Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈

Firing Dowd for merely observing that Charlie Kirk was a divisive figure who pushed hate and created dangerous conditions is to fire a commentator for stating the obvious and speaking the truth. Shameful.

So, he hates immigrants, hates Black and brown people, and now we find he hates the elderly. What a charming man this Stephen Miller is! So glad he’s effectively running our country!

Those of us who study authoritarian societies understand well how political violence gets used. The leaders' rhetoric stokes fear & division, while the state increasing violence suppression. Any act of violence against the state or its supporters becomes a justification for additional state violence

Trump’s hostility to refugees is among his positions that most infuriate me. We have moral and international law obligations to welcome refugees. But even selfish interests would dictate our welcoming them, because of how much they contribute to our society and economy.

I’m having trouble adjusting to a world in which Mitch McConnell has become a moderate swing vote.

Today’s @bostonglobe.com cartoon is right on target. Trump destroys things, then “negotiates” a deal where the end result is worse than what we started with, but most media dutifully report uncritically on his great success.

This gives me more hope than almost anything I’ve read lately. A 13% drop in support among a core MAGA group is significant. It suggests the documentation of ICE raids, Trump’s blatant abuse of power, and the protests against it are having an impact.

Thank you, Justice Kavanaugh, for making this possible!

I want to ask working class Trump supporters: How much richer have you gotten under Trump? And how richer do you think Trump has gotten?

When I cancelled my @washingtonpost.com subscription a few weeks back, there was nowhere on the form that asked why. I would have told them that firing the amazing @karenattiah.bsky.social was the last straw for me as the paper has become increasingly politicized and degraded. Here's more evidence:

Reading social media these days is like watching a horror movie. You know that horrible scary things are going to happen, but you can't keep yourself from looking.

I’d been wondering how John Dickerson, whom I respect a lot, could stay at CBS, given their rightward unjounalistic turn. Good to see him standing up for principle.

What is that light and happy feeling I’m experiencing today? The fact that Darth Trump has left the country!