Spring Cleaning

Flirting with martial law for Hitler's birthday

Is this really happening? Genuinely, who knows, we live in the upside down now. What we do know is that on January 20, an executive order was put in place that gave a 90 day window for the White House to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act related to "threats

A diversity of tactics

Is a Tesla protest a government story or a neo-Nazi story?

In this time of shifting narrative, allegiances, and apparently definitions, it can be hard to categorize current events. The protests outside Tesla showrooms (not dealerships) are clearly in response to government actions. But they are also protests against Elon Musk's neo-Nazi rhetoric (and salutes). And now that these

Rite of Spring

Disappearing People Is Bad.

Seems like a no-brainer, right? And yet, ICE has detained Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holding Columbia University student who coordinated pro-Palestine protests on campus. He's a permanent resident, who was lawfully demonstrating his first amendment rights, and has now been detained, had his green card revoked, and

Do Not Comply

Why you should be concerned about your US tech vendors.

I know I'm going to lose a lot of people on this one but bear with me, because it is actually very important. Today Ted Cruz announced his plans to subpoena Bonterra, a communications firm that runs CRM software like Every Action, which many lefty orgs use for

Sam Nordquist Deserves Better

Lincoln Heights Does Not F*ck Around

Last Friday Hate Club decided to do a banner drop in a historic Black suburb of Cincinnati. Residents were not having it. A team of 30 or so locals got wind of it, showed up en masse, took their flag, and lit it on fire. (I won't be

A Groyper Boy Band Has Hijacked the US Government

A Fork in the Road

A New Day

How's everybody doing? Did you sleep? Eat? Drink water? Go do that. Move your body, breathe. I'm not going to tell you that you need to focus on self-care, because frankly, nobody that needs it has time or money for that. You need to focus on

Once more, into the mouth of madness

But seriously, call your reps about HR 9495 right now

What Happens Now?

So Trump won. And the GOP took both the House and the Senate. What does that mean, realistically? Are you a minority, a woman, queer, an immigrant, a drug user, a person with a criminal record, outspoken about your political beliefs, or a member of a religion other than some

Meet (the latest) White Nationalist Maternity Home, Schatzkind Services

A few things about being inside Trump's MSG rally that people haven't talked about.

I tested the limits of my patience, sanity, and very likely respiratory system by going to yesterday's Trump rally at Madison Square Garden. This is going to sound weird. But the event security, concessions, and general climate control use all classic EST techniques for brainwashing people to authoritarian

Beware the grief pimps

As we are in the brief calm before yet another literal storm, there is a tremendous amount of misinformation going around about Hurricane Helene, the FEMA response, claims of land grabs from affected residents. And the influx of disaster tourism from fascist groups trying to push their own agenda has

When Any Help Offered Is Taken

This week, we've seen catastrophic destruction in the wake of Hurricane Helene, in areas that most thought of as immune to hurricane damage. And while there is so much to say about climate denial, disaster preparedness, or the privilege of being able to evacuate, I want to talk

NPR, Merch, and Lookbooks

The last week has seen the Springfield situation keep mutating with new lies (like "Haitian militias" - nope, just Black Israelites), and lists being floated of other small towns and cities for people to target (Charleroi, PA! Lockland, OH! Sykacauga, AL!). I spoke with Odette Yousef at NPR

Nobody in Ohio is Eating Your Cat.

The town of Springfield, Ohio has had an influx of Haitian immigrants, which has kicked off a truly absurd amount of panic. A few weeks ago, neo-Nazi boy band Blood Tribe marched in Springfield Ohio. The next week, their preppy counterparts Patriot Front did the same. That same week, Drake

DNC in Chicago, what could go wrong?