Have there been stupid, ugly, inarticulate cult leaders in the past? I’ve always assumed they needed to have charisma like Manson, intellect like Rand, or oratory skills like Jones.
Wendy Riker Purnell
@trypluralism.bsky.social
Brash, outrageous, and free. Dedicated to the free movement of goods, people, and ideas.
Nate Wooley on Sonny Rollins, “the last embodiment of jazz’s restless need to evolve,” is a brilliant read. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Let Everything Change | Nate Wooley
I became a Sonny Rollins fan on my 13th birthday, when my dad took me for the first time to his favorite record store in Portland, Oregon. He gave me $50, which in 1987, netted me twelve LPs. One was ...
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Reup: Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief's Tax Crimes emptywheel.net/2026/08/03/s...
Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief's Tax Crimes - emptywheel
Just days after learning that Donald Trump, his companies, and his spawn have, as recently as 2021, been laundering money, the Senate GOP is rushing to sanction DOJ's illegal decision to pardon those ...
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Cowards. The agreement still immunizes Trump and his kids from IRS audits and any other government action for financial crimes they committed prior to this year. The only "limitation" is that it doesn't also immunize anyone and everyone else with whom they associate.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4w agoJohn Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.
In which Radley catalogues the shameful and "dizzying parade of shootings, beatings and abuse by immigration officers" and the despicable response by our government, then outlines how to make moves back toward a free and democratic society. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/o...
Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It. (Gift Article)
Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.
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Between the authoritarianism and the explosive diarrhea, Americans are literally and figuratively shitting the bed in our semiquincentennial year. Let’s get our act together and get rid of all the parasites — the bugs in our guts and the grifters enriching themselves at our expense.
This documentary, now streaming, is about the hippotherapy ranch where my little sister works. tv.apple.com/us/movie/whe...
Where the Horses Heal the Soul - Apple TV
Children, adults, and veterans discover hope and healing through the powerful human-horse connection at ROCK Ride On Center for Kids, finding courage,…
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New: Back in 2018, I published a summary of studies and surveys about the prevalence of racism in the criminal justice system for the Wash. Post. The idea was for it to be a regularly updated resource. The Post hasn't updated it since I left. So I've updated and reproduced it at The Watch.
A guide to racism in the criminal justice system
A repository of studies, surveys, and reports on the disparate ways white, Black, and Latino people are treated by police, prosecutors, courts, and prisons
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One of the documents I carry in my pocket every day is inspiring, aspirational & informs my core beliefs. (Save the merciless Indian savages line.) This is America’s vision statement. It reminds us that none can take our rights from us. They are inalienable.
Back in the day, as a congressional staffer, one of my jobs was to take visiting constituents on tours of the US Capitol. I'm channeling that energy again Saturday when I team up w/ historian Dale Martin to talk about eagles, bison, corn, tobacco, turkeys & symbols of liberty.
I'm late reflecting on Juneteenth, but I was busy. Plus every day’s a good day to be grateful for freedom and to continue the work of liberation. I co-hosted the campus Juneteenth celebration with my lovely colleagues at MSU Student Commons. www.kbzk.com/news/montana...
Montana State University hosts Juneteenth celebration
The event included prompts for people to answer, books related to Juneteenth themes, a raffle, word searches, and red cosmos for people to plant, as well as specially-picked food and drinks.
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Just me, a patriotic nerd, live-streaming C-SPAN on a Friday night. www.youtube.com/live/uZfkRJX...
Trump Name Removal from Kennedy Center
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It
Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are.
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I love this poignant essay by Fran Moreland Johns b. 1933. She reflects on collective traumas of her childhood: deaths & blindness caused by measles; the lungs, limb & neurodevelopment paralyzed by polio; the rise of angry shouts and "the sounds of evil, the antithesis of 'Love they neighbor.'"
“For centuries, malaria has stolen children from their parents, and health, wealth and hope from communities,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general. “But today, the story is changing.”
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoFirst malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’
What a horrible person. Can we please please please restore sanity and actual love all, serve all Christianity to this nation.? Let Bobby Jr wander the streets to scavenge raccoon dick for the rest of his days.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4mo agoRFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.
Trump admin abruptly cancels “$11M contract w/ Catholic Charities to shelter & care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship btwn the Catholic Church & the US govt dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.” amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids
The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.
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It’s ok to still have heroes. Jackie Robinson Day
On this day, every year, we honor an American hero.
We are all Hungarians today! Köszönöm for showing us the way. Sziget is gonna be lit this year!
