Laura Quilter's grandparents were anti-fascist & so is she

luma.com/lvigzpde

Opinion | Trump Is Raising Billions in Federal Funds. That’s Not a Good Thing.

"The inflation of executive power is, to a large degree, a consequence of legislative dysfunction."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

re Congressional abdication of tax-&-spend powers, but applies more broadly--The Article I branch of govt left a power vacuum & the Exec filled it long before Trump.

ICE, F**K You - A Protest Song for Minneapolis YouTube video by scaredketchup

banger:

ICE, FUCK YOU - A Protest Song for Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...

impeach noem.

head exploding by the non-contradicted statements of a republican apparatchik on cnn discussing venezuelan oil compared with iraq invasion. my silent fellow observer obligingly changed the channel when i found myself unable to stop myself from yelling -- literally yelling -- at the tv.... wtf cnn

I have not previously seen Homeopathic Battleship: www.monkeon.co.uk/homeopathicb...

... brilliant
#homeopathy
#science

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

it's almost as if the supreme court's leading us down the "history" rabbit hole is ... not helpful

yeah.
and, let's reconsider what "up" means in these contexts, given the reputational collapse association with Trump & RFK will carry.

Call them 'Nuzzi Pox' More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.

I saw on www.thefarce.org/call-them-nu... the idea to call measles "Nuzzi Pox", but I have a better idea: "K-Pox".

Sen John Kennedy knew exactly who RFK Jr was, and fig-leafed some BS to provide cover for his anti-medical ethics decision to vote for RFK Jr anyway.

"K-Pox" honors both Kennedys.

The death of Michele Singer Reiner and her husband, allegedly at the hands of her son, is a tragedy.

It would be nice if news would stop saying "Rob Reiner & his wife" & "his son" -- b/c Nick is also *her* son. Maybe consider "their"?

srsly writers, this is not a novel or new problem.

"No Secret Police Act" is taking effect in California as of January 1.

Looking forward to hearing how NY, NJ, and MA move their bills forward!
MA H.4684 malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4... . Hearing on H.4684 on 11/25 -- virtual & in person: malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4...

My 2c: Penalties!

Meta bans Brazilian left-wing influencers - Index on Censorship Politicians say it is a "direct attack on freedom of speech and the work of those who denounce injustices within Brazil"

could zuck be any more sucky?

www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/meta...

not sure why the trump people want to destroy tourism to this country by making visiting both burdensome and intrusive.

Plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act Contempt Proceedings File a Blistering Response The government wants to block testimony from a DOJ lawyer and whistleblower Erez Reuveni next week because they’re trying to protect Emil Bove. The plaintiffs respond.

Very enjoyable reading about 89 ways the government fucked up: www.muellershewrote.com/p/plaintiffs...

#KavanaughStop

Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’ Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

.... because an ideology ... files taxes?

these people are not just stupid, they are performatively stupid, and they think everyone else is stupid, too

How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: 'They're Lying Constantly' Homeland Security has sought to reshape violent encounters into triumphant narratives — even as judges, journalists and experts said the agency has repeatedly distorted facts, misled the public and at...

Terrific, detailed report by Block Club Chicago about how Homeland Security has lied its ass off about its immigration crackdown in Chicago.
Nothing that Homeland Security says should be believed.

I've been tinkering with chatgpt, Claude, & similar, for the past couple of years, mostly for self-education -- how do they work, what are they good for? -- and occasionally to actually try to get something out of one of them, also in a partially self-educational mode.
lquilter.net/2025/12/01/a...

My friend Freddie Baer died on November 12 of this year -- two Wednesdays ago.


I've been processing it ever since, in various ways. Helping organize some of the stuff in her house.
lquilter.net/2025/11/28/f...

This is more of a placeholder than a thought-out note, but reading about


- (a) today's Supreme Court oral arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. #FirstAmendment #law #SF
lquilter.net/2025/12/02/m...

They're investing their $$ in litigation.

And criminal charges and professional discipline, where appropriate.

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses

what an excellent example:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

has everything to do w/ the gullibility of human beings to snake oil salesmen ... and nothing to do with actual economic populism.

not to take anything away from the nativism / racism / xenophobia that trump *actually* believes and is all too commonly is tied with rightwing economic populism.

the fact that a lot of people were hoodwinked into taking his statements as "policy preferences" instead of inarticulate, shallow, kneejerk, impulse ideas based on the shallowest of takes picked up from off-hand conversations or fox news commentators' rants, ...

jfc, trump is not & never has been economically populist. he is rhetorically populist, actually ignorant & politically naive, & basically just a bullshit artist / grifter.

The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media

All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.

Things I am really ready to be over:
* the AI bubble
* white people moaning about how antiracism is racism or whatever
* billionaires

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.

Now that’s a lede.

Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.

Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...