Chris Martin

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“Texas is not a place, it’s a coping mechanism disguised as a state.” — Éros Brousson

Blue states may fund the budgets of red states, but in NYC, Jacksonville, FL is floating this operation.

Dear Russia, now would be a good time to release the pee tapes.

This is why DHS needs to have been disbanded before the Department of Education

What kind of person wakes up and says: Thank you Lord for calling me to be an ICE agent.

Patience is a virtue

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

The swamp.

“Wholly lawless” — Judge Paula Xinis

I can’t say I’m a fan of religious language in this context, but OK

If Brian Williams was let go for misremembering, so should she.

What type of hurt must a person carry to sign up to be an ICE agent?

…and why we all should delete our accounts.

I’m pretty sure detention without explanation is happening more easily because of the Patriot Act, of whom Biden, Clinton, Durbin, and Schumer voted “yea” in 2001.

In 1922, a 23-year-old Ernest Hemingway visited Berlin for the Toronto Star and described it as “a vulgar, ugly, sullenly dissipated city...sordid, desperate and vicious...”

There are no existing reports as to whether he discovered anything negative.

What does Mayor Brandon Scott and @govwesmoore.bsky.social know about this? What are they doing?

He’s actually doing good work to get the left to think independently for themselves.

I visit Europe to remind myself of who I am and what purpose I have on planet earth.

Is there any reporting on where these “cuts” will be redirected?

The cleanliness and sensibility of the Amsterdam airport alone is a small reminder that peak civilization as we know it is rising in Europe, while declining in the US.

It’s gotta be said.

There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now.

The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.

Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, More Speak Up Against Trump's Anti-DEI Measures As the National Endowment for the Arts restricts funding for organizations that fund DEI programs, the theatres reaffirm their commitment to diversity while the ACLU files a lawsuit.

Theatres fight back. Be more like theatres.

I don’t want to admit that’s what’s happening. I’m afraid you’re right.

Yes. It’s punishing an institution that functions as a space for individuals to exercise their right to speak freely.

I’m sure you’re right. Things will get darker. I just don’t understand their long game. Is there a long game? In two, or four years, doesn’t Trump and Company know that the left will work to fix this, including ending all federal contracts with musk and filing criminal charges?

Not that we didn’t know this already, but the consequences of being antithetical to public service are clear here.

She said the words “goddamn” and “fucking”— all code to evangelicals that she’s a partisan.

Hear me out: a scholastic book fair but for adults