Little E
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
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tomorrow's weekly political data roundup article:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats need a bigger Senate solution than ideological moderation | Weekly roundup for November 2, 2025
Their big problem is not progressives, it's nationalization of party brands. And: A new era for the exit poll; The end game of partisan gerrymandering; and how Substack's AI works. + more!
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
tomorrow's weekly political data roundup article:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
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If you are reading this piece today, you may be interested to know that I found Adam Bonica on moderate candidates compelling. Ht @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you are reading this piece today, you may be interested to know that I found Adam Bonica on moderate candidates compelling. Ht @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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After 2024, pundits brushed off the Resistance as cringe. I submit: Yes, it was. And cringe is good. Cringe, in fact, will save democracy.
Resistance Is Cringe
But it’s also effective.
www.theatlantic.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
After 2024, pundits brushed off the Resistance as cringe. I submit: Yes, it was. And cringe is good. Cringe, in fact, will save democracy.
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Same with blowing up the Dept. Of Special Ed at DoEd.
The point is literally to remove points of burden on the system through, basically, eugenics, and forcibly drop the major spend of rural welfare management
The point is literally to remove points of burden on the system through, basically, eugenics, and forcibly drop the major spend of rural welfare management
October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Same with blowing up the Dept. Of Special Ed at DoEd.
The point is literally to remove points of burden on the system through, basically, eugenics, and forcibly drop the major spend of rural welfare management
The point is literally to remove points of burden on the system through, basically, eugenics, and forcibly drop the major spend of rural welfare management
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
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Just gonna drop this here tonight
wapo.st/3VKVNT2
wapo.st/3VKVNT2
A gunman shot at the CDC, killing an officer. Trump hasn’t said a word.
Trump has said nothing about the police officer killed by a gunman who shot at the CDC, an example of how selective he can be amid his daily torrent of words.
wapo.st
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just gonna drop this here tonight
wapo.st/3VKVNT2
wapo.st/3VKVNT2
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It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
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A lot to say about this, but one thing is that the Professor in question was a lecturer, and thus did not have tenure.
The destruction of academic freedom is inextricably linked to the loss of worker protection in the university.
The destruction of academic freedom is inextricably linked to the loss of worker protection in the university.
Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A lot to say about this, but one thing is that the Professor in question was a lecturer, and thus did not have tenure.
The destruction of academic freedom is inextricably linked to the loss of worker protection in the university.
The destruction of academic freedom is inextricably linked to the loss of worker protection in the university.
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This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Twitter and now Bluesky have given prominence to academics and others with credentials and expertise whose views are more power-challenging/power-balancing/left than the Times editorial/Democratic leadership/other center-left power centers. That's the tension here.
A platform where Jamelle Bouie is one of the most influential and respected people is one that is going to cause discomfort for a certain kind of liberal (or person who thinks they are liberal). Yes, Bouie is black, but what these people really reject is strong criticism of America's status quo.
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Twitter and now Bluesky have given prominence to academics and others with credentials and expertise whose views are more power-challenging/power-balancing/left than the Times editorial/Democratic leadership/other center-left power centers. That's the tension here.
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When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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What I learned from the USAID dismantling: speed is the most important thing in fighting back. Public heath dorks (myself included) have a tendency to want to be 100% accurate w citations blah blah blah. This is not the time. Call them what they are: fucking psychopaths who are going to kill people.
August 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What I learned from the USAID dismantling: speed is the most important thing in fighting back. Public heath dorks (myself included) have a tendency to want to be 100% accurate w citations blah blah blah. This is not the time. Call them what they are: fucking psychopaths who are going to kill people.
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[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard
“Lacking legitimacy”: Sen. Bill Cassidy breaks with RFK Jr. after CDC leadership exodus www.notus.org/health-scien...
‘Lacking Legitimacy’: Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With RFK Jr. After CDC Leadership Exodus
He called on a key government vaccine panel to postpone its upcoming meeting.
www.notus.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard
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However evil you think this is, it’s worse:
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
However evil you think this is, it’s worse:
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
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I'm open to all versions of shaming, from moral suasion ("do you tell your kids at night that you took away other kids mommies and daddies?") to merely insulting ("Why the mask? Forget the white hood at home?") to the truly crass ("how ugly are you that you have to wear that mask over your face?")
August 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm open to all versions of shaming, from moral suasion ("do you tell your kids at night that you took away other kids mommies and daddies?") to merely insulting ("Why the mask? Forget the white hood at home?") to the truly crass ("how ugly are you that you have to wear that mask over your face?")
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When I see them in DC, I ask “have you hit your quota of kidnapping brown people for the day yet?” Or “Do your kids know that you’re not saving people but you’re actually ruining other children’s lives when you abduct their parents?” That seems to irritate them.
August 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When I see them in DC, I ask “have you hit your quota of kidnapping brown people for the day yet?” Or “Do your kids know that you’re not saving people but you’re actually ruining other children’s lives when you abduct their parents?” That seems to irritate them.
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Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort