Also, Pritzker has been stepping up and calling things out accurately since basically the beginning. Illinois has done zero capitulation to Trump
Also, Pritzker has been stepping up and calling things out accurately since basically the beginning. Illinois has done zero capitulation to Trump
“Regardless of what happens today in my ICE check-in, promise me this,” Kilmar Abrego Garcia said at a rally before reporting to the ICE facility on Monday. “Promise me that you will continue to pray, continue to fight, resist and love, not just for me, but for everybody.”
I think it's why so many of the unhinged racist right-wing attacks against Obama were ineffective- anyone who wasn't mired in that world could see they were baseless so they fell flat
I heard this mentioned in an interview with a state AG all the way back in February or March
The corollary to this is that when actual GOP elected officials and their allies throw Hitler salutes or tweet things like “these foreign vermin should get the Final Solution amirite!” it doesn’t reflect on the GOP as a whole. The same commentators would gouge their eyes out rather than see that.
the idea the dems have to hold onto the "moral highground" by not counter gerrymandering is so dumb. nobody gives a fuck about the moral high ground. the president is literally rapist
The way you square low party favorables with an okay generic ballot and very strong special election performance is that the Democratic base is ready to crawl over broken glass to oppose Republicans and furious at party leadership for not feeling the same.
I think it's because there's conflict within the Trump base, which makes it more interesting story for a lot of media.
I'm not all well-versed in this topic but I'm very confused by the cited conservatives' claims about Rawls-type arguments. Aren't these the same people (or at least in the same milieu of people) that arrogantly pronounce that many people (always implying nonwhite men) can't understand hypotheticals?
I think the major driver of divorce rates going down over recent decades is how much later people get married. If you get married young and both change in compatible ways, I think you're just lucky
Also, kids of Africans or Caribbeans are complicated in terms of whether they are "African American". I think the term has a cultural implication, more than being about a specific lineage. Both Harris and Obama immersed themselves in black American culture so I think the term is applied to them.
Thanks!
Thank you. Do you have a good suggestion for a source to review the details of the bill?
The expanded standard deduction is for everyone, right? Not specifically for those on Social Security?
I was looking for confirmation so thank you!
I thought they had just reinserted it and were going to force dems to use a point of order to get it taken out. But that's not what Eric implies. And I trust he's describing it accurately? (All very confusing ...)
Florida heat is very different than Tucson heat. Shade and a little air circulation/breeze can make a world of difference in Arizona but barely a dent with Florida humidity
I get that to some degree. But I don't think the line between consequences and punishment is super clear. And it's not just an issue with Trump. In the past, I have been "look forward not back" person and I think that mentality has not been good for our society.
How do you see accountability as different from punishment?
I meant prior to presidency. He seems to have skated through never feeling any real accountability. He also experienced few consequences from his convictions. I largely agree with your contention. Just grappling w/ fact that elite impunity seems to have contributed to where we are. ....
Do you not think Trump learned the (wrong) lesson from his record of impunity throughout his life?
In my experience, bear spray is unmistakable from bug spray, much more like pepper spray. (Accidentally sprayed it once. Story above.)
One time hiking, bear spray fell off my boyfriend's belt. It hit a rock that punctured it. It began spraying ans was definitely NOT bug spray. It was so strong that hikers had to run through the area for hours after. It made a 12-yr-old - after sprinting through 30 min after being contained - vomit.
Ive heard him mention in interviews that they will be in food deserts, that it's a way to solve that problem too. He also emphasizes it's just a pilot/experiment
I was in Chicago in 08 for Obama's victory. While it's hard to look back on now, the pride that night was palpable & I felt to my core how we have 2 competing visions of what "makes America great". I don't want to give up on the aspirational vision of a multi-ethnic society that loves its diversity
Nor that there are not millions of dangerous undocumented "criminals" to deport. Not pushing back regularly on Trump's lies about immigration was the media's biggest pre-election failure. (Countries emptying their jails & asylums and sending to US??? Presented as spectacle but not challenged)
I absolutely don't think the purpose of all protest is. But I do think we need protest against Trump that does speak to broader swaths of society. On the third hand, I can also see that maybe this particular instance isn't that. (Im clearly conflicted about this!)
and was focusing on the "bad protestors", that would be undermining. But this didn't seem like that to me. This is a long road ahead and we should be trying to figure out what works. But I do hear your point.
I guess so. I definitely think that showing solidarity is essential; I just don't know that tactical critiques have to be undermining. This is one way I think the "Bluesky bubble" makes me view this differently. Kruse is clearly anti-Trump (and anti-Ice i think?). If he were on CNN ...
On a personal level, placing myself in crowd of people with US actually makes me deeply uncomfortable, in a way the Mex flag doesn't. But I think the goal may be to speak to the median voter? Someone else mentioned the Mex flag building community - and that makes sense too. Always tradeoffs!
My appreciation for the discipline & strategic genius of the civil rights movement has really intensified. In terms of Mex flags, I don't think being wary of their presence at protests is necessarily racist or giving in to fascism. I also have no idea if it's right or wrong tactically
I think there's a need for humility from everyone! I wish there was more willingness to engage in good-faith discussion of tactics. If we want to 1st stop ICE and 2nd take down Trump, we should be thinking about tactical effectiveness and no one person "knows" what will work best
Some people may credibly have been misled by propaganda outlets (supposedly, there was a lot of misinfo on Spanish radio). Yes, they handed out Mass Deportation Now signs at the RNC but your intermittent voter wasn't paying attention. But she is no casual voter - she was probably AT the convention!!
This was one of the biggest failures of the media pre-election. Trump's rhetoric on this was equivalent to the "Big Lie" of election fraud but wasn't treated as such by the media. It should have been called out over & over that there is nowhere close to millions of dangerous, undocumented criminals
One thing that I haven't seen said in the last 24 hours is that the Democratic Party had an opportunity, as an institution, to help shape, foster, and direct the grassroots popular uprising against Trump II. They made a conscious decision not to.
ICE crossed a line in LA
When you write a weekly column, you don’t love most of them. 😑 But I’m pretty good with this one and hope you’ll read it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Yes, and primaries might focus on anger against the "Democratic establishment" - but it will be about the lack of fight post-Trump inauguration NOT about Biden
Average is less technical. If you said the "average American", that meaning would imply something closer to "median". (mean doesn't really make sense here.)
Yeah, unless I'm missing something, this graph seems to indicate that concern precedes coverage???
We had them at my church in the 90s but I thought they stopped allowing again. In fact, I remember (vaguely) that my church stopped having altar boys or girls at all for awhile b/c altar girls were no longer allowed
People on here tend to conflate what they think is right morally with the "right" political move. I appreciate that you don't. I try not to. It's not clear to me the political impact of his moves left. Even as he was centrist, Biden wasn't someone who "punched left". But what was that impact?
credence to the idea that "appeasing" the left was a useless exercise and cost him more than he gained politically. (I don't honestly know what I think - at least as a political calculation.)
What I'm trying to say is that, absent Gaza, would the left have come around to supporting Biden's (or Harris's) candidacy against Trump? Overall, he did a lot for the left to like and explicitly tried to give them some wins. Arguing that there was little evidence that they would have gives ...
I think the Establishment assumes "no" and thinks Biden's movement left earned him nothing, whereas the left (rightly, or at least understandably) focuses on how he alienated the left with his support of Israel
I think this is why some in the establishment blame the left - it didn't *feel* like Biden got credit for this or for his aggressive- and very progressive- stimulus. I think Gaza makes this impossible to disentangle: would "the left" have come around otherwise?
I wonder if some of this is our increasing segregation by ideology. Many schools now are way less tolerant of ugly, bullying behavior than my school was. But those schools have a largely progressive parent base. Have the adults who pushed against this largely left many school communities ?
I like Pritzker at top and AOC as VP, not because of electability but because of experience and proven competence in an executive role. I think AOC is incredibly talented but fixing this mess is going to be a Herculean task, and even moreso for someone with relatively little experience managing
I think the fact that Barack Hussein Obama won the presidency handily is clear evidence that we shouldn't overthink these things, that a strong, compelling candidate can overcome the populace's prejudices
Compared to other rust-belt states, Illinois economy is very dynamic, Pritzker has brought huge improvements to Illinois governance, and Pritzker is ultimately very Chicago (with some ability to speak to downstate).
Chicago is arguably the only world-class city in the US besides NY. As a Coloradan, it was perfect (minus the flatness). Very cosmopolitan but also very down-to-earth. One problem is, in my 15 years in Chicago, I never once said I lived in "Illinois". So the state itself feels lacking. BUT... (2/3)
@timmiller.bsky.social, fellow native Coloradan, DC for college (GT), roughly same age. Now back in CO but spent my pre-covid adult life in NYC & Chicago and you are *very wrong* about the dynamism and success of Illinois in regards to Pritzker. (1/n)
The Big Lie undergirding MAGA’s immigration posture is that immigrants are fundamentally parasitic, they just take from the host country. It’s a fascist conception and also just obviously wrong if you think about it for more than 10 seconds. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
I'm very pro-immigrant and don't want us deporting people. But I think that if you come into the country illegally you probably realize and accept deportation as a risk you face. I don't think being stolen and sent to a torture camp is something you assume is a possibility
Maybe. But I think your example might reinforce my point? Im not a historian, but the contemperaneous understanding of Nazi removal of Jews by the public at large downplayed how bad it really was, no?
In the recent debate about using "deportation", people argued it was good for the word to get sullied w/ connection to these abuses. I worry that failing to emphasize how egregious this is, is dangerous. Deportation with no due process is very bad. Sending someone to a gulag for life is Nazi shit
Also, i think it's reasonable to argue against supporting the Democratic *party* as a whole, but you can support progressive candidates within the Democratic Party. Abdicating the political sphere completely will get us nowhere
Most of this opposition is disingenuous. But there's also a strain on the left that doesn't want to acknowledge the inherent necessity of tradeoffs. That tendency can lead in practice to reactionary stances that impede progress - or at least is easily weaponized to do so
Also, always easier to destroy than to build
This would fit with Black Americans be the least susceptible to Trump
Columbia is a signatory! Although I feel like, perhaps, they shouldn't have been allowed to sign
I honestly hate that this is true (as someone who cannot handle bureaucracy), but it is
I've been thinking about this because it's a really good point and true, I think, about the trajectory of the Republican Party. What was/is unique about Trump was his ability to ALSO appeal to a broader segment of society based on his celebrity businessman persona
alright, i'm asking in seriousness. do folks know what lynching is? do folks know the *legal* issues with lynching? it's actually more complicated than you think, and i'm not a legal scholar so i don't want to step out of my lane--BUT I'VE READ BOOKS.
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
Also, "innocent until proven guilty" doesn't really apply to deportation. I agree that "due process" doesn't automatically sound the most compelling but I think most people can understand its importance with a short, simple explanation
Am a big fan of AOC's rallies, but having gone to one, I was a bit surprised about how little of her speech was even implicitly anti-Trump. Most was not that different than what she may have said 5 years ago. Bernie's speech, OTH, was more about this specific moment. Opposite of my expectations.
I could at least comprehend that, in some version of the future, that might become a concern. And then I found out they are exactly the opposite! They didn't oppose the pink vs blue boxes; they wanted to impose these boxes!
When I first heard about "TERF"s, I assumed they were worried about gender essentialism - I thought they were worried we'd message to "tomboys" that they were actually boys. (In reality, my guess is some are, some aren't. And that's something only an individual can figure out for themselves.) ...
Also, I think what isn't acknowledged often is that Harris might have lost votes in the other direction. Some prominent/powerful people or organizations would have started campaigning against her. To me, it was a clear moral failure of Harris' but not necessarily a clear political one
I think there's probably a credible argument that it cost Harris Michigan. But winning Michigan wouldn't have been enough
The White House is claiming it can take away anyone’s rights without due process and throw them in a foreign prison forever. What could be higher stakes than that? *This* is the trap, you fool: Talking yourself into accepting the end of rights in America because standing up for them might be hard.
This is a craven, evil take. Also, it's hypocritical and senseless - these infighting, Dems-in-disarray stories distract from the tariff messaging at least as much as fighting lawless kidnapping and destruction of human rights does. For nothing but the thrill of being a source of anonymous gossip.
I am *very* concerned will jail *people* who disagree with him, but I am not concerned about myself. Both because of my "privilege" and for the reason you state. We can't be afraid (especially those of us who are less vulnerable).
This (Caputo's post) is perhaps the most Amoral thing I've ever seen - and given where we are today, extremely IMmoral. God, I don't know how I'd live with myself
Agreed, but I would go further. They should be there until all the "deportees" are returned. L
Removing people to a third country to be imprisoned in a foreign gulag is also not deportation as it is typically understood. We can't allow these terms to be redefined.
I think our best hope is a tariff-induced recession where we manage to pull back before it gets too deep
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I do think there is a chance that, as bad as they are, the tariffs are going to save us. If you're average voter in Red America doesn't feel the pain, we'll acquiesce to thousands+ in gulags in El Salvador
When she told her daughter to stay calm and that she would be okay, I literally started crying
10 national unions repping 3 million members demand the release of abducted immigrant workers and call for employers and university admins to refuse to cooperate and elected officials to “find their spines.” This is the way. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
One thing I'm curious to see: will there be a significant increase in flights to/from Europe directly from/to Canada? I assume historically a high percentage of foreign visitors to Canada flew through the US?
I think Canadians are definitely angry. Your formulation is correct for visitors from many countries, but for Canadians, it isn't trivial to substitute visiting another country for the US.
It's crazy and there will be a lot of unnecessary pain but it's looking quite possible that tariffs may save us
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
"Do you want a good government or a country that's in ruins?" This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there. He has some thoughts.
I think he's going fall into a partial version of this (not by strategy, just by venality). He will definitely end up exempting some businesses that kiss the ring. We will slide further into kleptocracy.
Trying to figure out how I help us get there. One reason i struggle is that I don't know - or at least don't have relationships & sway with - many "deplorables" or on-the-fence people. I need to switch my focus to those who don't like him but aren't engaged. (Writing this out helped me- thanks :) )
I don't mean this in a defensive, "not all white people" way. But I do hope some of us will be willing to do so. Maybe there won't be enough of us, but we just need a committed contigent and I know I'm trying to prepare myself for this.
The people responsible for this should be fired directly into the sun www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
One thing that I think "hiding" does is it offers a small antidote to the "both sides" / balance paradigm - if they were hiding it, even they know it was wrong.
It is obviously bad that they were texting this on Signal and bad that they let a journalist into their group chat. But the actual act they’re talking about—intentionally bombing civilians, a war crime—is the far more fundamental wrong.
Goldberg mentions being added by Waltz in his story. (And mentions that he thought it was strange. I think he said they had contact after the initial add.)
I think you were right about Greeley. I think is entirely something different
This quote seems to me like he is trying not to participate in a stupid Dem infighting story, nor sound like he's whining about his own constituents
(Also, Denver is white, but not this white. Greeley, on the other hand is.)
I think the overflow crowd was outdoors in Greeley. The entire Denver rally was outdoors at Civic Center park
I hope so! We need it to be!
I live here too. (In fact just came from the rally.) It didn't feel palpable to me. I really thought Harris support had increased! And I am NOT trying to deny your experience. Just saying that mine has been different.