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"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt replied 'your mom did.' White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also responded with 'your mom.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence
Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt replied 'your mom did.' White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also responded with 'your mom.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
"Liberals need not turn a blind eye to the failings of the professions to see clearly what side we are on in the war against them." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence
Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Liberals need not turn a blind eye to the failings of the professions to see clearly what side we are on in the war against them." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
“The juvenile actions and accusatory language spouting from every orifice of government may be among the most superficial features of our current crisis, but it is symptomatic of a larger disrespect for professionalism and professional competence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence
Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“The juvenile actions and accusatory language spouting from every orifice of government may be among the most superficial features of our current crisis, but it is symptomatic of a larger disrespect for professionalism and professional competence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
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Currently making my way through @lkatfield.bsky.social's book. Highly recommended!
Neon Liberalism #52: Join Samantha and guest Laura Field as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and influencer arm" of the Republican Party?
Neon Liberalism #52: The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right
Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln ...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Currently making my way through @lkatfield.bsky.social's book. Highly recommended!
Neon Liberalism #52: Join Samantha and guest Laura Field as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and influencer arm" of the Republican Party?
Neon Liberalism #52: The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right
Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Neon Liberalism #52: Join Samantha and guest Laura Field as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and influencer arm" of the Republican Party?
"'Heritage' Americans want the government to guarantee them housing. But they want this done in tandem with removing undesirables from their communities." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"'Heritage' Americans want the government to guarantee them housing. But they want this done in tandem with removing undesirables from their communities." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
"The Republican Speaker of the House shut it down for two months and wouldn’t swear in a member elected by her constituents for that period because he did not want to risk embarrassing or scandalous information coming out about Donald Trump." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-oppositi...
The Opposition Report #7
2025 elections, the shutdown, war in Venezuela, and more.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"The Republican Speaker of the House shut it down for two months and wouldn’t swear in a member elected by her constituents for that period because he did not want to risk embarrassing or scandalous information coming out about Donald Trump." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-oppositi...
"The psychological and historical appeal of meritocracy is inversely proportional to its tenability. It is in fact hard to imagine a much more utopian idea that has even been posited than meritocracy." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-utopiani...
The Utopianism of the Meritocrats
The psychological and historical appeal of meritocracy is inversely proportional to its tenability.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The psychological and historical appeal of meritocracy is inversely proportional to its tenability. It is in fact hard to imagine a much more utopian idea that has even been posited than meritocracy." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-utopiani...
"Freedom from want is not a noble ideal just because it mitigates against the suffering inherent in poverty—it is also a key pillar in making a society truly open, as personal wealth is nearly synonymous with choice in a modern, commercial society." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
Liberalism's Positive Vision Must Be the Open Society
Liberalism is not just the mitigation of dangers. It is also an active striving towards a world that is truly free.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Freedom from want is not a noble ideal just because it mitigates against the suffering inherent in poverty—it is also a key pillar in making a society truly open, as personal wealth is nearly synonymous with choice in a modern, commercial society." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
"Open Nazism isn’t an ideological deviation. Fuentes is the logical heir to the antisemitic 'great replacement' conspiracy theory Carlson spent years popularizing at Fox." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Open Nazism isn’t an ideological deviation. Fuentes is the logical heir to the antisemitic 'great replacement' conspiracy theory Carlson spent years popularizing at Fox." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
Half the Answer #49: Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on the street, the officers, the counterprotesters, and right-wing influencers.
Half the Answer #49: What's It Really Like at the Portland ICE Facility? Part Deux
Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Half the Answer #49: Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on the street, the officers, the counterprotesters, and right-wing influencers.
"The DIMBY approach offered by nativists is not only about resource competition but also their vision of America as a pastoral idyll, a land of bounty meant to let every white American who wishes to live like a farmer-king." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The DIMBY approach offered by nativists is not only about resource competition but also their vision of America as a pastoral idyll, a land of bounty meant to let every white American who wishes to live like a farmer-king." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
"Carlson’s interview with Fuentes was full of Nazi fan service, with Fuentes railing against 'organized Jewry in America' and claiming that the fascist anti-immigrant crackdown in Chicago was not brutal enough." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Carlson’s interview with Fuentes was full of Nazi fan service, with Fuentes railing against 'organized Jewry in America' and claiming that the fascist anti-immigrant crackdown in Chicago was not brutal enough." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
“Overseeing the GOPs transformation into an ever more radical party, McConnell excused the party’s increasingly open bigotry. Now, faced with the monster he created, McConnell pleads ignorance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Overseeing the GOPs transformation into an ever more radical party, McConnell excused the party’s increasingly open bigotry. Now, faced with the monster he created, McConnell pleads ignorance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
"Media matters—how could it not? It is the means through which we obtain not only information, but interpretations of that information." (from May) www.liberalcurrents.com/why-we-need-...
Why We Need a Reconstruction of the Liberal Public Sphere
How media systems work, how ours came to be, and where we go from here.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"Media matters—how could it not? It is the means through which we obtain not only information, but interpretations of that information." (from May) www.liberalcurrents.com/why-we-need-...
"Large parts of his base see deportation as the central tool for achieving progress—from housing affordability to crime to cultural renewal. For the furthest fringes of Trump's support, the real problem is a financing system controlled by Jews." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Large parts of his base see deportation as the central tool for achieving progress—from housing affordability to crime to cultural renewal. For the furthest fringes of Trump's support, the real problem is a financing system controlled by Jews." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
“Steve Ferguson(. . .) echoed this sentiment:
‘Want to instantly lower housing costs? Deport every last one of the 65 million illegal aliens living here as well as revoke the visas of the 55 million foreign nationals squatting here.’” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
‘Want to instantly lower housing costs? Deport every last one of the 65 million illegal aliens living here as well as revoke the visas of the 55 million foreign nationals squatting here.’” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“Steve Ferguson(. . .) echoed this sentiment:
‘Want to instantly lower housing costs? Deport every last one of the 65 million illegal aliens living here as well as revoke the visas of the 55 million foreign nationals squatting here.’” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
‘Want to instantly lower housing costs? Deport every last one of the 65 million illegal aliens living here as well as revoke the visas of the 55 million foreign nationals squatting here.’” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
“The liberal ideal must never be reduced only to the enshrining of specific rights into law, or merely accomplishing the establishment of rule of law, competitive elections, and universal enfranchisement.” www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
Liberalism's Positive Vision Must Be the Open Society
Liberalism is not just the mitigation of dangers. It is also an active striving towards a world that is truly free.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“The liberal ideal must never be reduced only to the enshrining of specific rights into law, or merely accomplishing the establishment of rule of law, competitive elections, and universal enfranchisement.” www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
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The America First solution to the housing crunch isn’t a 50-year mortgage. It’s 100+ million deportations.
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The America First solution to the housing crunch isn’t a 50-year mortgage. It’s 100+ million deportations.
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
“Deporting immigrants to make room for “real” Americans is therefore both about a belief that only certain types of people can be American in the first place and a demand that these authentic Americans be provided an array of nostalgic comforts through government largess.”
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Deporting immigrants to make room for “real” Americans is therefore both about a belief that only certain types of people can be American in the first place and a demand that these authentic Americans be provided an array of nostalgic comforts through government largess.”
Pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
Neon Liberalism #37: The Authoritarian Logic of Child Abuse
Join Samantha and guest Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords and Wild Faith, as they discuss Donald Trump's connections with Jeffrey Epstein, the broader problem of child sexual abuse among Republi...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
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Did a @liberalcurrents.com podcast with @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social on ICE, mass incarceration, and all the uplifting stuff I spend my professional life studying.
I thought it was a really good conversation!
I thought it was a really good conversation!
Prison Reform, Mass Incarceration, and the History of ICE
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November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Did a @liberalcurrents.com podcast with @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social on ICE, mass incarceration, and all the uplifting stuff I spend my professional life studying.
I thought it was a really good conversation!
I thought it was a really good conversation!
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A clarion call from @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com for a positive vision of the open society. Liberals must stand for something and not merely against the various isms that menace us today.
Adam offers as philosophically cogent and morally clear a case as can be made for the liberal future.
Adam offers as philosophically cogent and morally clear a case as can be made for the liberal future.
“Stigmatizing fascist beliefs is not at odds with the ideal of the open society because a commitment to that ideal is not a suicide pact.” www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
Liberalism's Positive Vision Must Be the Open Society
Liberalism is not just the mitigation of dangers. It is also an active striving towards a world that is truly free.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A clarion call from @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com for a positive vision of the open society. Liberals must stand for something and not merely against the various isms that menace us today.
Adam offers as philosophically cogent and morally clear a case as can be made for the liberal future.
Adam offers as philosophically cogent and morally clear a case as can be made for the liberal future.
Portland is not what right-wing fever dreams make it out to be. www.liberalcurrents.com/portland-is-...
Portland Is Not Your Punching Bag
Portland is not what right-wing fever dreams make it out to be.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Portland is not what right-wing fever dreams make it out to be. www.liberalcurrents.com/portland-is-...