public opinion doesn't DO anything. It's just a resource.

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

yougov.com/en-us/articl...

This Is Not a Regime Change War. Iran Is Being Pushed Toward State Collapse. The US and Israel have killed Ayatollah Khamenei, but they seem to have no plan for what comes next.

"War doesn't operate with surgical precision. It doesn't remove one figure & install another. It shifts power to those most capable of wielding force. It weakens civil society faster than it builds alternatives. It deepens grievances that last generations"
-Mahbod Seraji
truthout.org/articles/thi...

Oh... it's time to start watching Arkansas: Democrats are significantly ahead so far in a special election for a GOP-held legislative seat. If this is confirmed, it'd be Democrats' second flip so far this year.

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Important Texas news: last fall, Bolts reported that the sheriff of Fort Worth was flouting a state law that requires independent investigations of deaths in jails.

Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death.

brief 🧵:

🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.

Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard

"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Reminder: they said they would deport murderers and rapists. But there actually aren't many of them at all, so they are going after anyone they can grab.

I take the subway by myself multiple times literally every day and the most memorable things that have happened recently are that a very cute dog in a purple sweater was on my train car a few days ago and today a guy with a cane got on and literally four people immediately sprang up so he could sit

New article based on data from my organization Mapping Police Violence shows police killings have surged in Red states. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion For those who spent weeks, months and even years howling about then-President Joe Biden's 'mental decline,' what say you about Trump's rambling?

it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The 25 Elections to Watch This May - Bolts Plenty of what’s on the ballot this May ties into national politics: JD Vance’s half-brother; a prosecutor who clashed with Elon Musk over the 2024 elections; the latest chapter in... Read More

Philadelphia will decide multiple ballot measures that touch on housing next week: whether to create an official who'd serve to a public advocate for unhoused people, and whether to increase the minimal sum that the city must devote to affordable housing. boltsmag.org/whats-o...

Pittsburgh Offers Housing When Closing Encampments. Will That Last? Advocates pushed the city to prioritize longer-term housing during sweeps, but the policy's future is uncertain in the face of continued encampments and a mayoral primary on May 20.

"The way Pittsburgh has recently closed encampments differs from the methods many U.S. cities have used."

"[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing."

"But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Housing

Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.

Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops. boltsmag.org/chicago...

African Elephants are my favorite land animal species, by far. During yesterday’s earthquake, my babies at the San Diego Zoo reacted to the quake, immediately protective of their most-vulnerable Community members. Humans could learn SO much from these beauties, if we’d just humble ourselves. 🐘🐘

Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners

I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.

A Pennsylvania county forgave more than $65 million in “pay-to-stay” debt; this was money that had been charged to detained people for “room and board” at the local jail.
boltsmag.org/jail-de...

Rufo's real genius was recognizing how many people in elite spaces are so enormously self-loathing they'll offer him every opportunity they can to lie straight to their faces

The racist violence/cruelty of US warmongering & policing are deeply connected.
"Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade."
chicagoreader.com/news/tools-o...
bsky.app/profile/slko...

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

This isn't a stove, this is the demon core.

Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.

Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.

I know this sounds like pedantic scolding but I really do believe that doubling down on the idea that criminal records are a meaningful distinction is like carefully digging a pit that we can be shoved into.

"Now is an exceptionally busy time," a memoir.