Denis McLaughlin
@mcldenisj.bsky.social
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Denis McLaughlin
@mcldenisj.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Denis McLaughlin (@mcldenisj) / X
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Back on Xitter for the time being.
Seems like Bluesky is best for engaging activists, but suboptimal for broader education and outreach efforts. Feel free to follow me there, too.
Let’s try to bridge the gap between these two sites.
Seems like Bluesky is best for engaging activists, but suboptimal for broader education and outreach efforts. Feel free to follow me there, too.
Let’s try to bridge the gap between these two sites.
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
No Kings should be a protests of the systems in place that had inadequate safeguards against this slide into fascism and have quietly rotted from the inside since their founding.
Hint: they’re the same systems they protested during the civil rights movement.
Hint: they’re the same systems they protested during the civil rights movement.
(i think a big part of the difference between the civil rights movement and no kings is that the former was organizing against a system of government that had been in place for 75-forever years and no kings is organizing against a guy who has been president for less than five years)
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
No Kings should be a protests of the systems in place that had inadequate safeguards against this slide into fascism and have quietly rotted from the inside since their founding.
Hint: they’re the same systems they protested during the civil rights movement.
Hint: they’re the same systems they protested during the civil rights movement.
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Guardian piece about Obama scolding corporations for “cutting deals” with Trump completely misses the point.
The problem isn’t that companies lacked courage. It’s that we EVER expected them to have any.
🧵1/10
(bear with me on the threads bc I'm delayed in an airport)
The problem isn’t that companies lacked courage. It’s that we EVER expected them to have any.
🧵1/10
(bear with me on the threads bc I'm delayed in an airport)
Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’
Universities, law firms and businesses that have changed course should have stood by convictions, says ex-president
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Guardian piece about Obama scolding corporations for “cutting deals” with Trump completely misses the point.
The problem isn’t that companies lacked courage. It’s that we EVER expected them to have any.
🧵1/10
(bear with me on the threads bc I'm delayed in an airport)
The problem isn’t that companies lacked courage. It’s that we EVER expected them to have any.
🧵1/10
(bear with me on the threads bc I'm delayed in an airport)
Christofascists melting down over Pope Leo is 🌟divine🌟
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Christofascists melting down over Pope Leo is 🌟divine🌟
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
TIMELINE:
- Kimmel makes late-night joke
- FCC chair threatens companies running Kimmel
- Nexstar throws Kimmel off its stations as it begs FCC chair for merger approval
- Disney suspends Kimmel as it begs Trump DOJ to approve Fubo deal
FOLLOW THE MONEY👇
www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...
- Kimmel makes late-night joke
- FCC chair threatens companies running Kimmel
- Nexstar throws Kimmel off its stations as it begs FCC chair for merger approval
- Disney suspends Kimmel as it begs Trump DOJ to approve Fubo deal
FOLLOW THE MONEY👇
www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...
The Real Reason They Pulled Jimmy Kimmel Off Late-Night
This censorship isn’t about jokes — it’s about serving corporate interests.
www.levernews.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
TIMELINE:
- Kimmel makes late-night joke
- FCC chair threatens companies running Kimmel
- Nexstar throws Kimmel off its stations as it begs FCC chair for merger approval
- Disney suspends Kimmel as it begs Trump DOJ to approve Fubo deal
FOLLOW THE MONEY👇
www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...
- Kimmel makes late-night joke
- FCC chair threatens companies running Kimmel
- Nexstar throws Kimmel off its stations as it begs FCC chair for merger approval
- Disney suspends Kimmel as it begs Trump DOJ to approve Fubo deal
FOLLOW THE MONEY👇
www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.
There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.
He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.
There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.
He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.
There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.
He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.
There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.
He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
For anyone needing a timeline cleanse, yesterday I had the privilege of adopting my wife’s 5 y/o son to whom I’ve been a stepfather to since he was 11 months old.
Feeling on top of the world today!
Feeling on top of the world today!
September 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
For anyone needing a timeline cleanse, yesterday I had the privilege of adopting my wife’s 5 y/o son to whom I’ve been a stepfather to since he was 11 months old.
Feeling on top of the world today!
Feeling on top of the world today!
More pro-death shit from the self proclaimed “pro-life party.”
In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements
Exposing vulnerable people to vaccine-preventable disease is just part of life, Ladapo said.
arstechnica.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
More pro-death shit from the self proclaimed “pro-life party.”
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
I have not gotten as many texts asking if I saw "the news" since Joe Biden dropped out
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨”
— Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce announcing their engagement
— Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce announcing their engagement
August 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have not gotten as many texts asking if I saw "the news" since Joe Biden dropped out
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
Last year, broken air conditioning systems in Orlando schools led to students being hospitalized with heat-related illness.
This year, teachers say: Never again.
They’re using their union power to demand safe, cool classrooms.
This year, teachers say: Never again.
They’re using their union power to demand safe, cool classrooms.
Teachers Try to Beat the Heat
As extreme heat rises in Orlando, Fla., teachers turn to collective bargaining to ensure comfortable, air-conditioned classrooms.
inthesetimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Last year, broken air conditioning systems in Orlando schools led to students being hospitalized with heat-related illness.
This year, teachers say: Never again.
They’re using their union power to demand safe, cool classrooms.
This year, teachers say: Never again.
They’re using their union power to demand safe, cool classrooms.
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
Sometimes really serious people follow me on here and I really wonder what led them to this abyss
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Sometimes really serious people follow me on here and I really wonder what led them to this abyss
100% this. Dems lose policy debates because they’re always fighting from a defensive posture.
It validates the attack lines, and the attack lines are what sticks in the public’s minds.
It validates the attack lines, and the attack lines are what sticks in the public’s minds.
If a Democrat says “actually I’m tough on crime,” you are immediately accepting and validating the GOP attack that Democrats aren’t tough on crime. This is the basic communications shit that establishment Democratic consultants are too dumb to understand.
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
100% this. Dems lose policy debates because they’re always fighting from a defensive posture.
It validates the attack lines, and the attack lines are what sticks in the public’s minds.
It validates the attack lines, and the attack lines are what sticks in the public’s minds.
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
The media is far more likely to frame liberal-left politicians, like Mamdani, as extremist than they are the President, who has made no attempt to conceal his authoritarian inclinations.
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The media is far more likely to frame liberal-left politicians, like Mamdani, as extremist than they are the President, who has made no attempt to conceal his authoritarian inclinations.
It can be both a distraction and a dangerous moment for democracy
To write this off as a “distraction” misses the danger of the moment; the potential for unbridled deployment of the military for domestic policing."
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
What We Make of Trump's Fascist Takeover of D.C. Policing
...and why it matters far beyond the city limits.
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It can be both a distraction and a dangerous moment for democracy
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
With Trump set to use crime as a fake justification to threaten DC today, media coverage should make one thing clear: At this point his pattern of manufacturing pretexts for militarizing domestic law enforcement has become undeniable. Some thoughts on that here:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
August 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
With Trump set to use crime as a fake justification to threaten DC today, media coverage should make one thing clear: At this point his pattern of manufacturing pretexts for militarizing domestic law enforcement has become undeniable. Some thoughts on that here:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
This whole thing screams “chocolate city is too black” to me
August 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This whole thing screams “chocolate city is too black” to me
Apparently omw in to an active war zone!
(taking the metro in to DC, like I have done without issue for the last 3 years)
(taking the metro in to DC, like I have done without issue for the last 3 years)
August 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Apparently omw in to an active war zone!
(taking the metro in to DC, like I have done without issue for the last 3 years)
(taking the metro in to DC, like I have done without issue for the last 3 years)
Just accepted a voluntary bump from a flight with a connection to a direct flight that gets me in 2 hours earlier AND a $700 flight credit.
I fear I will be chasing this high forever.
I fear I will be chasing this high forever.
August 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just accepted a voluntary bump from a flight with a connection to a direct flight that gets me in 2 hours earlier AND a $700 flight credit.
I fear I will be chasing this high forever.
I fear I will be chasing this high forever.
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
As the Department of Labor considers a rule change that would prevent home care providers from earning minimum wage or overtime, we need to make our voices heard. Learn more. www.afscme.org/blog/a-new-r...
A new rule threatens home care providers and their clients
A rule change proposed by the Labor Department threatens home care providers.
www.afscme.org
August 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
As the Department of Labor considers a rule change that would prevent home care providers from earning minimum wage or overtime, we need to make our voices heard. Learn more. www.afscme.org/blog/a-new-r...
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
School vouchers are a scam to send taxpayer money to private religious schools. Vouchers are also a violation of church and state.
August 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
School vouchers are a scam to send taxpayer money to private religious schools. Vouchers are also a violation of church and state.
Reposted by Denis McLaughlin
Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
August 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.