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In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
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When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points
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Incisive, beautiful reflection from @bedoyausa.bsky.social on his time in the FTC and how it upended his view of the world and his theory of change for it. We really can win, but we don't win by running from the fight.
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Incisive, beautiful reflection from @bedoyausa.bsky.social on his time in the FTC and how it upended his view of the world and his theory of change for it. We really can win, but we don't win by running from the fight.
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This is excellent, in re: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is excellent, in re: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.
October 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.
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Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.
SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...
SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.
SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...
SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...
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The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech
The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
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Jane Fonda relaunches the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative originally spearheaded by her father, Hollywood icon Henry Fonda, in response to the rise of “McCarthyism” during the 1940s.
Jane Fonda relaunches her father's McCarthy-era free speech initiative
The Committee for the First Amendment was originally formed by Henry Fonda in 1947.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Jane Fonda relaunches the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative originally spearheaded by her father, Hollywood icon Henry Fonda, in response to the rise of “McCarthyism” during the 1940s.
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so for those keeping tally, so far today we had:
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
so for those keeping tally, so far today we had:
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
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last december i wrote that democrats needed to behave like an actual opposition www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
Opinion | Now Is Not the Time for Surrender
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
last december i wrote that democrats needed to behave like an actual opposition www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
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I honestly do not care about some pundit’s opinion on what a government shutdown may or may not look like in an election a year from now. We are beyond that.
Whatever can be done to slow down this speed run towards authoritarianism is necessary and should be done.
Whatever can be done to slow down this speed run towards authoritarianism is necessary and should be done.
September 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I honestly do not care about some pundit’s opinion on what a government shutdown may or may not look like in an election a year from now. We are beyond that.
Whatever can be done to slow down this speed run towards authoritarianism is necessary and should be done.
Whatever can be done to slow down this speed run towards authoritarianism is necessary and should be done.
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Excellent column by Ezra Klein, and you should read all of it. He gets it.
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Excellent column by Ezra Klein, and you should read all of it. He gets it.
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Trump swore an oath to protect the American people and defend our constitution. Instead he is declaring war on Americans, while invoking symbols of the Confederacy. It's treason and he should be impeached.
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trump swore an oath to protect the American people and defend our constitution. Instead he is declaring war on Americans, while invoking symbols of the Confederacy. It's treason and he should be impeached.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Rodrigo Dueterte is literally in The Hague for this headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Rodrigo Dueterte is literally in The Hague for this headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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a bunch of complete cranks that are, still, a tiny minority in this country have been allowed to impose their views on the rest of us because not a single person in their party is capable of standing up for the public good in any capacity
Polling showing that a majority of Trump’s voters support vaccines was shared with several Republicans lawmakers’ staffers in a closed-door meeting head of RFK Jr.’s Senate hearing, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
Ahead of Kennedy hearing, GOP saw poll showing Trump voters support vaccines
The poll, conducted by veteran Republican pollsters, found that a majority of Trump voters believe vaccines save lives and support immunizations against measles and hepatitis B.
nbcnews.to
September 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
a bunch of complete cranks that are, still, a tiny minority in this country have been allowed to impose their views on the rest of us because not a single person in their party is capable of standing up for the public good in any capacity
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I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
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Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
September 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
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One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new.
They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.
It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.
It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
August 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new.
They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.
It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.
It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
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i think about the “do not split” principle from hong kong often
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
i think about the “do not split” principle from hong kong often
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Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
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Over 300 MILLION American citizen's files stolen by DOGE.
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Over 300 MILLION American citizen's files stolen by DOGE.
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
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you misspelled "I will be holding public hearings immediately on RFK Jr.'s mismanagement of HHS, and even though we do not have the power of the majority, these hearings will be televised live and Republicans are welcome to join if they care about Americans' health even a tiny bit"
Fire RFK Jr. now.
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
you misspelled "I will be holding public hearings immediately on RFK Jr.'s mismanagement of HHS, and even though we do not have the power of the majority, these hearings will be televised live and Republicans are welcome to join if they care about Americans' health even a tiny bit"
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We won’t notice it at first
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We won’t notice it at first
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr