There are no major left-wing donors willing to play.

War is not entertainment. There should be a hard line.

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Or organize and build community so that we become the kind of people for whom voting is just step one and creating the world we want is woven into everything we do. That could work.

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If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...

What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.

Crowds make noise, organizing makes change. (That said, I hope #NoKings is as big and loud as possible)

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Overthrowing a billionaire-backed fascist regime requires high bar, sustained, civil disobedience. And this requires connecting people into communities and showing we are the majority, our beliefs are the common sense norm. Both things are true.

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.

Some people like feeling superior and think being critical makes them sound smart (it doesn’t).

Othering others is not super awesome.

Actually they’re both identity politics. Anything that defines by in-group/out-group.

Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court

Started season 2 and it looks like the same plot

Even Seattle gets sunshine sometimes

Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly - The American Prospect Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyists seeking a sweetheart deal.

In the @prospect.org, David Dayen reports on Trump’s DOJ throwing in the towel against Ticketmaster. So much for ye olde right-wing populism.

When Posting Becomes Its Own Style of Politics Social media has long been flooded with populist rage and discontent. What happens when the posts become policy?

"Slopulism," a type of viral content that @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social has called "participatory propaganda," has been a dynamic that's been "building for years," Starbird recently told @nytimes.com in an interview. [1/2]

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.

1. Over the last six months, I’ve been studying MAGA, and trying to understand why it has been so successful – and what the Democrats ought to learn from that success. The results were published in the New Yorker magazine this week. Here’s what I learned: (a 🧵)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Identity politics and litmus/purity tests have been shrinking the Democratic coalition for decades. Paired with the loss of meaningful social connection, all we have left is 12 text messages every day asking for $5 and no real party.

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms

if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Loved this. I wish more people understood what government is for.

It’s not supposed to be run like a business, it’s supposed to be run like a public good.

Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht? Advice for Jeff Bezos

Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.

Can Kendrick do a version of They Not Like Us for the Epstein files?

Don’t repeat the opposition’s message. You’re only reinforcing it.

DraftKings and FanDuel spending millions on 2026 midterms, new filings reveal The two largest online sports gambling companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, have already spent millions of dollars on the 2026 midterm elections, according to FEC disclosures filed on Friday.

The two largest online sports gambling companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, have already spent millions of dollars on the 2026 midterm elections, according to FEC disclosures filed Friday.

This is a sea change for the industry, which has traditionally focused its political spending on state politics.

Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter The vice president knows what ICE means to MAGA.

"ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator.

from David Frum:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

You know in The Matrix how the humans are just batteries for the machines?

That’s what we are for AI.

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

Just Six Corporations Remain NEW YORK—MCI-WorldCom and Bank One-Chase Manhattan merged in a blockbuster $112 billion deal Monday, forming the world’s largest telecommunications/banking company and reducing the number of existing ...

Getting truer every day (originally from 1998). @theonion.com

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