for fuck's sake, no one should be shooting at misshapen garden gnome Charlie Kirk. i can't believe I even have to say this out loud
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for fuck's sake, no one should be shooting at misshapen garden gnome Charlie Kirk. i can't believe I even have to say this out loud
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence. Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets. Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe. It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Believe the victims and survivors! #ReleaseEpsteinFiles
Shooting Charlie Kirk isn't going to help anyone except the people already trying to destroy the country.
RFK Jr. rejects science and logic. Our kids will pay the pay the price for this administrations health crisis. The FL Surgeon General has halted ALL vaccine mandates. You ready to take your family to Disney World? Or, send your kids to school? #GetVaxxed
Again, political violence has no place in this country. I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father. This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
For some reason, I'm recalling the time Charlie Kirk said this: www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...
I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence. Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
Not only is Charlie Kirk one of the five most influential MAGA leaders, he's often been referred to as an honorary Trump Family member and even something akin to an adoptive son of Donald Trump. I've seen the full video, and it doesn't look good. Assassination is *never* the answer to any problem.
Look, I absolutely detest Charlie Kirk and his appalling opinions, but I extend to him and his family all the courtesy that he has denied others and hope he recovers. Shooting people in cold blood is bad. Always. Evil and bad. And none of us want to live in a world where that's celebrated.
It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
Charlie Kirk, an avid pro-gun advocate, was shot in the neck.
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone. SCOTUS is now so blatantly racist that it says it’s unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp. What a shitshow.
a weird yell took down Howard Dean, but a depraved book from one of the worst sex traffickers of teens that contains a disgusting handwritten note from the current president, who is also an adjudicated rapist, causes the GOP to unite to protect him the parties are not the same
Putin continues to get more and more aggressive while our weak president responds with social media posts that he’s “not happy.” I guess he assumes that Putin is like Republicans in Congress who live every day in fear of a mean tweet.
I’m sorry but this is so pathetic
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go.bsky.app/FXBMaRt With war on cities, woke, minorities, truth, institutions, healthcare, financial wellbeing, our trading partners, farmers, Etc. We have millions of people who need to rise up against this tyranny. We are stronger together. Follow and fight back.
1/5 The right is furious the Kyiv Independent exposed their exploitation of tragedy. But they never cared about Ukraine. Their outrage is fake. They only scream when a suspect is Black, brown, trans, or an immigrant. Otherwise, silence. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
With the 24 anniversary of 9/11 upon us, it is clear that Donald Trump is a far greater threat to our nation than Bin Laden.
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking Trump's firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for now. The ruling means Cook will remain on the board of the central bank until her case is heard at length.
The Trump / Vance Doctrine. Reward Putin with billions for invading Ukraine and then he will be nice.
and now I'm D E A D 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Putin is now going to give Trump a two hour lecture about how Poland has been a part of Russia for 800 years and he has historical grievances.
The Supreme Court is empowering the president of the United States to run roughshod over congressionally mandated appropriations, which looks a lot more like the Stuart constitution’s concept of the king being master of his own supply than a modern democracy. Restoration America is in full swing.
#HealingHearts I knew. Long before the vivid memories of the abuses I endured were in my conscious mind, I knew. I fought accepting them even though each memory fit like a lost puzzle piece. My heart waited as I fought with acceptance. Then came peace. 💚💛💜 #CSASurvivor #CPTSD #Pinks #ProudBlue
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Democratic governors build vaccine firewall against RFK Jr. JB Pritzker, Kathy Hochul, and Maura Healey are launching vaccine counteroffensives in their states ahead of their reelections.
So far: Seven drones and debris from an unidentified missile have been found on Polish territory following Russia’s overnight airspace violation.
Just to clear this up. This is not a woman body. This is a child's.
Mexico tripled its minimum wage and announced record productivity. Iceland yeeted out its bankers, then posted $13bn GDP from a nation holding a population of under 400,000 people, which has since grown to over $33bn. Are you getting it yet?
😂🤣😂🤣 DC resident blasts Star Wars 'Imperial March' while following the National Guard.
🇩🇪 German Foreign Minister Wadephul: With drone incursion into Poland, Russia has accepted an escalation. Russia is not ready for diplomacy, so we will give a strong response.
Lately mike johnson is looking a lot like Mike pence pre-Jan 6
Hegseth is working on a very energetic workout video to respond to Putin’s aggressive military violation of Poland’s airspace.
No sleep for ICE! The community showed up loud outside the Hampton Inn in Downer's Grove, a Chicago suburb.
Poland said today that multiple Russian drones entered its territory over the course of several hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies, describing the incursion as an “act of aggression” carried out during a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine.
Ending all those foreign wars
Yes, send in the National Guard
This piece quotes Trump relaying a second-hand claim, from an unnamed friend, that armed thugs used to routinely invade DC restaurants during dinnertime, but makes no effort to fact check that. Call the MPD? The WaPo Metro desk? NOPE. Poor Matt Viser shrugs: "His claims are difficult to check."
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
If you wanted any more proof how toothless Trump is on the world stage, you need only look at how emboldened Russia, Israel and China have become on his watch. They don’t give Nobel Peace Prizes to posers.
Younger adults are facing the worst labor market shock in years — one far more acute than the rest of the population. There's no denying the misery for young people who can't find work. It might stunt their career growth for decades to come.
The pressure is rising on Democrats to stiff Trump and let the government shut down on October 1.
* GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WADEPHUL: WITH DRONE INCURSION INTO POLAND, RUSSIA HAS ACCEPTED AN ESCALATION @reuters.com
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
The map for the next No Kings Day just went live. There are dozens of events on it now and we hope to add thousands soon. Let’s turn October 18 into the largest show of defiance against Trump’s regime yet: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Indeed Margarete. Americans electing Trump is the worst thing that could have happened. With him in charge, Ukraine will never get into NATO. When they talk abt it, it’s just a bunch of BS. Trump works 4 Putin, and has since he was caught in Kompromat long ago. #ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited
Yes, Samia, and beyond that, NATO doesn't function without the US, and DT is completely unpredictable in this case when it comes to its commitment to provide assistance. This makes everything so difficult, it's like trying to square the circle.🤕
Volodymyr #Zelenskyy @ZelenskyyUa More information is coming in about the intrusion of #Russian attack drones into #Polish territory.As of now, it’s known about 8 drones.Increasing evidence indicates that this movement,this direction of strike,was no accident.There have been previous incidents 1-5
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Swalwell: "He's telling you not to see your neighbor being chased through a Home Depot parking, he'a telling you not to see the drawing he made for Jeffrey Epstein. My theme is to put Truth over Trump."
Here at the department of WAR we’re focused on LETHALITY and the WARRIOR ETHOS which is why we’re ignoring a conventional attack on a NATO member so we can drone strike boats in the Caribbean.
Wow
The troubling rise of concentration camp euphemisms
Great job, New Orleans. Huge crowd on short notice, after Trump's threats to deploy the military against our citizens. "I cannot think of anything more important right now than being on these streets," a speaker told the crowd outside the Hale Boggs Federal Building. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Excellent that people are increasingly understanding that lower courts can in fact refuse to accept Supreme Court decisions.
Though Navalny was murdered for resisting authoritarianism his book serves as a reminder for how important in this challenging times it is to fight for one’s principles. Amazingly facing imprisonment and death he never loses optimism and care for the people and his causes. 2/2 #booksky
Hey, America? Nepal did it better than we did. We suck. It’s time the gloves come off, the weave comes out, and the shoes to go flying.
Good morning. It’s his letter. It’s his signature. He’s a pedophile. Have a nice day.
NEW: Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years. By @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
Well…look at that! www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/a...
The VA-11 special election will be at ~150,000+ votes when all are counted, solid turnout — and James Walkinshaw will win by 50 points in a district Harris won by 34. Dems have now overperformed 2024 results by 15+ points in all three House special elections this year
Cartoon by @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social.
If this cute, sleep duckling reaches you?? Everything will be okay??! 😊 #bluesky #nature #animals
We absolutely need more like you Debbie. We need to join together. This is about all of our freedoms. I tell you the truth, I am afraid of being kidnapped by those goons b/c now there is NOTHING to stop them. 🤬 Someone must create a #Coalition4ThePeople #ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited
THIS IS AMERICA Denying it doesn’t change it or fix it. America is a ball of corruption, from the SC, to racial-profiling police. The system must change, the People must take control, tax money should go to the People, not lobbyists, not billionaires. #ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited 👇🏼
MAGA disinfo machine is as bad as I've ever seen it: *jobs numbers are fake *falling crime stats are bogus *tariff fiasco is actually wild success *Trump signature on Epstein letter forged On the pod, @stevebenen.com is great on big picture behind WH's Epstein spin: newrepublic.com/article/2002...
substack.com/@dianej14248...
The content of your character… If you even hesitate to expose & punish those responsible for the trafficking & rape of children, it proves you to be devoid of character, morals, or principles. “The WH is bullying me” defense will not save your sorry asses from burning in hell for all of eternity.
Living through the Cold War, I never imagined that America would ever be one of the countries that Ukraine needs protection from. Thank you, Poland! 💙 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
“The deference and latitude that Congress and the Supreme Court have granted the executive will not necessarily snap back as soon as a new president is in office; dismantled institutions and discarded habits will not magically reconstitute themselves.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
“People across this, across this country, across the world are fed up with a model of ticket pricing that views fans as a commodity that can be priced higher and higher and higher.”
What a sick f**k
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary on the Big Beautiful Bill's $186 billion in SNAP cuts: "There are no cuts to the program. It's a matter of sharing with the states."
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt
#Mood ☺️
Makary on pregnant women not being able to get covid vaccines because of new FDA recommendations: "You can't get it at every Starbucks, but there is no rule that somebody cannot get it."
Gerrymandering is a form of voter suppression. Voters in gerrymandered states find out quickly that their vote doesn’t count toward their representation, so they become apathetic.
This is what you call white privilege. This douchebag actually suggests that it’s okay to have your constitutional rights violated as long as you can sue in the end. WHAT HAVE WE BECOME? #ImpeachSCOTUS www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
BOLDUAN: Secretary Kennedy said 'there's no vaccine that is safe and effective.' Do you agree with that? MARTY MAKARY: What we have to do is evaluate the safety to risk benefit ratio. That's what I think he was referring to.
Last night, Poland recorded as many as 19 airspace violations by Russian drones coming from Belarus. Polish and NATO troops were forced to engage Russian targets over NATO territory. If NATO doesn’t set clear boundaries here, these probing missions by Russia won’t stop.
2010: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines do I need to get beforehand? 2025: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines should I get while I'm there?
Trump is building a dictatorship, obviously. Journalism is the wrong profession for people who won’t face the facts. Read my Stop the Presses newsletter and subscribe for free.
Tenured professors, if you think this shit is not coming for you, you are deluded. Speak up and mobilize now for you and all your colleagues, tenured or not.
I love Rooney
Rooney. Living the best life
I’ve watched this an unhealthy amount of times! 😩 “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time”! You go girls! POS couldn’t take it and asked to have them removed. 😒 #SheShed #Pinks
Reporter: Did Israel tell you in advance? Trump: No Reporter: You were caught by surprise? Trump: I’m never surprised by anything Trump lies. Israel says he greenlit the operation. WH said Witkoff was “dispatched” to warn Doha. Qatar says warning came as targets were already hit. These are facts
So, in summary, the criminal who ran a sex trafficking operation with Epstein is now running a human trafficking operation with our federal government—both of which are fully backed by the ultra-wealthy and politically connected—and the Republican Party is bending over backwards to protect them all.