I'll repeat what I wrote then: this isn't just about doctors trying to treat women within the confines of the law. Anti-abortion groups are proactively *recommending* c-sections for life-threatening pregnancies because they want to divorce abortion from healthcare

I spent years steeped in the details of Unite the Right leading the org that successfully sued those Nazis. I now lead a national Jewish org. I beg of you: don’t compare Charlottesville & Columbia. Both are vile, dangerous antisemitism. They’re not the same for many reasons.

This tweet is unconscionable. You are actually putting students lives in danger by dog whistling to the same reactionary fascists who murdered Heather Heyer. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Israeli Haaretz journalist نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון protects a Palestinian journalist from a right wing mob at Jerusalem flag day parade through Old City. Amazing shot by Maya Levin

When we put this book together in 2010-2011, we were dismissed by many U.S. liberals and libertarians as being overly alarmist and pessimistic. One group of cultural sociologists chided critiques such as ours for being too materialist in our gloomy analysis.

How will Trump's policies make it easier for this guy to buy a house? He has no answer. (Literally - I asked.) It's just "Mortgage rates were low under Trump, and they're higher under Biden, therefore Trump will bring mortgage rates down." It's magical thinking.

Like, remember when Mitch McConnell argued that they *didn't* have to convict Trump in the Senate because he remains legally accountable for all he did as President? That, turns out, was a lie.

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One sign of how effective these efforts are—on the independent side, too—is that I live in a heavily Dem area of Philadelphia, with two other loyal Dems, and NO ONE has knocked on our door since the day the last of our three mail-in ballots was marked as received by Philadelphia City Commissioners.

For progressive orgs making their #eXit today from this place, I hope to see you in the blue skies soon. For those in need of help with conscious uncoupling from here, monitor NN over there; we have some counsel in store.