In a major win for UC faculty groups and unions that sued, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants: www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...

A Few Day After the Election Thoughts talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

The thing is, Democratic candidates already poll voters and align their platforms to match. But they're often burdened by a nationalized debate that's dominated by right-wing framing. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...

This is very good: www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

“Your suburban homeowner parents’ financial interests are aligned with your scumbag landlord and as a tenant, your financial interests are aligned with real estate developers’” is a VERY hard pill for a lot of people to swallow.

The federal government’s $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. bit.ly/standuc

WaPo: We've killed our independence and objectivity, please like our owner

NYT: Trump Making Amazing Deals, White House Says; Mamdani Late 4 Times in 6th Grade

CBS: We'll censor things you dislike, here's millions of dollars, please let our parent do a merger

WSJ: BREAKING: TRUMP-EPSTEIN LETTER!

We’re fixing Atlantic Avenue! This is what a comprehensive community-led rezoning looks like 🏠

Democrats, Trump is increasingly unpopular and he will keep sinking as he destroys the economy. For the love of God, stand up and fight. Don't cave. Be an opposition party and reflect the anger of the majority. Win over people. It won't be as hard as you think. Stop being scared.

America Joins the Jackals
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

There is nothing more obviously inevitable to me than everyone eventually concluding that, no, you can't work with the Trump admin., you can't "find areas of compromise," you can't treat this as normal politics, the only option is total, unremitting opposition. Everyone will get there eventually.

Lots of people out there saying, "at least by fucking everything up they're showing how incompetent they are, which will turn voters against them."

I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?

One under-appreciated, under-discussed explanation for Trump winning is simply that the people who voted for him believed a wide array of false things. The mainstream commentariat's refusal to center information rot has led to much confusion.

Highly recommend this piece from @karlbode.com:

No, but you do have to accept some truths that rub hard against the liberal ethos:

1. Most people are civically illiterate.

2. Bc they are illiterate propaganda works

3. You can’t beat a propaganda campaign using normal “comms” strategy.

4. Yes, I’m mean but I’ll win shit.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

Today on Volts: 20 years ago, @thestranger.com.web.brid.gy published a piece in the wake of GW Bush's 2004 reelection: "The Urban Archipelago." I talk with then-editor @dansavage.bsky.social about the politics of cities in a time of reactionary backlash. www.volts.wtf/p/dan-savage...