Sam G. Howard
@samghoward.riliberator.com
Rhode Islander, education union data organizer and Democratic ward committee member. Recovering comms pro, RI's leading vexillologist (probably). Occasionally blogs at riliberator.com
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RETVRN to stupidly horny hand-painted schlocky sword-and-sorcery covers
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
RETVRN to stupidly horny hand-painted schlocky sword-and-sorcery covers
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Wow, very weird, the guy who told Trump that he found cases where his political enemies have committed fraud and it turns out to be untrue is full of shit in other areas also.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wow, very weird, the guy who told Trump that he found cases where his political enemies have committed fraud and it turns out to be untrue is full of shit in other areas also.
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LEAD CHANGE: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Harrell by... 91 votes.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
LEAD CHANGE: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Harrell by... 91 votes.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
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Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
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They installed touchscreens at my CVS recently. I went in and the guy asked me to "start my check in on the screen" or whatever and I said no I don't want to do that. Then he had to type in my info on his computer himself and I felt like an asshole. This is how they get you. That's his exact job!
CVS is best thought of as a kind of interactive museum exhibit where you can experience everything that has gone badly wrong with American capitalism.
You almost have to respect how CVS keeps frantically changing their systems like every other month and each time it gets progressively worse
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
They installed touchscreens at my CVS recently. I went in and the guy asked me to "start my check in on the screen" or whatever and I said no I don't want to do that. Then he had to type in my info on his computer himself and I felt like an asshole. This is how they get you. That's his exact job!
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Pepper spraying a child from a moving vehicle. Come to your own conclusion about what can be done with these people.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Pepper spraying a child from a moving vehicle. Come to your own conclusion about what can be done with these people.
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the secret is that its all of those thing
"Would you say that the Democratic Party today is more of a..."
Mainstream Liberal Party: 37%
Socialist Party: 34%
Moderate Party: 28%
Harvard-Harris / Nov 6, 2025
Mainstream Liberal Party: 37%
Socialist Party: 34%
Moderate Party: 28%
Harvard-Harris / Nov 6, 2025
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the secret is that its all of those thing
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Really important point here about Trump and the administration simply not caring about his own popularity. It's a real, if screwy, negotiating edge - but (obviously!) a major electoral liability.
One way to look at the shutdown deal: Tiny Tim is dying, and Dems were negotiating with Scrooge (without ghostly assistance). My thoughts: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Open Wide
Senate Democrats agree to shut down the shutdown.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Really important point here about Trump and the administration simply not caring about his own popularity. It's a real, if screwy, negotiating edge - but (obviously!) a major electoral liability.
Honestly wasn't expecting that.
Providence Ward 3 Councilor @sueanderbois.bsky.social's entry into the LG race opens up a third City Council seat next year. (Wards 5 and 11 have term-limited councilors.)
One person who *won't* be running is School Board member @coreyjonespvd.bsky.social, who narrowly lost to AnderBois in 2022.
One person who *won't* be running is School Board member @coreyjonespvd.bsky.social, who narrowly lost to AnderBois in 2022.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Honestly wasn't expecting that.
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The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970. Link: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/helping-th...
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I’m sorry but this shit drives me bonkers, there was a price for that “big dick energy,” its in rows and rows of crosses and stars at Colleville-sur-Mer
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’m sorry but this shit drives me bonkers, there was a price for that “big dick energy,” its in rows and rows of crosses and stars at Colleville-sur-Mer
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Bonnie Watson Coleman told Axios in May she WOULD run again, as did Jerry Nadler of New York who is also retiring. Incumbents can change their minds!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bonnie Watson Coleman told Axios in May she WOULD run again, as did Jerry Nadler of New York who is also retiring. Incumbents can change their minds!
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A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
See, the path to victory is telling people that their bs moral panics are real. Then don't offer any solutions (because there are no real solutions, just the eliminationist politics of the con artists who promote the moral panics). Then, if you still somehow get into office, cave. People love that!
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
Something I think underlies this story is that the AG's office has the most agency of any of RI's statewide electeds; in that it can actually take people to court as part of its official duties and gets to opine on laws a lot in way that carries weight.
How Neronha's transformation of AG's office makes it the 2026 race to watch
Attorney General Peter Neronha's vision for the office was limited only by his imagination. Will his successor follow his precedent?
www.providencejournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Something I think underlies this story is that the AG's office has the most agency of any of RI's statewide electeds; in that it can actually take people to court as part of its official duties and gets to opine on laws a lot in way that carries weight.
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… Shaheen’s daughter (running for congressional seat) is against her mom’s deal to end the shutdown:
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
… Shaheen’s daughter (running for congressional seat) is against her mom’s deal to end the shutdown:
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The 2026 primaries could be the bloodbath Dem incumbents largely avoided in 2018
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The 2026 primaries could be the bloodbath Dem incumbents largely avoided in 2018
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From YouGov, Trump was at -40 on handling of the shutdown, but within Congress, both sides (and both wings of both parties) were taking heat. Far from clear how this impacts 2026 except to say we're no longer talking about Trump's weakest issue.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From YouGov, Trump was at -40 on handling of the shutdown, but within Congress, both sides (and both wings of both parties) were taking heat. Far from clear how this impacts 2026 except to say we're no longer talking about Trump's weakest issue.
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People need to recognize that the mainstream media decided to end the Dean 2004 run by playing some dumb noise 24/7 for a week
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
People need to recognize that the mainstream media decided to end the Dean 2004 run by playing some dumb noise 24/7 for a week
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM