Lucas O’Connor
@loc.bsky.social
Unionist. Avid Indoorsman. Terror since the public school era. San Diego. ED of Progressive Labor Alliance. It is our duty to win.
The unified message from virtually every Congressional Dem has coalesced around: It's pretty cool, but also illegal, unconstitutional, reckless, dangerous. So going forward he better invite us to participate.
It's so pathetically predictable I can't even be shocked. The only way out is new people.
It's so pathetically predictable I can't even be shocked. The only way out is new people.
My full statement on the Trump Administration’s military actions in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The unified message from virtually every Congressional Dem has coalesced around: It's pretty cool, but also illegal, unconstitutional, reckless, dangerous. So going forward he better invite us to participate.
It's so pathetically predictable I can't even be shocked. The only way out is new people.
It's so pathetically predictable I can't even be shocked. The only way out is new people.
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now this is posting
I don't have much hope of it actually happening even if/when Dems win back power, but is nice to see one Dem politician bring it up
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
now this is posting
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
Sad but opportune time to remember: We still don't have a majority of *Dems* in either the House or Senate who want to impeach.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Sad but opportune time to remember: We still don't have a majority of *Dems* in either the House or Senate who want to impeach.
NYT going harder on Brigitte Bardot in death than they can manage with Trump during a years-long public crime spree is… exactly right.
Brigitte Bardot, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. But her retired years were punctuated by a series of hair-raising racist and Islamophobic declarations targeting Muslims and immigrants, along with gay people, feminists and more.
Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric
The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to the French far right.
nyti.ms
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NYT going harder on Brigitte Bardot in death than they can manage with Trump during a years-long public crime spree is… exactly right.
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All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
It’s so striking to rewatch Clear and Present Danger against this backdrop
SCOOP: CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America.
theintercept.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s so striking to rewatch Clear and Present Danger against this backdrop
A weird but probably unsurprising thing about me is that I think about this Idiocracy trivia at least once a week
December 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A weird but probably unsurprising thing about me is that I think about this Idiocracy trivia at least once a week
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Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.
I know we’re over this exercise, but if Biden had done just this one thing, I suspect there would have been enough Dem votes to both impeach and convict him.
An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I know we’re over this exercise, but if Biden had done just this one thing, I suspect there would have been enough Dem votes to both impeach and convict him.
HB is right here- Wizards are the only team tanking by design, maybe the only team doing it at all actually. And someone has to be the worst team regardless of how hard they try or not. eg, would things be better if they had kept Beal and ‘tried’ that way? It would be worse!
And it's up!
Reposting @zachlowenba.bsky.social:
New Zach Lowe Show! I was wrong about the Hawks; Trae's future/ATL options; Jazz/Clips/Nets rising; Jazz draft dilemma/OKC subplot; lottery reform?; GSW at the brink; Boston/Tatum; more -- w/ @howardbeck.bsky.social
Reposting @zachlowenba.bsky.social:
New Zach Lowe Show! I was wrong about the Hawks; Trae's future/ATL options; Jazz/Clips/Nets rising; Jazz draft dilemma/OKC subplot; lottery reform?; GSW at the brink; Boston/Tatum; more -- w/ @howardbeck.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
HB is right here- Wizards are the only team tanking by design, maybe the only team doing it at all actually. And someone has to be the worst team regardless of how hard they try or not. eg, would things be better if they had kept Beal and ‘tried’ that way? It would be worse!
This particular poll reports a sample of 38 people in this age bracket.
This is from today. Newsom and Walz are a distant seconds at 11%.
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This particular poll reports a sample of 38 people in this age bracket.
To reiterate, this is one of the ways they will seek to manipulate ballots and elections. The more opaque and inconsistent the process, the easier to have shady characters at the behest of the president take longer on certain batches of ballots.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
To reiterate, this is one of the ways they will seek to manipulate ballots and elections. The more opaque and inconsistent the process, the easier to have shady characters at the behest of the president take longer on certain batches of ballots.
Of course. A Kamala PAC. That’s just what we’ve all been missing.
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Of course. A Kamala PAC. That’s just what we’ve all been missing.
This is probably a significant part of it, but also it's more compelling to say, for example, "Republicans could fix healthcare but refuse because they hate you" than to say "Republicans should impeach him but refuse because they like him" for a whole host of reasons.
I think leaving aside whether it's a good strategic idea the reason Dem leaders don't want to talk impeachment isn't because it's not popular in the country, it's because they're worried it's not popular *in a bunch of competitive congressional seats that voted for Trump in 2024*
December 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is probably a significant part of it, but also it's more compelling to say, for example, "Republicans could fix healthcare but refuse because they hate you" than to say "Republicans should impeach him but refuse because they like him" for a whole host of reasons.
This should be especially easy to message when we have a President who's quite famously spent six decades refusing to pay his employees over and over again.
I wish we would talk about Social Security (and pensions) as what they actually are: Deferred compensation for work already performed. It's a 'promise' just like your boss 'promises' to pay you next week for your work this week. SS/pensions are just paychecks that come later for the work you did.
Social Security is a promise earned over a lifetime of work.
Any politician who treats it like a bargaining chip or a business opportunity is betraying working people.
Any politician who treats it like a bargaining chip or a business opportunity is betraying working people.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This should be especially easy to message when we have a President who's quite famously spent six decades refusing to pay his employees over and over again.
I wish we would talk about Social Security (and pensions) as what they actually are: Deferred compensation for work already performed. It's a 'promise' just like your boss 'promises' to pay you next week for your work this week. SS/pensions are just paychecks that come later for the work you did.
Social Security is a promise earned over a lifetime of work.
Any politician who treats it like a bargaining chip or a business opportunity is betraying working people.
Any politician who treats it like a bargaining chip or a business opportunity is betraying working people.
December 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I wish we would talk about Social Security (and pensions) as what they actually are: Deferred compensation for work already performed. It's a 'promise' just like your boss 'promises' to pay you next week for your work this week. SS/pensions are just paychecks that come later for the work you did.
A legend.
What a year.
What a year.
My good friend Howie Klein passed away today and I am bereft. He was a fierce progressive, music impressario, creative organizer, passionate world traveller and the mensch of all mensches.
Howie always fought the good fight and inspired many to do the same. I will miss him terribly.
Howie always fought the good fight and inspired many to do the same. I will miss him terribly.
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
A legend.
What a year.
What a year.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
Was sitting w a group of friends when I happened upon this news. Immediate consensus with all of us - and then people at neighboring tables: Nobody trusts FDA approval at this point, and don't know when we would again. Anecdotal, but speaks to a *long* slog ahead to rebuild institutional credibility
This is huge. FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/w...
FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access
The FDA has approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity.
www.statnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was sitting w a group of friends when I happened upon this news. Immediate consensus with all of us - and then people at neighboring tables: Nobody trusts FDA approval at this point, and don't know when we would again. Anecdotal, but speaks to a *long* slog ahead to rebuild institutional credibility
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The article gets to at in oblique NYT fashion, but to put a finer point on part of this: Setting a hard deadline for receipt of mail ballots means that the person in charge of USPS - say, a wildly corrupt President - can directly manipulate which ballots arrive in time to be counted and which don't.
Let’s not forget that the whole reason this case exists is bc Trump newly politicized post-Election Day counting of valid votes as a bad thing for his own disinformation and destabilization purposes and Republican lawyers went retcon saying that’s how it always should have been because originalism
Nice piece here from Nick Corasaniti and @christinezhang.bsky.social on the voting case SCOTUS agreed to hear that is getting less coverage than Callais — but is coming up quickly
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The article gets to at in oblique NYT fashion, but to put a finer point on part of this: Setting a hard deadline for receipt of mail ballots means that the person in charge of USPS - say, a wildly corrupt President - can directly manipulate which ballots arrive in time to be counted and which don't.
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After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?