Have been so proud to work on this book over the last few years, and it's finally coming into print. It totally destroys self-serving U.S. mythology about our benevolent commitment to freedom and justice, & exposes the true face of American power. Coming from @penguinpress in Oct

RT @NathanJRobinson: You can respond to this by concluding that these people deserve to be screwed by Trump, or by asking why the Democrats….

a great day to read my article about how much the British empire sucked:

He's calling for 1 city-owned grocery store in each borough as a pilot project. Someone please explain to me how this is going to lead to "empty shelves.".

RT @NairYasmin: From "Even Terror Should Have a Point." . "The reign of terror continues, here and abroad, but to what end? Where does the….

RT @NathanJRobinson: The cruelty toward immigrants on the right is reaching unprecedented levels of psychopathy:.ht….

indian but also ugandan?! HOW CAN THIS BE?! WHICH IS IT!? [tiny brain explodes].

I mean maybe he's just from a hybrid culture and people struggle with this because they can't put him into their little fixed mental boxes where an Indian can't be African and you should have the same accent when you talk to your parents as when you talk to your friends.

They also had completely open borders, and a policy that citizenship was earned through living in the country a certain length of time. We should bring back that very reasonable system.

I'm very much against founder-worship, but on July 4, let's be clear: the Founding Fathers would have hated Trump. They were elitists with deep moral failings, but they were very clear in their distrust of concentrated executive power:

african man claimed to be african on college application.

go find another fake scandal. next!.

but he is asian and from africa.

RT @NathanJRobinson: People don't yet realize the terrifying implications of tripling ICE's enforcement budget, making it the largest law e….

RT @BenBurgis: It brings me no pleasure to say this, but at this point @mtaibbi has gone full idiot. Let's take a look at his response to….

the white male writer is doing fine:

RT @AbdulElSayed: The Big Ugly Bill is the worst betrayal of the American people in history.

they'll find it mystifying that the public could have been so apathetic and checked-out about a major erosion of their freedom.

future historians, should there be any, may look back and wonder why this moment wasn't considered more significant and why there wasn't even any debate about whether the vast network of concentration camps should be built.

This has all gone through with hardly any public discussion or knowledge. We've just handed Trump hundreds of billions of dollars to build a personal police state and there's been hardly any outcry.

People don't yet realize the terrifying implications of tripling ICE's enforcement budget, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country, and building tens of billions of dollars of new "Alcatrazes.". If you think things are bad now, it's about to get way scarier.