome Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social to discuss deployment of the #NationalGuard in US cities, the difference between grassroots & elite political participation, & the importance of just showing up.

Remember when COVID hit & some experts warned that 100k could die, and most people, including other experts said that was alarmist…then a million died and we shrugged?

When I tell you the US mil will be shooting Americans in the street it sounds alarmist; in 3 yrs we’ll shrug and say “of course.”

It's only a matter of time, I fear.

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

This is so Bizarre. I’ve had multiple conversations this week with several people about Ellis. He’s the guy that stashed the perfect phone call transcript in a code word classified system. And took over prepub review of Bolton’s book. Now this. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Good God, the fundamentalists on all sides are exhausting. I hope they all end up in the afterlife together.

Rofl

I’m guessing they also advised you not to live through an authoritarian takeover

Bfd! Congratulations @thebulwark.com friends

WOAH

It’s the warrior ethos

I like Wood musically but TMI Taylor
Only definite skip is cancelled
Others are fine
@annabower.bsky.social

Ok i have now listened to new #TaylorSwift album several times. Not my favorite album but good. Fav songs
Father figure
Ophelia
Ruin the friendship

These tech bros are just terrifying.

Everything Is Awful. And It’s Changing Us. It’s great that Disney is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back—but is it too late?

A populace that is agitated without being informed. A leader who encourages the worst suspicions, fuels the most dangerous lies, and mocks compromise and tolerance. It is getting close to being too late. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social:

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

Chicago Police are having a hard time doing their jobs, because of ICE agents overloading the 911 system with fake calls.

"It's actually a violation of law. It would be classified under disorderly conduct, filing a false official report," he said.

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

The Church of Starbucks has absolved me of all sin.
Thanks be to Coffee.

People are mad at me on Linkedin
I never could behave myself in a professional setting

Great time in AR and OK w/ many wonderful old & new friends. Thanks to @aselrod.bsky.social for putting together a great @pulaskiinstitution.bsky.social summit + book event for me. I loved meeting @shortle.bsky.social, an incredible scholar whose work has practical application to support democracy.

I hope you are joking about @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I don't think he talks over me & if he ever does it is matched by my interruptions of him. Plus it's his podcast, I am lucky he lets me come on. He's nothing if not incredibly generous w/ everyone, honestly one of the best people I know.

So looking forward to this event on Monday with the brilliant @hollybfletcher.bsky.social. Do join us!

Alan Elrod and Holly Berkley Fletcher at a Pulaski Institution event for Holly's book "The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism"

Holly Berkley Fletcher's book "The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism"

Went to the @pulaskiinstitution.bsky.social book event for @hollybfletcher.bsky.social in Little Rock tonight. Looking forward to the summit tomorrow @aselrod.bsky.social

A Prayer for Our Country And a reminder that here on earth, ‘God's work must truly be our own.’

"It was good to have a day away from politics. But it’s also good to get back in the arena, trying to do what one can 'to safeguard the ideals and free institutions that are the pride and glory of our country.'”

www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...

I actually vaguely know who Basho is. Vaguely. That's a win for me.

Now Mar-a-Lago face makes more sense

I am emphatically too old to be a Swiftie but what can I say, I am forever young at heart.
And EDM has been around since the 90s! I guess you've been busy learning reading 13th century Chinese poetry in the original Mandarin or something.

OK, I cheated, took a brief listen last night (will run to the whole thing this morning as planned), and first impression--and I reeealllly really hate to say this--little disappointed. I guess I was expecting sound to be more 1989 this sounded more EDM but less pulsating?

Hard to tell the real illegal militia from the fake illegal militia