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Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
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Have a working class white guy in your life who still supports Republicans, or who’s “apolitical”?
Here are some *great* talking points on how the GOP, directed by the Heritage Foundation, intentionally disempowered the American working class and unions since Reagan.
Time for workers to RISE UP!
Here are some *great* talking points on how the GOP, directed by the Heritage Foundation, intentionally disempowered the American working class and unions since Reagan.
Time for workers to RISE UP!
June 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Have a working class white guy in your life who still supports Republicans, or who’s “apolitical”?
Here are some *great* talking points on how the GOP, directed by the Heritage Foundation, intentionally disempowered the American working class and unions since Reagan.
Time for workers to RISE UP!
Here are some *great* talking points on how the GOP, directed by the Heritage Foundation, intentionally disempowered the American working class and unions since Reagan.
Time for workers to RISE UP!
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🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Must read thread
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I can’t find it but there’s a post that goes:
People say stuff like ‘They were men of their times and didn’t know how bad slavery was’ But every 18th century political polemic was like ‘What are we a bunch of SLAVES!? Are they trying to ENSLAVE US!? The worst thing that could happen to someone!?’
People say stuff like ‘They were men of their times and didn’t know how bad slavery was’ But every 18th century political polemic was like ‘What are we a bunch of SLAVES!? Are they trying to ENSLAVE US!? The worst thing that could happen to someone!?’
part of the reason people don't want the history of this period taught or understood is to make this illegible to people. it's easy to swallow thought ending cliches about which venerated figure was a "man of their times" if you remain studiously unaware of what their times actually were
June 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I can’t find it but there’s a post that goes:
People say stuff like ‘They were men of their times and didn’t know how bad slavery was’ But every 18th century political polemic was like ‘What are we a bunch of SLAVES!? Are they trying to ENSLAVE US!? The worst thing that could happen to someone!?’
People say stuff like ‘They were men of their times and didn’t know how bad slavery was’ But every 18th century political polemic was like ‘What are we a bunch of SLAVES!? Are they trying to ENSLAVE US!? The worst thing that could happen to someone!?’
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what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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quite a chart www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
May 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
quite a chart www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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Also this quote from Sartre gets referenced a lot— but it really does seem to apply to this crew:
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Also this quote from Sartre gets referenced a lot— but it really does seem to apply to this crew:
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Everyone deserves due process. Even bad guys.*
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* We don't actually know who is and isn't a "bad guy" without due process.
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* We don't actually know who is and isn't a "bad guy" without due process.
March 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everyone deserves due process. Even bad guys.*
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* We don't actually know who is and isn't a "bad guy" without due process.
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* We don't actually know who is and isn't a "bad guy" without due process.
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Yes, this:
“The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.”
“The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.”
There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?
I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yes, this:
“The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.”
“The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.”
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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
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NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
www.texasobserver.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:13 PM
NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
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Is it just me or does this make anyone else think of Beavis and Butthead?
Trump, Elon, Vivek, Tulsi, RFK Jr, Dana White, and Joe Rogan at the UFC fight tonight
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Is it just me or does this make anyone else think of Beavis and Butthead?