Isaiah Davis

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.

The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

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Are you saying this scene doesnt resonate with you @kairyssdal.bsky.social ?

I thought it was raining but my app corrected me.

“More racist than a 19th-century political illustrator” is a high bar, but the US govt has put its mind to it and by golly they’ve done it, this is the MAGA moonshot

I love Tito.

How are we doing compared to the slot value?

Congress Passes Blank Bill For Trump To Write Whatever Law He Wants WASHINGTON—After weeks of eliminating what many lawmakers called “frivolous” and “unnecessary” provisions, Congress reportedly passed a blank bill Thursday in which President Donald Trump can simply write whatever law he wants.  “Today we are sending to the president’s desk 200 completely clean sheets of paper that are hereby codified such that anything he chooses to […]

Congress Passes Blank Bill For Trump To Write Whatever Law He Wants
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Via Sam Stein on twitter

That racism motivates decisions like giving Medgar Evers the heave-ho is obvious.

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work

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Head coach of MMA Australian team Renato Subotic arrived in the US to teach a seminar. Instead he said he was detained at the border: "No clear explanation, no chance to talk to anyone, no rights. They handcuffed me, put me in a car, and drove me to federal prison."
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The threats to take over other countries aren't getting the attention they deserve.

Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things

Oh fuck this.

DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

What an embarrassment. I hope Europe is able to provide enough support for Ukraine.

Gummy Clusters Nerds are inspirational. Like nerds were good and seemed to just be coasting by as a candy and then boom, they reached a new peak. I too want to achieve the gummy cluster version of myself.

Two accounts that you should follow if you don’t already:

@propublica.org

@wired.com

A letter from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

“I never thought I would live in a time when the United States government would censure a bishop, jeopardize religious free speech, or threaten to take people while they attend worship.” ⚓️

Relatable

Super interesting look at the prison firefighter program from someone who was one.

Was it just me or did today seem to fly by?

I'm sure the remaining employees are completely without stress now.

4/ Just then, incredibly, a black bear is said to have attacked three of the New Brunswickers, who shot and killed it.
The Americans thought they were the targets and fired at the Canadians scampering northward. Nobody got hit, fortunately, leaving the bear as the only casualty.

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

That's some wiffle ball shit.

The only thing missing here is that the video plays smoothly.

I did see that. I was curious how many votes they each picked up, I assume most of the ballots didn't have either of them listed second.

@stevecollinsyji.bsky.social any idea when we get word on the recount?