Boondoggle
@boondogglepolitics.bsky.social
a guide to the omnicrisis
with Jim Driscoll and Chris Floyd
with Jim Driscoll and Chris Floyd
Reposted by Boondoggle
Publishers Weekly review of my new book, American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government.
Please buy this book and spread word. On inauguration anniversary, Jan 20th, I want people to be talking about the destruction he has wrought.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781682196762
Please buy this book and spread word. On inauguration anniversary, Jan 20th, I want people to be talking about the destruction he has wrought.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781682196762
American Carnage: Eleven Federal Workers and the Six Months That Wrecked the U.S. Government by Sasha Abramsky
This shocking account from Nation correspondent Abramsky (Chaos Comes Calling) exposes the upheaval and devastation of the secon...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Publishers Weekly review of my new book, American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government.
Please buy this book and spread word. On inauguration anniversary, Jan 20th, I want people to be talking about the destruction he has wrought.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781682196762
Please buy this book and spread word. On inauguration anniversary, Jan 20th, I want people to be talking about the destruction he has wrought.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781682196762
Reposted by Boondoggle
I was lucky enough to be on Jeff Schechtman's Who What Why podcast to talk about my new book American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government. Hope you find this conversation interesting -- and hope you can spread work about book far and wide.
whowhatwhy.org/podcast/fire...
whowhatwhy.org/podcast/fire...
Fired by Email: What It Felt Like To Be Targeted by DOGE’s Federal Purge - WhoWhatWhy
Eleven federal workers reveal what it felt like to be fired by Musk’s DOGE — the emails, the trauma, and the institutional destruction we’ve never heard about.
whowhatwhy.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I was lucky enough to be on Jeff Schechtman's Who What Why podcast to talk about my new book American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government. Hope you find this conversation interesting -- and hope you can spread work about book far and wide.
whowhatwhy.org/podcast/fire...
whowhatwhy.org/podcast/fire...
Reposted by Boondoggle
Exciting news, South and Vale Green Party have over 1000 members, now we need to get more Greens elected 💪
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Exciting news, South and Vale Green Party have over 1000 members, now we need to get more Greens elected 💪
Reposted by Boondoggle
Trump said of Jamal Khashoggi's killing "things happen." He also told a Bloomberg journalist to be "Quiet, Piggy." He called for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers. A particularly heinous week. My Nation column on all of this, and more: www.thenation.com/article/worl...
In Defending Mohammed bin Salman, Trump Sinks to a New Low
Trump was incandescent with anger that journalists would have the temerity to question his wealthy “guest” with the bottomless wallet.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump said of Jamal Khashoggi's killing "things happen." He also told a Bloomberg journalist to be "Quiet, Piggy." He called for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers. A particularly heinous week. My Nation column on all of this, and more: www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Reposted by Boondoggle
People fleeing war and persecution are ready and able to contribute to our society.
The problem is... they're not allowed.
Rather than shipping them off to army barracks all over the country, it's time to let asylum seekers work.
The problem is... they're not allowed.
Rather than shipping them off to army barracks all over the country, it's time to let asylum seekers work.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
People fleeing war and persecution are ready and able to contribute to our society.
The problem is... they're not allowed.
Rather than shipping them off to army barracks all over the country, it's time to let asylum seekers work.
The problem is... they're not allowed.
Rather than shipping them off to army barracks all over the country, it's time to let asylum seekers work.
Reposted by Boondoggle
The most extraordinary political speech I have heard in years. What a breath of fresh air.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The most extraordinary political speech I have heard in years. What a breath of fresh air.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
Reposted by Boondoggle
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Reposted by Boondoggle
I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Reposted by Boondoggle
Green Party out in force to get Kiera Barnett elected in the Ridgeway by- election, she will be the youngest councillor on Vale of White Horse council!
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Green Party out in force to get Kiera Barnett elected in the Ridgeway by- election, she will be the youngest councillor on Vale of White Horse council!
Reposted by Boondoggle
Reposted by Boondoggle
Millions took to streets on Saturday in No Kings protests. It was a joyous, peaceful affirmation of democratic values. Trump responded with an AI-generated video of him wearing a crown, and bombing New York protestors with feces. My Nation column on all of this. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
No Kings Day Was a Joyous Carnival for Democracy
Millions of Constitution-loving Americans peacefully protested Trump’s authoritarian presidency. The GOP responded with military theatrics, threats, and scatological “jokes.”
www.thenation.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Millions took to streets on Saturday in No Kings protests. It was a joyous, peaceful affirmation of democratic values. Trump responded with an AI-generated video of him wearing a crown, and bombing New York protestors with feces. My Nation column on all of this. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
'Computing Machinery and Intelligence' must be the only academic article to get its own cupcake
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
'Computing Machinery and Intelligence' must be the only academic article to get its own cupcake
Spot on
In interests of historical accuracy, as Trump's regime plans crackdown on progressive movements in wake of Kirk murder, my Nation column recaps times in recent past when rightwingers, led by Trump, have goaded people to violence and/or supported it after the fact.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence.
A brief catalogue of the times Republicans have called for brutal repression makes clear that Trump, not the left, is tearing apart the country.
www.thenation.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Spot on
Friend of the podcast Sasha Abramsky's latest book available now
I am delighted to announce that my new book American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and DOGE Butchered the US Government is now available for pre-order on publisher's website. This is the first book that captures the stories and voices of federal workers fired in the purges. orbooks.com/catalog/amer...
American Carnage
American Carnage is the first book-length reckoning with the consequences of Donald Trump’s war on the so-called "deep state," following eleven federal workers as their lives are propelled into uncert...
orbooks.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Friend of the podcast Sasha Abramsky's latest book available now
Reposted by Boondoggle
Why are the bosses of Apple, BlackRock, OpenAI, J P Morgan, & other billionaire US corporate robber barons accompanying Trump to the UK & banqueting with the king?
Are we really going to allow them to carve up our country with STARMER the one supposed to fight our corner?!🤯
Are we really going to allow them to carve up our country with STARMER the one supposed to fight our corner?!🤯
September 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Why are the bosses of Apple, BlackRock, OpenAI, J P Morgan, & other billionaire US corporate robber barons accompanying Trump to the UK & banqueting with the king?
Are we really going to allow them to carve up our country with STARMER the one supposed to fight our corner?!🤯
Are we really going to allow them to carve up our country with STARMER the one supposed to fight our corner?!🤯
Reposted by Boondoggle
Column on how California legislators are looking to fight back against the behavior of Trump's secret police.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force
Two bills making their way through the California legislature seek to end masking of federal agents and other tactics that are terrorizing communities.
www.thenation.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Column on how California legislators are looking to fight back against the behavior of Trump's secret police.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted by Boondoggle
We are joined by The Nation’s @sashaabramsky.bsky.social to discuss the terror and cruelty of the ICE deportation machine, with a Federal Judge ruling today, “President Trump [is]….creating a national police force with the President as its chief.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Trump is Creating a National Police Force With Himself as itss Chief
September 2, 2025 - Sasha Abramsky
backgroundbriefing.org/donate
twitter.com/ianmastersmedia
bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social
facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
soundcloud.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We are joined by The Nation’s @sashaabramsky.bsky.social to discuss the terror and cruelty of the ICE deportation machine, with a Federal Judge ruling today, “President Trump [is]….creating a national police force with the President as its chief.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Reposted by Boondoggle
Trump mused about wanting to get into Heaven -- then his administration tried to deport 600 unaccompanied minors to Guatemala. My Nation take on this monstrous effort. Please contact your elected representatives and get them to talk out on this deportation plan. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Terror and Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Machine
The administration’s immigration policies have gone from awful to monstrous, culminating with this weekend’s move to send roughly 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala.
www.thenation.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump mused about wanting to get into Heaven -- then his administration tried to deport 600 unaccompanied minors to Guatemala. My Nation take on this monstrous effort. Please contact your elected representatives and get them to talk out on this deportation plan. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted by Boondoggle
Part of a longer work for solo piano ...
open.spotify.com/album/1E4jwq...
open.spotify.com/album/1E4jwq...
Time IV
Michael Stimpson · Single · 2023 · 1 songs
open.spotify.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Part of a longer work for solo piano ...
open.spotify.com/album/1E4jwq...
open.spotify.com/album/1E4jwq...
Reposted by Boondoggle
Some thoughts on Alligator Alcatraz and its implications. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque
During a recent trip to Tallinn, I visited the horrific manifestations of an unredeemable totalitarian regime. A similar system is unfolding in Trump's America.
www.thenation.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Some thoughts on Alligator Alcatraz and its implications. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted by Boondoggle
My latest Santa Fe Reporter column.
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
No Matter the Perspective, Democracy's in Trouble
Trump trains doomed charge toward autocracy is clear to see from anywhere
sfreporter.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My latest Santa Fe Reporter column.
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
Love this
July 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Love this
Reposted by Boondoggle
Thoughts on July 4th, and what it means in the Trump era. A 2,500 word essay I wrote for the Santa Fe Reporter. sfreporter.com/coverstories...
Fireworks expected
Giving democracy an autocrat for its birthday has consequences
sfreporter.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thoughts on July 4th, and what it means in the Trump era. A 2,500 word essay I wrote for the Santa Fe Reporter. sfreporter.com/coverstories...
Beautiful sunset on the canal tonight
June 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Beautiful sunset on the canal tonight
Reposted by Boondoggle
Don't think it cannot happen here.
Unless we organise against the far right, it will.
Join us this Thursday
Unless we organise against the far right, it will.
Join us this Thursday
Crazy watching what is happening in Los Angeles right now & the extent of violence Trump's politics mean for migrant communities😣
On Thusrsday we'll be meeting to talk about how to organise here in the UK to avoid that Trumpist outcome here. Join us! t.co/TwBBeeo3KN
On Thusrsday we'll be meeting to talk about how to organise here in the UK to avoid that Trumpist outcome here. Join us! t.co/TwBBeeo3KN
June 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Don't think it cannot happen here.
Unless we organise against the far right, it will.
Join us this Thursday
Unless we organise against the far right, it will.
Join us this Thursday