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New York Times bestselling author. Former All Things Considered, NPR, LA Times, NME, McSweeney’s, Stanford University. Singer in this one band.
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I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

submitted 7 days ago • 286 comments

Striking to see Dem electeds calling on people to join the NoKings protests.

submitted 7 days ago • 171 comments

Tomorrow is the big day. Our goal: to show the power of the 3.5% rule right here in the U.S. Over 100,000 coalition members and their families will be attending events across the country to help as needed.

submitted 7 days ago • 272 comments

2,169 events across 20 countries. Millions of peope are standing up tomorrow to say with one voice: No Kings!

submitted 7 days ago • 337 comments

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

submitted 7 days ago • 303 comments

I’m so sorry about the targeted terrorist attack in Boulder against the Jewish community. Hate like this can’t be tolerated. We must stand firmly against it—always, in all forms. ⚠️ Friends: be cautious. Graphic and disturbing videos are circulating on social. Take care of yourselves, and stay safe.

submitted 19 days ago • 97 comments

My thoughts are with our Jewish neighbors after another horrifying antisemitic attack, this time in Boulder. Hate has no place in our country.

submitted 19 days ago • 559 comments

Horrified by the terror attack against peaceful protesters in Boulder, Colorado. My heart goes out to the victims and their loved ones in the wake of this unspeakable tragedy. Hate of any kind has no place in our country. This vicious antisemitism has to stop.

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

I know this is terrible to see & hear. DON'T LOOK AWAY To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process. Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video.

submitted 41 days ago • 158 comments

This month marks the start of fire season, which makes it even more important to be prepared. Have an evacuation plan, pack a go-bag, and stay informed through local alerts and the LA Fire department: fire.lacounty.gov/rsg/

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

“Hitler didn’t steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people.” -Pope Francis

submitted 55 days ago • 70 comments

I feel like I’m losing my mind with the lack of wall to wall coverage on disappearing *children with cancer* i keep saying this, but it’s not 5% of the uproar that came from Biden’s debate. “kids peeing in litter boxes”, a thing that never happened, got orders of magnitude more coverage.

submitted 54 days ago • 38 comments

It’s only getting much play in the trade/transport niche press. But pretty real product shortages beginning in mid-May or so are already locked in. They’re maybe a thousand miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Modern trade takes place in gargantuan container ships. There are very detailed records …

submitted 54 days ago • 185 comments

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

submitted 57 days ago • 987 comments

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

submitted 70 days ago • 2314 comments

the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen

submitted 72 days ago • 279 comments

SCOTUS right now.

submitted 74 days ago • 50 comments

Sign of the day…Chicago

submitted 75 days ago • 249 comments

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

submitted 75 days ago • 708 comments

CONGRESS...DO YOUR FUCKING JOB AND CHECK THIS ASSHOLE.

submitted 78 days ago • 5 comments

I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset trying to destroy America from the inside, I’m simply saying if he was, it would look exactly like this.

submitted 78 days ago • 19 comments

The US Constitution gives Congress the sole power to impose tariffs. Trump is using the National Emergencies Act (and the IEEPA) to bypass Congress to levy tariffs. All Congress has to do is pass a bill denying this explicit emergency power to levy tariffs to Trump and all of this goes away.

submitted 78 days ago • 29 comments

Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list. Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list. Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list. Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list. Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list. Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.

submitted 79 days ago • 82 comments

Trump says he'll offset the tariff price increases by lowering taxes. But we all know he'll lower taxes more for the rich. The thing is, tariffs are essentially a consumption tax and are paid by WORKING PEOPLE buying goods. So…when the dust settles on all this, guess who will suffer most?

submitted 79 days ago • 11 comments

Up against the richest man in the world spending more than anyone's ever spent in a judicial race, Susan Crawford never wavered. Never cowered. Kept fighting. A lesson, there.

submitted 80 days ago • 266 comments

The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969. One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.

submitted 79 days ago • 1373 comments

New frontrunner for post of the year.

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Sorry, liberals, the United States is not an oligarchic democracy, it’s an oligarchic republic.

submitted 81 days ago • 258 comments

This.

submitted 82 days ago • 27 comments

Does everyone understand that this would END 80 years of US world leadership, topple international stability, and make NUCLEAR WAR way more likely? Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.

submitted 82 days ago • 133 comments

So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?

submitted 83 days ago • 1461 comments

He’s already broken the law by offering the bribes. Arrest him.

submitted 83 days ago • 147 comments

Trump is privately warning CEOs of automakers not to hike prices when his tariffs hit. This blows up Trump's lies about the tariffs, because it shows he knows they'll push up costs in the US, and knows "other countries" don't pay them! New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1933...

submitted 83 days ago • 201 comments

WE HAVE POWER This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥 Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.

submitted 84 days ago • 416 comments

Ditto conflict with Denmark over Greenland. All designed to destroy NATO.

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

What Mikel said.

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

Everyone says, “It makes no sense that Trump wants to invade Canada.” IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. Trump is a Russian asset. Canada is a NATO country and invading it would break the NATO alliance. The NATO alliance is the single greatest countervailing force to Russia in the world.

submitted 84 days ago • 46 comments