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1/ Never ... in my wildest thoughts ... did I expect that one day I'd excitedly post an unlocked link to an op-ed by ... Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but I'm absolutely thrilled to be doing exactly that here. I mean, now that I've caught my breath after reading it. ... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...

submitted 3 hours ago • 102 comments

In New Jersey, if you are not already affiliated with a political party, you can declare your party affiliation at the polls on Primary Election Day. You simply go to your polling place and request either a Democratic or Republican primary ballot.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The courage it took to make this stand is amazing. These people are defending the core of U.S. (and global) science, at considerable risk to their own livelihoods.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

In New Jersey, independent voters are free to vote in either primary. They just have to show up and ask for the ballot of their choice. Vote tomorrow!

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous. prospect.org/justice/crie...

submitted 13 hours ago • 60 comments

Here's the bonkers thing about the Data for Progress poll: It has Mamdani's favorables at 58-15 and Cuomo's at 48-49 (with THIRTY-SIX PERCENT very unfavorable). If the people who hate Cuomo figure out that Zohran is the way to stop him, this could turn into a bloodbath.

submitted 13 hours ago • 8 comments

If any Democratic leaders are still unsure whether they should stand up to fascism, here is the closing argument for the “yes” side:

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

NEW: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot force grant recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive federal grant funding. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

submitted 15 hours ago • 9 comments

Per the great @jesscraven101.bsky.social, Marriott Corporate can be reached at (301)380-3000 (press 2, then 1, then 1).

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers" All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back. (share link): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This election is effectively the one that determines who will be the next governor. The margin is likely to be no more than 100,000 votes. Never have New Jerseyans been this powerful in setting the direction of their state. Vote tomorrow.

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

I’ve been away from California 31 years. Never been prouder.

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Californians, contact your legislator to demand that Governor Newsom tell the National Guard to stand down. (legal nitpickers, don’t @ me) findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

A full Tejano band in a big truck rolled into the Olvera St, the lead singer has a Fuck ICE shirt on, and this protest is now a dance party

submitted 17 hours ago • 113 comments

🚨 RFK Jr. just axed all members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices -- HHS' science-based panel of people who evaluate the safety, efficacy and clinical need of vaccines. All gone. Not good. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

submitted 17 hours ago • 15 comments

Trump is deploying the US Marines on Los Angeles, after deploying 2000 Nat'l Guard. If you are in the US Armed Forces & unsure of how to respond to an illegal order—you are not alone. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance: www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-is-d...

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

Great idea. It's easy, and it gets some tension out to tell someone whose job it is to represent you. US Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121. Your governor, state legislator, and mayor also have the job of protecting your community, keeping the integrity of the National Guard, etc. Call them too!

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Just Sayin' www.salon.com/2025/06/09/w...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

It does not require a focus group to know that deploying the National Guard in the face of a civilian protest is an escalation and must be stopped. Call on your member of Congress to speak out. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121. Also call your state legislator to block this in your home state.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

I just realized I wrote this a little shy of a year ago and boy do I hate being right sometimes!!

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

submitted 17 hours ago • 209 comments

THIS THIS AND MORE OF THIS. If you want people to come to your party, throw a better party. Immigrants are awesome.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.

submitted 19 hours ago • 33 comments

The courage it took to make this stand is amazing. These people are defending the core of U.S. (and global) science, at considerable risk to their own livelihoods.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

It is totally @samwang.bsky.social ’s line but happy to get half the credit

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

For anyone who thinks I'm joking here (and it's funny, but no) rumor is that the National Guard deployed in LA was sent under a 29 day order to avoid housing allowances, which means they have to fully pay for their own shelter. In LA. Zero notice. Durable fascisms don't shortchange the muscle.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

The media use the term 'violence' to describe the actions of the protesters in LA, but do not use the term 'violence' for the often violent actions of ICE and the police? Why? Is an action no longer violent if it is committed by someone with a uniform working for the State?

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

Per message from University of Michigan interim President, the contracts with outside investigators detailed here have been cancelled. Good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

The funniest thing to come out of this terrible situation. As a former Angeleno, I'm on Team Traffic Jam.

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Hotline for Immigrant Law Defenders: 213-833-8283 Legal representative line for CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles): 213-201-3797 ACLU Rapid Response Hotline for LA County: 888-624-4752

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

submitted 2 days ago • 103 comments

Love Ezra, but he's wrong. Counterpoint from this neuroscientist: Emotions are evolution's way of organizing our brains to coherent action. Deployed well, emotions win wars & create revolutions. Hating authoritarianism is a way of recruiting normies. Of course one must look like one is in control.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

It's necessary to keep pointing out: all this is not because ICE wants to deport murderers and rapists. It's because ICE is going to Home Depot parking lots, courthouses, and elementary school graduations to round up peaceful families, many seeking asylum, which means they are here legally.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Abolish ICE. Protect immigrants. Stand up for trans people. "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

I'm old enough to remember when "black lives matter" was called a bad slogan as it somehow implied it meant white lives didn't. I remember how kneeling during the anthem was called a disgusting way to protest. There is no form of protest appropriate to some people and you should ignore them

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

Hey everyone, you want to know a fun factoid? Almost all of the federal agents currently in LA aren’t local, which means they’re staying at a hotel somewhere. Hotels have fire alarms. Wanna know another fun fact? If protests start popping off in other states, they can’t be everywhere at once.

submitted 2 days ago • 76 comments

These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.

submitted 49 days ago • 92 comments