No Kings, No Nazis

Small-dollar donations to Republican candidates are just apocalyptic. Selected examples here. Our forecasting research found in-state individual contributions are a strong predictor of results. Way stronger than PAC spending! votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...

Our liberal ideals don't come out of nowhere. They're rooted in America's founding documents, the traditions of the Indigenous people who helped inspire American democracy, the rebels and critics who've spoken out in every era.

I really need people to understand that refusing to seat fascists is an antifascist act that protects democracy & is not the same as fascists refusing to seat antifascists to destroy democracy—in the same way that finding a guilty person guilty isn't the same as finding an innocent person guilty.

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage." I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

@arrianna-planey.bsky.social As a long time book reader, I was lucky to have a little corner of the fandom to talk rationally and intelligently about the problematic elements of that show (and the books). It was quite painful in public for sure.

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

2019: "In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home" West’s Obsession With Border Security Breeding Instability foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/b...

I am still haunted by this poem, "The Myth Was Never The Unicorn," written by one of the teens who participated in the creative writing program at the museum this summer. A reminder that girls are always aware. Read the full piece and listen to the author recite it: journey75.org/2025/the-myt...

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

"The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it” - Chief Judge Boasberg

It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story

March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE This was before the tariffs It's just...unbelievable

So many people, including the world's richest man, falsely believe that having a Social Security number allows you to vote. It does not. It is entirely unrelated to citizenship. Any person who can work legally in the country gets a Social Security number so they can pay taxes! There's no conspiracy!

France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.

This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.

You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...

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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

New Quinniac poll: If there's a shutdown... 32% blame Dems 31% blame Republicans 22% blame Trump That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

If folks don't want to share this terrible decision from Schumer, here's an alternative: AOC's response explaining why Schumer's making a mistake www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

🧵 Yesterday I shared my views on how disordered discourse has captured the US state and the risk of that happening elsewhere, but I don’t want to leave you hanging without proposing a solution.

NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.

February 8, 2025

OK WELL SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EMRYOS Here's a story about my children who, in spite of the fact they were born two years apart, are CONVINCED they're twins They came to me, with their evidence & I, thinking scientists would laugh with me, tweeted about it It did not go how I thought it would

Permanent mood.

I just keep thinking about the head like a hole lyrics for everyone saying that wasn't a Nazi salute... " Bow down before the one you serve you're going to get what you deserve"

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I’m seeing a lot of confusion about the Equal Rights Amendment online. I've been working on the ERA for 13 years & literally wrote a book about it. So, let me help answer some questions. 1) Yes, it really is a real amendment & fully part of the U.S. Constitution. Full stop.

There’s a lot of confusion over Biden’s #era announcement and what it actually means—including whether action from the National Archivist is needed. One interesting take I just got is that Biden has actually usurped the archivist and given the required notice to the states himself. So it’s done.

Terrific summary on future direction of constitutional law under MAGA. #lawsky

Pro tip: if you are a publicist - or really, in any line of work - do not write “You know we can bury anyone” in an email to your clients. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

“Not even high school shooters are classed as terrorists in the US because a class of kids is less important than a CEO who ruthlessly exploits the working class.” open.substack.com/pub/normalis...

Thread, from former mentor of Zuckerberg and Sandberg (not former Facebook exec)