Not a very long path from "Why wouldn't you want the regime to deploy federal troops in your city when it reduces carjackings?" to "Why would you be opposed to the erection of internment camps for deviants when it reduces crime?" And a good chunk of mainstream media will just follow along.
Brennan Center experts Sean Morales-Doyle and Lawrence Norden forecast how the Trump administration will undermine confidence in our elections in the months leading up to the 2026 midterms: bit.ly/4fRIqtA
Messy in-between would be a good starting point. IMO the people who appear to be following the leader, in this kind of set up, are always just looking for power anyway. Expose this and cracks begin to appear. Yet they can't afford to throw him under the bus. Pretty good trap.
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
Do you think they'll ever make them dogs available on internet? Need some for defense of new foil lined back yard bunker.
Thanks! I'm thinking of re-doing my garage to reflect the peccable taste of that guy in the "White House". I was concerned I might get overcharged. Now I can see these pieces shouldn't be much more than $60 at cost. www.homedepot.com/b/N-5yc1v/Nt...
Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he's causing families. We'll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect Illinoisans.
A free, democratic and independent Ukraine. That's what you are fighting for. That's what our efforts are all about. We are with you, for as long as it takes. Because a free Ukraine is a free Europe. Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
Excellent thread. I'll just add that there's a long history of blaming liberals for reactionary political dynamics that were cultivated by coordinated political campaigns by the far right. There is no law of nature that produces "backlash politics." It's politics (and propaganda) that produces it.
Definitely pro-NPR in general, but I really wish they would stop the "uh-oh something might be wrong" hooks.
Robotic look makes them seem respectable and trustworthy to????
Dumb. Saying museums are the "last remaining segment of WOKE" is like mowing the lawn & scattering dandelion seeds, thinking you've got rid of them.
possible slogans: WOKE NEVER BROKE
Do we have a picture of his home?
Please share coverage other than NYT.Thx
Looks like they should form a new sex offender political party. Wondering what their platform would be.
The students are addressing global matters like deforestation and food security using open source materials and investigation. You can find out more about the initiative and the other partners on the Utercht University page: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Again — Today on Fox trump claimed D.C. restaurants are doing better since his invasion — he, of course, as always, as he does with every utterance… is lying:
Planted??? Sounds too easy.
Seems to me they just harden up & crawl back under the rocks waiting for the next troll Messiah. That's not working.
Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
SCOOP: ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker The Intercept confirmed that a federal agent caught on camera wearing a hardhat and safety vest works for ICE. theintercept.com/2025/08/11/i...
People agree and feel small. Not true everything here is political, you find what you look for. Kindness is powerful; we will need skill to help MAGA people recover from their psy-ops illness.
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
but you did remember. we should all bear this in mind when he makes further pronouncements on important stuff, thereby making the stuff more important than anything he could possibly say.
woo hoo!
Another Tennessee community is dealing with the same developers who are part of the Christian nationalist effort in Jackson County. MONDAY on @NC5 at 6PM, we travel to that county to investigate.
Wow, I couldn't even finish this very important letter because it was so filled with that "weave" that djt is so good at, no wonder he's the deal maker. It's like putting my brain in a blender. I did scroll to the bottom and see the doula is previously editor of Stars and Stripes, oh yeah!😅
Very clear helpful graphic. Thank you!
Excellent article. These people (AAF) have been terrorizing loyal public servants for several years now. More people should be aware of them, hopefully including people with IT expertise. Just to help out with tracking of course.🤔
If you really wanna be honest, then answer the question. Or you wanna be honest but just can't?
BREAKING: The US government has just removed sections 9 and 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website. Note that sections 9 and 10 deal with: - Writ of Habeas Corpus - Congresses ability to control tariffs. See screenshot below: Notice that 9 and 10 are gone.
Outstanding
Now that I see how this works, I gotta go now and "earn" some property in my neighborhood. I like a couple of those houses, could probably make some real income charging rent to the people who live there.
It’s Caturday & time for a timeline cleanse!
Looks interesting, but very technical in an unfamiliar field. (e.g. I'm guessing "rents" is not like I'm paying for my apartment?) What do you find interesting/ instructive about this article?
Completely agree. Similarly, Britain & France (finally) support Palestine, so someone I'm sure has to but-what-about histories of imperialism.
No.
Woah! New numbers, like, all of them? Is there eleventy-seven, and twensome?
Indeed. We are learning to be warriors of kindness & we won't give up. I hear you & hope we can all stop reproducing the market culture habit of outrage as fuel.
A Department of Justice spokesperson said in a statement, "Jared Wise is a valued member of the Justice Department and we appreciate his contributions to our team."
Congratulations to President Kamala Harris, from X's Grok
Haven't checked it myself but the habeus corpus section is supposedly 404 - not found. Links would be helpful.
Fear can be a direct gateway to fearlessness if we train body + mind (e.g. breathing). IMHO anger, especially if rooted in hate for our adversary is like getting drunk so you can fight better - not effective technique.
🚨 State Representative Ann Johnson from Houston, TX, is speaking some truth to power. Her message carries weight; it carries values, American values. ✊🏼
work will even set you free, ive heard
Orwell: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." Except we won't let them fully control it. I believe those reports exist in versions he can't corrupt and erase. bsky.app/profile/afre...
“If you’re in need of a gig that’ll help you feel big…” That discourse about the plight of young, disaffected men who don’t know where they fit anymore? ICE offers a “solution”—with a $50k signing bonus, college loan forgiveness, and a chance to feel part of something. Gods help us all.
Nose picking is fairly common too, how about posting a long piece on embracing that? Something "impactful" and insightful, because so many do it, it must be an important issue.
t took six months for a Trump official to be politely forced by a journalist to admit live on air what everyone - including every economist - knows to be true (but which Trump keeps lying about): tariffs are paid in the US by US importers. What an indictment of our media.
Especially those experiencing delays.
Isn't there ANY way we can stop these people from going around smelling lame men?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "A rightwing blogger, who has credentials at the WH, came to an area where some of the legislators are staying and started reporting online about it. He then put up a map and put a pin on the map and said, 'This is where these Texas legislators are.' So that started this."
Sand & Foam?
19th century watermelon Provokes unanswerable Questions how marvelous!
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions. Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.
Tennessee Greenlit Elon Musk’s Tunnel for Teslas in Nashville Before Public Notice, Vote nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/01/e...
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
Trump's DOJ requested that Maine turn over its entire state voting roll, voting records, and verification procedures. Here's how Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responded: "Go jump in the Gulf of Maine."
If we were to travel 500 years into the future, what would the monuments decorating public spaces commemorate? Thomas Doyle takes us on an unnerving journey to imagine the culture we might encounter should our fascination with technology continue. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/thom...
They are under the control of man’s spell
How could anyone with this kind of history not be highly vulnerable to manipulation & kompromat? Gabbard & SIF:
Excellent & important article. The basic distinction between rigging the vote counting and social engineering/ psy-ops may be hard for the victims of those ops to understand. We need a slogan and a good meme here.
🧵 1/4 Tel Aviv, Israel Teens are burning draft orders & protesting the war on Palestine. “In 1 sentence why should people refuse to serve in the Israeli army?” “There is a genocide & you don’t enlist into an army that’s committing a genocide” ~Yona Roseman
The Journal: “A 12ft by 11ft wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.”
Tell me you're pushing a Nazi agenda without telling me you're pushing a Nazi agenda. From the Department of National Security, folks....
According to a group defending judges against violent attacks, 83-year-old Judge John Coughenour got swatted after he blocked Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship and received a bomb threat. The Supreme Court’s conservatives then ruled that his order went too far. They knew what message that sent.
Totally with you there, JC😀
Many of them will be with us for a while still. They'll need help after the bubble bursts.
If by redemption you mean something like getting them out of their brainwashing and into something that might resemble decent human society, I'm with you. Otherwise redemption in the abstract like the original sin mythos, then you do you.
NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
Now THAT's a cease and desist letter
Squeezing everything out of the American people?
Yeah! Don't tread on my carrot cake.
Callers had the "ability to be answered." Nobody answered. The light was on but nobody was home.
(see video) ☝🏻☝🏻
Oh how depressing, let's all just give up shall we? NO.As the man in the car said.
UTAH… this is not a game…
from apnews.com/article/cali...
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Disasters don't stop & start at state boundaries.
this is an ad for White Evangelical Christian Dominionism
Elon’s America Party is the boldest political movement since the Citizens United decision. A party with: — No rules — No taxes — No apologies Just one unifying belief: rich men know best. We couldn’t be more aligned.
Donning customary Quechuan garments like brimmed sombreros and colorful polleras, the Imillaskate collective combines a contemporary sport with time-honored cholita heritage. A new short documentary highlights the group’s style and dedication to the community. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/imil...
"You just saw..." Was there something seen or is this just rhetorical gaslighting? Does he believe he's seen this? Has this convenient hallucination been built up yet like pet eaters yet?
A f*cking sniper. Pathetic. What an absolute circus of cruelty. We might as well light our tax dollars on fire, at least it would provide some warmth.
Taking both-sides-ing to a whole new nadir of useless.
@juliekroberts.bsky.social I'd like to understand this better. Outrage, especially if unfounded, isn't helpful. Cuts to NOAA/NWS are terrible & we need to see the impact clearly. Are you saying that, in this case, NWS was able to do the job?
WATCH: “The @nytimes.com was exposed for trying to manufacture a scandal about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social — while in the process revealing a scandal about The NYT.” This is the correct take. Sadly it will likely only be folks on TikTok who point it out😕 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLuj917...
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
Happy 4th to the land of the free -- from thinking. Today, we celebrate Independence from free thought, corporate governance, and the founding fathers, who definitely would’ve loved crypto.
A U.S. citizen who was arrested for filming an ICE raid at Home Depot is suing the federal government for $1 million— and I hope he gets every penny. THIS‼️ When being transported, Garcia heard agents boasting about how many ‘bodies’ they had gotten that day and saw them celebrate with high fives.
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
🩵✊ #goodtrouble
