Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)

The IEEPA Tariffs Are Gone. The Damage Is Done. Next time the courts face patently illegal tariffs, they should not wait so long to put an end to them.

"10 months of tariffs will take a generation to undo. One hopes that the courts will keep that in mind the next time this or another administration enacts patently illegal tariffs," write @stratospahis.bsky.social.

A Tale of Two Caudillos Like Trump, Bolsonaro waged war on democratic institutions—but in Brazil, the institutions are winning.

"...the unusual persona and governing style of [Trump] arguably reflect caudillismo more than European fascism..."

"Lacking the strong backing of a powerful party, Bolsonaro’s attempt to create a movement akin to Stop the Steal went nowhere."

from Jan 2025

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

This is why law firms & corporations knuckling under to Trump & Rufo’s charges of “illegal DEI” programs, and legitimizing the decades-long attack on affirmative action as anti-“merit” has been so catastrophically stupid and harmful.
Here’s where it has brought us.

Juliana Stratton Understands the Assignment IL Senate candidate knows you don’t find common ground with Trump

"Stratton is the only one in the field who seems comfortable saying ICE needs to be abolished. She’s the only one comfortable saying she would not vote for Schumer to head the Senate Democratic caucus," writes @nberlat.bsky.social. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/juliana-st...

Thanks for continuing to read, cite, and share this paper. It remains controversial in some corners of the discipline, but I stand by it completely.

Many Black folks don’t use terms “liberal” and “conservative,” which makes the liberal-conservative scale a noisy tool for studying Black politics.

If dems don’t break up the maga media conglomerates as soon as they can they have no sense of self preservation bsky.app/profile/atru...

My guess: They think they can avoid his scrutiny by staying quiet. When, in reality, that just makes them seem like easier targets.

Republicans only like Russia, Saudi Arabia, & Israel more.

And yet we're supposed to believe they were an imminent threat to us?

Why Canadian evangelicals don’t like Trump  – Baptist News Global Caveats aside, most Canadian evangelicals are bewildered by the Trumpian zeal of their American co-religionists.

Many Canadian evangelicals look on in bewilderment at American white evangelicals’ love for Donald Trump.
baptistnews.com/article/why-...

12 percent of people on death row in Alabama are Muslim, per the article.

Before Executing a Muslim Man, Alabama Denied Many of His Final Religious Requests - Bolts Keith Gavin made a number of requests about his final moments, all stemming from his Islamic faith. But the prison largely ignored them, as it has with Muslim prisoners in the past.

Alabama Senator Tuberville posted today that Muslims are the enemy.

Please read this piece about how his state of Alabama is treating Muslim prisoners. boltsmag.org/alabama-exec...

A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.

Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do Options for New York Governor, Attorney General, legislature, and city officials in pursuit of accountability for Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.

I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.

Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do

Whereas personally, I am here and will remain here, they'll have to kill me before I give this up.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-trap

Not great how the project of both the worst antisemites in the world and the prime minister of Israel is to convince everyone that the Jewish faith and the state of Israel are one and the same

To mark today’s anniversary and to celebrate NYC’s Civics Week theme of Voices Then, Voices Now, a poster of the Capitol Crawl. This poster was developed for Civics Week 2026 by the Civics for All Comics Group and was illustrated by Kaz Lee.
Download: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

LMAO at Bessent saying that it is "unfortunate" that the move from Trump to intentionally benefit his buddy Putin would do exactly what it is intended to do.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

guy's blowing up fishing boats and schools and the NYT is like "let's run a big photo of him saluting next to an even bigger euphemism"

(in court defending a serial killer)

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client is not, as the prosecution would have you believe, a 'psychopath.' He simply sees moral purpose as a weakness."

Right-Wing Attacks on James Talarico Are a Reminder That Christian Extremism Is Official Republican Policy The reaction to Talarico's Christian rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which far-right theology is about underwriting misogyny and racism.

Right-wing Christians and even the NRSC have lined up to mock James Talarico’s inclusive, open-hearted Christianity.

Some have even called it blasphemy.

But the Christ of the outsider and the poor is a threat to their political power.

My latest:

www.liberalcurrents.com/right-wing-a...

A country led by people born on third base who think they hit a triple

Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security.

A guy rammed his car through a door at Detroit’s largest synagogue and got out with a gun and was shot by security before he could massacre everyone inside.

And yes all synagogues that can afford it have security. And yes it’s exactly because of situations like this that they do.

Millenarian Fantasies In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.

South Lebanon is under threat of total ethnic cleansing

The FBI is now just a Make-A-Wish Foundation for Kash Patel

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Which regime’s violence are they talking about?

Good for life & good for winning elections.

If he'd said this just a few months ago I would have opened my book with it.
"I feel good about the Republican Party. We’re killing all the right people and cutting your taxes."