Rafael Agustín
@rafaelagustin.bsky.social
TV writer & author | Board Member of Mother Jones, Reveal, & National Film Preservation Board at Library Congress
The Sackler family did more to ignite the Fentanyl crisis than Venezuela yet the President is not going after them.
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Sackler family did more to ignite the Fentanyl crisis than Venezuela yet the President is not going after them.
If MAGA would just replace “illegals” with “billionaires,” they’d be able to crack the code.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If MAGA would just replace “illegals” with “billionaires,” they’d be able to crack the code.
Who else is ready to bring up politics at Thanksgiving just to save money at Christmas?
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Who else is ready to bring up politics at Thanksgiving just to save money at Christmas?
How fragmented is our media right now? We’re watching the Selena documentary. MAGA is watching the Yolanda documentary.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
How fragmented is our media right now? We’re watching the Selena documentary. MAGA is watching the Yolanda documentary.
People are surprised that Univision is collaborating with ICE and DHS to run anti-immigrants ads in Spanish. Don’t forget that the owners of that network are white and privileged before they are Mexican.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
People are surprised that Univision is collaborating with ICE and DHS to run anti-immigrants ads in Spanish. Don’t forget that the owners of that network are white and privileged before they are Mexican.
The new Mayor of New York was raised on a healthy dose of Jane The Virgin.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The new Mayor of New York was raised on a healthy dose of Jane The Virgin.
People who hate Obamacare but love the Affordable Care Act are like people who hate lip balm but love Chapstick.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
People who hate Obamacare but love the Affordable Care Act are like people who hate lip balm but love Chapstick.
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The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
I wonder how U.S. farmers are feeling about their Trump vote after he said he prefers his beef and soy beans with chimichurri.
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I wonder how U.S. farmers are feeling about their Trump vote after he said he prefers his beef and soy beans with chimichurri.
There were 160,000 jobs in Hollywood in 2022. Today, we have fallen below 95,000 jobs. We’re about to lose one of the greatest American exports of all time.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There were 160,000 jobs in Hollywood in 2022. Today, we have fallen below 95,000 jobs. We’re about to lose one of the greatest American exports of all time.
Lies spread six times faster when laced with fear, anger, and hate. Algorithms aren’t designed to tell us fact from fiction. They’re designed to maximize user engagement and platform activity, even at the cost of tearing our country apart.
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Lies spread six times faster when laced with fear, anger, and hate. Algorithms aren’t designed to tell us fact from fiction. They’re designed to maximize user engagement and platform activity, even at the cost of tearing our country apart.
Young Republicans sound like Hitler Youth. And that’s only one published group chat.
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Young Republicans sound like Hitler Youth. And that’s only one published group chat.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit, said the platform would not exist if ICE had been around to kidnap his formerly undocumented mother.
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit, said the platform would not exist if ICE had been around to kidnap his formerly undocumented mother.
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Accelerating www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Accelerating www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
I benefited from the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which was only possible because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That means that I, along with a lot of immigrants and children of immigrants, benefited from Black activists.
October 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I benefited from the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which was only possible because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That means that I, along with a lot of immigrants and children of immigrants, benefited from Black activists.
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Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.
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Why were evacuation orders to west Altadena (historically Black, emerging Latino, all working class) so delayed as the Eaton Fire ravaged our community, and who was responsible? Well, LA County just spent $2M on a report that said nobody in LA County was responsible. I call bullshit.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Why were evacuation orders to west Altadena (historically Black, emerging Latino, all working class) so delayed as the Eaton Fire ravaged our community, and who was responsible? Well, LA County just spent $2M on a report that said nobody in LA County was responsible. I call bullshit.
Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen. Where was this outrage when Coldplay and Phil Collins played the Super Bowl halftime show?
September 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen. Where was this outrage when Coldplay and Phil Collins played the Super Bowl halftime show?
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE.
September 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE.
The launch of my first book feels like just yesterday. Gayle King gifted me a box of Vicks VapoRub before this interview (if you read the book, you know what that means to me).
September 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The launch of my first book feels like just yesterday. Gayle King gifted me a box of Vicks VapoRub before this interview (if you read the book, you know what that means to me).
Why would Elon Musk blame the Charlie Kirk killing on the “radical left?” Because he knows he and the other tech billionaires share some of the blame. They have connected engagement with enragement in all our algorithms and bought off the government to have zero regulation against their actions.
September 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Why would Elon Musk blame the Charlie Kirk killing on the “radical left?” Because he knows he and the other tech billionaires share some of the blame. They have connected engagement with enragement in all our algorithms and bought off the government to have zero regulation against their actions.
Once you learn that someone preaching the word of Christ is a white supremacist, you have to take a good look in the mirror, and decide what kind of Christian you want to be.
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Once you learn that someone preaching the word of Christ is a white supremacist, you have to take a good look in the mirror, and decide what kind of Christian you want to be.
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.