@bellbrians.bsky.social
Great work from @cato.org . Now, if we could only find a way to change people's minds with data.
www.cato.org/white-paper/...
www.cato.org/white-paper/...
Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023
Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American,...
www.cato.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Great work from @cato.org . Now, if we could only find a way to change people's minds with data.
www.cato.org/white-paper/...
www.cato.org/white-paper/...
“Those who dispense the trauma are aware of what they are doing.”
This is dark, but absolutely necessary. We need to see what’s coming for what it really is.
This is dark, but absolutely necessary. We need to see what’s coming for what it really is.
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
“Those who dispense the trauma are aware of what they are doing.”
This is dark, but absolutely necessary. We need to see what’s coming for what it really is.
This is dark, but absolutely necessary. We need to see what’s coming for what it really is.
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“America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year — let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests." Garrett Graff
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
“America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year — let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests." Garrett Graff
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
From Reinhold Niebuhr, maybe a good daily read right about now.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
From Reinhold Niebuhr, maybe a good daily read right about now.
"...all of life is a series of daring explorations from a secure base."
We've got some work ahead of us to rebuild that base. Best of luck to David Brooks. You'll be missed at @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
We've got some work ahead of us to rebuild that base. Best of luck to David Brooks. You'll be missed at @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"...all of life is a series of daring explorations from a secure base."
We've got some work ahead of us to rebuild that base. Best of luck to David Brooks. You'll be missed at @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
We've got some work ahead of us to rebuild that base. Best of luck to David Brooks. You'll be missed at @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Let's just sit with these words for a bit.
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Let's just sit with these words for a bit.
It's time to stop the cruelty and remember who we are.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
It's time to stop the cruelty and remember who we are.
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Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
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NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labelling him a ”terrorist” and a “lunatic.” @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports:
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 AM
NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labelling him a ”terrorist” and a “lunatic.” @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports:
It seems now we have to choose which rights we want to exercise. 1st Amendment, 2nd or 4th. But we can’t have them all at once. WTH?
Live Updates: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
It seems now we have to choose which rights we want to exercise. 1st Amendment, 2nd or 4th. But we can’t have them all at once. WTH?
Live Updates: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
In 6 months, we might just look back and see that J. Powell was exactly the revolutionary we needed. When the "boring banker" gets pissed, something's about to happen.
January 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In 6 months, we might just look back and see that J. Powell was exactly the revolutionary we needed. When the "boring banker" gets pissed, something's about to happen.
Just over a year ago, 77 million Americans said, "Yep, that's my president." WTH?
michiganadvance.com/2026/01/13/a...
michiganadvance.com/2026/01/13/a...
A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he's been suspended. • Michigan Advance
Updated on 1/14/26 at 11:40 a.m. A union-backed auto worker at Ford Motor Co. was caught on video heckling President Donald Trump as a “pedophile protector” when he visited a Dearborn factory on Tuesd...
michiganadvance.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Just over a year ago, 77 million Americans said, "Yep, that's my president." WTH?
michiganadvance.com/2026/01/13/a...
michiganadvance.com/2026/01/13/a...
Just because you don't like what science tells you, doesn't mean it's not true.
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
Trump moves to shut down climate research lab, calls its work "alarmism"
NCAR's closure would hit climate research and public safety hard.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just because you don't like what science tells you, doesn't mean it's not true.
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
No Kings Rally in Plano, TX yesterday.
Guy drives by, windows down, screaming “F#*k You!” out the window, giving the finger with both hands (still driving).
On the back window of his Suburban… a giant cross sticker.
America distilled, 2025
Guy drives by, windows down, screaming “F#*k You!” out the window, giving the finger with both hands (still driving).
On the back window of his Suburban… a giant cross sticker.
America distilled, 2025
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
No Kings Rally in Plano, TX yesterday.
Guy drives by, windows down, screaming “F#*k You!” out the window, giving the finger with both hands (still driving).
On the back window of his Suburban… a giant cross sticker.
America distilled, 2025
Guy drives by, windows down, screaming “F#*k You!” out the window, giving the finger with both hands (still driving).
On the back window of his Suburban… a giant cross sticker.
America distilled, 2025
No pressure. Which one you watch will only determine if you're a real American or not.
Or, let's be honest, will anyone still care about this in February?
Or, let's be honest, will anyone still care about this in February?
From @theathletic.com: Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.
Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming
Turning Point USA is calling its Super Bowl halftime show a celebration of "faith, family and freedom."
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No pressure. Which one you watch will only determine if you're a real American or not.
Or, let's be honest, will anyone still care about this in February?
Or, let's be honest, will anyone still care about this in February?
I'm pleasantly surprised the NWS is still operating Post-DOGE. Who knew?
Stay safe, AZ.
Stay safe, AZ.
The National Weather Service has placed a moderate (Level 3 out of 4) flood risk in Arizona, including the cities of Phoenix and Flagstaff.
The culprits? Two recent East Pacific hurricanes and a developing storm off the Mexican coast.
The culprits? Two recent East Pacific hurricanes and a developing storm off the Mexican coast.
A trio of tropical systems is driving significant Southwest flood threat
Several days of flood risk are expected across Arizona. The National Weather Service has placed a moderate (Level 3 out of 4) flood risk in that state on Friday, including the cities of Phoenix and Fl...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm pleasantly surprised the NWS is still operating Post-DOGE. Who knew?
Stay safe, AZ.
Stay safe, AZ.
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This is what freedom of speech sounds like. Also, please consider subscribing to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word | Will Bunch
The column the Trump regime wants to ban: America has to call out surging fascism in order to defeat it.
www.inquirer.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is what freedom of speech sounds like. Also, please consider subscribing to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
I guess times were simpler back in 2013. When the parties held hands and fed each other fresh berries while they passed bipartisan bill after bipartisan bill for the good of the country... except when the president was WEAK!
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I guess times were simpler back in 2013. When the parties held hands and fed each other fresh berries while they passed bipartisan bill after bipartisan bill for the good of the country... except when the president was WEAK!
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Blue Sky peeps, please help. Explain it like I'm 5.
- How is right wing woke different from left wing woke?
- Why is right wing cancel culture more American than left wing cancel culture?
- Why is right wing speech protected and left wing isn't?
- How is right wing woke different from left wing woke?
- Why is right wing cancel culture more American than left wing cancel culture?
- Why is right wing speech protected and left wing isn't?
September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Blue Sky peeps, please help. Explain it like I'm 5.
- How is right wing woke different from left wing woke?
- Why is right wing cancel culture more American than left wing cancel culture?
- Why is right wing speech protected and left wing isn't?
- How is right wing woke different from left wing woke?
- Why is right wing cancel culture more American than left wing cancel culture?
- Why is right wing speech protected and left wing isn't?
WTH ? Replace "educators" with "elected officials"
“While all educators are held to a high standard of professionalism, there is a difference between comments made in poor taste and those that call for and incite further violence — the latter of which is clearly unacceptable,” Morath said.
“While all educators are held to a high standard of professionalism, there is a difference between comments made in poor taste and those that call for and incite further violence — the latter of which is clearly unacceptable,” Morath said.
Roughly 180 complaints filed against Texas teachers for alleged comments on killing of Charlie Kirk
Several school districts have already taken disciplinary action against staff for comments made about the Christian conservative activist’s death.
www.texastribune.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
WTH ? Replace "educators" with "elected officials"
“While all educators are held to a high standard of professionalism, there is a difference between comments made in poor taste and those that call for and incite further violence — the latter of which is clearly unacceptable,” Morath said.
“While all educators are held to a high standard of professionalism, there is a difference between comments made in poor taste and those that call for and incite further violence — the latter of which is clearly unacceptable,” Morath said.
If only reason and evidence could move the needle any more. Facts are a massive underdog to emotion these days. How do we reverse that?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If only reason and evidence could move the needle any more. Facts are a massive underdog to emotion these days. How do we reverse that?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
No emissions reports, no climate change.
No price surveys, no inflation.
No employer questionnaires, no unemployment.
Obviously, data is the source of all our problems.
No price surveys, no inflation.
No employer questionnaires, no unemployment.
Obviously, data is the source of all our problems.
Breaking News: The EPA moved to stop requiring polluters to report their emissions of greenhouse gases. The proposal would end a key tool the government uses to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
No emissions reports, no climate change.
No price surveys, no inflation.
No employer questionnaires, no unemployment.
Obviously, data is the source of all our problems.
No price surveys, no inflation.
No employer questionnaires, no unemployment.
Obviously, data is the source of all our problems.