Will, hook’em horns, McKenna
@mckennawill.bsky.social
Dad, Software Engineer, politics nerd, Longhorn alum🤘🏼🐂 #VoteBlue #BLM he/him.
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There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: Lawless failed states, and authoritarian states.
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: Lawless failed states, and authoritarian states.
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And for more on what to avoid, engaging with police, and best tips around phones and staying in contact, hit up our protest guide here:
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And for more on what to avoid, engaging with police, and best tips around phones and staying in contact, hit up our protest guide here:
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30% of American jobs do not offer health benefits, and 49% of employed workers can’t afford healthcare without going into debt.
Trump’s cuts to healthcare are trading American lives and prosperity for more tax breaks for billionaires.
Trump’s cuts to healthcare are trading American lives and prosperity for more tax breaks for billionaires.
June 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
30% of American jobs do not offer health benefits, and 49% of employed workers can’t afford healthcare without going into debt.
Trump’s cuts to healthcare are trading American lives and prosperity for more tax breaks for billionaires.
Trump’s cuts to healthcare are trading American lives and prosperity for more tax breaks for billionaires.
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True Blood breakthrough.
June 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
True Blood breakthrough.
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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
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WSJ: “Support for law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing — At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with Trump or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals…” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
June 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
WSJ: “Support for law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing — At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with Trump or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals…” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.
June 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.
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Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
June 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
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Btw, just posted my segment of an interview with @raaleh.bsky.social from earlier this month. As always, watch it because it brings revenue to Notes on the Crises!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dq3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dq3...
100 Days of Bro Litude ft Nathan Tankus
YouTube video by Notes on the Crises
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May 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Btw, just posted my segment of an interview with @raaleh.bsky.social from earlier this month. As always, watch it because it brings revenue to Notes on the Crises!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dq3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dq3...
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Trump on Joe Biden, who recently announced a cancer diagnosis: "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious ... I really don't feel sorry for him."
May 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trump on Joe Biden, who recently announced a cancer diagnosis: "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious ... I really don't feel sorry for him."
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Pro tip: use "xcancel.com" instead of "x.com" and people don't have to visit actual nazi bar to see the tweet
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xcancel.com/TheDemocrats...
Democrats (@TheDemocrats)
.@StephenM:
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May 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Pro tip: use "xcancel.com" instead of "x.com" and people don't have to visit actual nazi bar to see the tweet
xcancel.com/TheDemocrats...
xcancel.com/TheDemocrats...
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"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again
The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.
prospect.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
www.wired.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.
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SA Current has the best headlines 👀
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
SA Current has the best headlines 👀
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Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.
Paramount has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from CBS News, one of the people said. All people involved in the deal clearing understand the payment as the price of merger approval
Exclusive | Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit. Trump Wants More.
The president’s team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks.
www.wsj.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.
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Ohio State has over three thousand at the moment, representing around 6% of the student body.
Congrats to all the American families who will get to pick up the tab now.
Congrats to all the American families who will get to pick up the tab now.
Middle America is gonna be stoked when tuition increases at every 4-year public with more than a handful of Chinese students.
May 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ohio State has over three thousand at the moment, representing around 6% of the student body.
Congrats to all the American families who will get to pick up the tab now.
Congrats to all the American families who will get to pick up the tab now.
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Middle America is gonna be stoked when tuition increases at every 4-year public with more than a handful of Chinese students.
May 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Middle America is gonna be stoked when tuition increases at every 4-year public with more than a handful of Chinese students.
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Fun with Bad Investing Ideas
Paul Krugman interviews me about, well, Bad Investing Ideas!
ritholtz.com/2025/05/fun-...
Paul Krugman interviews me about, well, Bad Investing Ideas!
ritholtz.com/2025/05/fun-...
May 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Fun with Bad Investing Ideas
Paul Krugman interviews me about, well, Bad Investing Ideas!
ritholtz.com/2025/05/fun-...
Paul Krugman interviews me about, well, Bad Investing Ideas!
ritholtz.com/2025/05/fun-...
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Attacks on international students hurt all Americans.
International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here:
www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...
International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here:
www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...
May 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Attacks on international students hurt all Americans.
International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here:
www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...
International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here:
www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...
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This memorial day I'm taking some time out to explain at greater length why I rented an office in Manhattan and what I am planning on doing with it.
www.crisesnotes.com/why-does-not...
www.crisesnotes.com/why-does-not...
Why Does Notes on the Crises Have A Manhattan Office Now? A Blueprint for the Future
I have been very overdue in telling readers my plans in greater detail. I was going to put out this piece laying out what my plans for Notes on the Crises out last Sunday, but alas I got sick more tha...
www.crisesnotes.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This memorial day I'm taking some time out to explain at greater length why I rented an office in Manhattan and what I am planning on doing with it.
www.crisesnotes.com/why-does-not...
www.crisesnotes.com/why-does-not...
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Texas Republicans torched the wall between church and state—ripping up the Constitution to force the Ten Commandments into every public school classroom.
This isn’t faith. It’s authoritarianism dressed as religion.
Schools aren’t pulpits. And fascism is on the march.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
This isn’t faith. It’s authoritarianism dressed as religion.
Schools aren’t pulpits. And fascism is on the march.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Texas Republicans torched the wall between church and state—ripping up the Constitution to force the Ten Commandments into every public school classroom.
This isn’t faith. It’s authoritarianism dressed as religion.
Schools aren’t pulpits. And fascism is on the march.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
This isn’t faith. It’s authoritarianism dressed as religion.
Schools aren’t pulpits. And fascism is on the march.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
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it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion
For those who spent weeks, months and even years howling about then-President Joe Biden's 'mental decline,' what say you about Trump's rambling?
www.usatoday.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
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you know it’s a load-bearing component of the social safety net but I feel like I’m still learning HOW load-bearing. I didn’t realize until Trump started plotting to cut it that it’s like …. literally the only way we have nursing homes
What people don't seem to understand is that even if *they* are not using Medicaid, a large share of their providers' patient population does.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Lead to the Closure of Hundreds of Hospitals - Newsweek
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May 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
you know it’s a load-bearing component of the social safety net but I feel like I’m still learning HOW load-bearing. I didn’t realize until Trump started plotting to cut it that it’s like …. literally the only way we have nursing homes