Soft secession. Blue states building parallel systems, withholding cooperation, and creating facts on the ground that render federal authority meaningless within their borders.

“Without state cooperation, much of the federal government’s agenda becomes unenforceable.”

I provided direct feedback during my Disney Plus cancellation that if the company and its affiliates decided to fight authoritarianism, I’d consider signing up again. Choosing where to spend (or not spend) your money is measured and noticed.

‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

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Slade Wentworth
"The LGBTQIA+ sandwich platter.
We have the ingredients to make this work for all of us. Happy Pride Month."

"Be kind and wash your behind."

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans

A list of authors that have become adjectives (or should do)…

Kafkaesque
Dickensian
Orwellian
Byronic
Woolfish
Dickish
Mannly
Poetic
Remarqueable
Austentacious

A lot of people are throwing the phrase "manifest destiny" around right now. It does not mean what they think it means. In my book "Stories Are Weapons," I talk about the guy who coined the term, and what he was all about. wwnorton.com/books/978039...

Velázquez: Donald Trump did not care a bit about safer communities when he released those who were convicted of beating the shit out of police officers. So, don’t come to us and talk about security and safer communities when you do that