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Boston is the safest city in the United States. All this is gonna do is makes Bostonians less safe and less free. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
I hope you understand that if you show up at a hospital with an infection no one has ever seen before that the US had somewhere you could call. That place would answer, offer testing you can’t get anywhere else and come visit you to solve if necessary.
The thing that often blows by is not only is crime the lowest its been for any non-senior citizen's life, it has been roughly that safe for *fifteen years*. We have had fifteen years of steady, low crime while the irrational freakout over crime has relentlessly grown to a fevered, disordered pitch.
Crime is literally lower than it has been in the entire life of every single non-senior-citizen American. If you are under age 65 you have never lived at a time with lower property crime rates, lower violent crime rates or lower homicide rates. Never.
As a career fed, I absolutely believe that some in the executive ranks sanctioned the raid and helped arrange it. BUT I'm inclined to believe that a fellow firefighter (racist and/or jealous) made the call to the ICE hotline, not thinking about when the raid would happen.
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[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1
This is, I swear to Christ, the lead story at the Atlantic Monthly right now
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
This is why I found it so funny the ivys and snob schools rolled over so fast and got double fucked for doing it. These are the same people getting duped putting 50 grand in a shoebox. Rich and priveleged Americans are the easiest people to scam and bully because they've never deal with it before.
I have an opinion piece in the New York Times today on how the labor movement has failed to step up to the moment in countering Trump, even as Trump unilaterally strips public sector workers of collective bargaining. Labor will die as a movement if this continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Happening Now — Washington DC: Pretty massive rally is forming at 14th and U NW.
I knew this guy was no good
For a long time I thought it was group psychology that made The Atlantic they way it is, but this one has me thinking it's actually the granddaddy of all pitchbots
After banning visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care, the Trump administration is now banning any Palestinian passport holders from entering the United States. Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
I've never seen such a disconnect between Dem elected/staff/consultants and actual Dem voters. The latter understand what's going on. The former are awash in right-wing brainrot, hence @schatz.bsky.social blaming COVID mitigation and BLM marches for the GOP's wanton destruction of public health.
![@EsotericCD It was in this moment that many of us hanging on to a thin sliver of trust in our institutions irrevocably lost faith in them. One of the most poisonous blows to public trust in living memory - worse than the effect of the Iraq War in many ways. RFK Jr is a direct result of this. Quote Steve Guest @SteveGuest · Aug 31 Politico 5 years ago: [screenshot of article falsely claiming public health officials lied about COVID measures then abandoned them for BLM protests] Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ddvus7otnqtlh7fdooxm6qat/bafkreihsypwydo5rcis7mc54cwct6h33l5co477nvh7g7hs7na2fz4jl3q@jpeg "Click to view full size")
A lot of the health stuff the regime is doing is fueled by RFK's eugenicist mindset, but I bet a good bit of it is fueled by the elimination of standards which litigants can cite in lawsuits. bsky.app/profile/kare...
If you needed any more reasons to hate Kyrsten Sinema:
My Giuliani schadenfreude is so thoroughly sated that I ask the universe to redirect some of it onto Trump.
Baltimore is pissed ✊ #SummerOfDiscontentTour
Well now you know how the NY Times would airbrush Dr Mengele
Honestly, the hour-long run and march of people shouting “Free DC” up 14th Street today is the energy I needed this morning. I love you, DC.
Eat shit
I’ll say it again: Mamdani’s grave sin as far as the media is concerned is that he is clearly having a good time. Only right-wing “firebrands” are allowed to have a good time because they’re REBELS against the NAGS and SHREWS in the Democratic party who are like TOTAL BUZZKILLS
We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.
this is the guy that the modern right wing considers one of their finest intellectuals
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Rocky Horror audiences: WHERE'S YOUR NECK?
I was already pretty done with the news media but seeing clips yesterday from the Sunday shows where an anchor is like “but what if living in a Police State does reduce car jackings? Why would you be against that?” probably was the end
JUST IN: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, reports that all of the migrant children have been returned to ORR custody.
Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall. On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
Fascism is an international movement
I spent a year living in England and this sort of wild embrace of flags was not really a thing. The only place where I saw a lot of Union Jacks were in parts of Northern Ireland, which were there to emphasize that the Protestant unionists wanted to maintain control over others.
These are fun! You should go to one!
Not May Day size, but a fair crowd and an attentive one for the Labor Day "Workers Over Billionaires" rally in Baltimore
the thing that was terrifying to them about FDR wasn't so much the policies themselves (which were, of course, far short of socialism or communism) but that they were incredibly popular and lead to electoral dominance until FDR's death (and even somewhat after)
If you can’t get to the Museum, watch John Sayles’ “Matewan” instead, a remarkable film with incredible mountain scenery, and a message that’s even more relevant now. Fraternity. Sorority. Eternity. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5RSa...
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I’m going to try from now on to swallow the urge to say “This was explained to you repeatedly for decades and you refused to listen, because you think you’re so obviously superior to the people who were speaking”. But still, it’s notable that even the true believers are waking up to what it is now.
Whether or not these people are actual foreign agents is almost irrelevant. Their actions are observationally equivalent to & indistinguishable from the actions actual foreign agents would be taking. The consequences of our total Article I constitutional crisis, right here:
Angela Davis is here and the crowd went WILD
universe loading the bases for a walkoff grand slam
ICE Continues to Detain Award-Winning Journalist Who Filmed Immigration Raids Truthout truthout.org/articles/ice...
They are already talking about overturning obergerfell, which will lead to overturning greenwald, which will lead to overturning loving. Why can’t people see this?
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Flights to international destinations and in premium classes are still selling out, while domestic and main-cabin sales softened across airlines...United Airlines said premium cabin revenue in the most recent quarter increased 5.6% “while the economy cabin was negative.” www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
A reminder that Russia's intelligence and paramilitary forces are working with local criminal elements in Western nations to strike targets.
NEW: Many of the unaccompanied minors who Trump is trying to traffic to Guatemala today are in foster care - some of which seem to be Christian facilities. These 10 represent a putative class of nearly 600 children nationwide. Our government is trafficking children.
Getting strong Peter Madsen vibes
Some context: The USPP restricted vehicular pursuits after two officers chased, shot and killed a driver named Bijan Gisar in 2017. The government settled with Gisar's family for $5 million, but neither officer was charged nor lost his job. (www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...)
These two cases are really about the same thing: The Trump Administration wants to find as many ways as possible to just grab and deport people without any checks, due process, or judges of any kind.
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
Earlier today in the streets of DC. No to Trump’s takeover!
This. Look. RFK doesn't believe any of this shit. He's using it as a way to get rid of "undesirable" under the pretense of "health." It's literally the Nazi playbook. What it is, is OUTRAGEOUS to anyone who hasn't dealt with this kind of nonsense before. But it's entirely predictable.
I’d bet good money that he was driving drunk.
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This is a plan for ethnic cleansing, parading as a techno-modernist vision for Gaza’s future. The giveaway: They’re planning on paying Palestinians $5,000 per person to leave. [No paywall.]
Wingnut welfare, Johnson's funding stream for years, is the model Trump has followed: Give a home and sinecures to people no honest company would hire, and they will be slavishly devoted to you.
I think you’ll find that fascists are quite comfortable with mass murder.
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
I think that "respectable" media outlets are often more afraid of being laughed at than they are of being on the wrong side of history. If they point out that the constitution is explicit about who regulates elections and it ain't POTUS, but then Trump does it anyway, they will feel like fools ...
once I was talking to a well-heeled older gent at a bar and mentioned that someone put big money in the jukebox and everyone was doing a song or two. He went "oh boy!" and went over and used all the rest. He was proud to. Then he started telling me he liked Trump because immigrants take everything
“Republicans are going to paint Democrats as far-left extremists no matter what positions they take. So you might as well defend the positions you believe to be principled, moral, and correct.” @radleybalko.bsky.social is always a must-read.
BURGUM: “I was shocked to find out, like, ‘oh, [USPP] pull somebody over and they just drive away and you can't pursue them?’ And they said ‘no, we can't.’ We got that rule changed in 24 hours because of President Trump's leadership. The next night they had so much fun. They pulled people over.”
Contrary to the assertions of the "it's a trap!" crowd, Donald Trump's use of the military to intimidate and control Americans is unpopular -- and his approval on handling crime is underwater. www.findinggravity.net/trumps-milit...
The lies' laughable implausibility is a feature, not a bug. They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
Douchebag. www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-offi...
According to conservatives, American cities burn down on the regular. The level of delusion among their dupes is amazing.
Just deflect. Just lie. That plan is a heist, the votes won't matter, just keep stalling until we can spring the trap.
The headline calls this unexpected consequences, but I would call this extremely expected consequences.
The last 2 weeks have seen many articles clearly stating Trump has taken US into some state of authoritarianism, even dictatorship, some by indie journalists, but also, major international media. Today on 1A, Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine & Spain’s La Vanguardia. 🧵 www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.
Donald Trump’s rumored death raises new questions about Joe Biden’s health
DHS and DC Police detaining a peaceful, unarmed man sitting on a bench at DC's Malcolm X Park.
Counterpoint: yes, it does. Eugenics and fascist politics have been intimately linked for a century. It would be weird to not see them not driving each other once in power.
The gall to let a source dissemble like this. There’s nothing stopping four day work weeks now. Europeans with strong labor unions are getting them. Tech companies pushing AI are cutting staff instead. It’s all part of the con.
"We stand here in the wealthiest city, in the wealthiest country, in the history of the world, as we stand here by Wall Street, where last year. They had more than $40 billion in bonuses. We ask ourselves, how is it that one in four New Yorkers are still living in poverty?"
Stopped at a Midas repair shop today and the guy there brought up the CDC. This is an example where raising the salience of what is going on really can break through the noise.
Your Prestige Press, ladies and gentlemen
Haircuts, library fines, audiobooks and photocopying fees are among the blocked "luxury" purchases. You can bet they're just itching to apply this sort of thing to disability and jobseeker benefits, too.
The thing about this guy saying his restaurant is apolitical is that he probably believes it, but I haven't met a single person who claimed to be apolitical in the past decade and a half who wasn't actually right-wing. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
He has no constitutional authority to do this and it's not remotely a close call.
This is a good sign. Also AIPAC money today comes mostly from Republican billionaires. Double good.
Chicago is a wonderful city. Trump is a fucking liar
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
It's absurd seeing people lecturing trans people and telling them they HAVE to support someone who opposes trans rights for president three years from now—or else fascism wins!—when there are other leaders who are still standing up for trans rights, from Illinois to Kentucky.
How's that gonna advance their careers?
The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
Having fun these days makes me feel like I'm living inside "Cabaret"
