@jadelegold.bsky.social
An immigrant’s child, a reporter, writes: “After three days of muscle-aching work…I learned the skill that goes into harvesting fruit we take for granted in grocery stores, the sacrifices families make and the lengths people go to so they can work.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hard lives in California's fields: 'The American dream eats us alive'
Immigrant farmworkers toil, season after season, in jobs that most Americans wouldn't endure for a week. It's a rough life that takes a heavy toll.
www.latimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
An immigrant’s child, a reporter, writes: “After three days of muscle-aching work…I learned the skill that goes into harvesting fruit we take for granted in grocery stores, the sacrifices families make and the lengths people go to so they can work.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is what democracy looks like: “As the agents’ vehicles moved to leave, protesters blocked them, forming a barricade at the mouth of the garage with their bodies and piling mounds of garbage bags beside them. The standoff continued for the better part of an hour”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is what democracy looks like: “As the agents’ vehicles moved to leave, protesters blocked them, forming a barricade at the mouth of the garage with their bodies and piling mounds of garbage bags beside them. The standoff continued for the better part of an hour”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march.” #arcadia www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march.” #arcadia www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Lovely story: "The opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty. Being comfortable with doubt, just as I doubt my science, just as I am constantly questioning my science ... it makes my science stronger, and ... it makes my faith stronger." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens
It’s run by a Michigan-born Jesuit—and a meteorite expert—known as the Pope’s Astronomer.
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Lovely story: "The opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty. Being comfortable with doubt, just as I doubt my science, just as I am constantly questioning my science ... it makes my science stronger, and ... it makes my faith stronger." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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So the news today was that the president sentenced five Democratic legislators to death and a US government agency deemed swastikas ok
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So the news today was that the president sentenced five Democratic legislators to death and a US government agency deemed swastikas ok
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The Trump administration said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a building in Chicago. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up those claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the raid are telling their stories.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Trump administration said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a building in Chicago. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up those claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the raid are telling their stories.
#NationalGuard member sent to DC: “I just think when everything is said and done, people are going to have to answer for what we're seeing now, and I don't want to be any part of it."
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#NationalGuard member sent to DC: “I just think when everything is said and done, people are going to have to answer for what we're seeing now, and I don't want to be any part of it."
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Justice Department recruiting efforts: “Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Justice Department recruiting efforts: “Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“Every Democratic senator who is running for re-election next year opposed the shutdown deal. The eight who backed it included senators who could afford to take a political hit, including two who are retiring.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Every Democratic senator who is running for re-election next year opposed the shutdown deal. The eight who backed it included senators who could afford to take a political hit, including two who are retiring.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"Progressives and moderates were both given fodder to make a case that they have the antidote to Trumpism. The reality, of course, in a wildly diverse country of 50 states and 340 million people, is not one or the other, but all of the above." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York and gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey have given Democrats a night better than they dared hope for
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Progressives and moderates were both given fodder to make a case that they have the antidote to Trumpism. The reality, of course, in a wildly diverse country of 50 states and 340 million people, is not one or the other, but all of the above." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"54% of women aged 18-54 and 48% of service industry workers were passive news consumers. 'This very potentially politically influential audience is disproportionately on these algorithm-driven social media platforms.'” www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
News consumption habits split US, study finds
More than four in 10 voters are “passive” news consumers, meaning they let information come to them, according to Global Strategy Group.
www.semafor.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"54% of women aged 18-54 and 48% of service industry workers were passive news consumers. 'This very potentially politically influential audience is disproportionately on these algorithm-driven social media platforms.'” www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
“The Congress is adrift,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska. “It’s like we have given up.”
“We”?? NO, IT’S YOUR PARTY, IDJIT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
“We”?? NO, IT’S YOUR PARTY, IDJIT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“The Congress is adrift,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska. “It’s like we have given up.”
“We”?? NO, IT’S YOUR PARTY, IDJIT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
“We”?? NO, IT’S YOUR PARTY, IDJIT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Teju Cole: "Evil settles into everyday life when people are unable or unwilling to recognize it. It makes its home among us when we are keen to minimize it or describe it as something else. ...Evil has always been here. But now it has taken on a totalitarian tone." www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/m...
A Time for Refusal (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Teju Cole: "Evil settles into everyday life when people are unable or unwilling to recognize it. It makes its home among us when we are keen to minimize it or describe it as something else. ...Evil has always been here. But now it has taken on a totalitarian tone." www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/m...
"A broad-based coalition of popular nonviolent protest can sweep away a dictatorship much more quickly than all the covert action on earth. "#indivisible #NoKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dN...
Bringing Down a Dictator - English (high definition)
YouTube video by ICNC - International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"A broad-based coalition of popular nonviolent protest can sweep away a dictatorship much more quickly than all the covert action on earth. "#indivisible #NoKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dN...
@jonallsop.bsky.social, insightful as always: “… yet there are serious stakes here. First, this administration has obliterated any remaining line between the optics of governing and its substance, rendering the former key to understanding the latter.”
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
War Games
Should the press follow Trump in calling the Pentagon the “Department of War”?
www.cjr.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@jonallsop.bsky.social, insightful as always: “… yet there are serious stakes here. First, this administration has obliterated any remaining line between the optics of governing and its substance, rendering the former key to understanding the latter.”
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
“That the USTA thinks Trump must be insulated from reality hints at something darker. It is reminiscent of regimes where the leader’s image must be protected from public ridicule.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday’s final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“That the USTA thinks Trump must be insulated from reality hints at something darker. It is reminiscent of regimes where the leader’s image must be protected from public ridicule.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
I’d like to report a skewering: this book review is one for the ages. The first sentence: “Sometimes an era is graced with a gift — a book that is not merely deficient in the usual ways, not merely insipid or uninspired, but epochal in its ineptitude.”
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | ‘The Cybernetic Society’ makes an unconvincing case for human-AI utopia
Amir Husain argues that AI and humans are best understood as collectively constituting a special hybrid entity, and shrugs off some fundamental and troubling questions
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’d like to report a skewering: this book review is one for the ages. The first sentence: “Sometimes an era is graced with a gift — a book that is not merely deficient in the usual ways, not merely insipid or uninspired, but epochal in its ineptitude.”
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
“Authoritarians and their students fear science in part because its feats — unlocking the universe, ending plagues, saving millions of lives — can form bonds of public trust that rival or exceed their own.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Authoritarians and their students fear science in part because its feats — unlocking the universe, ending plagues, saving millions of lives — can form bonds of public trust that rival or exceed their own.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Chris Armitage spells it out: "Option 1: The Blue State Coalition. Option 2: Selective Compliance and Irish Democracy. Option 3: Secession." cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Chris Armitage spells it out: "Option 1: The Blue State Coalition. Option 2: Selective Compliance and Irish Democracy. Option 3: Secession." cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
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With a 30 year low in violent crimes,
Trump got the feds harassing folks sitting on their porch.
Trump got the feds harassing folks sitting on their porch.
August 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
With a 30 year low in violent crimes,
Trump got the feds harassing folks sitting on their porch.
Trump got the feds harassing folks sitting on their porch.
Thought-provoking piece, but given the headline this was not the read I expected. Instead of a report on ill-informed citizens, it delves into the Enlightenment, democratic capitalism, ethnic and intellectual diversity and "permanent truths and eternal values." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thought-provoking piece, but given the headline this was not the read I expected. Instead of a report on ill-informed citizens, it delves into the Enlightenment, democratic capitalism, ethnic and intellectual diversity and "permanent truths and eternal values." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Interesting info on boycotts: "Today’s organizers can make their boycotts more effective by redirecting and narrowing their focus. [Prof. Emily Twarog] noted that current boycotts organized through social media are often 'too diluted.'” www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/08/22/l...
LA immigration raids are sparking boycotts, but do they work?
Advocacy groups recently led a 24-hour “community stoppage” in support of immigrants who have been detained by ICE.
www.pasadenastarnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Interesting info on boycotts: "Today’s organizers can make their boycotts more effective by redirecting and narrowing their focus. [Prof. Emily Twarog] noted that current boycotts organized through social media are often 'too diluted.'” www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/08/22/l...