Nathan Callahan
@nathancallahan.bsky.social
Writer, KUCI fm public affairs host, dog loving gardener, formerly employed as an auto worker, musician, political operative, and municipal administrator.
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/KVSGZq5T
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/KVSGZq5T
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ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Someone actually snuck these into the Windsor Castle gift shop before Trump’s arrival next week hahahaha
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Someone actually snuck these into the Windsor Castle gift shop before Trump’s arrival next week hahahaha
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Thousands march to the White House united in our demand. We want federal forces out of DC Now!! Free DC! Free DC! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thousands march to the White House united in our demand. We want federal forces out of DC Now!! Free DC! Free DC! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Trump on DC: "The restaurants the last two days were busier than they've been in a long time." (Data in fact shows restaurant business dropping sharply over last week.)
August 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump on DC: "The restaurants the last two days were busier than they've been in a long time." (Data in fact shows restaurant business dropping sharply over last week.)
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Get it, DC!
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Get it, DC!
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🚨ALERT🚨 Active checkpoint on 14th St NW between V and W St. Federal agents and MPD present, currently stopping drivers passing through. Atleast one individual detained.
Fuck these cowards that apparently have nothing better to do but clog up our streets 🧻
Fuck these cowards that apparently have nothing better to do but clog up our streets 🧻
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🚨ALERT🚨 Active checkpoint on 14th St NW between V and W St. Federal agents and MPD present, currently stopping drivers passing through. Atleast one individual detained.
Fuck these cowards that apparently have nothing better to do but clog up our streets 🧻
Fuck these cowards that apparently have nothing better to do but clog up our streets 🧻
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Together with partners at @bellingcat.com and @calmatters.org we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids
YouTube video by Evident Media
youtu.be
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Together with partners at @bellingcat.com and @calmatters.org we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
"These people who call themselves conservative are root-and-branch radicals. So it is time to face the fact that their demolition of government and society as we have known them more strongly resembles a hostile occupation than a normal presidency."
Notes from an Occupation | Marilynne Robinson
America is an occupied country, ruled by partisans hostile to democracy.
www.nybooks.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"These people who call themselves conservative are root-and-branch radicals. So it is time to face the fact that their demolition of government and society as we have known them more strongly resembles a hostile occupation than a normal presidency."
"In the end, Musk’s legacy will be a damaged federal government that has lost many of its best people and will have a hard time replacing them. Oh, and a lot of dead children."
Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination
So is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But still
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"In the end, Musk’s legacy will be a damaged federal government that has lost many of its best people and will have a hard time replacing them. Oh, and a lot of dead children."
Tucked deep in the House's budget bill is a provision that would restrict federal courts from holding government officials in contempt when they violate court orders. It's a dangerous effort by the Trump admin to make it easier to break the law.
'This Is What Autocrats Do': Concern Grows Over Single Paragraph Buried Deep in GOP Bill | Common Dreams
The provision would force those challenging Trump "to pay up in the form of a posted bond—something many people can't afford to do. That means only the wealthy will be able to even attempt to challeng...
www.commondreams.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tucked deep in the House's budget bill is a provision that would restrict federal courts from holding government officials in contempt when they violate court orders. It's a dangerous effort by the Trump admin to make it easier to break the law.
Musk, who did not respond to a request for comment, has said that DOGE’s cuts to humanitarian aid have targeted fraudulent payments to organizations but are not contributing to widespread deaths. “Show us any evidence whatsoever that that is true,” he said recently. “It’s false.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
www.propublica.org
May 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Musk, who did not respond to a request for comment, has said that DOGE’s cuts to humanitarian aid have targeted fraudulent payments to organizations but are not contributing to widespread deaths. “Show us any evidence whatsoever that that is true,” he said recently. “It’s false.”
"The interesting question, as I see it, is why so many pundits and reporters — and, it seems, small stock investors — have been sounding the all clear on Trump’s tariffs, when the reality is that all we’ve seen is a modest retreat from complete, destructive insanity to seriously harmful madness."
The Trade War Isn’t Over
Look at the numbers, not the vibes
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The interesting question, as I see it, is why so many pundits and reporters — and, it seems, small stock investors — have been sounding the all clear on Trump’s tariffs, when the reality is that all we’ve seen is a modest retreat from complete, destructive insanity to seriously harmful madness."
"Things really have taken a grim turn. And a lot of it isn’t even about money. It’s just about spite."
Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?
We may be losing our last, best chance to limit climate change
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Things really have taken a grim turn. And a lot of it isn’t even about money. It’s just about spite."
The president is at war with the lower levels of the federal judiciary. And the best the chief justice can muster in defense of his branch of the government sounds like something a kindergarten teacher would say to a kid who draws on the walls of the classroom.
Chief Justice Roberts Sure Doesn’t Sound Like He’s Ready and Able to Defend the Constitution
The alarm bells are ringing, and this guy is the snooze button.
www.esquire.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The president is at war with the lower levels of the federal judiciary. And the best the chief justice can muster in defense of his branch of the government sounds like something a kindergarten teacher would say to a kid who draws on the walls of the classroom.
"You get two government-approved dolls and five pencils, and Donny gets his very own private jet worth four hundred million dollars — because fuck you, that’s why."
what kind of shithole country allows its president to accept ginormous bribes
Donny’s gifted his very own jet — and gets to keep it
www.jefftiedrich.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"You get two government-approved dolls and five pencils, and Donny gets his very own private jet worth four hundred million dollars — because fuck you, that’s why."
"Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased flooding risks and potentially damaging urban infrastructure."
These Major U.S. Cities Are All Sinking—Some Will Surprise You
Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased flooding risks and potentially damaging urban infrastructure
www.scientificamerican.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased flooding risks and potentially damaging urban infrastructure."
"The bicameral bill, the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, was reintroduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), with the aim of requiring people with yearly incomes of more than $400,000 to contribute a fairer share of their wealth to the two programs."
Democrats' Bill Would Extend Social Security and Medicare Solvency 'As Far as the Eye Can See' | Common Dreams
The Social Security and Medicare programs are a lifeline for millions of seniors, but the rich aren't paying their fair share. Should billionaires contribute more to ensure the solvency of these vital...
www.commondreams.org
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The bicameral bill, the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, was reintroduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), with the aim of requiring people with yearly incomes of more than $400,000 to contribute a fairer share of their wealth to the two programs."
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
May 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
"Kari Lake, the former news anchor whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said Tuesday that it would be fed with content from One America News Network, or OAN, a reliably pro-Trump television channel that has propagated falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election."
Voice of America to Receive Feeds From Pro-Trump Network, Administration Says
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Kari Lake, the former news anchor whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said Tuesday that it would be fed with content from One America News Network, or OAN, a reliably pro-Trump television channel that has propagated falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election."
Brian Renfroe, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers—a union representing nearly 300,000 active and retired letter carriers—called the decision to place Steiner at the head of the USPS "an aggressive step toward handing America's mail system over to corporate interests."
'Aggressive Step' Toward Privatization as Trump Picks FedEx Board Member to Lead USPS | Common Dreams
President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service's leadership have reportedly agreed to appoint a FedEx board member to succeed Louis DeJoy as postmaster general.
www.commondreams.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Brian Renfroe, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers—a union representing nearly 300,000 active and retired letter carriers—called the decision to place Steiner at the head of the USPS "an aggressive step toward handing America's mail system over to corporate interests."
Since its creation under President Bush in 1992 Energy Star has helped households and businesses save more than $500 billion in energy costs and to get rebates and tax credits. At the same time it has also prevented four billion metric tons of greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Since its creation under President Bush in 1992 Energy Star has helped households and businesses save more than $500 billion in energy costs and to get rebates and tax credits. At the same time it has also prevented four billion metric tons of greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere
Since his inauguration, the Trump Organization has announced new developments in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam. But none in the United States.
Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.
His family's real estate deals put the president in direct conflict with the Constitution.
www.motherjones.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since his inauguration, the Trump Organization has announced new developments in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam. But none in the United States.