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They believe they are keeping down an insurrection by bloodying observers in the streets. The idea of a massive self-organizing resistance that is about care and not confrontation is beyond them. That is why they will lose.
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
They believe they are keeping down an insurrection by bloodying observers in the streets. The idea of a massive self-organizing resistance that is about care and not confrontation is beyond them. That is why they will lose.
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Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.
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I am so grateful for every observer making sure ICE’s crimes are witnessed and documented. They’re immeasurably brave patriots.
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I am so grateful for every observer making sure ICE’s crimes are witnessed and documented. They’re immeasurably brave patriots.
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I don’t think a state that is threatening wars of territorial aggression and has random death squads wandering about its mid-tier cities assassinating civilians should be hosting the World Cup
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I don’t think a state that is threatening wars of territorial aggression and has random death squads wandering about its mid-tier cities assassinating civilians should be hosting the World Cup
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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6. Which isn't to diminish their accomplishments. It's simply to note, as Charles Neblett once told me that "once you have a movement, you need a leader. But movements always come first". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
Charles Neblett - Wikipedia
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January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
6. Which isn't to diminish their accomplishments. It's simply to note, as Charles Neblett once told me that "once you have a movement, you need a leader. But movements always come first". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
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5. Frederick Douglass wasn't the first slave to beat up his master, get free and talk about it. Homer Plessy, Claudette Colvin and a lot of others sat down before Rosa Parks did. Lincoln pushed for "colonization" before he finally accepted freedom.
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
5. Frederick Douglass wasn't the first slave to beat up his master, get free and talk about it. Homer Plessy, Claudette Colvin and a lot of others sat down before Rosa Parks did. Lincoln pushed for "colonization" before he finally accepted freedom.
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4. The story may be more compelling, and easier to remember with singular characters but the characters we learn were the tip of a spear. Their successful "bend of the arc" didn't happen because they were the first. It was because the moment was finally ready for what they did.
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
4. The story may be more compelling, and easier to remember with singular characters but the characters we learn were the tip of a spear. Their successful "bend of the arc" didn't happen because they were the first. It was because the moment was finally ready for what they did.
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3. All of which makes for a nice story, but would come as news to anyone in the moment. There was almost a full century between when we declared all men are created equal and the end of slavery. Another 100 yrs before we'd pass consistent with the 14th amendment promise of equal protection.
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
3. All of which makes for a nice story, but would come as news to anyone in the moment. There was almost a full century between when we declared all men are created equal and the end of slavery. Another 100 yrs before we'd pass consistent with the 14th amendment promise of equal protection.
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2. The world becomes more democratic. Our democracy becomes more inclusive. Douglass frees himself and writes a book. Lincoln frees the slaves. Rosa sits down. Progress happens.
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
2. The world becomes more democratic. Our democracy becomes more inclusive. Douglass frees himself and writes a book. Lincoln frees the slaves. Rosa sits down. Progress happens.
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1. While never implicit, the subtext of my history classes was that progress is inevitable and history advances through the works of singular individuals.
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
1. While never implicit, the subtext of my history classes was that progress is inevitable and history advances through the works of singular individuals.
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Some thoughts on Martin Luther King today, informed by the way I learned history as a kid and the truth of how history is made I've learned in this job - and from the honor of having been able to serve with and meet many of the foot soldiers who worked along side MLK:
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Some thoughts on Martin Luther King today, informed by the way I learned history as a kid and the truth of how history is made I've learned in this job - and from the honor of having been able to serve with and meet many of the foot soldiers who worked along side MLK:
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Senate Democrats working on a bold plan to strongly oppose the invasion or purchase of Greenland by offering voters a system of Greenland Tax Credits via a means-tested GSA (Greenland Spending Account) that they can use on qualified Greenland-related expenses.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Senate Democrats working on a bold plan to strongly oppose the invasion or purchase of Greenland by offering voters a system of Greenland Tax Credits via a means-tested GSA (Greenland Spending Account) that they can use on qualified Greenland-related expenses.
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OGs know that Mamdani does actually like cats, he is as warm to the bodega managers as any other constituent
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
January 18, 2026 at 12:53 PM
OGs know that Mamdani does actually like cats, he is as warm to the bodega managers as any other constituent
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
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everybody in the trump administration looks like this
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
everybody in the trump administration looks like this
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January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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They had guys like Bovino and Hegseth in the 12th Century too, and they were smart enough to tell them "Wow what brave heroes you are, wanna do brave hero stuff?" and send them away to die outside Byzantium because the Pisans were like "Yeah sure we'll provide the ships" and didn't.
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
They had guys like Bovino and Hegseth in the 12th Century too, and they were smart enough to tell them "Wow what brave heroes you are, wanna do brave hero stuff?" and send them away to die outside Byzantium because the Pisans were like "Yeah sure we'll provide the ships" and didn't.
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It makes perfect sense that the idea of the Crusades appeals today to the exact kind of loud, adolescent-brained, self-aggrandizing, just-rich-enough-to-cause-problems idiot that the actual Crusades were designed to siphon out of the body politic like the snake venom they were, and are.
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It makes perfect sense that the idea of the Crusades appeals today to the exact kind of loud, adolescent-brained, self-aggrandizing, just-rich-enough-to-cause-problems idiot that the actual Crusades were designed to siphon out of the body politic like the snake venom they were, and are.
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The funniest part is that the whole point of funding the crusades was to send your potential sources of domestic political instability (loud, violent lunatics) off on a mission where, worst case scenario, they were out of your hair for several years or, best case scenario, they died.
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The funniest part is that the whole point of funding the crusades was to send your potential sources of domestic political instability (loud, violent lunatics) off on a mission where, worst case scenario, they were out of your hair for several years or, best case scenario, they died.
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The fact that it at least anecdotally seems to be a semi-regular practice to tell white people a minority got the job in order to soften the blow of rejection really should put the elite woke panic into perspective.
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The fact that it at least anecdotally seems to be a semi-regular practice to tell white people a minority got the job in order to soften the blow of rejection really should put the elite woke panic into perspective.
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
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So honored to wear art by incredible kids in Gaza.
I told everyone their names, their stories and showed their pictures.
I told everyone their names, their stories and showed their pictures.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So honored to wear art by incredible kids in Gaza.
I told everyone their names, their stories and showed their pictures.
I told everyone their names, their stories and showed their pictures.