Rosemary Joyce

—Marianne Moore, “Baseball and Writing”

Owlman watching from the press box?
To whom does it apply?
Who is excited? Might it be I?

generating excitement—
a fever in the victim—
pitcher, catcher, fielder, batter.
Victim in what category?

Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting
and baseball is like writing.
You can never tell with either
how it will go
or what you will do;

There’s a word for a corrupt government system in which unaccountable internal security police criminally terrorise the population (& especially certain groups) at the direction of an authority exercising illegitimate authority.

It’s actually Election Day tomorrow… in Louisiana!

I’m watching: the New Orleans sheriff race, and the New Orleans mayor’s race.

Both in my cheat sheet of elections to watch this fall!

boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

nobel peace prize is not awarded posthumously

just a little fun fact to file away for next year for absolutely no particular reason

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

Newsom urged governors to speak out against interstate troop deployments. A key Republican just did As tensions mount between governors over Trump’s interstate National Guard deployments, the Republican leader of the National Governors Association said the move is a violation of states’...

As tensions mount between governors over Trump’s interstate National Guard deployments, the Republican leader of the National Governors Association said the move is a violation of states’ rights.

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

likewise, it's not a coincidence that the magistrate judges in dc have been getting pissed off

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

I think Eric Shmeric was being honest when he said that if the discharge goes through there would be 100 Rs going the other way on the floor vote

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

On the occasion
of the old punk
becoming an even older punk
I called to wish them well,
and when I asked
how they maintained
their youthful energy
(even after all these years)
the old punk replied:
anger, bitterness,
and an undying belief
that a better world
is worth fighting for.

They are terrified that the next No Kings will be even bigger. Make it so.

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

These guys hogtied a journalist who is probably their mom’s age for nothing.

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Legacy media's destructive addiction to describing Trump's 'winning' Plus: Why disillusioned Democrats are abandoning traditional news outlets

"they are focused on performative fairness to Trump and to MAGA — even while this president and his allies are trying to destroy what journalists do." - @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/legacy-med...

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown

NEW: It looks like the number of federal layoffs -- so far -- is over 4,000, we've learned from court documents

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.