The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump threatened.

"We also need to address the dehumanization that persists in every single aspect of American life... that has sent us down the path in which Trump can threaten to annihilate a civilization & we find ourselves with few answers about how to stop it."
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Honestly, I need to be better about making fundraising appeals to social media. So here's me doing it this month.

Just $5/mo helps ensure that we can continue to make movement media that people call "enjoyable, accessible, and essential" for facing our political moment.

The Attention Economy Navigator, March 2026 This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d…

Rynn and I chatted with @convergencemag.com about the Texas and Illinois primaries, AI data centers, and more.

Can listen here...

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Safety & Security w/Che Johnson-Long In this episode we talk about Safety and Security with our guest, Che Johnson-Long, Community Safety Director at Vision Change Win.

The Rad Ops Podcast is premiering their full-length episodes, starting with today's, with Che Johnson-Long of @visionchangewin.bsky.social. Pleased to be producing this timely, essential show at @convergencemag.com! convergencemag.com/podcast/safe...

I feel so uneasy knowing I have friends and colleagues who are basically snowed in and in the meantime it's about to be 90 degrees out in my neighborhood today. In March.

I identify with this

Memory Against Authoritarianism By Cayden Mak In Yoko Ogawa’s 1994 novel The Memory Police (which appeared in English for the first time in 2019), a novelist and her editor struggle against a creeping forgetting enacted by the stat...

I've been thinking a lot about what this does to our ability to remember (and historicize)! www.therevivallab.org/memory-again...

We Were Never Supposed to Know This Much On the cost of knowing everything, everywhere, all at once.

yes to this. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

Memory Against Authoritarianism By Cayden Mak In Yoko Ogawa’s 1994 novel The Memory Police (which appeared in English for the first time in 2019), a novelist and her editor struggle against a creeping forgetting enacted by the stat...

The newest Revival Letter is out! Cayden Mak (@catachresis.bsky.social), Publisher of @convergencemag.com provides a powerful essay on the importance of memory as a tool to fight against authoritarianism. www.therevivallab.org/memory-again...

In memory of Logan Hullinger Logan Hullinger, founder of news blog Mobtown Redux and one of Baltimore Beat’s most dedicated contributors, passed away unexpectedly on March 6. He would have turned 30 on March 10, 2026.  Logan was…

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Heartbreaking news.

House hearing on fake "kids safety" censorship bills happening right now. Call your lawmakers!!!!

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And Substack is proudly partnering with one of them

Been thinking a lot about building communities online that can stand disagreement and debate. I don't think any social media site that replicates existing dynamics can be It...but do you belong to a community online where you feel like people handle disagreement in healthy, even productive ways?

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence

U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.

www.972mag.com/ice-immigrat...

Essential reporting. The fascist crackdown on immigrants is a crackdown on the right to organize itself.

A beautiful acknowledgement of the ongoing devastation and heartbreak in Gaza. Thank you @thenation.com

Spoiler alert: it's not really about the Epstein Files. It's about building survivor-centered systems that meet people's needs, prevent exploitation, and address harm.

Preventing Another Epstein w/ Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant How we can build survivor-centered movements, with Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant

I had the conversation I wish more people would have about the Epstein Files last week with @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social and @chanellegallant.bsky.social. convergencemag.com/podcast/prev...

Poisoned, exploited, abandoned: East Palestine, OH, three years later Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone a...

"Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone." via @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

two federal agents in fatigues point at protesters and onlookers who are recording them

community members and journalists flee an alley where chemical irritants have just been deployed

members of the minneapolis police department stand in a line at the corner of portland and 34th

members of MPD escort a black van down portland avenue

some photos from portland and 34th today. we'll have a story up on racket soon. they gassed us, they knocked folks to the ground, and i watched agents ram a white pickup into a group of protesters, if you're wondering who was actually doing car violence.

The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.

The Objective's favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025 A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.

Our round-up of some 2025 stories on the news that stuck with us, featuring picks from @hashtagjames.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social, @gabemschneider.bsky.social, and @alexip718.com (plus other anon community members): objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Yeah, thank you -- in a lot of ways I do think it was very much entering a new grief stage that is more settled. I'm also actually being treated for ADHD, which has really improved my sense of self-confidence!

I turned 38 in January of this year and I can't explain it but I feel like I'm officially "middle aged" for the first time. I also feel like I aged A LOT in the last 5-6 years, mostly due to losing both my parents.

Join us for a way to celebrate the beautiful game and denounce authoritarianism ourcup26.org

I missed actual #MovementMediaMonday, but it's also #GivingTuesday. I get that there's a lot going on, but I also think the slow media we produce at @convergencemag.com is crucial to making space for thinking and reflection that will see us through this moment and help shape the next.

Support the 2026 Max Elbaum Fellows Nurture the kind of deep, critical thinking and writing we need to navigate our way out of this moment of profound crisis for our movements and the world.

Nothing gives me bigger heebie jeebies these days than promoting my own shit, which is wild considering I literally host a livestreamed podcast almost every Friday. But we are piloting a new fellowship program in 2026 and raising $10k this month to fund it.

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