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Probably screaming into a pillow
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I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.
September 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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Dozens of protesters with @jvp.bsky.social L.A. have taken over the lobby of the building where @schiff.senate.gov's future Burbank office will be.
🎥: @shoton35mm.bsky.social
🎥: @shoton35mm.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dozens of protesters with @jvp.bsky.social L.A. have taken over the lobby of the building where @schiff.senate.gov's future Burbank office will be.
🎥: @shoton35mm.bsky.social
🎥: @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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In every third-country removal to Africa that we know of — Rwanda, South Sudan, Eswatini — the people were imprisoned there.
There may be third-country removals to Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea etc, that ICE hasn’t confirmed, with people there also imprisoned. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...
There may be third-country removals to Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea etc, that ICE hasn’t confirmed, with people there also imprisoned. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In every third-country removal to Africa that we know of — Rwanda, South Sudan, Eswatini — the people were imprisoned there.
There may be third-country removals to Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea etc, that ICE hasn’t confirmed, with people there also imprisoned. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...
There may be third-country removals to Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea etc, that ICE hasn’t confirmed, with people there also imprisoned. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...
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Israel pioneered this tactic a decade ago: deporting 4,000 asylum seekers to Uganda and Rwanda, where they faced horrific conditions and were often funneled into deadly trafficking networks.
I investigated this shadow deportation system for @newrepublic.com in 2018: newrepublic.com/article/1488...
I investigated this shadow deportation system for @newrepublic.com in 2018: newrepublic.com/article/1488...
August 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Israel pioneered this tactic a decade ago: deporting 4,000 asylum seekers to Uganda and Rwanda, where they faced horrific conditions and were often funneled into deadly trafficking networks.
I investigated this shadow deportation system for @newrepublic.com in 2018: newrepublic.com/article/1488...
I investigated this shadow deportation system for @newrepublic.com in 2018: newrepublic.com/article/1488...
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Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
August 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
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This is serious. Very serious.
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is serious. Very serious.
How does Roberts not tag Matt Olson for the HR-off?
July 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
How does Roberts not tag Matt Olson for the HR-off?
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Stand up to cancer by voting out people who defund cancer research
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Stand up to cancer by voting out people who defund cancer research
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This guy would be my sleeper pick for most punchable Republican. What a condescending piece of shit he is
REPORTER: Will you commit to include California in any disaster aid package?
MIKE JOHNSON: We've not seen the formal disaster relief request from California yet
REPORTER: The formal request was sent to your office in February
July 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This guy would be my sleeper pick for most punchable Republican. What a condescending piece of shit he is
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
This makes me so sad I could be sick. With everything else falling to shit around us, it’s easy to forget about the head on collision we have with climate disaster
Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.
July 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This makes me so sad I could be sick. With everything else falling to shit around us, it’s easy to forget about the head on collision we have with climate disaster
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ICE is no longer immigration enforcement. It’s a sprawling secret police with a budget bigger than some nations’ armies. No oversight. Questionable training. Just masks, unmarked vans, and executive authority. If you think this stops at the border, you’re not paying attention.
July 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ICE is no longer immigration enforcement. It’s a sprawling secret police with a budget bigger than some nations’ armies. No oversight. Questionable training. Just masks, unmarked vans, and executive authority. If you think this stops at the border, you’re not paying attention.
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The main lessons to me of Mamdani’s win:
1. Democratic voters really are fed up with their fossilized, incompetent establishment.
2. Housing is by far the number one issue, and if you want to beat that establishment, own the housing issue by pledging to make it easier to build housing of all kinds
1. Democratic voters really are fed up with their fossilized, incompetent establishment.
2. Housing is by far the number one issue, and if you want to beat that establishment, own the housing issue by pledging to make it easier to build housing of all kinds
June 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The main lessons to me of Mamdani’s win:
1. Democratic voters really are fed up with their fossilized, incompetent establishment.
2. Housing is by far the number one issue, and if you want to beat that establishment, own the housing issue by pledging to make it easier to build housing of all kinds
1. Democratic voters really are fed up with their fossilized, incompetent establishment.
2. Housing is by far the number one issue, and if you want to beat that establishment, own the housing issue by pledging to make it easier to build housing of all kinds
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have the people who thought Cuomo would win because "I stand with Israel" was the top issue for NYC Dem primary voters considered that maybe they are trapped in an information bubble by getting their news through a social media platform that isn't representative of reality?
June 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
have the people who thought Cuomo would win because "I stand with Israel" was the top issue for NYC Dem primary voters considered that maybe they are trapped in an information bubble by getting their news through a social media platform that isn't representative of reality?
I think we need to end the Kike “saving” arms experiment. All he does is give up a ton of runs and then make the innings higher stress innings for the staff in the end.
June 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I think we need to end the Kike “saving” arms experiment. All he does is give up a ton of runs and then make the innings higher stress innings for the staff in the end.
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California cannot be a refuge for people fleeing repression when an apartment costs three thousand dollars a month.
Today I am yet again reminded of the urgent need to make it easier to build homes in California so that vulnerable people can actually afford to live in a state that protects them. What good are our vaunted protections if they come with an exorbitant price tag?
June 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
California cannot be a refuge for people fleeing repression when an apartment costs three thousand dollars a month.
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One bad Trump thing is not a distraction from another bad Trump thing. The cacophony of multiple bad Trump things at once is one single thing. It is not possible to get everyone to focus on one part of that chaos, since all the bad parts are bad enough to merit attention, and the chaos is the thing.
January 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One bad Trump thing is not a distraction from another bad Trump thing. The cacophony of multiple bad Trump things at once is one single thing. It is not possible to get everyone to focus on one part of that chaos, since all the bad parts are bad enough to merit attention, and the chaos is the thing.
Dave, what are you doing?
June 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Dave, what are you doing?
Instead of a double play with none on, we now have no outs with 1st and 2nd. Edman is sure handed usually, but that play has GOT to be made
June 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Instead of a double play with none on, we now have no outs with 1st and 2nd. Edman is sure handed usually, but that play has GOT to be made
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More members of Congress being denied entry to ICE facilities — which the law explicitly says they are allowed to enter unannounced
I'm with @chuygarcia.house.gov, Rep Jonathan Jackson, & Rep Danny Davis at the ICE Processing Center at Broadview to investigate ICE's inhumane, unlawful detention of immigrant families - our constituents. Against the law, we're being denied entry.
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
More members of Congress being denied entry to ICE facilities — which the law explicitly says they are allowed to enter unannounced
Mookie Betts is a freak of nature (compliment)
June 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Mookie Betts is a freak of nature (compliment)
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There's nothing immutable about the existence of ICE. It was founded in 2003. U.S. agencies carried out immigration enforcement and border controls before it was formed. Given the evidently lawless way its agents keep acting, one can see the case for its dissolution growing.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There's nothing immutable about the existence of ICE. It was founded in 2003. U.S. agencies carried out immigration enforcement and border controls before it was formed. Given the evidently lawless way its agents keep acting, one can see the case for its dissolution growing.