David A. Love
@davidalove.bsky.social
Journalism and Media Studies Professor at Rutgers. Writer on race, politics, human rights, social justice.
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
The Trump $1.776 billion slush fund is not mere corruption. Trump is giving his brownshirts money for recruiting, logistics, AR-15's and tactical gear. Nobody in the national media seems to be talking about this, or about how the Paycheck Protection Program played a central role in funding Jan 6
I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.
Just now — @TNRepParkinson: “LET MEMPHIS SECEDE FROM TENNESSEE. Let my people go.” #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn
The Supreme Court is apparently only here to remove the rights of women and minorities at this point.
I asked Raskin about this exchange w Bash and why he described this kind of journalism to @gregsargent.bsky.social as a “pox on both your houses beltway cynicism.” Listen to our conversation on the latest episode of The Intercept Briefing here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · May 1 · 47m
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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3mo agoTrump: I'm going to destroy an entire civilization. We're going to keep killing people in boats. Senator Kelly should be executed. ICE protesters are domestic terrorists. Immigrants are vermin. Raskin: Donald Trump is bad for this country. Bash: Do you regret your heated rhetoric, Rep. Raskin?
Boycott these Southern states like apartheid South Africa. If Black people cannot enjoy rights, these confederate holdovers must not be allowed to prosper.
Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism
Look at this chart. Tax cuts for the rich are a policy choice. Cutting the social safety net in exchange for them is a policy choice. States like New York have an opportunity to help undo this trickle down nonsense by raising taxes on the rich (who will still be rich). I hope Gov. Hochul does.
It's official: The House has sworn in Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia.
📌MEDIA: Stop calling Jared Kushner a "high-level negotiator." He's a damn thief operating in his repulsive family's best interests not ours.
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
We are literally at the point in history where the Pope is battling the Antichrist. 🍿
Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country. Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade. CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay. The greed of union-busters knows no end.
I understand Pope fatigue (I was confirmed by a child molester) and to an extent it's a Let Them Fight situation but it's genuinely important and different that the Catholic Church, a major geopolitical actor with endless resources dating back millennia, is coming out hard against fascism this time
Kosovo was the first time I realized that all the proclamations of “never again” were bullshit Even so, the continued destruction of Palestine feels like a unique shock because so many people who claim to care about human rights are actually supportive of it
Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).
Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.
In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙
Boomers, please let go of this death grip you have on power
Editing the Blue-Gray Lady@nytdiff.bsky.social · 4mo ago
The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz
Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.
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It’s weird how people think space travel is what makes the Star Trek utopia It is who humanity chooses to be, how it chooses to distribute power, that is what produces the utopian elements
Poland joining Ireland and Wales in a World Cup boycott is as welcome as it is expected. 🇵🇱💪🏼
Yall know those ICE agents are going to be using the airport to traffic drugs and weapons, right?