I know folks are laughing about Trump’s “eating pets” line, but it’s actually quite horrifying: Trump AND Vance are spreading the claim that Haitian migrants are kidnapping, killing, and eating people’s pets. It’s a disgusting, dehumanizing lie. Context: youtu.be/FIT9-9SfKnY?si…

Journalists from other countries sometimes do a better job interviewing US politicians, perhaps because they are less concerned with bothering American viewers or about how networks and advertisers may react. Here's a master class in calm, dogged, professional journalism.

Pumpkins from the Utah State Fair today (with Rob Rankin).

An amazing day in Snow Canyon State Park, UT. If you’re ever thinking of going to Zion, Snow Canyon is pretty close by and just as incredible!

“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty… History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.” —former ⁦The Washington Post⁩ executive editor Martin Baron wapo.st/40isbQs

These two almost-married gays just added two more votes for Kamala Harris ! 🏳️‍🌈 #Vote2024

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but Hillary Clinton was up in the polls too. We can’t fuck this up a second time. — Vote.

What’s Aaron Judge doing handling the Trump assassination case?

Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him

“If you’re throwing away your vote, don’t envision yourself on a moral mountaintop above the fray, but rather be willing to look into the eye of a woman whose health and life are at risk because of your principles.” nytimes.com/2024/10/30/opi…

“There will be prominent voices, including people on the center-left, who will say that anti-Trump Americans should guard against being too alarmist. That’s wrong. Trump aides … aren’t waiting for Inauguration Day — and neither should their opponents.” wapo.st/3Ch7N8B

This helps explain election results - 3 years of structured and unstructured big data --- US24: A 2024 study on the US information ecosystem rappler.com/technology/us2… via Rappler

The challenge, after a loss, is to learn something *new.* Most people aren't doing that right now. They're taking in information and trying to fit that within their prevailing world view. The NEW thing I'm learning is: People do not and will not vote for harm mitigation...

This was written many years ago but I think about it often, especially after this election: Letter to a Young Activist in Troubled Times dailygood.org/story/1538/do-…

Two things I'd change, based on canvassing this year with Wisconsin Democrats: 1. Qualitative methods training for canvassers (eg, rapport-building, probing, fieldnote writing) 2. A text box in the app to share open-ended insights (for qualitative analysis later) A short 🧵 1/