Deborah Baker

Alex Pareene nailed it in this 2017 essay: "Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party."

www.jezebel.com/charlottesvi...

Thank you for your clarity, warmth, and doggedness. Looking forward to hearing where you land.

I’m briefly in India. This is a facile observation, but Americans have barely scratched the surface in understanding how the rest of the world is reacting to this war. It’s already an Iraq War-style disaster in the global imagination, underscored by the thuggishness and caprice of the Trump approach

Announcement for the “Recast/Reclaim” March 14 exhibit opening at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Image of one ton of bronze ingots rendered from the 2023 melting of Charlottesville’s notorious statue of Robert E. Lee, the attempted preservation of which mobilized fascists to hold their violent 12 Aug 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. The bronze ingots will be recast into new public art for the city of Charlottesville.

Charlottesville: Swords Into Plowshares needs your input. How should we recast the bronze ingots from the melted Lee statue? How can we reclaim public space? Come meet the design firms, see their proposals, view photos of the melting. 6pm Saturday, March 14 at the Jefferson School. www.sipcville.com

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.

People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives

The Trump era has given rise to this whole new emotion of being simultaneously angry over how evil something is and how stupid it is, which I'm sure the Germans have a word for but I don't.

Tarrio was at Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville lest we forget

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

This was my pinned tweet on the other site. It feels appropriate to post it here today. As much as I like the post that I have pinned now on Bluesky, I might replace it with this one.

This is truly gruesome.

Just finished Mr Scorsese, Rebecca Miller’s terrific five part portrait of the maestro - and turning back to news like this makes Scorsese’s ferocious vision of America’s relentless violence seem, if not minimalist, very restrained.

That the archbishop needs to say this is itself a grim measure of our degradation.

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

TikTok video by Toure YT: ToureTube

I agree with @toure.bsky.social And think you will too.

The US attack on a school for girls is even worse than he describes here! Some reports say that a second missal killed first responders. Investigators are looking into the role AI may have played in identifying this target.

It’s a war crime.

Strategy is fundamentally all about developing a sophisticated theory of the mind of one’s opponent.

With MAGA’s Iran Adventure, guess we’re going to see what a modern war almost totally devoid of anything we’d call “strategy” looks like.

All evidence to date suggests that the CPHE is a partisan political body aiming to transform higher ed in a manner desired by Republican extremists & the donors who back them…a Trojan horse determined to use any power awarded it to bend public higher ed to their ideological agenda.

Barry Blitt is a national treasure

Inshallah.

Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

Top notch replies on here, I feel proud to be a Blueskyer today 🫡

Iran attacks show the perils of following America’s economic lead A growth plan of renewable energy and diversified trade is far better than guzzling fossil fuels and aligning with the US

As @alanbeattie.bsky.social describes it, countries face choice: "From the US you get forced into trade deals promising a future of burning fossil fuels whose price is subject to wildly destructive US adventurism. From China you get reliably cheap EVs and green tech to generate renewables" 2/ $

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office A Dignified Life: The Story of Weeksville

Watch the full short film here:

At odds with Europe: Why is Spain saying ‘no’ to US-Israeli war on Iran? Spain's socialist president is locked in a war of words with Washington, which has threatened to cut trade ties.

🇪🇸Spain is leading the way: the leftist government was the first in the EU to condemn Israel’s war on Gaza as “genocide.” Now Spain is the most vociferous critic of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, and refuses to help Drumpf ship arms to supply the conflict. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike

The reason they’re called human rights is all human beings have them. If you’re talking about the supposed exclusive rights of the herrenvolk you should use another term or just switch to German entirely.

He’s like a really bad actor in a 1980s B action movie that went straight to video.

The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza.

That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one.

The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.