@pkirkham.bsky.social
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Chief Justice John Roberts rigged our democracy, helped Trump retake power, and is now discarding legal and constitutional constraints on Trump's actions.
But Roberts needs Trump, too. This symbiotic relationship means there is no hope for course correction.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
But Roberts needs Trump, too. This symbiotic relationship means there is no hope for course correction.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts rigged our democracy, helped Trump retake power, and is now discarding legal and constitutional constraints on Trump's actions.
But Roberts needs Trump, too. This symbiotic relationship means there is no hope for course correction.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
But Roberts needs Trump, too. This symbiotic relationship means there is no hope for course correction.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The misogyny is the point
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The misogyny is the point
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I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
Great read. Mathematician Moon Duchin on how math can solve redistricting problems. Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great read. Mathematician Moon Duchin on how math can solve redistricting problems. Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
Derek Does It With Style
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Derek Does It With Style
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I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
The Crime of Human Virtue
Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.
www.the-reframe.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
Remember Erika and Charlie are/were seasoned performers. They know how to work a crowd. And a reminder that Erika also said ‘They have no idea what the’ve unleashed’. Sounds like a threat to me.
Colby Hall writing with reverence about a white-suited nazi wife is the emetic I needed.
"[T]here is a different kind of opportunity... [T]o choose the harder path — the one Erika Kirk chose when she forgave the man who murdered her husband, an act of public grace that stunned even the cynical."
"[T]here is a different kind of opportunity... [T]o choose the harder path — the one Erika Kirk chose when she forgave the man who murdered her husband, an act of public grace that stunned even the cynical."
Jimmy Kimmel’s Return: A Rare Opportunity for Grace, Empathy and Healing
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Remember Erika and Charlie are/were seasoned performers. They know how to work a crowd. And a reminder that Erika also said ‘They have no idea what the’ve unleashed’. Sounds like a threat to me.
Add it to the list of 'If We Bury The Data The Suckers Will Think Everything Is Great LOLs'
Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Add it to the list of 'If We Bury The Data The Suckers Will Think Everything Is Great LOLs'
Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
They never thought it through enough to realize that they too have to live in the world they created.
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
They never thought it through enough to realize that they too have to live in the world they created.
The legal verion of Project 2025. We'd be wise to not ignore this as we did P2025. How bad is it? Alito wrote the preface.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New Book, Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Takes On the Constitution
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The legal verion of Project 2025. We'd be wise to not ignore this as we did P2025. How bad is it? Alito wrote the preface.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
"Texas Democrats fought a battle they almost certainly expected to lose in order to help the rest of us grasp the stakes of current events." Gifted article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
Opinion | The Texas Democrats Won by Losing
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Texas Democrats fought a battle they almost certainly expected to lose in order to help the rest of us grasp the stakes of current events." Gifted article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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The best part of this photo — which is a good example of how photographers make art — is the slogan “American workers first” on the banner observed by troops who’ve been forced to pick up trash and do landscaping because the president on the banner illegally fired the American workers who did that.
August 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The best part of this photo — which is a good example of how photographers make art — is the slogan “American workers first” on the banner observed by troops who’ve been forced to pick up trash and do landscaping because the president on the banner illegally fired the American workers who did that.
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I know quite a bit about the conservative complaints here (post-Ferguson/Floyd museums adding more apologetic racial language in exhibits) but the Af-Am museum does exactly what she says. You start w slavery and end with Obama/Af-Am success!
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."
August 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I know quite a bit about the conservative complaints here (post-Ferguson/Floyd museums adding more apologetic racial language in exhibits) but the Af-Am museum does exactly what she says. You start w slavery and end with Obama/Af-Am success!
This makes it clear you're being disingenuous. He's a sexual predator, that's an adjudicated fact. He spent tons of time with Epstein/Maxwell, both child predators. While he may or may not have raped children we know he witnessed it and apparently was okay with it because he never acted to stop it.
August 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This makes it clear you're being disingenuous. He's a sexual predator, that's an adjudicated fact. He spent tons of time with Epstein/Maxwell, both child predators. While he may or may not have raped children we know he witnessed it and apparently was okay with it because he never acted to stop it.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched a recruitment effort looking for a women-owned small business advertising firm to create a social media ad campaign that “drives national awareness of ICE’s hiring needs and open positions.” www.instagram.com/p/DNWQ7eztV_O/
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched a recruitment effort looking for a women-owned small business advertising firm to create a social media ad campaign that “drives national awareness of ICE’s hiring needs and open positions.” www.instagram.com/p/DNWQ7eztV_O/
Addition to the Dems' To Do list: fix this www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Addition to the Dems' To Do list: fix this www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
This is so important for Americans to understand.
My latest for @thenation.com:
"These attacks on higher education are not uncommon, and we do not have to reach back to distant history to see how they are rooted in the desire to dominate, destroy, and crush political and civic opposition."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
"These attacks on higher education are not uncommon, and we do not have to reach back to distant history to see how they are rooted in the desire to dominate, destroy, and crush political and civic opposition."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
If We Want to Save Public Health, We Need to Get Out of Our Bubble
The struggle to save public health and biomedical research in the US must be seen as part of a global battle against antidemocratic forces.
www.thenation.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is so important for Americans to understand.
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I’m just a small town country lawyer* but my answer to this question is “At that point when following court directives is more damaging to justice and order then ignoring them is,.” We can argue when the point exists on our timeline, but it is not a future point.
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* I’m not a lawyer
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* I’m not a lawyer
That’s a question I’ve been asking all the legal experts I follow: When do we simply start ignoring SCOTUS rulings?
August 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’m just a small town country lawyer* but my answer to this question is “At that point when following court directives is more damaging to justice and order then ignoring them is,.” We can argue when the point exists on our timeline, but it is not a future point.
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* I’m not a lawyer
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* I’m not a lawyer
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In which I wish @stephencolbert.bsky.social would start an internet empire. And for the first time, I tell the tale of trying to help Howard Stern start his.
Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy medium.com/whither-news...
Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy medium.com/whither-news...
Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy
Mass media are dead: corrupted, complicit, malign, worthless
medium.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In which I wish @stephencolbert.bsky.social would start an internet empire. And for the first time, I tell the tale of trying to help Howard Stern start his.
Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy medium.com/whither-news...
Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy medium.com/whither-news...
Required reading
NEW PIECE IS UP.
I don’t enjoy facing the truth about this court, but it must be done.
Yesterday’s decision in McMahon has me convinced.
Hope you’ll sign up for the September webinars. We need the people - not just lawyers - to understand what’s at stake. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
I don’t enjoy facing the truth about this court, but it must be done.
Yesterday’s decision in McMahon has me convinced.
Hope you’ll sign up for the September webinars. We need the people - not just lawyers - to understand what’s at stake. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Facing this Court
A Sober Look at What to Expect in Trump v. Casa And What We Do About It
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Required reading
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The majority may think: "We're not ruling on the legality of Trump's actions; it's just a stay." Bullshit. With the injunction stayed, Trump and McMahon will be able to effectuate their evisceration of the Department of Education and it will be impossible to put Humpty Dumpty back together.
The Supreme Court's disdain for Congress, the statutory design of agencies, and the public services they provide to millions truly astounds.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The majority may think: "We're not ruling on the legality of Trump's actions; it's just a stay." Bullshit. With the injunction stayed, Trump and McMahon will be able to effectuate their evisceration of the Department of Education and it will be impossible to put Humpty Dumpty back together.
If we don’t do something about this now, where will we be in
3 1/2 years? JFC all you ‘we need to talk to each other’ fascist enablers.
3 1/2 years? JFC all you ‘we need to talk to each other’ fascist enablers.
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If we don’t do something about this now, where will we be in
3 1/2 years? JFC all you ‘we need to talk to each other’ fascist enablers.
3 1/2 years? JFC all you ‘we need to talk to each other’ fascist enablers.
But how is this going to affect the 'screwing little screws into iphones' factories???
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
But how is this going to affect the 'screwing little screws into iphones' factories???
Perfect match.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA’s close relationship with Donald Trump is about to become even closer as the U.S. president is set to become its landlord, with world football’s governing body opening a New York office in Trump Tower.
July 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'