Katie (Taylor’s Version)

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Told my lecture class today that the New Deal's National Recovery Administration's "Blue Eagle" logo inspired the owner of the Philadelphia football team to rename the franchise as the Eagles.

Voice from the back of the lecture hall: "Go Birds!"

An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

I am not religious, but this seems to reflect the Jesus I was taught about and I’m not sure how people who claim to be Christian believe otherwise.

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

Never gets old!

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

But her emails...

Talk is all we have right now. Have to go out to every day people and build and organize so we are ready for midterms.

We kept saying trumps second term will be worse and it is. But honestly, I get no pleasure from being right. It’s so soul crushing to watch how stupid everything is.

The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.

The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.

How about restoring *that* focus?

You know that scene in Braveheart where Wallace is betrayed by the Scottish nobles and he chases one down and finds out it was Robert-the-Bruce.

And then Wallace just lays on the ground in disbelief at the betrayal?

That’s how I feel right now. Chuck Schumer is a weaker Robert the Bruce.

Absolutely not

I stopped weeks ago. Until there is new leadership, nope-not one dime.

“Fight on every other issue.” What?! How?! Absolutely pathetic.

I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.

N.J. attorney general sues Trump administration over dismantling of Education Department Matthew Platkin joined 20 other attorney generals in the suit against President Donald Trump's administration.

N.J. Attorney General Matthew Platkin is pursuing another lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, this time over his attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.

He joined 20 other attorney generals in the suit.

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

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This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

We can do both at the same time!

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.

I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

Democrats have abdicated their right to lead. It’s GOT TO come from the streets.

My rep, Madeline Dean, was sitting right there looking pathetic. Fucking horrendous and useless.

He inspired me to look up airfare for the Saturday 3/15 game and it’s not do-able sadly.

Federal Judge Blocks DOGE Access to Sensitive Data At Education Department Read more here.

In issuing the temporary restraining order, the judge said DOGE’s access to the data breached federal privacy laws and posed irreparable harm to plaintiffs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Two Super Bowl victories in seven years. No White House trips. Your team could never

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.