Jim Boyd
@bjboyd.bsky.social
America isn’t a color; it’s a value.
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"This is what it looks like when power decides it no longer has to borrow with excellence.
Some people can get away with ugliness because they have power. They can insist that you call it beautiful and punish you if you don't. This is an aesthetic that doesn't even pretend to aspire to beauty."
Some people can get away with ugliness because they have power. They can insist that you call it beautiful and punish you if you don't. This is an aesthetic that doesn't even pretend to aspire to beauty."
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December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"This is what it looks like when power decides it no longer has to borrow with excellence.
Some people can get away with ugliness because they have power. They can insist that you call it beautiful and punish you if you don't. This is an aesthetic that doesn't even pretend to aspire to beauty."
Some people can get away with ugliness because they have power. They can insist that you call it beautiful and punish you if you don't. This is an aesthetic that doesn't even pretend to aspire to beauty."
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The whole Make America Great movement claims to be nostalgic for the New Deal era in which Trump grew up, but they seek to undo the progressive taxation, labor-friendly policies, and robust welfare state (including social security, Medicare, investments in higher education) that lay at its core.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The whole Make America Great movement claims to be nostalgic for the New Deal era in which Trump grew up, but they seek to undo the progressive taxation, labor-friendly policies, and robust welfare state (including social security, Medicare, investments in higher education) that lay at its core.
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Pope Leo XIV surprised the rain-soaked faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night with an apology, delivered in both English and Italian, to those who were unable to get inside the basilica for the pontiff’s first Christmas Eve Mass.
Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass
Pope Leo XIV greeted the soggy faithful in St. Peter’s Square in both English and Italian and apologized that there wasn’t enough room in the basilica for them all.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Pope Leo XIV surprised the rain-soaked faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night with an apology, delivered in both English and Italian, to those who were unable to get inside the basilica for the pontiff’s first Christmas Eve Mass.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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Then why is this article all about Clinton? Distraction accomplished.
News Analysis: The political motivations of the White House in the release on Friday of more than 13,000 files related to Jeffrey Epstein were obvious and well-worn: Distract from President Trump’s involvement in the scandal by pointing the finger at Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton Photos in Epstein Files Show He Can’t Escape Scandal
The Republican-led Justice Department’s release of photos of the former president with Jeffrey Epstein will introduce yet another generation to his flaws and controversies.
nyti.ms
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Then why is this article all about Clinton? Distraction accomplished.
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What American institutions are standing up and "meeting the moment"?
Sleeping giants awake: US foundations.
Podcast with head of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey.
fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
Sleeping giants awake: US foundations.
Podcast with head of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey.
fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
‘This Is the Proverbial Rainy Day.’
In times of emergency, an American sleeping giant shows how to flex.
fallows.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
What American institutions are standing up and "meeting the moment"?
Sleeping giants awake: US foundations.
Podcast with head of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey.
fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
Sleeping giants awake: US foundations.
Podcast with head of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey.
fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
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Trump's White House speech on affordability shows his team is desperate to try anything to help his numbers (except, of course, change the policies that majorities of Americans disapprove of)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump's White House speech on affordability shows his team is desperate to try anything to help his numbers (except, of course, change the policies that majorities of Americans disapprove of)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Ah, I remember that World Series between the Boston Yook Yarters and the St-Fancisco Ardinals.
Bobson Dugnutt hit a grand salami off of Sleve McDichael in the middle of the two-third!
Bobson Dugnutt hit a grand salami off of Sleve McDichael in the middle of the two-third!
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ah, I remember that World Series between the Boston Yook Yarters and the St-Fancisco Ardinals.
Bobson Dugnutt hit a grand salami off of Sleve McDichael in the middle of the two-third!
Bobson Dugnutt hit a grand salami off of Sleve McDichael in the middle of the two-third!
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A twist in the "Harvard about to cave" saga.
Good news, from the best source.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Good news, from the best source.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A twist in the "Harvard about to cave" saga.
Good news, from the best source.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Good news, from the best source.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
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NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Sunday morning is a good time to revisit the message on hope and courage conveyed this week by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde at the Westminster Town Hall Forum (Such a mouthful; it suggests an ecclesiastic formality totally missing from her talk). Here is a link. The talk is at minute 38
The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde - Courage is Contagious
YouTube video by westminstertownhall
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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sunday morning is a good time to revisit the message on hope and courage conveyed this week by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde at the Westminster Town Hall Forum (Such a mouthful; it suggests an ecclesiastic formality totally missing from her talk). Here is a link. The talk is at minute 38
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
Wasn't a mid-December vote on extending Obamacare tax credits part of the deal for ending the shutdown? When might we see that? And will the GOP shitify the language (by, for example, including a nationwide abortion ban) so thoroughly that it can't possibly pass?
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wasn't a mid-December vote on extending Obamacare tax credits part of the deal for ending the shutdown? When might we see that? And will the GOP shitify the language (by, for example, including a nationwide abortion ban) so thoroughly that it can't possibly pass?
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
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This thread from @markjacob.bsky.social is worth reading.
Framing in the very first paragraph of the Q-and-A is a clue to what's ahead.
Framing in the very first paragraph of the Q-and-A is a clue to what's ahead.
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This thread from @markjacob.bsky.social is worth reading.
Framing in the very first paragraph of the Q-and-A is a clue to what's ahead.
Framing in the very first paragraph of the Q-and-A is a clue to what's ahead.
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.