As always, listen to @gregsargent.bsky.social re immigration polling. Also, several polls in recent weeks (NBC Decision Desk & Quinnipiac) have asked illuminating “do you prefer mass deportation or pathway to obtaining legal status” Q and found ~2:1 support for citizenship/legal status option
“No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors.“
Must read from @adamserwer.bsky.social
Yes, esp. to concluding graf
Conservatives = "making same error" as in civil-rights era... treating ICE actions as "presumptively legitimate in the face of overwhelming evidence to contrary" which "gives license to the sort of despotism that is staring us in the face"
"We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn't mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just."
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
Wayne Gretzky's country pronunciations during FIFA World Cup draw = riff on Key & Peele substitute teacher sketch
Among the 5200 disturbing developments of the week is this gem. "Relevant backgrounds" in his hands...
Well said and same. Perfect blend of talent, personalities, and fit together. And your coverage these last few years always gave voice to that in the Globe, so a bit of that overall appreciation goes your way as well
Hard to explain why you connect to some teams more than others - age, life circumstances, style of play. I somehow love this team more than any since I was a kid. Forever thankful for this run and the chance to root for a team that seems to be full of genuinely decent people.
With the election of a new Pope, we look ahead with hope.
May Pope Leo XIV carry forward Pope Francis’s legacy of championing and defending the rights and dignity of immigrants and refugees all over the world. Now more than ever we need faith leaders to stand with the most marginalized among us.
Trump is trying to bludgeon us into accepting the tactics and imagery of fascism: Forced disappearances, renditions to foreign gulags, the ritual humiliation of hated enemies within.
That's why it's so crucial that the middle is rejecting it.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
At same time Pam Bondi's brother and DC white collar attorney Brad Bondi is running to take over said DC Bar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Duke alum Stephen Miller hurting Blue Devils' chances in Final Four.
Cooper Flagg also clearly worried about the hundreds of millions of lost Canadian tourist $ in Maine this year due to Trump policies.
The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest.
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
yes! the idea that the executive can simply make spending decisions independent of a legislature or parliament is basically antithetical to the entire anglo-american political tradition
While we fulminate about the lack of “resistance” and how Dems. build back, think we underestimate and forget the sheer level of batshit crazy and stupid that will be constantly on display
this is always a key point. in general, budget cutting doesn't need to worry about the filibuster for reasons tied to increasing or decreasing deficit spending. this is among many reasons why Ds shld universally want to get rid of it. it's basically entirely in service of GOPs.
“The 14th amendment is the most important amendment …since the Bill of Rights … to change a pro-slavery regime … to one based on equality, regardless of race … [birthright citizenship] is very important in the constitution … We’re not a country with an ethnic identity.”
-Eric Foner
In the “before” days, which would have been biggest career ender from this week’s revelations alone:
-Hawking made-in-China, "God Bless the USA" bibles
-Sending scarce COVID testing machines to enemy during pandemic
-“So what?'" response to rioters targeting his VP
-Or open embrace of eugenics?
Immigration will undoubtedly be a component of tonight’s vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. Here are four key questions followed by related context and resources: americasvoice.org/press_releas... #VPDebate
