Arthur Larkin
@artielarkin9.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney, New Yorker, reformed Republican, reformed Boomer. Packers/Badgers/Mets fan. Likes/reskeets not endorsements. #VoteBlue
Here’s a 32-point flip in a red Texas suburban State Senate district (Ft. Worth area). #VoteBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Here’s a 32-point flip in a red Texas suburban State Senate district (Ft. Worth area). #VoteBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Not bad … knew that first one was too easy lol.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Not bad … knew that first one was too easy lol.
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Europe has the tools to ward off the orangutan’s threats, but it has to be willing to use them. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Europe has the tools to ward off the orangutan’s threats, but it has to be willing to use them. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Joe Jackson
U-2
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young (solo)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Joe Jackson
U-2
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young (solo)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to :
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Robin Trower
Blue Oyster Cult
Lynyrd Skynyrd (76)
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Robin Trower
Blue Oyster Cult
Lynyrd Skynyrd (76)
introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Vaud & the Villains
Cicilia Noel & the Wild Clams
Clan of Xymox
Sparks
KMFDM (of course)
Vaud & the Villains
Cicilia Noel & the Wild Clams
Clan of Xymox
Sparks
KMFDM (of course)
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Joe Jackson
U-2
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young (solo)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Joe Jackson
U-2
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young (solo)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Reposted by Arthur Larkin
I need you to join me in fixing this broken system.
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Become a Founding Donor to Mary Peltola's Campaign
Your contribution will help Mary Peltola win one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I need you to join me in fixing this broken system.
I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
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I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
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Worth the read, even if you may not agree with all of it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | This Rural Congresswoman Thinks Democrats Have Lost Their Minds. She Has a Point.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Worth the read, even if you may not agree with all of it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
You can’t fix this level of stupid. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
You can’t fix this level of stupid. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
@jamellebouie.net nails it again - and Vance is too stupid to understand what they’re doing, or too eager to eat the slop they are feeding him. #GOPClownShow🤡
my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration
This is not the law.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
@jamellebouie.net nails it again - and Vance is too stupid to understand what they’re doing, or too eager to eat the slop they are feeding him. #GOPClownShow🤡
“Caddyshack” - Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray … classic old comedy
Name a film you saw on VHS
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
“Caddyshack” - Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray … classic old comedy
“America First.” #GOPClownShow 🤡 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Venezuela Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run the Country’ After Capture of Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“America First.” #GOPClownShow 🤡 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
This one is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of American news reporting. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
CBS News Is Dead — And They Announced the Time of Death on Air
How America’s most trusted newsroom completed its MAGA transformation and chose grievance over journalism
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This one is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of American news reporting. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
Tesla Board: “Elon deserves a bigger bonus this year.” 😆🤡 www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Sales Drop for Second Year in a Row
The end of a U.S. subsidy for electric vehicles dented the company’s fourth-quarter numbers.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Tesla Board: “Elon deserves a bigger bonus this year.” 😆🤡 www.wsj.com/business/aut...
“Pay to play” taken to new levels. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Pay to play” taken to new levels. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Roberts Court and its grotesque resurrection of the Antebellum Constitution - one that enables discrimination in the name of equality. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Roberts Court and its grotesque resurrection of the Antebellum Constitution - one that enables discrimination in the name of equality. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Bari Weiss once again proving she’s a vapid shill. (Note - I didn’t coin the expression, someone else on here did.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Bari Weiss once again proving she’s a vapid shill. (Note - I didn’t coin the expression, someone else on here did.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Even Mitt is coming around. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Even Mitt is coming around. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
About ten paragraphs down, this NYT story refers to “All in the Family” as “a 1970’s sitcom.” Ahem, in case ya didn’t know, AITF was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, groundbreaking TV show of that decade along with MASH. This one made me feel old. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Reiner Seen Arguing With Son at Conan O’Brien Party on Eve of His Death
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
About ten paragraphs down, this NYT story refers to “All in the Family” as “a 1970’s sitcom.” Ahem, in case ya didn’t know, AITF was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, groundbreaking TV show of that decade along with MASH. This one made me feel old. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Alabama, as always, shifting the Overton Window as close to medieval times as possible, with an assist from Alito (shocker). JFC.
States are asking the Supreme Court for permission to set aside the Constitution in order to execute more people
Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people. But states are testing that holding’s limits.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Alabama, as always, shifting the Overton Window as close to medieval times as possible, with an assist from Alito (shocker). JFC.
“Thank you Indiana Republicans” - a phrase I didn’t expect to utter this (or any other) year. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Thank you Indiana Republicans” - a phrase I didn’t expect to utter this (or any other) year. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Merry Christmas all 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Merry Christmas all 🎄
New York can do better than 19-7 (D) as well, some of the maps following the 2020 census had 22-4 (D) advantage.
If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New York can do better than 19-7 (D) as well, some of the maps following the 2020 census had 22-4 (D) advantage.
The Court is making a mockery of the constitution and finally revealing the goals of the Federalist Society … not fidelity to the constitution but right wing ascension. It’s all bullshit, in other words. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Court is making a mockery of the constitution and finally revealing the goals of the Federalist Society … not fidelity to the constitution but right wing ascension. It’s all bullshit, in other words. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Terrific piece on the upcoming mayoral transition in NYC, featuring some insightful commentary on vetting by my former colleague @kbrnyc.bsky.social who did that work for de Blasio back in 2013. open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
What’s in a Transition?
Three views on preparing to lead City Hall
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Terrific piece on the upcoming mayoral transition in NYC, featuring some insightful commentary on vetting by my former colleague @kbrnyc.bsky.social who did that work for de Blasio back in 2013. open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
