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“Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation, enthusiasm into epileptic ecstasy, politics becomes an opiate for the masses... & reason veils her face” -Thomas Mann(1930)* #BLM * Twitter Refugee * #FBR *If you’re part of the #Resistance, I want to follow you
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The Obama Administration signed an Agreement with Tehran that limited their ability to enrich uranium. Then Trump withdrew from the Agreement AND NOW he’s blaming Biden? #SMDH 🤦‍♂️

Thank you for being an ally, Steve.

I’m really looking forward to this game.

Pride Parade 1970-NYC🇺🇸 #SheShed 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This seems highly suspicious and the White House has been silent. What are they hiding? ⤵️

Here’s my latest tune. I call it “Taco.”

MURPHY: Did you worry about what your decision would do to these kids where you've ripped away their counselors & social workers literally in the middle of the program? McMAHON: I certainly worry about mental health MURPHY: It's a really cruel thing to do M: I can't evaluate every program

The sooner this version of CNN lead by Jake Tapper and featuring Scott Jennings goes out of business the better it is for American journalism.

Hey, at least they’re not covering their faces, as ICE thugs have taken to doing. But the performative costuming just makes them look ridiculous.

"There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: (1) Failed states, where criminals contest the government’s hold on power. (2) Authoritarian states, where the government has total, unchecked power." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

It has been estimated that by eliminating programs like USAID and PEPFAR, the Trump administration has effectively killed 300,000 people Over 200,000 of them were children And if Republicans cut Medicaid as they’ve threatened, thousands will die in the US as well We MUST stop these ghouls

I’m struggling not to repost every single shared disgust anyone posts relating to Jonathan Joss’s murder because I am so uncontrollably angry about Jonathan Joss’s murder.

It took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale for the University of Toronto. Here I address four public framings of last year’s move that arose in recent weeks, which tell us something of our present moment snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...

“Thousands of newly obtained documents show” that the founders of Clearview AI—which is backed by Peter Thiel—“always intended to target immigrants & the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump admin.” This is incredible reporting by @lukeobrien.bsky.social, 4/2025 1/

The only card he needed 💙👊🏻🎉

The next big round of protests is set for June 14th—Trump’s birthday—with more than 1,400 events scheduled nationwide. More here:

He’s so close to figuring it out.

"As I see it, Yarvin’s work, along with the work of his NRx compeers like Michael Anton, comprises a pseudo-intellectual veneer masking the selfishness, cruelty, hatred, and delusions of grandeur that underpin the Peter Thiel wing of the alt-right. Curtis Yarvin is the lipstick on the fascist pig."

🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐾 "A dog gets more accurate information from sniffing another dog's ass than anyone will ever get from Fox News."

I happened to be listening in the car and I was just struck by how few have been willing to call this out so forcefully and insistently.

We aren’t all going to die then?!

Didn't realize Scholten was such a strong overperformer downballot too. Winning a Trump district by 7...that bodes well for a statewide race.

Today I saw the executive director of the American Enterprise Institute attempt to address a conference room full of leaders of state human services agencies and I have never seen a speaker more reviled. Big swaths of the audience (myself included) simply walked out because he was such an asshole.

Last night, as I woke to the buzzing of drones & defensive fire in Odessa, @kenharbaugh.bsky.social pounded on my door and said, “Man, drones everywhere, let’s get downstairs.” @valormedia is going to be a force. And so proud to be cohost of @truthinthebarrel.bsky.social w/ @amymcgrath.bsky.social.

1/5 Europe needs to finally wake up! russia has no interest in peace. Trump won’t hold them accountable. Yet European leaders keep stalling while Ukraine suffers. Waiting won’t bring peace—only decisive action will!

more Russian strikes aimed at civilians

💥⚠️ “Heads I win, tails you lose Originalism! - @jedshug.bsky.social with @mjsdc.bsky.social, After a great overview with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social — Essential Listening, as Usual!

The United States Justice Department micromanaging how the Harvard Law Review’s internal reprimand of a student editor is insane

With regard to the Free Beacon allegations against the Harvard Law Review discussed in tonight’s NYT piece, @cathyyoung63.bsky.social has a very strong rebuttal. www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-slante...

Harvard Divinity School folks: If you know of anything similar to this is happening at HDS, feel free to hit me up via Signal here: jackmjenkins.60

Taco Telegram Traitor

Hey again, Ed!

who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE???????

BREAKING: Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages against Alina Habba and Ricky Patel for FALSE ARREST and MALICIOUS PROSECUTION www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

To pause an order blocking Trump's tariffs, the admin promised a "refund, plus interest" if they lose. That's "insulting," small businesses say. "What good is a refund of the tariffs paid to a business that is bankrupt and no longer exists?" they ask. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Think about the economic ramifications of this for the greater Baltimore area. This is why I’m fairly sure we’re going to have a recession even if tariffs get blocked.

This is the official notification that the Trump administration has decided that roughly 3000 Cameroonian should all be kicked out of the country. I think it’s fair to say that the administration will likely cancel nearly every grant of TPS on the books; over 1 million people.