I love this summary. This is the way. This is how you express meaningful thoughts in a structured, coherent way.

Absolutely love the Hyperion Nikolayeva. Can’t say I know any of the others very well but hard to imagine a better recording of the set.

Normally the Democrats have to point out that we're starving the social safety net to feed an insatiable war machine, but Mike Johnson just went right out and said it.

Song Exploder A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.

Cannot recommend songexploder.net strongly enough. Might be something you're already listening to but Hrishikesh Hirway does spectacular work. Always learn something, always a pleasure to hear.

A good example of why we need answers about strategy: We're destroying refineries and oil production. If the goal is to immiserate the Iranians and cut off their income, fine. (Not great thinking, but understandable.) But if it's regime change...uh, they're gonna need that rebuilt. So why do that?

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Well then there certainly can't be anything wrong with releasing the files that were withheld, right? I mean, it wouldn't be worth the appearance of a coverup just to hide random accusations, right?

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Having moderate to low crappy day and this made me laugh out loud. Thank you.

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

So, first of all, of course it was Trump.

But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.

If this explanation is true, how can we know when it's an official policy/position/opinion and when it's an intern?

The best thing about philosophy is that all the great philosophers in history were basically wrong about almost everything, so there's really not that much pressure to be right.

This is a great idea and we should expand it to cover *all* of the justices of the Supreme Court, and then we could see who did unethical stuff like "attended the Grammys" or "bankrolled by a billionaire white supremacist donor who collects Nazi memorabilia" or "married to a January 6th plotter" or

One of the central principles in the Hong Kong pro-democracy protest movement was:

Do Not Split
(In Chinese: 不割蓆)

When you are part of a decentralized movement against an authoritarian power, it is critical to respect the roles others play, even when you do not agree with all of their actions.

Trump arrested 4 black journalists for covering a nonviolent church protest w/zero property damage/injuries
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Trump's suing every US taxpayer for $10 billion
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Trump announced he's building a stadium in front of the White House
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I'm still not distracted from Epstein

866.997.GRIT
LIVE

This is the law (along with the peanut allergy soynut butter amendment)

This is just another example of the self-important macho-tough guy attitude displayed but so much of the administration. Hegseth is the poster boy but it's rife in the administration.

Federal regulation being an area where precision is just not that important

/2 This was the event. I will do some digging to see if the recording is online.

Audited a Zoom session teaching people the best methods for defending schools and students from ICE without getting murdered. It was compelling. Thousands were online watching.

Even Hobbes, the most notoriously pro authoritarian government philosopher in history, who thought you had to obey even the worst government because it was better than no government, said that if your government just starts killing you, you don't have a social contact.

You don't have a government.

Reporters should be asking congressional Republicans what *other* kinds of Americans they think deserve to be executed in the street by the president's goon squad.

"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"

The stance from some Democratic leaders, strategists, consultants, and messaging experts is that they are incapable of getting the public to distinguish ICE from the general concept of law enforcement, despite ICE crimes.

It’s weak, self-indicting stuff. If that’s too hard for you, why do this job?

I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

This is infuriating. WPA-era art is one of the great cultural legacies of the 20th century and one of the most important artistic expressions of labor and working people in world history.

You’re arresting terrified children and using them as bait. Arresting kids getting treatment at doctors’ offices. Blinding protesters. Illegally raiding homes. Making people terrified to leave their homes.

You want to pee in peace?

Quit your fucking job.