Mathew Strack

Fire hose snakes its way down an alley to a parked fire truck

What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.

The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.

you may as well be chasing a unicorn bathing in a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow— the magically “correct” Dem position on crime that inoculates them from the GOP being the GOP, doing GOP things

new partisan head of the bls getting bodied on basic economics. we are in the bad place folks

“The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators”. — Peter Baker

Man I would be so fucking furious if the Democrats called taking over my city a “distraction” from the Epstein files.

rampant cowardice from people who can well afford afford to show some spine

if you took a partisan congressional majority from the 1880s and plopped it into the present, it would look at the size of california and immediately turn it in to six states. "surprise, we have 10 new senators now."

i am pro-"partisan statehood measures." make DC a state. allow PR a binding resolution to determine if want statehood. offer the same to our other island holdings — american samoa, guam, the northern mariana islands and the US virgin islands. if they agree, incorporate them as a 1 or 2 units.

homicide rates in washington dc since 1995

We do not "liberate" our own democratically governed streets like they are an occupied foreign nation.

why are the rich such whiny little bitches?

Agree this is The Question and I’ll posit an answer: Incumbent elites have a hard time moving to popular resistance.

Most institutions and elites are still acting as if the only available forms of opposition are the ones they’re used to using in a functional, democratic legal and political system.

I was very moved by my conversation with @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social...

The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.

UCLA, you're stronger than you think. You have more cards. You'll outlive this. We all will. Hold the line.

The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump newrepublic.com/article/1983... via @newrepublic.com

Larry Summers, political genius

california’s population is larger than at least a dozen red states *combined* so if we’re playing the “we deserve more representation” game give us our 500 senators

Trump administration seeking $1 billion settlement from UCLA | CNN Politics The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher ed...

I see they’ve chosen UCLA to be their whale.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/p...?

so we have a state public institution that can operate autonomously from the state but not from the Feds? make it make sense

silly me— I thought independent governance of public institutions was meant to protect them from this type of political shakedown

outrageous that a CA public institution can fork over money to Trump without the approval of the legislature

Dem bench strength of would-be party foils and Senate obstructionists remains top notch

A+ effort from the photo editor 👏

would love for Dems to call the gov’s bluff but Dem national party and its leadership seem intent on winning “the most adult in the room” award from teacher

no disrespect to these judges, but choosing to see institutional, structural challenges of the Court simply as a matter of personnel is akin to Charlie Brown taking another run at the football

any solution will involve “giving up” on an idealized Court that does not exist

This is a really, really important story, which is why I provided a gift link. Many people, when they think of higher education, think of elite universities. But most higher education is nonselective (i.e., they admit everyone), and a lot of it is community colleges.

Cactus blooming with yellow flowers in Capitol Park