“We want to return to our lives and live our childhood again.”

Following the news of a ceasefire, children in #Gaza share their feelings of happiness and hope:

The most powerful force in American politics today is antiestablishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people.

Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate and Wall Street Democrats and embrace Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. 

That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

‘Tesla is a good target’: Elon Musk’s car business is focus of fury for political role Justice department’s threat to ‘come after’ demonstrators against Trump-allied billionaire fails to deter protests

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.

tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

they clearly define fraud as money spent on collective public goods as appropriated by elected Congress rather than funneled by them to their personal private interests

How Elon Musk and his DOGE goons are following the private equity playbook A q&a with journalist Megan Greenwell.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.

In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

4:06 “The idea of care for others and concern for a fragile environment that must sustain future generations, all of these things are part of human nature. These are elements of human nature that are suppressed in a social and cultural system which is designed to maximize personal gain.”

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one. The impression of Trump’s power remains; the fact that he keeps stepping on rakes is missed. The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness. Don’t believe him.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Noam Chomsky: Meaningful Democracy | Bill Moyers Interview (1988) YouTube video by wonkmonk

youtu.be/w-WsefGzyVk?...

What the Broligarchs Want from Trump Tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates.

With the broligarchs granted sweeping powers over the federal government, what happens now?

My new piece in @theatlantic.bsky.social today reviews what they've been up to & how their bizarre political agenda stems from comic books & sci-fi.

Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Q70 bus from Jackson Heights to LaGuardia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is the hopeful bit. For those of you flailing (understandable!!), focus on state leg and 2026 Congressional races, as well as local support for impacted populations. The Virginia state house is up in 2025. SisterDistrict.com

New @CookPolitical: over 153.5M now counted, Trump's popular vote lead down to 1.68%: www.cookpolitical.com/v…

Trump 76,666,332 (49.93%)
Harris 74,086,596 (48.25%)