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this guy has it

Ed Perkins, poppies

This is Cupcake. She is either living her best life or really going through it. Either way, probably best to give her a moment. 14/10 (TT: bundleofbullies)

Remember all the banks who financed the American concentration camps. They will pretend they just slipped into providing billions to put kids in cages otherwise.

by Chris Long

The Senate is trying to rush through a crypto bill called the CLARITY Act. In its current form it’s BAD– it doesn’t do enough to protect consumers, has no conflict of interest protections, and allows far too much corruption from bad actors like Trump. Call and tell Congress to vote no! 202-224-3121.

Democratic voters prefer politicians who are ready, willing and able to fight. Where incumbents fail that test, voters will look to replace them with politicians who will actually fight. That's it. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

The Ku Klux Kourt

These people claim to be the guardians of civilization, but their beliefs are absolutely barbaric. They are the lowest form of humanity.

Our Dearest Military Members: Every soldier takes the same oath as their commander. They may fire generals for refusing to follow illegal orders but they can’t fire all of you. You have an obligation to say no. Love to each and every one of you.❤️

The lesson from U.S. history, if there is one, is not that progress is impossible. There has been tremendous progress at times! But we must not assume directionality in history. There is no arc, there is no linear progression, no utopian end goal we are somehow destined to reach.

Forget all the “Protests don’t matter” and “No Kings is just silly” nonsense. Protests matter. Societal resistance has been hardening. It’s a massive problem for the MAGA regime. And “No Kings” is crucial as part of an effort to dispel the idea that “real America” stands behind Trump.

Pretty dark

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

I don't know why I'm still shocked by headlines. Maybe it means I still have a modicum of faith in humanity. Anyway, wtf.

If our votes didn’t matter, this regime wouldn’t try so hard to take them from us.

Washington just passed a “millionaire tax,” after Massachusetts passed its own in 2022. New Mexico enacted universal childcare last year. And organizers in Montana and California are advancing a ballot measure that would get corporate money out of politics. We still have power to fix the system.

The SAVE Act is voter suppression—not security. It would purge millions, especially married women with name changes, low-income voters without passports, and more. Tell Your Senators: Vote NO to protect our democracy!

𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙮📖 'Kakistocracy'

Please see my essay “Oligarchical Corridor” where I try to conceptualize all this. snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

Reminder: DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.

Humanity is capable of so much more, and so much better, than what these tech clowns want to condemn us to. We must not let them define the future. We owe it to ourselves and to future generations to resist their insatiable desire to dominate all spheres of life. Defend humanity.

If we let them, these people will destroy everything that makes human civilization worth saving. It’s frightening how much power and influence we have allowed these tech feudalists to accumulate - and it will be one of the twenty-first century’s defining struggles to wrest it back from them.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From slyngstad )

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

We can’t boycott everything but we can boycott some. Everyone can do something. Don’t give up because you think a small contribution is too small. Millions of small acts to take down this regime add up. Find your way to fight and keep going.

Shocking. 😒 FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

I wrote this essay about the private sector's exploitation of American concentration camps in July 2025. The situation has since advanced much further. snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...

10/ All of this was totally foreseeable. Frankly, it’s why previous presidents weren’t so stupid to start a war like this. Trump has lost control of the war. His best course now is to cut his losses and end it. That’s the only way to prevent an even bigger disaster.

How the Hell Did We End Up Here? From the failed ethno-nationalist revolt in the early 1990s to the triumph of MAGA extremism. A history of the Republican Party, Part II. My new piece:

Connect the dots

tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse

Has anyone pointed out to ICE agents that if they're arresting people solely to collect a bonus, they're not law enforcement officers. They're bounty hunters. I look forward to all of them losing their jobs and being blacklisted from serving in law enforcement.

Sen. Murray: "I'm just sickened by this. To go into this war unprepared, to use outdated data, and to have this horrific thing happen where children were killed in a school sends a horrible message to those that are in a war with us and to our own constituents about what America's values are."

The fragile insecure flower is crying again.

ACTIVATE - physically, politically, socially, creatively. We are all perpetually enraged - let's put it to good use. Let us not let it paralyze us - not now!!!

Except that you are NOT powerless. You can attend town halls, call your state representatives, participate in demonstrations, volunteer for any of the hundreds of needs (legal aid, food pantries, supporting a candidate...). The status quo wants you to THINK you are powerless

Thank you. Each act of resistance adds up.

It's not exactly true that we're powerless. Gathering with resistance movements (indivisible is a good start if you haven't yet) and taking direct, local action may feel too small, but it does make a difference. It also helps recontextualize our responsibilities, taking some weight off.