Archive - Provisional Understanding

The Ninth Decade

Nuclear war, actual and threatened, enters its ninth decade today.

Aug 6 •

May 2025

April 2025

Trumpist Regime Whines to SCOTUS on Abrego Garcia

Several Trump administration officials, led by Kristi Noem of DHS, petitioned SCOTUS to block a lower court ruling.

Apr 7 •

Resources for Resistance No. 9: Claimsmaking

Joel Best’s “social problems process” is another lens through which we may view claims made about transgender youth athletes

Apr 6 •

From Miseducation to “Soft Eugenics"

Laurel Libby, Gold Medal Parents, Abelism, and Special Education

Apr 5 •

With What Infrastructure?

While Cory Booker’s historic filibuster is maligned as “performative,” Trump gets a pass.

Apr 2 •

Trans Rights Are Human Rights

Or, “Whatever your bigotry is, is what allows for authoritarianism to thrive."

Apr 1 •

March 2025

A personal note

It’s March 1st and my personal emergency is here.

Mar 1 •

February 2025

Moral Panics as MAGA Trojan Horses

Purported threats to social values become trojan horses for the authoritarians to consolidate power, and oligarchs to raid our commonweal

Feb 23 •

Autumnal Bloodsport

Sitting this one out

Feb 9 •

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