AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATS DO SOMETHING NOW

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What is BO?

Hmmmm….can I ask AI

Huh. I have a vague memory of attempting to convince you that you would love Seinfeld. You were skeptical. You watched at in my house in my den? And….was it The Contest?

@vanhollen.senate.gov Thank you for your words. John Lewis's words, #GoodTrouble never meant so much as they do today. @ivey.house.gov we need more than investigation, we need accountability. #ICEkilledGood, #TheyKilledGood

Renee Good Should Be Alive Tonight Today, in South Minneapolis, the line was crossed in full view of the public.

She was fatally shot in South Minneapolis during a federal immigration operation. MPR reports armed Border Patrol agents showed up at Roosevelt High during dismissal and used chemical agents on bystanders. My reflections below.

#TheyKilledGood

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WOW!

Hmmmm…..are you into Phish?

What?!! Yes! New phone! WHO DIS?!

Any time Donald Trump speaks at any event, he should be drowned out by Kate Bush singing, "Running Up That Hill."

Trump is giving me such a headache.

I think I need a Tylenol.

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

In 1986, DC Comics redesigned Lex Luthor as a billionaire businessman.

Their confirmed model? Donald Trump.

America elected its own supervillain. Twice.

The real question isn't how Trump won. It's what toxin in our body politic made him possible. Maybe even inevitable.

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Well, I guess, I can relate! Because this "Four Empire Framework" is a set of ideas I've been toying with since about 2010 (if not earlier).

And Trump has taken them to a kind of logical "conclusion."

Got a lot more coming on this and I'm eager to talk w/YOU of all people more on it! ❤️

Wow, Evan. I feel speechless. Thank you! ❤️

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

The Constitution's fatal blind spot: it never mentions corporations.

This enabled systemic racism, surveillance capitalism, and the real-life Lex Luthor in the White House.

But we're done letting traitors define what America means.

Let's fight "America's Kryptonite."

Let's Make America Super.

America's Kryptonite Truth #11 of The Thirteen Truths of Superman

I think this might be the best thing I’ve ever written.

About America’s Kryptonite: the poison in our constitutional DNA.

With the hope that there's still time to Make America Super.

I’d so be grateful if you’d read, discuss, and share!

We made the front page of The Hollywood Reporter!

@joseiswriting.bsky.social and I explain why Superman has always been an immigrant—no matter what Fox News says.

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#SupermanIsAnImmigrant

1/8 Trump just told Americans who have bodies that sometimes get sick (and prefer not to die) to #GoFundYourself!

So we did.

We’ve launched a $723B GoFundMe to replace what he’s stealing from Medicaid.

Every $10 cancels $1K in medical debt.

Pitch in at GoFundYourself.page

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

Major universities w/ massive endowments fought hard to displace impoverished people, ruining communities. But when fascists threatened funding—money these universities could easily replace—they folded immediately.

Respect to faculty & students standing strong. To admin who folded…I have no words.

Ezra on twitter, paying tribute to the late Kevin Drum: When I started out as a blogger, one of my definitions of success was to get a single link, just one, from Calpundit. It was hard. It took time. I was so damn proud when it happened. Kevin Drum was an inspiration to so many of us. A lot of the later turns towards wonkery and chart-blogging has its roots in his work. He influenced a generation of young writers — he was fair and independent and took the evidence seriously and and he did the work to see old things in new ways. He will be so missed.

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Times Square, New York.

A rally in support of Ukraine 🇺🇸💙💛

Screen Icon Gene Hackman Dies The Oscar winner officially retired from acting in 2008.

Rest In Peace. Another great artist leaves the world. www.huffpost.com/entry/gene-h...

One of my closest friends, the brilliant Aaron Kagan is starting this new support group for dads. I promise you: this will be transformative.

Web page with all the details: www.aaronkagancoaching.com/groups-dads

Or go right to the sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“If the Trump administration and Musk’s operation unilaterally gut NOAA, this would be an illegal overreach of presidential authority that will be swiftly challenged in the courts."

Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH

Unlike 2016, Trump's team has executive orders & a grasp of power’s levers. It’s daunting. But Trump excels at performing power, not maintaining it.

Suzie Wiles & Project 2025 put lipstick on a pig—an intimidating shade, sure—but it’ll fade. Beneath it? A weird, chaotic little man who is beatable.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

EXACTLY.

Also, for too long, the loudest voices of Christianity in the US have been those against the message of Jesus Christ.

I may not technically be classified as Christian but I love the teachings of Jesus and it’s really refreshing to see a prominent Christian in the US embodying them.

You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.

I did too. I did too.