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Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
No coffin, please, just wet, wet, mud. Bae.
So weāre all just trying to will it to happen this weekend huh
it's April. it's 80 degrees outside. i sent this data to the nerds at NASA and they confirmed my suspicions: IT'S ZARU SOBA SEASON MOTHERFUCKERS
#HANDSOFF #NYC
The #HandsOff rally in Chicago is packed!
This is Utah in case anyoneās wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
A little cover of the Deadās āto lay me downā I made for a compilation last year. Assembled from several layers of me playing a 1/4 size acoustic guitar outside in northern Michigan yourtripisshort.bandcamp.com/track/to-lay...
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
Targetās stock plummeted by ~ $27.27 per share by the end of February, erasing about $12.4 billion in market value. The drop came on Feb. 28, the designated economic blackout day, and coincided with mounting backlash over the retailerās decision to abandon its DEI commitments.
UPDATEāMahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
President Donald Trump may soon attempt to absorb the USPS, an independent agency, into his administration. The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting ā which was used by tens of millions of voters last year ā more difficult.
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
Iāve been designing 3D printed stencils with lefty/activist slogans and uploading them to Thingiverse. Every so often Iāll get a *very sane* comment like these. It cracks me tf up and makes me want to design more and more. Love that even just the Thingiverse posts are getting reactions.
We couldnāt even finish it. I canāt remember the last time I turned off SNL.
I look forward to SNL every week and havenāt straight up turned an episode off in years and years but oof, I couldnāt get past the opening monologue. Itās giving Dane Cook
Video from the tail end of the #TeslaTakedown in West Chester, PA. Max turnout was probably twice whatās seen here
New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Investigative journalist @gregpalast.bsky.social explains how he uncovered how over 3.5 million votes were purged from the 2024 elections, numbers similar to NPRās analysis. Listen to the interview here or wherever you get your podcasts: loom.ly/H0nR12w #oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
hereās a ton of stencil designs made for 3D printers. they could be used for protests, posters, and other *strictly legal activities*. they are sturdy and should last a long time. perfect for repeated use for, again, *strictly legal activities* www.thingiverse.com/resistancest...
Over 3.5 million Americans had their votes canceled in the 2024 election, according to investigative journalist @gregpalast.bsky.social . Jim Crow is back. Hereās how to protect the midterms elections: loom.ly/H0nR12w #oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
do we have the same dentist? i had this exact experience the other day š¤£
Everyone should do this.
šØ We are mobilizing for a NEW national day of protestā March 4th Against Monarchy! Find organizing resources and more at linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyon.... @polrev.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
Trump heard us call him a wannabe king and decided to make it official. This isnāt a jokeāheās telling us exactly who he is. Believe him. Follow us and join the movement at FiftyFifty.one šš¤ā¤ļøāš©¹ @polrev.bsky.social #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #ImpeachTrump
apparently he had the flu! and bill hader had a scheduling conflict / prior engagement.
it brought me so much joy. much needed these days!
so cool that the BBC is playing Island House records...like wtf! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
These are the kinds of stories about the human costs of the Trump-Musk coup that desperately need telling right now. Local news outlets and independent journalists can do a lot of important work here, for their own communities but also for the national effort to push back against this insanity.
day 29 of wondering why weāre not rioting yet
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
archive.is/ZIphm
This is probably the most accurate take.
a must read (albeit a bit too late) www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...
Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
Project 2025 Tracker: project2025-tracker.vercel.app
while 3D printed stencils would be very sturdy and last a long time, it would be terrible if people started using them to spread anti-authoritarian messages all over the country, like the ones at this link www.thingiverse.com/resistancest...
I just called my House Rep and was told by his staff that heās being briefed and I said we need to hear a clear plan from the democrats about how theyāre going to protect our us and democracy from an unelected open Nazi who has access to the personal information of Jews and civil servants
Thursday I'm playing at Elastic Arts in a new trio with Kirsten Carey and Emily Beisel!
this needs to be said again and again
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
my god PLEASE do not sign up online for an organized general strike via a slick looking website claiming hundreds of thousands have already registered. even if it's not a honeypot, it's still going to be a honeypot.
i sat next to the wallet inspector every day in the park. we became friends, so i assumed the best when he asked to inspect my wallet
#Seattle, WA
Surprised Iām not seeing this brought up more in light of the plane/helicopter crash.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...
It's live folks! islandhouserecordings.bandcamp.com/album/desert...
The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over
Would you like some Defiant Jazz for these trying times? galaxxu.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
Whoever is cutting onions in my house needs to stop already #HurrayForTheRiffRaff youtu.be/n14Q4vivph4?...
Conservatives Claim Hitlerās Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated theonion.com/conserv...
archive.is/GwVFO
Crypto exchanges under investigation by the SEC have spent days boosting Trump's meme coin, $TRUMP, helping Trump make billions $TRUMP is designed to facilitate this kind of brazen corruption
I miss when The Onion was satire
If Nazis think youāre a Nazi youāre probably a Nazi.
I found my oud in my home in rafah š„²ā„ļøšµšø
I cannot recommend this book enough if you, too, are floundering for how to do something, anything, but have never and donāt consider yourself āgoodā at things like this @roderickstruth.bsky.social wrote the best book Iāve read in a long while.
My primer on white Christian nationalism has a lot of information that will unfortunately be extremely relevant for at least the next four years. If you're wondering what to expect, here you go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri7...
Inauguration Day Mood
www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...
In one of his last acts as president, Biden just signed the release of Leonard Peltier.
This is it bsky.app/profile/dave...
The world is bleak and I was in much need of a release, both literally and figuratively. Here are four brief ambient pieces that capture my current headspace, and also serve as a tribute to the late David Lynch. These are all one track takes, created with a Yamaha Electone FS thru my pedal board.
We have a socialist solution: This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for.
This has been my thinking too! āFocus on the things you *can* changeā and all that
Iāve decided my plan for this go around with Trump is to spend as little time as possible responding to the circus and focus on building power and community outside of the system.
Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week: archive.is/2025.01.18-0...
Not only are these actions inhumane, they are also wildly expensive
Watching Trump supporters stream into DC for the inauguration you might mistake them for a crowd at a homecoming game. Wearing scarves and hats and banners and dressed to impress it is clear MAGA is also all identity politics. It is about belonging to a club. It is about a culture.