Jonathan Winawer
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November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Is there an Ig Nobel for peace?
FIFA announced this week that it is creating its very own “peace prize” and will declare its first recipient next month in Washington, D.C. FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, is a close ally and friend to Trump.
FIFA Announces New “Peace Prize,” Weeks After Trump Fails to Win Nobel Award
The award comes as FIFA is under fire for refusing to sanction Israel and Saudi Arabia for their human rights abuses.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Is there an Ig Nobel for peace?
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“I’m a law-abiding citizen who never thought I’d be of such interest that the U.S. government would use my tax dollars & yours to try to send me to prison…[after being] manhandled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent trying to remove my phone from my hand.”
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Opinion | A jury of my peers agreed that the feds wrongly charged me for watching ICE
I believe that filming what federal agents were doing that day counted as basic human decency.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“I’m a law-abiding citizen who never thought I’d be of such interest that the U.S. government would use my tax dollars & yours to try to send me to prison…[after being] manhandled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent trying to remove my phone from my hand.”
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Italy, 1951. France 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Italy, 1951. France 2025.
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I’m not sure it helps an incontinent 79-year-old man with dementia to be posting videos of himself shitting everywhere.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m not sure it helps an incontinent 79-year-old man with dementia to be posting videos of himself shitting everywhere.
A good take on no kings day 2. Apparently, not a single incident with police in NYC, among the hundreds of thousands out marching. It was as peaceful and joyous a march as I’ve seen.
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Civil Resistance Confronts the Autocracy
While MAGA’s spin was both insane and revealing, the No Kings Day 2 Marches were a major step towards taking our country back.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A good take on no kings day 2. Apparently, not a single incident with police in NYC, among the hundreds of thousands out marching. It was as peaceful and joyous a march as I’ve seen.
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Genuinely least self-aware motherfucker in Washington.
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Genuinely least self-aware motherfucker in Washington.
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First they come for the academics. <gestures widely> Witness the carnage.
Then they come for justice and lawmakers.
Trump wanted James Comey prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Trump wanted Letitia James prosecuted. Now she is indicted.
Trump wanted John Bolton prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Then they come for justice and lawmakers.
Trump wanted James Comey prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Trump wanted Letitia James prosecuted. Now she is indicted.
Trump wanted John Bolton prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First they come for the academics. <gestures widely> Witness the carnage.
Then they come for justice and lawmakers.
Trump wanted James Comey prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Trump wanted Letitia James prosecuted. Now she is indicted.
Trump wanted John Bolton prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Then they come for justice and lawmakers.
Trump wanted James Comey prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
Trump wanted Letitia James prosecuted. Now she is indicted.
Trump wanted John Bolton prosecuted. Now he is indicted.
They didn’t have No Kings Day www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
They didn’t have No Kings Day www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Where we stand, in long arc of history:
-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.
-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.
I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."
-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.
-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.
I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Where we stand, in long arc of history:
-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.
-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.
I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."
-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.
-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.
I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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“Polish pro-democracy forces won only when they agreed to leave aside their bitter divisions over abortion until after they had succeeded.”
Solidarity politics wins.
Purity politics loses.
Solidarity politics wins.
Purity politics loses.
Clear essay about the importance of coalitions and pushing back against a sense of inevitable loss.
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Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It
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October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Polish pro-democracy forces won only when they agreed to leave aside their bitter divisions over abortion until after they had succeeded.”
Solidarity politics wins.
Purity politics loses.
Solidarity politics wins.
Purity politics loses.
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Every single university needs to firmly stand united on this.
This has always been the plan.
Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country.
Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...
This has always been the plan.
Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country.
Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...
As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.
They have now come for all of us.
And each of us, and all of us, should say no.
Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They have now come for all of us.
And each of us, and all of us, should say no.
Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Every single university needs to firmly stand united on this.
This has always been the plan.
Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country.
Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...
This has always been the plan.
Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country.
Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...
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I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.
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Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today
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October 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
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Good post with a good argument about universities and the "compact", basically the same argument that applies to law firms
If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests?
www.instagram.com/reel/DPwXVbR...
If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests?
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MIT FTWCheck my LinkTree for link to a petition! #collegeapplications #universities #academics
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October 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Good post with a good argument about universities and the "compact", basically the same argument that applies to law firms
If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests?
www.instagram.com/reel/DPwXVbR...
If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests?
www.instagram.com/reel/DPwXVbR...
No kings day, Oct 18.
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
No kings day, Oct 18.
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
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Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
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October 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
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I don’t know about “only”, but yes it is a good source among a dwindling pool of good sources.
Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I don’t know about “only”, but yes it is a good source among a dwindling pool of good sources.
Minor Sunday gripe: Why do some scientific journals truncate author lists? For example TiCS and TiNS list “first author, et al” for any paper with 3 (!) or more authors. It can’t be about space: they do this both for PDF and online layout. Who does this serve? Curious if there’s a good reason.
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Minor Sunday gripe: Why do some scientific journals truncate author lists? For example TiCS and TiNS list “first author, et al” for any paper with 3 (!) or more authors. It can’t be about space: they do this both for PDF and online layout. Who does this serve? Curious if there’s a good reason.
On behalf of a friend raising funds to support counseling services that aim to improve mental health for the survivors of Gaza war.
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2025 NYC Gaza 5K
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October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
On behalf of a friend raising funds to support counseling services that aim to improve mental health for the survivors of Gaza war.
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Textbook stuff
Textbook stuff
New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud reut.rs/4750yfz
New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Textbook stuff
Textbook stuff