In addition to familiar violent state repression, the Iranian regime is also using Chinese-supplied surveillance equipment to find protestors.

@camanpour.bsky.social talks the Iran uprising with @johnavlon.bsky.social on How To Fix It:

"Ukraine stands for all Europeans and all freedom-loving people who do not want to be under the tyrannical boot of an illegal aggressor."

@camanpour.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in the latest episode of How To Fix It:

Leaders Without Character Break Democracies (w/ Ryan Holiday) Podcast Episode · How to Fix It with John Avlon · 11/23/2025 · 40m

New How to Fix It on @thebulwark.com with @ryanholiday.bsky.social on how leaders without character kill democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani Looming budget deficits, no provisions for federal aid cuts and new commitments mark the departing mayor’s last word on the city’s financial plan.

Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/b...

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

It's so funny that the White House has decided, since Tuesday evening, that its big focus will be costs — after eight months of splattering gold paint all over the White House and after a big Roaring '20s party at the private club the president bought from a Post cereals heiress.

Shock as Orbán allies take ownership of Hungary’s most-read newspaper Blikk, a tabloid with about 3 million online monthly readers, bought by pro-Orbán media group Indamedia

The latest in Media Capture - Orban regime allies take over Hungary’s most read newspaper www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Patrick Radden Keefe: Trump Broke Journalism’s Laws of Physics | How to Fix It Podcast Episode · How to Fix It with John Avlon · 11/02/2025 · 45m

This week’s “How to Fix It” on @thebulwark.com - Patrick Radden Keefe on the dangers of escalation and radicalization - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

It’s worth thinking deeper about the way Trumpists tried to claim that the #NoKings rallies should be seen as a “Hate America” rallies. Because, of course, America was founded on determination to have no kings. They’re the ones who misunderstand the meaning of patriotism and truly loving America.

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Just a reminder that the last time the Trump administration negotiated a “peace” with only the aggressor, it was with the Taliban in Doha - and that didn’t end too well.

“To play the demagogue for purposes of self-interest is a cardinal sin against the people in a democracy.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth “As Donald Trump barrels toward his latest tariff deadline, the damage to the global economy from American protectionism is becoming increasingly evident, even if financial markets seem to have decide...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth politicalwire.com/2025/07/27/t...

U.S. to Stop Practice of Assessing Fairness of Elections Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to “stop commenting on the fairness, integrity and legitimacy of foreign elections, a major shift away from a decadeslong practice of promot...

U.S. to Stop Practice of Assessing Fairness of Elections politicalwire.com/2025/07/21/u...

Senate Confirms Official Who Called Obama a 'Terrorist' "The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Anthony Tata to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, approving a nominee whose incendiary political commentary made him unconfirmable du...

Senate Confirms Official Who Called Obama a 'Terrorist' politicalwire.com/2025/07/15/s...

Open primaries will aid local democracy New York needs open primaries now — and not for the reason you might think. Open primaries would enfranchise more than a million New York voters, who are disproportionately young and represent comm…

“Delay is denial.”
In the wake of NYC’s chaotic primary season, the case for open primaries is stronger than ever. More inclusive. More representative. More democratic. @johnavlon.bsky.social makes the case in @nydailynews.com
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/07/o...

"You want to incentivize people that were early to this and care about it, so that they keep developing."

Thomas Pacchia discusses crypto regulation and more with @johnavlon.bsky.social:

Trumpcare Claims Its First Victim When Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Republicans seized on every glitch, cost increase, or regulatory change and laid it at their feet. Premiums up? Blame Obamacare. Medicare tweaks?...

TrumpCare just shut down its first hospital:

politicalwire.com/2025/07/09/t...

Majority Don’t Know Why We Declared Independence A new Morning Consult poll finds 53% of Americans don’t know why the American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence to separate from Britain on July 4, 1776.

This is one of many reasons why we need civics education.

Hint: #NoKings

Majority Don’t Know Why We Declared Independence politicalwire.com/2025/07/04/m... via @politicalwire

Early voting for primaries starts tomorrow! Voters will use ranked choice ballots for just the 2nd time ever – it’s a reform we’ve long advocated for, and it has already made city campaigns more positive.

Watch CU's @johnavlon.bsky.social explain how it works, and why RCV in NYC is a BFD:

📘 See our 2025 Primary Voters Guide for candidate preferences new.citizensunion.org/voters-guide...

🗳️ Early Voting starts TODAY! 🗳️
Make your voice heard in NYC’s critical local races—from Mayor to City Council. Polls are open 9am–5pm through June 22. Primary Day is June 24.
✅ Use Ranked Choice Voting
📍 Find your poll site: findmypollsite.vote.nyc

The only country that has military parades on the leader’s birthday is North Korea.

Until today.

And that’s not the consideration set we want to be in.

"I believe Donald Trump wants there to be violence, involving the National Guard and the military, and that that will support in his mind, his argument that this is an invasion, this is an insurrection." - @repdangoldman.bsky.social

Goldman joins @johnavlon.bsky.social on the latest How To Fix It

Opinion | To Take On Trump, Think Like a Lion

To take on Trump, think like a Lion. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

Last night, Citizens Union Chair @johnavlon.bsky.social testified before the NYC Charter Revision Commission with a clear message: New York must open up its closed primary system.

#OpenUpNYPrimaries #NYCCharterRevision

Real Americans aren’t Authoritarian.

Pass it on.

Brand new How to Fix It with @mattyglesias.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com - we talk about popularism, the abundance agenda, and what common sense Democrats need to do to reconnect with the moderate majority and win elections again.

“To play the demagogue for purposes of self-interest is a cardinal sin against the people in a democracy, exactly as to play the courtier for such purposes is a cardinal sin against the people under other forms of government.”
- Theodore Roosevelt #quoteoftheday