Derek Miller
@visualizingbroadway.com
Theater historian. Little League coach. Cruciverbalist.
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The doors to Arkham Asylum remain open, and the criminals free to wander among us. . .
The Party of “Law & Order” continues to debase democracy. 🤮
The Party of “Law & Order” continues to debase democracy. 🤮
NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The doors to Arkham Asylum remain open, and the criminals free to wander among us. . .
The Party of “Law & Order” continues to debase democracy. 🤮
The Party of “Law & Order” continues to debase democracy. 🤮
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
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do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners
First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Leo Amery's 1940 speech in the Commons, which basically forced Chamberlain out of office, is worth revisiting:
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Leo Amery's 1940 speech in the Commons, which basically forced Chamberlain out of office, is worth revisiting:
Dump Schumer and push your other D colleagues who voted for this to resign.
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Dump Schumer and push your other D colleagues who voted for this to resign.
Murders. Every day more murders!
Senate Democrats are fine with murders.
Senate Democrats are fine with murders.
The U.S. military killed six people on Sunday in two more strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, without providing evidence. The strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people.
U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says
The latest strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Murders. Every day more murders!
Senate Democrats are fine with murders.
Senate Democrats are fine with murders.
If you show weakness, he'll come after you harder.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you show weakness, he'll come after you harder.
Sen. Shaheen needs to be put in concussion protocol.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sen. Shaheen needs to be put in concussion protocol.
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a lot of the Democratic Senate caucus's calculus (as well as much of the discourse) seem to be predicated on the assumption that Congress will continue to be the central space for political confrontation and that the traditional electoral timelines will continue to shape our political life
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
a lot of the Democratic Senate caucus's calculus (as well as much of the discourse) seem to be predicated on the assumption that Congress will continue to be the central space for political confrontation and that the traditional electoral timelines will continue to shape our political life
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Leo Amery's 1940 speech in the Commons, which basically forced Chamberlain out of office, is worth revisiting:
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Leo Amery's 1940 speech in the Commons, which basically forced Chamberlain out of office, is worth revisiting:
Worth remembering that the only thing that unites Senate D's is that they're all good at convincing rich people to give them money. That's it. That's the skill.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Worth remembering that the only thing that unites Senate D's is that they're all good at convincing rich people to give them money. That's it. That's the skill.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Good job, Mark. Please explain to Tim.
Every day this shutdown drags on, Virginians feel it, from federal workers struggling to pay their bills to families unsure how they will put food on the table because this administration is cruelly and deliberately withholding the assistance they need.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Good job, Mark. Please explain to Tim.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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It's always about 1993 in Trump's head!
What other celebrity felons (or felons who became celebrities) from 1985–2003 will he pardon?
What other celebrity felons (or felons who became celebrities) from 1985–2003 will he pardon?
Darryl Strawberry, the baseball slugger who won the World Series while with the New York Mets and Yankees, but whose career was tainted by drug use and other legal problems, received a pardon from President Trump for his three-decade-old tax evasion conviction.
Trump Pardons Darryl Strawberry, Former Mets and Yankees Slugger
The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's always about 1993 in Trump's head!
What other celebrity felons (or felons who became celebrities) from 1985–2003 will he pardon?
What other celebrity felons (or felons who became celebrities) from 1985–2003 will he pardon?
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Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Live from Cornell's campus:
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Live from Cornell's campus:
Shame!
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Shame!
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For perspective: If that $1 trillion pay package were divided among these 600,000 families, they would each get over $1,500,000.
Those are our values right now.
BRB, gotta go throw up.
Those are our values right now.
BRB, gotta go throw up.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For perspective: If that $1 trillion pay package were divided among these 600,000 families, they would each get over $1,500,000.
Those are our values right now.
BRB, gotta go throw up.
Those are our values right now.
BRB, gotta go throw up.
In which I grade the Trump regime on their abilities as extortionists. (They're bad at it!)
Grading the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Harvard | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
I suggest Trump drop the project — and his involvement with higher education — immediately.
www.thecrimson.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In which I grade the Trump regime on their abilities as extortionists. (They're bad at it!)
The US government is committing murder multiple times a week, based on no evidence and no legal justification. Murder.
Everyone, from Trump on down, must be prosecuted for this.
Everyone, from Trump on down, must be prosecuted for this.
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The US government is committing murder multiple times a week, based on no evidence and no legal justification. Murder.
Everyone, from Trump on down, must be prosecuted for this.
Everyone, from Trump on down, must be prosecuted for this.