And the problem with police unions isn't the "union" word, it's the "police" word. Some workers are violence workers.

Things I keep saying that no one likes.

In case you think migrant families in blue cities are breathing any easier these days, my kid’s best friend is transferring to a school right next to her house because her mother wants to minimize their time in cars to avoid any interaction with the authorities

Link to letter: www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/P...

Approval at 37% is still horrifying. Do 37% of those in the U.S. approve of fascism?

Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care Mexico’s new national health system aims to provide universal care. At a moment when US taxpayer dollars are being harnessed to destroy health care infrastructure abroad, Mexico is attempting to make ...

Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care jacobin.com/2026/04/mexi...

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

Over just five days, the justices had decided the issue. Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.

Another data point in “originalism is a fraud.” So much for the law is the law we can’t think about the impact. They rail against “results oriented judging” in public but when their corporate clients make requests they know exactly what to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

This article is definitely worth reading.

My sense that Harvard and Yale Universities were entities worthy of reverence and admiration has been shattered by learning of their determined efforts to expand were satisfied by engaging in the enslavement industry.

Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary Democracy wins big

Amazing recent history explainer re Hungary, Orban, corruption, Magyar's win even though the system was thoroughly rigged for Orban, also touching upon EU connections.

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kim-lane-s...

We should be learning from other countries...

The GOP Just Passed a Resolution to Open Minnesota Wilderness Up For Mining The Forest Service has warned that mines like the one under consideration could cause “serious and irreplaceable harm.”…

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters comprise over a million acres of untouched forest and thousands of lakes and streams, accessible largely by canoe. On Thursday, Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to open the area up to mining.

Exactly one year ago today:

100,087

100,087 signatures from women in the UK who don't think trans women are a threat, and don't want them excluded.

When I signed this there were around 4000 of us.

Not In Our Name!

Sen. Mike Crapo blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren's last-ditch attempt to preserve the IRS's free Direct File program.

In the last election cycle, Crapo was the top GOP congressional recipient of campaign contributions from the corporate PAC of TurboTax's parent company.

Hampshire College to close permanently after fall 2026 semester Emma McCorkindale

While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs

Oh no! Highlander Center set on fire.

The DOJ just asked a federal appeals court to throw out the convictions of 12 Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who were found guilty of crimes connected to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

This is not a sign of a healthy professional culture, for so many reasons.

Overcrowding, bad (no) medical care, not enough food, filth — these are average and expected in this country’s jails and prisons everywhere.
ICE detention conditions aren’t below the norm — that’s the norm. That’s what 2 million ppl and their families experience every day.

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

Really important story from @wired.com: The Christian Nationalists who want to destroy the American secular state are now making their presence felt

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Whatever Means to Call for Trump's Removal, It Is a Tool to Expand Accountability for Iran - emptywheel Democrats are thinking of impeachment all wrong. Rather than seeing impeachment, right now, as a way to remove Trump (which won't happen), it's a way to hold right wingers accountable because they won...

Democrats are thinking of impeachment all wrong. It's not, yet, a tool to remove Donald Trump. It's a tool to hold Republicans accountable for refusing to do so.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/14/w...

In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas In March, for the first time, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the transition to clean power. However, rising power demand is complicating the shift away from fossil fuels by extending the lives of many aging coal power plants.

In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.

Democratic socialism (a la Scandinavia to some extent, and Mamdani and AOC here) is what we could join in with globally. Although I'd rather see a global movement identified with respecting the planet and all people, maybe Democratic Socialist Greens?

Liberal is the wrong word for it if you want to speak across borders. I am progressive and we do not have a progressive party on a national level here, so that makes it hard to connect with the rest of the world.

You don't listen well. I am now blocking you. Fighting fascism requires listening skills and acknowledging the truth. (I know that he hasn't been convicted yet. I am not saying he needs to lose his seat before being convicted. I do believe the women.)

A map of the Black Massacres in American history from Reconstruction to 2015. Circled is the 1873 Colfax Massacre which occured 153 years ago today

Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873. Colfax, Louisiana.

Some 60-150+ Black men were slaughtered while defending a courthouse where they'd won a legal election.

After a white mob set the courthouse on fire, the defenders attempted to surrender, but instead were hunted down and executed.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I would suggest asking the women you know what they think.

I don't think it distracts from the other rapists. I think it sets clear boundaries. I hope the dems will never tolerate a rapist, and I hope the repugs will be known forever as the party of pedophile protecters

The whisper network that caught up to Eric Swalwell Warnings about the lawmaker had long circulated privately. Then a handful of women and online creators pushed them into public view, forcing California’s political establishment to reckon with how far...

Here Bryan, this just came across my bluesky feed. I'll give it to you. Are you still suspicious of the timing?

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Canadian mother held by ICE with daughter, 7, speaks out on families ‘suffering greatly’ in detention Tania Warner and her daughter were detained in Texas facilities deemed ‘unsafe and degrading’

"She is from British Columbia but moved to Texas in 2021 when she married her American husband.

The family was driving home from a baby shower when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. She and Ayla, who has autism, were fingerprinted and detained..."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...