The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now
I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.
It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.
Also @seanmcarroll.bsky.social's podcast Mindscape is one of my faves. Great interviews and engaging discussions on complex topics that even dummies like me can follow.
It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.
To recap:
Anthropic refused to do killbots or mass surveillance. DOD trying to destroy company.
Altman: we are now working with DOD, who totally respect safety and oppose mass surveillance!
Why would anyone trust a word Altman says after this?
Trump’s bombing of Iran is reckless and a direct threat to American and Iranian lives. Launching military strikes without congressional authorization or evidence of an imminent threat is not strength. It is an abuse of power.
Tell your Members of Congress to put an immediate stop to this war.
the kind of story that already reads like a history of this moment
Does anybody with a connection to Radiohead want to check if they'll record a No Kings/Fuck ICE song?
he's good at what he does
Yesterday on What's the Plan I said that it looked like Anthropic might cave to Hegseth. It's looking like I was wrong. I'm going to dig into this more, but I think it's important for us to highlight and praise companies who don't obey in advance and actively push back. bsky.app/profile/phil...
So excited to be chatting with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social in about an hour, and to be chatting with all y'all right after! Come join the discussion in just a bit.
Kansas just invalidated the drivers licenses of every trans person in the state. They’re being told to surrender their current licenses and get new ones listing their birth sex. No grace period. Get caught driving with your now-invalid license and you’re looking at jail and a fine.
Emergency protest happening now outside Columbia University after ICE agents used a “bogus missing persons flyer for a 5-year old girl” to gain access to a school-owned residence to detain a student.
That student posted to her instagram this morning: “DHS illegally arrested me. Please help.”
New polling from @indivisible.org tells us something we all probably guessed: having the least popular political figure in the country “lead” the opposition is bad politics. indivisibleteam.medium.com/new-polling-...
In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.
(alongside photos of Rep. Casar, Rep. Frost, Rep. Jayapal, Rep. Lee, Sen. Merkley, Sen. Murphy, Rep. Pressley, Sen. Schiff, Sen. Van Hollen, Rep. Garcia, Sen. Gallego, Aaron Parnas, Joy Reid, and Katie Phang) MeidasTouch Netwok and MoveOn present the PEOPLE’S STATE of the UNION FEB 24 8 PM est MOVEON.ORG/LIVE
Many people are saying that Trump’s State Of The Union could go on for at least two hours. Join @moveon.org, @meidastouch.com, and some of your favorite Members of Congress instead: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
Oops
Ok he should be impeached.
Ahem: nokings.org
This is indeed the reason why the last year has seen 3 of the 5 largest protests in American history. And why No Kings III next months break records yet again.
“It is a reminder that even right now, even as the fight rages on, there is time for joy, there is time for art, there is time to celebrate difference and self, and to insist that you too can be free.
Because they want you to forget that.”
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Suozzi teamed up with Republicans last month to vote for more ICE funding. Shame.
Follow up: @msifry.bsky.social has a good piece on this new thing. theconnector.substack.com/p/this-machi...
Any Democrat who sits through that fascist turd’s lies like a potted plant is a dangerous tool. It’s not even constitutionally required that you show up, or that this be a TV show! Presidents used to submit it to Congress by letter. Either don’t show up or use the dumb TV show to make some NOISE.
Tom Malinowski argues in an op-ed for the Bulwark that, in response to AIPAC using Republican donor money to intervene in Democratic races, Dem leadership (including, presumably, the AIPAC-endorsed and backed Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer) should disavow the organization and refuse its support.
I love it.
We say this a lot: "We get the Democratic Party that we demand." This afternoon we've got a special guest who is demanding a Dem Party that fights. Come join the conversation!
A dozen is good but too few. If you are an elected Democrat in congress, there are 2 ways to engage with the SOTU with integrity:
1) Don't go.
2) Go and get kicked out, Al Green style.
Everything else is wimpy.
X is absolutely cooking the brains of the entire political class that remains on there. The ones who think they're immune are probably the most affected.
Singing resistance songbook
They've got a whole song book too! This is so cool and useful. docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope...
