Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)

The platform needs to be <institutional reform> & it needs to be ready to go, as priority one, in January 2029:

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We're not really getting 100 States, or 1000 Representatives, or 100 Justices. But there are things that are feasible, & Democrats (& democrats) need to make this stuff central, not saying its too technical/boring & promising Magical Unicorn Policies that can't get through our current institutions:

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

Incredibly illuminating to compare income and hours worked across countries and states for ***the bottom 95% of earners only***. The typical Belgian earns as much as the typical Californian but works about 24% less

via sethackerman.substack.com

Holy shit, this feels like a pretty significant statistic, no? I mean, we already know that the US government is run by mask-off white supremacist fascists, but goddamn

Great & important work!

Excited to share that Cindy Kam’s and my article is published online! We examine item refusal pre- and post-Dobbs and find a significant increase in women’s refusal to disclose their pregnancy status after the decision, with concerning implications for research, policy, and women’s health.

🚨 House GOP Leadership in new joint statement announce that they have asked Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) to WITHDRAW from his re-election campaign.

Afriklaners

Here's what DC looked like the last time they pulled this shit. The 1924 Immigration Act effectively banned immigration from places other than western Europe. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Refugee Arrivals by State and Nationality Fiscal Year 2024 October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 Actual Destination PA Nationality Oct Mar May Jul Sep Grand Total State Name Grand Total 7,361 Nov 7,468 Dec 6,968 Jan 9,198 Feb 10,251 7,439 Apr 6,388 7,477 Jun 6,458 Aug 9,522 15,743 100,034 Alabama Total 15 7 6 26 32 47 38 75 。丝ps 85 120 559 Afghanistan 6 11 5ss 13 9 Angola 1 str ss Burma 13 Colombia 4 5 4 13 Cuba 1 1 Dem. Rep. Congo 7 1 5 5 1 22 El Salvador 5 9 1 20 Eritrea 2 8 TN 11 Guatemala 5 5 12 10 4 9 14 3 11 11 84 Haiti 2 3 Honduras 4 7 Iraq t2rw Nicaragua 3 6 2 16 2 Rwanda Somalia 1 9 4 4 Syria 13 5 DDLLN Venezuela 8 35 15 18 218E9r 68 Yemen Alaska Total 11 15 9 7 25 14 28 27 9 Afghanistan 5 Burma 4 4 Colombia GL z Dem. Rep. Congo 1 8 1 6 29 4 1 NN 1 2 Eritrea Guatemala 5 Tw Republic of South Sudan 1 4 8 s 8L ∞ Russia 5 Somalia 4 1 5 Sudan SL Ukraine 6 6 Venezuela Arizona Total 299 261 287 8otmrt8 9E 5eo2w Afghanistan 27 16 r8esx 9gz6e porm I8s8zob 400 Burma 20 26 ャob se 9t8zze8 rtie 8s Burundi 11 9z4tesszg Cameroon 1 Central African Republic 2 4 8 Chad 1 Colombia 8 3 96 10 3 4 Congo 1 Cuba Q2+ w 1 1 Dem. Rep. Congo 121 116 79 87 30 49 1,274 El Salvador 5 rrtut 8wgt St w 46 22 Eritrea 2 3 6 15 10 Ethiopia 2w w 69 ٢atamدlد 101 37 14 16 120

Refugee Arrivals by State and Nationality Fiscal Year 2026 October 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026 Actual Destination State Name PA Nationality Nov Dec Jan Grand Total Grand Total Alabama 125 595 931 1,651 Total 7 7 Alaska South Africa 7 7 Total 4 4 Arizona South Africa 4 4 Total 2 7 21 30 Arkansas South Africa 2 7 21 30 Total 1 1 California South Africa 1 1 Total 12 28 59 99 Colorado South Africa 12 28 59 99 Total 10 39 31 80 Afghanistan 3 3 South Africa 7 39 31 77 Connecticut Total 9 14 23 South Africa 9 14 23 Florida Total 14 48 59 121 South Africa 14 48 59 Microsoft Pol

notice any changes in which refugees are allowed to come to the US

"Anger is real, and so is resolve."

Shout out to the Fox News hack who tried to intimidate me by contacting my employer and writing a (terrible) hit piece when I posted “Abolishing ICE is the moderate position” after Renee Good’s killing.

Abolishing ICE is the moderate position.

on this team and gonna keep saying: behind the extremely thin veneer of concern and responsibility of anti-Bluesky takes is the desperate attempt to portray something that is obviously their problem as though it were our problem. nice try. go with God, have a blessed day

What's inescapable through all of this is the sense of the human form—particularly as a subject of violence or abuse-as a source of inextricably political and sexual excitement. Yes, this is especially true of Trump, but it's a generalized phenomenon on the right. There is, everywhere, a sense that our current leaders are aroused: aroused by one another, as in the case of Noem and her sordid alleged affair with Corey Lewandowksi; aroused by war against America's enemies; aroused by doing violence to the political opposition, especially as ICE is doing; aroused by domination and the thought of domination; aroused by resistance; aroused by their anger; and, perhaps ironically, aroused by their own internal revulsions.

Ultimately it’s about excitement, whether that’s bloodlust, rage, or attraction.

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LIVE SOON: WER Live with Greg Sargent Starting Mar 5 at 11:00 AM EST

I'll be live with @gregsargent.bsky.social at 11am!

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Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

In a time of war, watching a US Senator break the arm of a US Marine should tell us something about the moral compass of our nation.

Everyone knows you should only report professors for teaching humanities or any of the sciences, not for supremacist behaviors like harassment.

Fascism is supremely violent, MAGA is a fascist movement, & Republicans have formed a fascist regime.

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

This is the Republican version of women’s liberation. 👇🏻

From X (sorry): @DropSiteNews • 6h ••• Peter Beinart: If the United States and Israel had not launched an attack on a country that poses no serious threat to them, those 180 school girls would be alive today. Matt Schlapp (interjecting): "They'd be alive in a burka... This is a barbaric society."

Discuss.

It will forever remain a mystery.

nature Article Open access Published: 04 March 2026 Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments Katharina Seeger M & Philip S. J. Minderhoud M Nature (2026) | Cite this article

“Measured coastal sea level is higher than assumed in most hazard assessments…the measured values suggest that with 1 m of relative sea-level rise… 48–68% more people (increasing estimates to 77–132 million) would fall below sea level.”

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.

Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese gave Donald Trump model nuclear submarine on golden plate at White House Exclusive: Prime minister also presented Melania Trump with a $3,000 Paspaley pearl pendant

So I guess we've all accepted that the way you work with the United States is give us gold as tribute?

Yes @governorwalz.mn.gov, yes!