Great piece on the lawsuit producing all these insane DOGE boy depositions, if you’re looking for a deeper dive that will infuriate you: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Among other truths
Retired British couple in their 60's detained by ICE for 8 weeks, sleeping on a mat on a concrete floor. No reason.
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
Today is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. Am I in trouble for mentioning this? substack.com/home/post/p-...
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
Compare this thread analyzing the video footage with DHS’s statement stating that the man approached officers with a gun and “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
He was a nurse with a phone trying to help someone and he was murdered by ICE.
We need another Nuremberg.
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
A statement from Columbia Journalism School faculty on the federal raid of a @washingtonpost.com reporter’s home: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/faculty-statement-washington-post
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. n.pr/4pRgdXr
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Exactly one month ago.
This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Rosalia: Yes! But also Little Simz, Ted Hearne, Mavis Staples, and Thomas Morgan and his wiggy little robot.
There goes the lucrative industry of international tourism, already fairly wrecked. The US was "the world’s most powerful Travel & Tourism market, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 TN to the nation’s economy last year" said the World Travel & Tourism Council in 2024.
Congrats, Emily! Any time you need a plus-one…
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses, according to prosecutors, who characterized the victims as “hardworking, everyday people,” including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Thanks, Tim. FYI, I’ll be talking about Strayhorn on WKCR at 4:00 pm EST today.
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
