Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘When the World Ended’

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We literally talked about this.

Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.

Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections

“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
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Repulsive.

Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.

"Schmidt eventually fainted going to the bathroom and remembers collapsing and hitting the ground hard. When he woke up, he told an agent he needed to go to the hospital.

'He said, 'Oh, you’re just gonna med out like everybody, huh?’"

Oh my god no

I will be writing every one of them today with something like this message I sent to Riley yesterday:

If you do not subscribe to Marisa's newsletter, I will punish the community by making my posts Worse.

Opinion | How to Survive in Politically Volatile Times What British politics can teach us about enduring the Trump era.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

20 or so years ago I spent an evening with Elon Musk and his entourage, and I have described it ever since as “Like The Wolf of Wall Street, but with boring, ugly nerds”

Toolbox - Beautiful Trouble An interconnected web of the key strategies and tactics that have inspired people-powered victories & upended the status quo. Start anywhere and explore…

An interconnected web of the key strategies and tactics that have inspired people-powered victories & upended the status quo. Start anywhere and explore…

beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/

Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Srdja Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen | eBook | Cornell University Press The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations....

Srdja Popovic has mastered the art of making dictators look ridiculous.

Right now, you can download a free copy of "Pranksters vs Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism" from the Cornell University Press.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

A Tale of Two Men Look at MAGA family values, in all its repellent splendor.

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Excited to join @ezraklein to talk through what happened in 2024.

There's a turnout story this cycle, but not the one we're used to talking about. With less-engaged and less-likely voters becoming more Republican, a larger turnout meant a more GOP electorate.

Excellent episode that every liberal who is confused about what to do now should read

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

"I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike Back Moral deregulation and moral collapse can inspire a new democratic politics that leads with values of justice, solidarity, equity, and accountability

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

oh my god

If I could give the editor of every media outlet that is NOT covering this a noogie for every time I had to read the words “Biden” and “disastrous debate” in the same sentence …

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discusses state of U.S. democracy Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa has long fought for global press freedom. Her book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator," detailed her experience running the news site Rappler under t...

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discusses state of U.S. democracy Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa has long fought for global press freedom. Her book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator," detailed her experience running the news site Rappler under t...

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Russia Is Not Winning At the current rate, Russia will control all of Ukraine in about 118 years.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Shocking But Not Surprising Strikes Again (and Again) The Caprices of the Oligarchs Shocking but not surprising is a phrase I've often reverted to in the past eight years, for things that are both hideous and predictable, maybe transgressive against the...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/if-we-must-b...

The Washington Post and Autocracy’s Asymmetric Advantage Liberalism is afraid to take its own side.

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My NYT feed today was a disgrace of headlines like these. It was literally nauseating. What is wrong with them? I renewed my annual subscription back in December, but today I cancelled. Enough.

Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—and It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African–born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...