Posts by Read Uh. Book
It’s coming in our direction. Better start saving now.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out: Acting ICE Director Says He Plans to Resign in May www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
"Vance's attempt to enlighten the pontiff revealed not only his arrogance, but his lack of knowledge about the just-war tradition itself."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This needs to be read and studied.
Resistance is NOT futile people. Thinking and persistance is anti-authoritarian.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to ..." follow the purple-clad Prince footsteps in Minneapolis on the 10th anniversary of his passing. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/t...
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has:
-Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies
-Cracked down on predatory landlords
-Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program
-Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets
This is what leadership looks like.
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MN House Taxes Co-Chair Aisha Gomez right now is talking about this article, showing how increasingly middle class people are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet, to argue for her Wealth Tax bill.
Folks, it's time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...
It’s Black Women’s History Month, & I’ve been thinking about books that have helped me better understand Black women’s leadership on big questions of justice, rights, & peace.
First up: Keisha Blain on how Black women articulated international human rights through their thought & activism
#BWHM
Thanks for this. I had no idea that it is Black Women’s History Month!! I didn’t know it existed.
Samuel L. Jackson said it plain: show up and vote.
This runoff is happening because too many voices stayed home last time. Let’s fix that.
Election Day is Tuesday. Get to the polls. #GA14
A longer version of this argument with more historical detail is on my substack under the title “The Next Coup Attempt.” (17/17)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
Prepare to take action on May First. Protests show awareness and they deter the worst. (16/17)
indivisible.org/events/may-d...
(Continuing the many answers to self-terrorism): preparing as lawyers and judges to prosecute coup plotters for their crimes; preparing as citizens to protest. (13/17)
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
We’re not getting the full story on what’s happening with this war.
Sources: @newyorktimes @npr.org @Indiatimes and @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Love the Winans.
I'd just like our nation's great institutions to show a smidge of the courage we've seen from our great children's entertainers.
Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen tragically passed away, leaving the community in mourning and searching for answers.
More than 8,000 acres at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and more than 500 acres at Salt Fork State Park were approved to be fracked during Friday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/31/m...
Albert Podrasky, Chief Justice Roberts’ grandfather, born in the U.S. to parents who were not citizens, was an American citizen. Why not the U.S.-born child today of a migrant from Africa? Or El Salvador? Or Honduras?