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I don't trust my political instincts anymore, so I'm not sure where the "red line" is for #Trump, if there is one. But I've got to think this is a red line. If this were to happen (and I'm convinced it won't), it would trigger a response *far* bigger than #NoKings, etc.
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Fear that Trump wants Obama arrested has DOJ prosecutors on 'pins and needles': report - NewsBreak
A surprise meeting held Monday afternoon by U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones in Florida exposed a continuing rift between Donald Trump-appointed DOJ off
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November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I don't trust my political instincts anymore, so I'm not sure where the "red line" is for #Trump, if there is one. But I've got to think this is a red line. If this were to happen (and I'm convinced it won't), it would trigger a response *far* bigger than #NoKings, etc.
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Shameful, ICE.
ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Shameful, ICE.
I just can't figure out if the electorate, overall, believes or cares much about democratic backsliding under Trump. I've felt like the 2024 election results have is a pretty clear answer -- voters either don't believe or don't care about backsliding -- but maybe I'm too cynical.
what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I just can't figure out if the electorate, overall, believes or cares much about democratic backsliding under Trump. I've felt like the 2024 election results have is a pretty clear answer -- voters either don't believe or don't care about backsliding -- but maybe I'm too cynical.
Best news I've heard all day
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Best news I've heard all day
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This is why it's different. It was unfair that Biden was given no credit for the soft landing but people were still traumatized and still felt discombobulated. Trump promised to bring morning in America and not only hasn't the economy improved the entire culture is in chaos.
but also, Biden inherited something in rough shape and made it better and Trump inherited something in excellent shape and made it worse. But that said, people are mostly responding to nominal prices (CPI has ticked up post April) and deteriorating job market (which Trump is largely responsible for)
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is why it's different. It was unfair that Biden was given no credit for the soft landing but people were still traumatized and still felt discombobulated. Trump promised to bring morning in America and not only hasn't the economy improved the entire culture is in chaos.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
This was my first thought, too. I think the answer goes back to the biggest issue of the 2024 election, the issue that, in my view, was most responsible for #Trump wooing minority voters who were, before then, reliably Democrats: USA voters, in this era, like Trump's brand of toxic masculinity.
Only 1 in 5 though
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This was my first thought, too. I think the answer goes back to the biggest issue of the 2024 election, the issue that, in my view, was most responsible for #Trump wooing minority voters who were, before then, reliably Democrats: USA voters, in this era, like Trump's brand of toxic masculinity.
Discouraging, though not unexpected, that #Trump 2.0's approval rating is higher than Trump 1.0's approval rating. We're in a weird place as a country.
Trump is (by far) the most unpopular US president in recent history
• In recent weeks Trump's approval rating has fallen to 42%, its lowest level in his second term
• Yet Trump is more popular in his second term than in his first; first term sceptics are now converts
• In recent weeks Trump's approval rating has fallen to 42%, its lowest level in his second term
• Yet Trump is more popular in his second term than in his first; first term sceptics are now converts
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Discouraging, though not unexpected, that #Trump 2.0's approval rating is higher than Trump 1.0's approval rating. We're in a weird place as a country.
I was born ...
● A year after Pink Floyd's debut studio album
● While the Beatles were still together
● When Donald Trump was 22 years old
● The year Richard Nixon crushed Hubert Humphrey in the POTUS election
Among a million other things. Tonight, helping my mom after she fell, I feel *old*.
● A year after Pink Floyd's debut studio album
● While the Beatles were still together
● When Donald Trump was 22 years old
● The year Richard Nixon crushed Hubert Humphrey in the POTUS election
Among a million other things. Tonight, helping my mom after she fell, I feel *old*.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I was born ...
● A year after Pink Floyd's debut studio album
● While the Beatles were still together
● When Donald Trump was 22 years old
● The year Richard Nixon crushed Hubert Humphrey in the POTUS election
Among a million other things. Tonight, helping my mom after she fell, I feel *old*.
● A year after Pink Floyd's debut studio album
● While the Beatles were still together
● When Donald Trump was 22 years old
● The year Richard Nixon crushed Hubert Humphrey in the POTUS election
Among a million other things. Tonight, helping my mom after she fell, I feel *old*.
💯% correct. He's been a behind-the-times caucus leader for years now. Replacing him is *long* overdue.
If Schumer cannot control his caucus then he should be repaced
Schumer: "I must vote no. I can not, in good faith, support this CR. ... Make no mistake about it, the American people know who is inflicting this pain on them."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
💯% correct. He's been a behind-the-times caucus leader for years now. Replacing him is *long* overdue.
I do not get why #Trump is picking this fight. Seems politically unwise, and I don't think he has strong ideological commitments here. My guess is he thinks that, if he causes enough pain, the public will turn on #Democrats, forcing an end to the #shutdown on his terms.
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Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits - NewsBreak
New guidance from USDA on Saturday informs states to move ahead with partial food stamp payments only given the Supreme Court stay.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I do not get why #Trump is picking this fight. Seems politically unwise, and I don't think he has strong ideological commitments here. My guess is he thinks that, if he causes enough pain, the public will turn on #Democrats, forcing an end to the #shutdown on his terms.
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"The freed prisoners reported ongoing physical/mental health problems, attributed to the beatings and other abuse: blurred vision; recurring migraines; trouble breathing; shoulder, back and knee pain some linked to the “crane” position; nightmares; insomnia." Horrific and shameful.
Shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets, tear gassed, punished in an isolation room, trampled, kicked, forced to kneel for hours, simulated drowning, forced to perform oral sex on guards, ignored by med personnel, given fetid water. And only 13% had a serious criminal accusation/conviction.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"The freed prisoners reported ongoing physical/mental health problems, attributed to the beatings and other abuse: blurred vision; recurring migraines; trouble breathing; shoulder, back and knee pain some linked to the “crane” position; nightmares; insomnia." Horrific and shameful.
Shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets, tear gassed, punished in an isolation room, trampled, kicked, forced to kneel for hours, simulated drowning, forced to perform oral sex on guards, ignored by med personnel, given fetid water. And only 13% had a serious criminal accusation/conviction.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets, tear gassed, punished in an isolation room, trampled, kicked, forced to kneel for hours, simulated drowning, forced to perform oral sex on guards, ignored by med personnel, given fetid water. And only 13% had a serious criminal accusation/conviction.
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
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Good Lord.
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Good Lord.
Yikes
“America is no longer teetering on the brink of a constitutional crisis,” Jim Paladino writes in a letter to The Times. “For all intents and purposes, the Constitution has already collapsed.”
Opinion | Trump’s Dismantling of Our Democracy
Readers respond to a Times editorial detailing the country’s slide toward autocracy.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yikes
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Idk. It *was* a good night for #Democrats. I wish I shared @pkrugman.bsky.social's overall optimism. The big test is the midterms, so we'll see.
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Which Party Is in Trouble, Again?
Thoughts after a very blue night
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November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Idk. It *was* a good night for #Democrats. I wish I shared @pkrugman.bsky.social's overall optimism. The big test is the midterms, so we'll see.
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I thought this post was going to be mostly about Venezuela, but it zooms out to touch on a number of foreign policy initiatives. At least with Venezuela, Trump is, arguably, continuing with Biden's opposition to Maduro, tho Trump has the added goal of bolstering his case for mass depositions.
I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...
When American Foreign Policy Devolves Into a Bunch of Stuff
My latest for World Politics Review
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November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I thought this post was going to be mostly about Venezuela, but it zooms out to touch on a number of foreign policy initiatives. At least with Venezuela, Trump is, arguably, continuing with Biden's opposition to Maduro, tho Trump has the added goal of bolstering his case for mass depositions.
This very Ayn Rand concept is really being echoed all around South Florida right now. I see many realtors' reels on Instagram gleefully claiming there's gonna be an influx of rich home-buyers, fleeing New York for "the free state of Florida." Sounds ... unlikely to me, but let 'em dream, I guess.
Have Cuomo and Santos left for Florida yet?
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This very Ayn Rand concept is really being echoed all around South Florida right now. I see many realtors' reels on Instagram gleefully claiming there's gonna be an influx of rich home-buyers, fleeing New York for "the free state of Florida." Sounds ... unlikely to me, but let 'em dream, I guess.
Of course, the big question is whether this is a repudiation of President #Trump that will carry over to the midterms, a question complicated by SCOTUS-approved gerrymandering of districts.
Because I'm dull enough to look this stuff up, last night's US election results look very much in line with their 2017 counterparts, except in New York where Cuomo running as an independent meant Mamdani under-performed usual Democrat percentage
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Of course, the big question is whether this is a repudiation of President #Trump that will carry over to the midterms, a question complicated by SCOTUS-approved gerrymandering of districts.
Looks like Republicans still have the majority in the state senate, but it's a very slim majority, and yes, this is big progress. Maybe there's something happening here, nationwide, that I was blind to, a reaction to / repudiation of #Trump that goes beyond normal thermostatic theories of politics.
Now, that’s what you call ✨ PROGRESS ✨
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Looks like Republicans still have the majority in the state senate, but it's a very slim majority, and yes, this is big progress. Maybe there's something happening here, nationwide, that I was blind to, a reaction to / repudiation of #Trump that goes beyond normal thermostatic theories of politics.
"The Admin may argue #Maduro is a key figure in Cartel de los Soles, a narcoterrorist group, making him a legit target despite longstanding USA prohibitions on assassinating nat'l leaders." Sounds like this would be a war, whether #Trump calls it that or not.
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Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela
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November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"The Admin may argue #Maduro is a key figure in Cartel de los Soles, a narcoterrorist group, making him a legit target despite longstanding USA prohibitions on assassinating nat'l leaders." Sounds like this would be a war, whether #Trump calls it that or not.
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Smart op-ed, noting that, in doing away with the cover-up,Trump legitimized his misdeeds/corruption. But there's much more to it, e.g., a huge machine of propagandists masquerading as news outlets, all the way up to Fox, propping up disinfo like Trump's bogus defenses
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Opinion | Why Trump Can Do No Wrong
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Smart op-ed, noting that, in doing away with the cover-up,Trump legitimized his misdeeds/corruption. But there's much more to it, e.g., a huge machine of propagandists masquerading as news outlets, all the way up to Fox, propping up disinfo like Trump's bogus defenses
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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This is awful. Yes, in a big system, mistakes happen, but this one is traceable to the Trump Admin's insistence on accelerating the pace of deportations and its "shoot now, ask questions later"/"be cruel to encourage self-deportation" approach to illegal immigration
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How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is awful. Yes, in a big system, mistakes happen, but this one is traceable to the Trump Admin's insistence on accelerating the pace of deportations and its "shoot now, ask questions later"/"be cruel to encourage self-deportation" approach to illegal immigration
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