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The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

I have actually fantasized taking over the government for a day and doing this. Bravo.

Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics. [September 18, 2026] Postscript: after this video was finished, the Wake County District Attorney announced they're settling with 3 of the 4 special interest lobbyists who worked with Greater Carolina to cozy up to Republican NC lawmakers.

He was actually very clear about what he was going to do. Maybe you should have leveled with your constituents about what you were supporting bsky.app/profile/phil...

🚨An alarm is being sounded for the American public. Sitting federal judges go on the record with the NYT. On threats to democracy by DOJ/administration actions. Includes 90 minute interview with conservative Judge Patrick Schiltz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

Gastonia, where Trump is speaking tonight, had the highest murder rate in the nation for part of the early 80s. That’s not an important data point in this Senate race. But he obviously doesn’t know or care about crime data.

Drawing from our new book Supremacy, @nikobowie.bsky.social and I argue in @slate.com that limiting judicial supremacy is the only way to bind the president with law. slate.com/news-and-pol...

If he’s buying it for $2/pound, that “beef” isn’t coming from a cow.

Partisan gerrymandering doesn't just rob North Carolinians of their political representation. It also fosters dysfunction and widespread political corruption - which is exactly what we see today in the North Carolina state legislature. Vote Jessica Bichler for Senate District 7!

I don’t understand why Collins asked Vance to take care of the widow instead of asking him to respond to the fact that this unsanctioned war is leaving widows w/o traditional veterans’ benefits.

Political corruption is rampant in North Carolina's state legislature, and it makes a lot of people feel hopeless. If that's you, hey - that's totally understandable. But you should know that there ARE good people working in our state's politics. But more of them need to speak up.

This is a fascist bill.

I dunno how this will go. I think Collins is extremely vulnerable. But nothing has changed in Maine wrt abortion which is when shit actually hits the fan. But absolutely support putting justices in political ads. Wish it weren’t so

Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.

Andy Bowline, the Democratic candidate for State Senate District 31 (Forsyth & Stokes), created this remarkable dashboard where you can break down the new budget by topic, provision, browse appropriations and earmarks, and more. Super impressive! https://andycantwin.com/budget/

The discourse around the Supreme Court term would be much improved, I think, if people focused on the center of the Court as being very much part of the GOP coalition, rather than focusing entirely on whether it is or is not doing Trump’s bidding specifically.

Question: do you know who your representatives are in the North Carolina state legislature? Most people - almost 80%, in fact - don't. That's why we created a source where anyone can find basic information about how our state legislature works: https://carolinaforward.org/legislature

This is correct

NC Republicans continue to attempt to suppress the vote of college students whom they fear might actually be informed. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

In 1984, two things help explain this. First, we had just been through a period of inflation that was vastly worse than the pandemic inflation, and had lasted much longer. As in, well over a decade. www.dallasfed.org/-/media/Imag...

This resource, also authored by Ann McColl, is a terrific introduction and primer on all things Leandro/Hoke v NC www.ednc.org/everything-y...

The @ncjustice.bsky.social’s statement on today’s Leandro ruling #ncpol

By a 4–3 vote, the North Carolina Supreme Court's Republicans toss out a long-running lawsuit seeking to enforce the state constitution's guarantee of a quality public education for all children. The one reasonable Republican dissents, as do the two Democrats. www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

What should North Carolina do about datacenters? The biggest problem with datacenters is that they're forcing everyone else to pay more to subsidize their business. Our lawmakers are completely capable of putting an end to the subsidies - here's how.

The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...

Turns out, Bruen is a stupid, unworkable decision just like everyone said.

Update: I'm working on legislation to ban corrupt and destabilizing prediction markets, where insiders who know the outcome (especially in government) can rig the game to favor certain bets.

CHATTANOOGA: “DO Y’ALL HAVE A WARRANT? What’s the suspicion of crime, they’re brown?” ICE trespasses on private property as they conduct their racial profiling terror campaign. An ex ICE lawyer just testified they are trained to disregard the law. Full: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CPF...

1936 Olympics

The feeling of having known something to be true, deep within your very being, only to have it confirmed as such. There's just nothing like it: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...

New piece Sen. Cortez Masto told The Daily on Thursday Dems are fighting for ICE reforms in part bcuz it helps them electorally — by changing what "immigration" means to voters. Strength In Numbers has been writing about this exact dynamic since last April! www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-shutdo...

I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid. I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”

Bad Bunny will now kick fgs for both teams

Republicans love adding seats to state Supreme Courts! They've done it three times in recent years. This latest court-packing plan will shift Utah's high court far to the right and possibly flip rulings on abortion and gerrymandering. Democrats should take note that Rs have deemed this acceptable!

Remember Greenland?

Wrote about how John Roberts and Donald Trump have turned the Department of Justice into a corrupt mobbed up law firm whose only purpose is to enable Trump’s persecution of his enemies and protection of his allies www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Great. We've pushed people to the point that "The Germans are coming" is good news.

I am a Spacex Starfleet Academy recruiter. Send $10,000 and I can make you a Lieutenant.

I think this is the bell that hasn’t rung. Kudos to them for doing it, I guess. But the issue is much broader. Everything Trump does is offensive to Christianity. Trump/Miller view Christians as a cult to be led and not a restraint on ambition. So far, they’ve been right.

this isn’t a bad editorial board piece but—no they are not. Law is often quite bad and never coextensive with political morality. You shouldn’t turn your moral sense off because someone found a plausibly relevant OLC opinion. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

Just a trifle

Tamales are just really good in December.

Even if Vance’s claims were accurate, it’s a losing msg. Only the darkest souls would delight in the idea they got a choice apartment because Trump deported the people. People want to believe they are responsible for their own success.