Kali Holloway
@kaliholloway.bsky.social
Columnist for The Nation, MSNBC, The New Republic and The Daily Beast. She/Her.
"Black power civil rights type...communist" — Gavin McInnes, Idiot
"Black power civil rights type...communist" — Gavin McInnes, Idiot
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Kali Holloway
@kaliholloway.bsky.social
· May 14
The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again
Conservatives don’t just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible—and get rewarded for it.
www.thenation.com
The right is trying to bring back the N-word.
Trump's civil rights attacks aren't enough. MAGA wants the personal ability to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible — and get rewarded for it.
My latest for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump's civil rights attacks aren't enough. MAGA wants the personal ability to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible — and get rewarded for it.
My latest for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Fascism is aesthetics before it is anything else. That essence is inexplicable to people who do not have a primarily intuitive orientation.
To defeat it, opponents must champion intuition in art, mutual aid, sexuality, & cooperation.
A politics of loving strength is the only peaceful way to win.
To defeat it, opponents must champion intuition in art, mutual aid, sexuality, & cooperation.
A politics of loving strength is the only peaceful way to win.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fascism is aesthetics before it is anything else. That essence is inexplicable to people who do not have a primarily intuitive orientation.
To defeat it, opponents must champion intuition in art, mutual aid, sexuality, & cooperation.
A politics of loving strength is the only peaceful way to win.
To defeat it, opponents must champion intuition in art, mutual aid, sexuality, & cooperation.
A politics of loving strength is the only peaceful way to win.
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So the GOP secured Kaine’s betrayal by trotting out their brunette Tracy Flick as a messenger. I guess Americans’ healthcare isn’t as important as having a former cheerleader bat her eyes at you.
Katie Britt called ‘rock star’ of negotiations to end shutdown: ‘She was the go-between’
Reports said Britt served as a “key emissary between the various negotiators and the White House.”
www.al.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So the GOP secured Kaine’s betrayal by trotting out their brunette Tracy Flick as a messenger. I guess Americans’ healthcare isn’t as important as having a former cheerleader bat her eyes at you.
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🧵 The 3 biggest takeaways from Democrats' big wins last night
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
3 key takeaways from Democrats’ big Election 2025 wins
Democrats are campaigning without apology, and Hispanics appear to be turning on Republicans
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🧵 The 3 biggest takeaways from Democrats' big wins last night
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
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🧵There's a pernicious myth that Republicans have more money than Democrats. In fact, Democrats have raised more—including so-called "dark money."
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🧵There's a pernicious myth that Republicans have more money than Democrats. In fact, Democrats have raised more—including so-called "dark money."
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
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Since Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidates and "dark money" groups have raised more money than Republicans--often doubling them.
So much of the Dem money is wasted. Publishing a piece on this Sunday explaining these graphs and much more. I need your help to make the piece viral. Thanks!
So much of the Dem money is wasted. Publishing a piece on this Sunday explaining these graphs and much more. I need your help to make the piece viral. Thanks!
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Since Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidates and "dark money" groups have raised more money than Republicans--often doubling them.
So much of the Dem money is wasted. Publishing a piece on this Sunday explaining these graphs and much more. I need your help to make the piece viral. Thanks!
So much of the Dem money is wasted. Publishing a piece on this Sunday explaining these graphs and much more. I need your help to make the piece viral. Thanks!
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this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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🧵 Libertarian economist Tyler Cowen is making headlines for an extremely creepy post at Bari Weiss's blog fantasizing about robot virgins and the AI character Tilly Norwood.
Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...
Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
🧵 Libertarian economist Tyler Cowen is making headlines for an extremely creepy post at Bari Weiss's blog fantasizing about robot virgins and the AI character Tilly Norwood.
Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...
Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...
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Wow that’s harsh on Vance
Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wow that’s harsh on Vance
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Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.
Charlie Kirk is treated as a symbol of America itself. But there's nothing more American than the story of Trey Reed — a young Blk man, found hanging from a tree, his death hastily ruled "case closed" by officials.
My latest at The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest at The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious.
His family says he left for college happy and healthy. Soon after, he was found hanging from a fruit tree on campus. Yet local officials are refusing calls to investigate further.
www.thenation.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Charlie Kirk is treated as a symbol of America itself. But there's nothing more American than the story of Trey Reed — a young Blk man, found hanging from a tree, his death hastily ruled "case closed" by officials.
My latest at The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest at The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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A Black college freshman was found hanging from a tree on campus. Mississippi authorities rushed to call it a suicide. @kaliholloway.bsky.social looks at Trey Reed’s death. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious.
His family says he left for college happy and healthy. Soon after, he was found hanging from a fruit tree on campus. Yet local officials are refusing calls to investigate further.
www.thenation.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A Black college freshman was found hanging from a tree on campus. Mississippi authorities rushed to call it a suicide. @kaliholloway.bsky.social looks at Trey Reed’s death. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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🧵 In the latest Theory of Change, I spoke w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social about how anti-Trump leaders need to be much more serious about power and money if they want win.
"It's not enough just to be right. It's also, you also have to be resourced and organized." plus.flux.community/p/to-stop-tr...
"It's not enough just to be right. It's also, you also have to be resourced and organized." plus.flux.community/p/to-stop-tr...
September 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🧵 In the latest Theory of Change, I spoke w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social about how anti-Trump leaders need to be much more serious about power and money if they want win.
"It's not enough just to be right. It's also, you also have to be resourced and organized." plus.flux.community/p/to-stop-tr...
"It's not enough just to be right. It's also, you also have to be resourced and organized." plus.flux.community/p/to-stop-tr...
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🧵 Liberal elites have become pathological, so committed to their own Rawlsian neutrality that they are unable and unwilling to defend their own philosophy.
This thread is a summary of the latest "Theory of Change" episode featuring @polphilpod.bsky.social. Continue here or click through 👇
This thread is a summary of the latest "Theory of Change" episode featuring @polphilpod.bsky.social. Continue here or click through 👇
Has liberalism become pathological?
Toby Buckle on how John Rawls made liberalism too weak to defend itself, and whether ‘reactionary centrism’ is an accurate term
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September 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧵 Liberal elites have become pathological, so committed to their own Rawlsian neutrality that they are unable and unwilling to defend their own philosophy.
This thread is a summary of the latest "Theory of Change" episode featuring @polphilpod.bsky.social. Continue here or click through 👇
This thread is a summary of the latest "Theory of Change" episode featuring @polphilpod.bsky.social. Continue here or click through 👇
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The long knives are out for those who dare buck the administration. The Fourth Estate continues to slit its own throat as well as that of our nation.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
substack.com/@karenattiah...
Karen Attiah (@karenattiah)
It’s official.
I’ve been fired by the Washington Post for…. condemning political violence and exercising journalistic balance in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The long knives are out for those who dare buck the administration. The Fourth Estate continues to slit its own throat as well as that of our nation.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Reference for the older case www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man in 'boogaloo' movement pleads guilty to firing at police station during Floyd protest
Ivan Harrison Hunter, a self-proclaimed member of the “boogaloo bois,” is accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle at a Minneapolis station.
www.nbcnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reference for the older case www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Reactionaries constantly claim that Americans need to have more children. And yet, this is how they respond to actual children--well children who aren't white.
bragging about being a giant pussy is integral to the conservative mindset
August 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reactionaries constantly claim that Americans need to have more children. And yet, this is how they respond to actual children--well children who aren't white.
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🧵 Right-wing extremists like Libs of Tiktok and Charlie Kirk totally concocted the Sydney Sweeney "outrage."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
🧵 Right-wing extremists like Libs of Tiktok and Charlie Kirk totally concocted the Sydney Sweeney "outrage."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
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1/ Donald Trump's obsessive defensiveness about Jeffrey Epstein is causing a deep rupture within his far-right base.
It's an echo of the last time this happened, when he tried to tell MAGA to get vaccinated. They didn't listen. Here's why.
Click through or continue here...🧵
It's an echo of the last time this happened, when he tried to tell MAGA to get vaccinated. They didn't listen. Here's why.
Click through or continue here...🧵
Epstein, Grok, and the right’s epistemic collapse
What happens when you really believe that reality is liberally biased?
plus.flux.community
July 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
1/ Donald Trump's obsessive defensiveness about Jeffrey Epstein is causing a deep rupture within his far-right base.
It's an echo of the last time this happened, when he tried to tell MAGA to get vaccinated. They didn't listen. Here's why.
Click through or continue here...🧵
It's an echo of the last time this happened, when he tried to tell MAGA to get vaccinated. They didn't listen. Here's why.
Click through or continue here...🧵
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JD Vance was a creation of American liberal institutions that went on to destroy those same American liberal institutions. Liberals who wanted to empathize with the noble savages of the White Heartland. Real Greek tragedy level story
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
JD Vance was a creation of American liberal institutions that went on to destroy those same American liberal institutions. Liberals who wanted to empathize with the noble savages of the White Heartland. Real Greek tragedy level story
The USDA stole 16 million acres of blk land through racist loan denials & admits this in reports dating to 1965. The debt can never be fully repaid, but at least there was something after all these years. Now Trump killing even that.
I wrote abt back in 2021: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I wrote abt back in 2021: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The USDA stole 16 million acres of blk land through racist loan denials & admits this in reports dating to 1965. The debt can never be fully repaid, but at least there was something after all these years. Now Trump killing even that.
I wrote abt back in 2021: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I wrote abt back in 2021: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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🧵 Social media permanently changed American political campaigning, but only Republicans have changed with it.
Donald Trump won the 2024 election, not because people liked him, but because his party understands network marketing.
@rynnreed.bsky.social and I discussed. Click thru or continue here...
Donald Trump won the 2024 election, not because people liked him, but because his party understands network marketing.
@rynnreed.bsky.social and I discussed. Click thru or continue here...
Republicans treat politics like viral marketing, Democrats don’t
Creator Congress founder Rynn Reed discusses how Republicans intuitively understand para-social relationships and influencer marketing
plus.flux.community
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧵 Social media permanently changed American political campaigning, but only Republicans have changed with it.
Donald Trump won the 2024 election, not because people liked him, but because his party understands network marketing.
@rynnreed.bsky.social and I discussed. Click thru or continue here...
Donald Trump won the 2024 election, not because people liked him, but because his party understands network marketing.
@rynnreed.bsky.social and I discussed. Click thru or continue here...
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One of the weirdest sub-plots of 2024 was Donald Trump marketing himself as a hip-hop icon following his arrest.
Sadly, several prominent artists helped, a sick degrading of the revolutionary ethos of Tupac and early rap.
I spoke with @deanvannguyen.bsky.social about Tupac's political legacy 👇
Sadly, several prominent artists helped, a sick degrading of the revolutionary ethos of Tupac and early rap.
I spoke with @deanvannguyen.bsky.social about Tupac's political legacy 👇
Tupac Shakur and the political soul of hip-hop
Dean Van Nguyen on the rapper’s thoroughly political legacy and why even Donald Trump is trying to claim it
plus.flux.community
July 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One of the weirdest sub-plots of 2024 was Donald Trump marketing himself as a hip-hop icon following his arrest.
Sadly, several prominent artists helped, a sick degrading of the revolutionary ethos of Tupac and early rap.
I spoke with @deanvannguyen.bsky.social about Tupac's political legacy 👇
Sadly, several prominent artists helped, a sick degrading of the revolutionary ethos of Tupac and early rap.
I spoke with @deanvannguyen.bsky.social about Tupac's political legacy 👇