David Faris
@davidfaris.bsky.social
Prof. of Politics, writer at @slate.bsky.social, @newsweek.com and @thenation. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY. Chicago, in the Medium Bucket. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right. Views are mine alone.
https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
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me, confused, lifts all my yogurt with my hands: please. My ferments
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
me, confused, lifts all my yogurt with my hands: please. My ferments
They literally won a Super Bowl a year ago! Goodness.
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
They literally won a Super Bowl a year ago! Goodness.
That makes 30 Rs not running for re-election in the House. We're very close to 2018 levels of Republican retirements with a lot of time to go.
Rep. Mark Amodei, the sole surviving Republican in Nevada's congressional delegation, is retiring after ~15 years in the House.
February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
That makes 30 Rs not running for re-election in the House. We're very close to 2018 levels of Republican retirements with a lot of time to go.
I think it's a long shot but with a really good candidate could be in play. Cook PVI has it R+7. Amodei has been there so long it's hard to say what a real House race could look like there.
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I think it's a long shot but with a really good candidate could be in play. Cook PVI has it R+7. Amodei has been there so long it's hard to say what a real House race could look like there.
Important point from this @gelliottmorris.com post, which helps explain not only why Third Way/No Labels efforts are DOA but also why Harris got zero traction trying to occupy ideological space that has almost no one in it.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/more-evide...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/more-evide...
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Important point from this @gelliottmorris.com post, which helps explain not only why Third Way/No Labels efforts are DOA but also why Harris got zero traction trying to occupy ideological space that has almost no one in it.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/more-evide...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/more-evide...
The thing I might remember the most about the Trump years decades from now is opening the New York Times app every morning and going “Jesus fucking CHRIST”
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The thing I might remember the most about the Trump years decades from now is opening the New York Times app every morning and going “Jesus fucking CHRIST”
“Every billionaire is a policy failure” was in fact the correct position send skeet.
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
“Every billionaire is a policy failure” was in fact the correct position send skeet.
Not lately but it’s an all time great
February 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Not lately but it’s an all time great
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
Also don’t put bowls facing up etc
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Also don’t put bowls facing up etc
Oh so you’ve already decided against cremation??
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Oh so you’ve already decided against cremation??
Also: What happens between elections is just as important as what happens during them. It’s not actually democracy if the civil rights and liberties of one party’s supporters are shamelessly trampled when the other party is in power and there is no accountability mechanism other than elections.
Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Also: What happens between elections is just as important as what happens during them. It’s not actually democracy if the civil rights and liberties of one party’s supporters are shamelessly trampled when the other party is in power and there is no accountability mechanism other than elections.
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Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
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🚨DON LEMON was arrested while covering the Grammy Awards. GEORGIA FORT was arrested at home. We all know Don Lemon & we must now know Georgia Fort.
Both are BLACK independent journalists. Both covered the recent church protest in St Paul. Both were taken by federal agents. We cannot stand for this!
Both are BLACK independent journalists. Both covered the recent church protest in St Paul. Both were taken by federal agents. We cannot stand for this!
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested after covering Minnesota church protest
It was not immediately clear what charges that Minnesota independent journalist Georgia Fort and former CNN anchor Don Lemon were facing for the Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church.
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
🚨DON LEMON was arrested while covering the Grammy Awards. GEORGIA FORT was arrested at home. We all know Don Lemon & we must now know Georgia Fort.
Both are BLACK independent journalists. Both covered the recent church protest in St Paul. Both were taken by federal agents. We cannot stand for this!
Both are BLACK independent journalists. Both covered the recent church protest in St Paul. Both were taken by federal agents. We cannot stand for this!
Yeah it’s not the exact scenario I was thinking about but it’s still quite brazen and not a good sign
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Yeah it’s not the exact scenario I was thinking about but it’s still quite brazen and not a good sign
On election night 2024 my wife and I sat down and came up with a list of signs that it might be time to leave. High up on that list was, "When they start arresting Maggie Habermans."
Don Lemon is a journalist who was exercising his constitutional rights and this is a fascist, flagrantly unconstitutional action.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
On election night 2024 my wife and I sat down and came up with a list of signs that it might be time to leave. High up on that list was, "When they start arresting Maggie Habermans."
“And if ye try to come see me I’ll cut off one of my four fingers I will”
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 AM
“And if ye try to come see me I’ll cut off one of my four fingers I will”
Realized as I was reading to my two year-old tonight that the Banshees of Inishirin was what would happen if Frog suddenly turned against Toad.
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Realized as I was reading to my two year-old tonight that the Banshees of Inishirin was what would happen if Frog suddenly turned against Toad.
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I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
When you've lost The National Review....
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
When you've lost The National Review....
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January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Funny you suggest that… this Thursday at 7:30 pm CST, the Champaign County Individible virtual book club is discussing It’s Time to Fight Dirty by @davidfaris.bsky.social. It’s very much about systemic power deficits and how they’ve facilitated minoritarian rule.
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Funny you suggest that… this Thursday at 7:30 pm CST, the Champaign County Individible virtual book club is discussing It’s Time to Fight Dirty by @davidfaris.bsky.social. It’s very much about systemic power deficits and how they’ve facilitated minoritarian rule.
Maybe. Not everyone is prepared to protest in subzero weather like our friends in Minnesota but this really isn’t sustainable even with a population conditioned for compliance, most of whom would rather be watching Netflix. At some point the cognitive dissonance is too much.
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Maybe. Not everyone is prepared to protest in subzero weather like our friends in Minnesota but this really isn’t sustainable even with a population conditioned for compliance, most of whom would rather be watching Netflix. At some point the cognitive dissonance is too much.
Again maybe I’m naive but this all feels like a turning point. This can’t go on without triggering an unprecedented national mobilization that these homicidal clowns aren’t remotely prepared for.
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Again maybe I’m naive but this all feels like a turning point. This can’t go on without triggering an unprecedented national mobilization that these homicidal clowns aren’t remotely prepared for.