Tom Watson

Has anyone noticed yet that Reform is significantly underperforming their hype?

I love the hater pope

Especially against the particularly hideous attacks of Ed Koch that year. Jackson's refusal to bend the knee - and his willingness to campaign in places most candidates skipped - set up Dave Dinkins to beat Koch a year later.

When I think about Rev. Jesse Jackson, I remember covering the 1988 New York primary, won by Mike Dukakis. But Jackson was the media star and - in that era - a Black candidate refusing to yield his time or space to Dukakis or Al Gore was deeply significant.

What a presence on the screen - and such range in characters. An actor's actor.

Obama

Sign this guy up, NBC!

This glorious city of immigrants." Brandi Carlile killing it at the Garden. Pure power.

Bad Bunny's halftime show ripped for language barrier, suspected political message

lol stay mad

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

Athletes who stand for something.👏

Clintons call for their Epstein testimony to be held publicly Bill Clinton says closed-door depositions would be akin to ‘kangaroo court’ as Hillary Clinton says they have already told House committee what they know

Republicans have mastered the art of closed-door testimony. They ask kangaroo court questions, then selectively publish the answers in official reports that provide fodder for the online right and Fox News for months or years – keeping the full transcript sealed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

one of the great under covered stories of the Trump 2 Administration is that Trump and the Catholic Church are as openly at war with each other as I've seen the Church be over and issue that wasn't abortion in my lifetime, its reached abortion levels

New York's new archbishop: “The Catholic Church isn’t a country club. A club exists to serve its members. The Church exists to go out and serve all people. We exist to follow Jesus who fed the hungry, healed the sick, rejected hatred, and proclaimed love.”

so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.

Journalists must forcefully decry the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort | Press Watch Press freedom is at stake, and news organizations need to say so

I am horrified and disgusted by the lack out outrage on the part of the corporate media to the arrest of two Black independent journalists on Friday for doing journalism, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. Where are the editorials? I'm mulling. In the meantime pls read:
presswatchers.org/2026/01/jour...

The cultural dam is breaking.

We all started on BBS and usenet. I kinda feel like the 30 year celebration is really the 25th anniversary of the end, in some ways (the cultural ones).

Exactly.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

Go Bruce.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

Today I expressed my deepest concern and sympathy for a coworker I just met who is in MNPLS. He was sincerely touched and shocked that someone in AZ knew so much and cared so much about what's happening there. That makes it even more sad. They may not be aware that we're even paying attention.

YouTube video by Uncivil Society - with Tom Watson Philanthropy's Call To Action - Step Up For Minneapolis! #podcast #minneapolis #philanthropy

What's happening in Minneapolis can and may happen everywhere. Nonprofit leaders and foundations, it's time to rise up. Don't let this be just a local issue—your voice and support can make a difference. Together, we can push back.
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look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in

Crisis in Minneapolis: A Community Under Siege This episode highlights the tragic killing of community activist Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, the widespread fear among residents, and the response from local nonprofits and community leaders.

The key takeaway is clear: in the face of adversity, community solidarity and active engagement are more important than ever.

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@guitarwatson.bsky.social

Saving Idealism in a Time of Extremism and Violence - My Conversation With @amidar.bsky.social, the founder of Idealist.org and a major voice in the global nonprofit sector.

🚨 NEW PODCAST: Saving Idealism in a Time of Extremism and Violence - My Conversation With @amidar.bsky.social, the founder of Idealist.org and a major voice in the global nonprofit sector. youtu.be/n9kIWBjrAnE

YouTube video by Uncivil Society - with Tom Watson Saving Idealism in a Time of Extremism and Violence - Our Conversation With Ami Dar

NEW PODCAST: Saving Idealism in a Time of Extremism and Violence - Our Conversation With Ami Dar
youtu.be/n9kIWBjrAnE

One of the takeaways of my current book is that the ability of the federal government to exert real power in domestic settings has always been largely overblown.

A clanger off the rim, which describes a lot of Dokoupil's first week.

Exactly.