"What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad." - The Matrix
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Iβve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldnβt post so much about COVID19 vaccines because itβs βdivisiveβ. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
The Michigan @aclu.org is looking to hire a senior staff attorney. These jobs don't come around that often, and they've got a great team -- wanted to make sure folk saw it! www.aclumich.org/en/jobs/staf...
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It should NOT be political, but it is. ποΏΌ
Hearing families should stop being told not to use sign language with their deaf children, deaf academic Dr Kate Rowley has said, with there being βno evidenceβ it impacts speech or literacy.
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We should never stop talking about itβ¦
Nobodyβs stopped Trump from anything. I will not be surprised if he somehow does it. Nobody has the integrity to do the right thing and arrest them imprison Trump.
Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?
Pee Wee Herman was in the movie, Blow? π³
Classic Reddit. π
The email from the SS office was state sponsored propaganda. Nothing in the bill eliminates taxes on SS. It was a big fat LIE. Tell your relatives & friends. Pass it on.
Just a reminder that pretty much everything Hitler did in Germany was legal and enabled by lawyers and judges who considered their duty to βthe lawβ to be of supreme importance. Iβve been thinking about this a lot since Kaganβs vote yesterday.
Are you fucking serious?! Iβm getting fundraising emails from the democrats after Trumpβs bill passed. No. I am not donating anything until the Democrats DO something!
JFC.
I really donβt think most Americans know we are only days aways from millions losing their health insurance in the biggest cut to Medicaid in history, plus millions losing food assistance in the biggest cut to SNAP in history. The next few days are crucial for fighting the βbig beautiful bill.β
Disgusting.
The irony. The Accessibility Minister of Manitoba, Canada was recorded after a speech about the sign language interpreter. βFuck, why did I have her on stage.β She agreed when the aide called it βFrantic hand movements.β www.aptnnews.ca/videos/manit...
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
A deaf and mute Mongolian man seeking asylum has spent more than 80 days at an ICE facility. During that time, he has not had an opportunity to see a judge or communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language, according to his sister and lawyer.
2 is good.
Anyone having issues with Kindle?
Maybe reputable news agencies shouldn't report Trump's assertions about international developments as fact until they are independently confirmed by other parties.
Iran has not received any ceasefire proposal and sees no reason for one, a senior Iranian official told CNN.
The American evangelical right is absolutely shitting themselves with excitement over this. There is nothing on planet earth that they want more then a destabilized Middle East at war to trigger the rapture. This is 100% fact even though it sounds ridiculous.
Iβm staying TF home.
Talking to my students about how they use AI, many said they use it to help with some research and to write outlines of essays Finding the info, distilling a thesis, and figuring out how to structure key info into a coherent argument is the whole point of academic writing Why bother otherwise
OMG.
Every day a different Democratic member of Congress should go to an ICE facility to inspect their detention facilities or speak to a detaineeβand bring the media. Thatβs such an easy fight to have.
Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.
Masked faces No badges No apparel identifying them as ICE No warrants signed by a judge Those aren't ICE agents. They are bounty hunters kidnapping people off the streets.
This is a cover-upβΌοΈ DHS is illegally trying to change the rules on congressional oversight visits to facilities to hide human rights abuses. βWe know that theyβre trying to hide all those abuses. Thatβs why itβs important that we can just get in at a momentβs notice.β β Rep. @gomez.house.gov
Have seen it on here already, but another reminder never hurts - don't forget that folks taking SSRIs/anti-depressants can experience nasty side effects in these kinds of temperatures, including dehydration and heat stroke.
The paper of bigotry laundering has consequences
π¨MAJOR BREAKING: In a massive blow to Trumpβs deportation machine, The ICE agents who attempted to gain entry at Dodger Stadium have been REFUSED entry and have been escorted out by LAPD. Good riddance.
The protest is over. The Dodgers released a statement that ICE was denied entry into the parking lot. That is consistent with what I witnessed.
Bro, you gotta block that guy, not because he sucks, but because heβs only here to get you to say stuff to him that will get you in legal trouble.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* wonβt be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering". It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #MAGAKidnappers
Holy shit. Thatβs one helluva ad.
FINALLY Democrats are putting out HARD-HITTING ads. WATCH AND SHARE: #MAGAKidnappers
We didn't get stranger danger beat into us for a decade to not stop these fucks.
New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism β'Iβve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'Iβve sat on this bench now for 40 years. Iβve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"
The day before Kristi Noem's goons premeditated an arrest of Brad Lander, NYC amended its lawsuit against Noem, catching them lying to explain their theft of $80M. I'd say that's just a coinkydink...But Ras Baraka is suing Noem too. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...
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In the Navy
People fear disability Capitalism and ableism teaches folks that disabled people are βless thanβ Doomed to be left by the wayside βBetter off deadβ As a result the general public is terrified of becoming βone of usβ. We are a minority group you can join at any time. Support disability rights!
Itβs a crock of shit to blame a reporter if his expose of a politicianβs misconduct delivers a political victory to the opposition. Itβs the politicianβs fault for behaving that way. The reporter just did their job. Stop shifting blame to the βliberalβ or βconservativeβ media.
New publication out with the late great @jmhenner.bsky.social and @anthrodad.bsky.social The #Deaf Childhood Experiences Scale aims to provide data on deaf life factors with the goal of better understanding... quality of life outcomes among deaf populations. academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl... 1/6
The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you werenβt already.
New publication alert: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
This is exactly the right tone when privileged people suffer minor or temporary consequences standing up for powerless people. Itβs still about the powerless people. ICE is Gestapo trash.
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Lander and Padilla have set the standard that absolutely every Democratic politician should meet or exceed if they don't want to get primaried.
Shocking to outsiders? Authors' work finances dozens of full time jobs, from publishers to agents to book printers to booksellers, yet very few authors make enough from their own books to write full time and either have other jobs or spouses who earn more. I find this extremely fucked up.
And eggs, don't forget the eggs.
The accused assassin allegedly used data brokers to track down the Democratic lawmakers he murdered. Congress doesn't need any more proof that selling data to anyone with a credit card is deadly. Every American's safety is at risk until Congress cracks down on data brokers.
Political violence must always be condemned.
Trump just posted: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" So reckless. So dangerous. So irresponsible.
Jeffries can figure it out. We pay him enough to.
Not ready for the news cycle where these fucks pretend he was a leftist. But in case facts still matter to anyone out there, here's some to use in those convos.
Jeffries can find enough republicans to jump the aisle.
Iβm not a bot.
People will tell you that they view property destruction as equivalent to violence against a person, but that's not true. They think property destruction is worse
Letβs be clear: the blood in Minnesota is on the GOPβs hands. They created this toxic climate. They empowered the hate. And now people are dead. This isnβt hyperboleβitβs accountability.
Iran has been fighting Israel since biblical times. The bottom line is Israel has the right to exist. They were there since the beginning of time.
97% of extremist-related murders in the U.S. in 2024 were linked to right-wing extremists. Itβs not a political movement anymore - itβs a hobby for failed men with too much testosterone and not enough brain cells.
Doesnβt look like it with Mike Leeβs tweet.
Spread the word. Republicans are Marxists!
So Mike Lee is calling himself a Marxist?
Impeach Noem.
The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
When Democracy Calls - The βNo Kingsβ Day protests attracted more than 11 million people across the country. We need to keep the flame alive, so that the Dream of America never dies. youtu.be/S9f8qkiMh-s?...
Best image of the day:
i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.
Word of the Day: HYPERNORMALISATION - the state of a society where people continue to live according to rules that they know are not actually working.
Always be yourself!
Link?
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Couple things I learned today: - Seniors are extremely fired up about this - "Fuck ICE" is a normie position now - People are MASSIVELY pissed off about Sen. Padilla being wrestled to the ground in LA - We all we got, we all we need
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#NoKings
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER FUCKING WORD ABOUT BRICKS AND BROKEN WINDOWS.
The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible
Be highly skeptical of online claims that the individual who attacked Democrats was one himself. A quick look at his online activity, his comments, the accounts he followed, suggests otherwise.
Update: Over 7.2 million and counting across the country for the No Kings protest!!
MSNBC is reporting 200,000 people on the streets in NYC for #NoKings, in the rain. Incredible.
I think the election was rigged.
Apparently the White House is panicking about crowd size. Theyβre worried no one will show up to the parade, which would obviously piss off the orange dictator. So now theyβre bussing people in. Canβt have fascism without a photo op.
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
assassins dress like cops bc thatβs whoβs allowed to murder people in broad daylight
I don't want to hear another fucking word about graffiti.
A Democratic Mayor arrested. A Democratic Congresswoman indicted. A Democratic Senator tackled and detained. A Democratic State Representative killed. A Democratic State Representative in critical condition. We can all see where this is going.
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend todayβs No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
Hillary told yβall. Kamala told yβall. Barack and Michelle told yβall. Bill told yβall. Even god damn dick Cheney TOLD YALL.