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Iāve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called āDrones and Terrorism,ā and this Caribbean strike is different. Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
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Science is real
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for āCareyā), Cher (āGirls Just Want To Have Funā), SZA (āTrue Colorsā), John Legend (āTime After Timeā), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didnāt know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Excellent question.
It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.
Everyone can contribute something to the fight, but because certain actions tend to get all the coverage, it can be easy to feel shut out. So here's a thread of ways to help that do NOT include: Going anywhere Calling anyone Writing anything If you want to help, we want your help. Let's go....
āYou don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.ā ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. š
Dear god, seriously??? That just feels like exploitation.
I donāt need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impactā¦wait itās a train. Iām describing trains. Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
IN HIS FINAL BOOK, MLK SAID WHITE AMERICA WOULD RATHER THROW AWAY DEMOCRACY ALTOGETHER, AND EMBRACE "A NATIVE FORM OF FASCISM," TO PRESERVE THEIR POWER. WE ARE LIVING IN THAT PROPHECY TODAY.
From coercing guilty pleas to trying to fire a Fed governor, Trumpās flailing power grabs are piling up. Jen Rubin shows how each move exposes his unraveling.
In the aftermath of the 2024 elections, the conventional wisdom suggested that Republicans had entered an era of electoral dominance. The more Democratic candidates flip red seats and overperform in 2025 elections, the more those assumptions unravel. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Itās wild how much hate is built on a bad translation of an ancient book ā a book full of contradictions that people still let rule their lives. Religion isnāt saving us. Itās hurting us. š³ļøāšš„
Oh 1000% yes, she would!!! Hahaha
We use the Spanish form of chilƩ rather than the Tex-Mex style spelling of Chili
We play by our own rules out here š
Jus sayinā weāre pretty cool ššš
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Couldnāt have put it more clearly myself
Some obituaries are read with a smile
Didnāt need that image in my head first thing in the morning šš
Absolutely heartbreaking
We have to take our gloves offšš¼šš¼šš¼šš¼šš¼
No one could say it better than @barackobama.bsky.social
Yes. However, I trust the democrats to do the right thing when we can all play by the same rules. Iām hoping for universal rules around maps and ensuring this canāt happen again. But, right now, we literally do not have a choice but to beat them at their own games to save this country.
Can we make #FinishIt a thing??
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This is step one in how we lose free and fair elections. Itās not that Trump will ācancelā the midterms. Itās just everyone has to vote in person, and urban downtowns will be filled with ICE checkpoints and intimidating National Guard troops to ādouble checkā that only citizens vote.
āWith less they beat slavery. With less they beat Jim Crowā¦ Harriet Tubman didnāt have email, Twitter, Texts, TikTokā¦ā
She is brilliant!!
Slow down ICE by helping local businesses put up signs to clearly mark āStaff Onlyā areas that canāt be entered without a warrant. Protect your community while showing solidarity with immigrant workers and customers: act.indivisible.org/...
Schiff: āI write..to express serious concerns regarding the potential abuse of power..on 8/2, in which the Secret Service directed USACE to change the outflow of Ohioās Caesar Creek Lake for a recreational boat outing for the VPās birthday.ā www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Yāall, I cannot stress this enough: activism burnout is real and it is okay to take a break and unplug when you need to. You canāt fight everything all at once, especially if you are crashing out yourself.
Weekend cup filling excursion: successful
Photography workshop in Co was exactly what my soul needed after the first couple of weeks back to work. 35mm heals the heart like nothing else ever couldā¦
There is no liking this version of our country. If you can afford to send your kid to a private school, then you can drive them or pay for their Ubers. But Dayton, Ohio decided to dump the burden on the public school kids instead and prioritized school buses for the private schools.
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Franciscoās lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran āNo Obitsā as its headline. It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
America's first family is conducting their grift in full view of the public, but the profits remain a guessing game. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Folks who subscribe to the newsletter already saw it, but in case you're not on that list, Rachel recorded an extra segment last night that we didn't have time to air. Watch it here: youtu.be/mNWg7XBzM0o (The newsletter sign-up is MSNBC.com/MaddowNewsletter)
The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
Saving for later perusing
To be clarify: Mike Johnson can literally send the House home two weeks early to buy more time for the absolutely botched cover up for Trumpās involvement in the Epstein files, but Democrats shutting down the attempted illegal gerrymandering in Texas should be arrested and removed from office???
Virginia Giuffreās brother: I think we were shocked by itāespecially the use of the term āstolen.ā Because sheās not an object. Sheās a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lagoāhis propertyā¦ it just kind of makes us wonderā¦ how much he knew
āThe president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroomā is a pretty easy message to sell
First day back to work after summer vacation, on a Friday with a gaping hole in my leg: It wasnāt greatā¦ 2025-2026 school year cannot stay this bad but I have no clue what to do to make it better when it seems like so many things are just out of teachers and even administrators handsā¦
Two can play that game.
Thank you!!
Immigration Attorney Receives Taco Bell Phone Number from ICE Office
Round 2 of coming back because apparently my body just doesnāt like stitches. I guess, as a 36 year old, to just be learning this now makes me incredibly lucky so Iām going to focus on that and not the fact that my body yeets stitches faster than I can get them reinforced.
Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.
Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
Thank you! š
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
@stephenking.bsky.social is out here doing the real work with the new show The Institute!!! Itās so queer and so inclusive and I swear the mission was: āHow do we make a phenomenal adaptation AND get to watch MAGAtās heads explode?ā Absolutely here for this, sir!!!! So well done!!!
Humanize Donāt Militarize protest rally in Santa Teresa, NM near the border wall. Thanks to Silver City Indivisible for organizing and Indivisible The 915 and Indivisible Las Cruces for participating. Great collaboration between 3 Indivisible groups.
Me: $5 for basically a shot of a Negroni?! I got played *takes a drink of it* Me: I am a new human being and I need a solid 10 more of these, thank you ššš It's a religious experience. Just call me sister Mary Clarence
Flooring job is officially done. Grandparents insurance and health are trucking along, and now I just have to finish grading the summer class to be caught up from the past few weeks. Tonight calls for a bit of silly and a lot of a hot tub with the wifey #Fuck2025
If youāre in a blue state or city, your Democratic governor, mayor, and lawmakers have the power to stop secret police tactics like abductions by masked ICE agents. Urge your Democratic elected officials to take immediate action against Trumpās authoritarian immigration crackdown. š
2025 is a wild time to be alive: Iām both worried about US concentration camps and my grandparents getting into an accident while grandpa was bringing grandma home from her thyroidectomy to treat thyroid cancer. Idk what ancient deity I pissed off but Iād like to formally ask for forgiveness.
This is Patty Hartman, a 17 year veteran of the Justice Department. She was fired on Monday by Pam Bondi. She is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. You must hear her words for yourself.
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP ā which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
The richest family in the United States, the Waltons, made money by not paying Walmart employees enough. This forced employees to seek government assistance for food and healthcare. Republicansā response is to take away that assistance because the Waltons arenāt rich enough.
I agree completely, it will get so much worse before it gets better. But kindness and community are what get us through.
Because international relations, along with ethics, and a very basic morality will outlive (and be the downfall of) this fascist regime.
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : āAre we reading the same Book? The Book I know says āI was hungry, and you fed meā¦ I was a stranger, and you welcomed meā¦ insomuch as youāve done it to the least of these, youāve done it also unto me.āā #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
This 4th of July, I hope Americans of good will can take a moment to pause, reflect, and remember when NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and some Trump followers thought it was anti-Trump āpropaganda.ā www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...
Hillary called them ādeplorablesā and the GOP acted like sheād committed war crimes. Meanwhile, they just voted to rip healthcare from 20 million Americans like itās a group bonding activity. Turns out ādeplorableā was the polite version.
The evil that men do lives after them
Largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Largest transfer of wealth to the rich in American history. Largest cut to food assistance in American history. Just like Senate Republicans, House Republicans chose greed, cruelty, & a callous disregard for the people they represent.
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
Truth,
My Jeep Compass only gets 23.4 mpg. Even in a small hatchback I used to have, I was only getting 28-30 on a good day with lots of downhill roads.
1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, Iāve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of govāt & divvied up the power the people (thatās us) were allowing the govāt to use to create order for all of us.
āNo right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.ā āJustice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
From the Sierra Club to Joe Rogan, everybody is pissed off about Republicans' public lands sell off. This is the broadest coalition I've seen around public lands in my lifetime, so keep making sure your voices are heard because we're winning.
This, in a nutshell, is what most stands out to me about the last three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade: Conservatives desperate to codify a worldview that women actively oppose.
Easily the best news I've seen in weeks. www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/i...
"It doesn't make me love my country less. It makes me love it more because I see all these people standing up for people like my dad. And it's just what this country is all about, you know, coming together as a community, loving each other, and just helping each other."
10 years ago today, love won! š The Obergefell ruling reaffirmed that marriage equality is a right! To our LGBTQ+ community: We see you. We stand with you. And, we will always have your back. ā¤ļø
*end all š¤¦āāļø damn it whereās the edit button haha
Truly, my fear is just people trying to use AI for everything, like I am seeing more and more of. Itās a tool, yes, but not the and all be all that it is being heralded as.
Itās funny, because in my original draft, I had made that same correlation but, with the character limit, I had to cut it. Itās what I tell students regularly: use it as a launchpad, not as the āmeat and potatoes.ā I also like to show them the āreword this promptā functions of AI.
100%, yes! The issue is, AI has fewer quick, surface level checks, making it harder to verify for students or people with less experience. Thatās also why I say, itās a place to start. My fear isnāt AI itself, itās the sole reliance because of convenience. Itās as bad as research via Facebook memes
Hi! Librarian here! It can generate fake citations, fake quotes, and misleading conclusions. You also get a ton of bias in your results based on programmer bias. You can start there, but please donāt rely solely on AI for research or citations.
My team will be at the Daniel Fernandez Recreation Center in Los Lunas today from 9am-11am to support those impacted by the Cotton Fires. We can help connect you with resources and replacing documents that may have been lost.
Im all for impeachment, but let's understand one thing. No way this coward republican majority will follow thru with it, which is even more reason why we need a democratic majority in 2026. Let's be real. Repubs dont have the gall to do it. Dems when we put you in the majority in 26 you must act!
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
The United States should not wage war against Iran. Donald Trumpās bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war ā and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war. This is a horrific war of choice.
Letās roll the footage of Josh Hawley begging for FEMA aide after tornados hit. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Welp, this is going in my librarian presentation to staff at the beginning of next year. Weāve been telling yāall AI can be tampered with based on how it is ātrainedā but librarians just get called outdated. Carry on with your A1 sauce, I guessā¦ š¤·āāļø š¤·āāļø š¤·āāļø
It hasnāt been widely reported, but Trumpās Billionaire Bill will endanger 15 rural hospitals in New Mexico, forcing people to travel hundreds of miles further for care. I promise you, as governor I will fight to ensure everyone has access to health care & hold Trump accountable.