Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Mill-Anderson vein. Writer and editor for Liberal Currents. https://bsky.app/profile/liberalcurrents.com
Paul Crider
poetic that this was published on the day of a pogrom in the UK
@jamellebouie.net 's column today is a timely reminder that the US Constitution's meaning was never only set by political elites like SCOTUS. If one survey's US history, the record is replete with non-elite men and women arguing about how the Constitution can include & respect them. 1/
If I were Andy Burnham, watching Starmer's hopelessly impotent response to the national emergency caused by fascist agitators at home and abroad, I would see both an opportunity and a necessity to do things very differently
Immigrants do not have to contribute exceptionally to deserve safety
Immigrants do not have to permanently grovel to their new country to justify their existence
Immigrants are allowed to be just as mediocre, grumpy or homesick as anyone else
Platner alone can slay the HR dragon of feminine chaos.
Babies do not belong in detention.
Babies do not belong in detention.
Babies do not belong in detention.
We must Melt ICE and dismantle DHS!
What the fuck!
My kingdom for a book about public intellectuals airing their regrets about their role in <gestures broadly> all of this.
The BBC is giving the rioters passive voice headline treatment that they usually reserve for cops
I wish academics would stop doing this insipid punditry. If people are acting like Nazis I'm going to call them Nazis!
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me there has been "no change" to the Government's policy on using X, despite Elon Musk helping to incite the hateful scenes we saw in Belfast last night.
Also no new plans to take action against X for its role in the violence
