I'm sure he's just announcing either: 1) Some more goddamned tariffs 2) The occupation of more U.S. cities. 3) Or both.
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I'm sure he's just announcing either: 1) Some more goddamned tariffs 2) The occupation of more U.S. cities. 3) Or both.
True, but be fair. Musk has personally done more to increase the birth rate than 99.9% of American men.
It is absolutely criminal that as the GOP crows about urban crime, every Dem isn’t on TV saying, “Look, Larry Hogan is a so-called ‘moderate’ Republican and crime in his state’s largest city has plummeted since he was replaced by a Democrat.”
I'm pretty sure the market has never gone DOWN, has it? *ESPECIALLY* not when the country was going tariff crazy!!!
Honestly, I expected better from James T. Kirk. Oh wait ---
Big opening for, say, Brad Lander www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
"Would you like any bones with your bacon?" "Well --- maybe just a little one."
@kc-momkin.bsky.social Is putting together a feed for protest music, something we definitely need in these troubled times. Here's my contribution: #ProtestSong www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olof...
What a good boy you are! 👋🏻
This is why I found it so funny the ivys and snob schools rolled over so fast and got double fucked for doing it. These are the same people getting duped putting 50 grand in a shoebox. Rich and priveleged Americans are the easiest people to scam and bully because they've never deal with it before.
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
According to officials cited by the Financial Times, the aircraft carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to make an emergency landing after Russian interference disrupted GPS navigation systems at a Bulgarian airport. Pilots had to rely on paper maps to land safely.👇
By dropping dozens of cases and settlements, Trump's CFPB has let corporate lawbreakers off the hook for some $3 billion in harm to consumers that may never be redressed.
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
This morning 9 former CDC Directors, whose tenures date back to 1977, published this warning in the NYT: RFK Jr is a danger to public health. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Promises made. Promises kept.
Get out today, if you can! There are hundreds of Labor Day events where you can stand up for workers and against the cruelty and destruction of this billionaire-consumed regime. www.mobilize.us/aflcio/map/...
I hope people read these stories and are encouraged to take their own action: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/la-u...
I believe one must be immune to shame in order to join the MAGA cult.
Demanding that everyone's rights are respected isn't a 'purity test' or 'demanding perfection'. It's the absolute *minimum* we should accept from a candidate, no matter the party.
Every time somebody says that stupid “purity test” thing about Newsom, I ask if we can have it be their life we throw away instead of trans kids and the unhoused and somehow none of the people who complain have decided that they should be sacrificed instead? Strange. Suddenly we’re picky.
Why is ChatGPT so absolultely bad right now? Why should things be any different now?
👇 laurabelin.substack.com/p/ten-lesson...
This is what a regular traffic stop looks like in DC now.
FYI --- I will be participating in the May Day Strong protest in my area tomorrow. I encourage you to do the same! www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/
That --- and her face is so deadened with botox that she's forced to say EVERYTHING with a straight face.
How, then, does she explain the fact that New York is still standing today?
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
It's seriously the fault of patriarchy. People want a (violent, authoritarian) daddy to be in charge and make them feel safe. And if you sense a theme between this & my thread about men seduced into fascism because they're mad they don't have sex mommies: yup. Patriarchy is emotionally stunting.
"We stand here in the wealthiest city, in the wealthiest country, in the history of the world, as we stand here by Wall Street, where last year. They had more than $40 billion in bonuses. We ask ourselves, how is it that one in four New Yorkers are still living in poverty?"
AI is death. Death of truth Death of thought Death of trust Death of creativity Death of the environment And --- when people use it as their private therapist, or God help us, when used in medicine, actual human death.
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Is DC safer now?
Also in the Times today: an article about a violence prevention program in MN that was cut by the Trump WH designed to prevent the kind of attack that happened last week: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
“It’s important that the American people know that their state leaders have their backs. It’s crucial for the American people to know that in many places at the local and state level, public health is alive and well.” Public health expert @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, to me, in this piece:
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
For some reason, we can't leave the church until my in-laws have an extended discussion about the best way to heat up the BBQ tomorrow.
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
More like commander inaction.
Normally they've booked 40% of their fall soybean sales to China at this point. This year, they are at 0% booked, and no, that's not a typo. www.farmprogress.com/soybean/us-s...
“Israel denied authorization for our scheduled flight”
So we're doing this again. Someone posted essentially this same post a week ago, and made no effort to back up their claims. Same situation with this user. If you have liked or reposted, please undo it, and report the user.
This is a rehash of a debunked post from last week, and I've reported it. Please provide sourcing for your claims, or take down the post and publish a retraction.
Sadly, this onion headline will never get old
I mean --- Given fair elections, sure.
'Losing their history'. Cracker Barrel was founded in 1969. I'm older than it is.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
“.. Mr. Trump, frustrated by the tariff negotiations, reached out to Mr. Modi several times .. “.. Mr. Modi did not respond to those requests.” @nytimes.com 🇮🇳 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
Another observation from my 101-year-old grandfather, since he's tickled pink that people enjoy his points of view. He says he listened to Father Coughlin's radio show back in his youth and that nothing reminds him of that infamous antisemite and bigot as Tucker Carlson's commentary today.
See you on the other side ---
He really is Patrick Bateman. He spends a lot of time with his hair slicked back, coolly fighting the other side in a fashionable way, and then at night he runs out to furiously throw some homeless person’s last picture of their family into a garbage can.
🚨The worst of the worst criminals are going after kids with backpacks and leaving their scooters in the road. 📌 WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA. We are running out of time. 🚨
Avelo Airlines is cashing in on ICE deportation flights. Indivisible organizers are at the airport TODAY demanding Avelo cancel its deportation contract. Add your voice—take action now at www.groundavelo.org/
Welch: The people that elected Donald Trump are the people that he's punishing the most with this stuff. And you guys, if a democratic president was doing this, would be going bananas. You guys would lose your minds.
If you were paying attention to politics in the first decade of this century, you'll be stunned to hear Trey Gowdy come out in favor of gun safety legislation.
For your blocking pleasure.
Are you sick of all the winning yet?
Whee! fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
No one would see it coming!
Honestly, I don't care what the explanation is. I'm just glad to have the fucker shut up for a while.
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
Join something - your faith community if they are organizing, your local Indivisible group, a local group in your area. It doesn't matter WHICH group you join that is resisting facism, it matters THAT you are in a community of ppl fighting right now. Both for our democracy + for your OWN protection.
The only thing RFK can do to 'restore the credibility of the CDC' is to resign. That won't be sufficient, by a damn sight. But there's no hope of restoring the CDC until he does.
Of course, the fascists will point to this incident as a reason why more ICE/FBI/NG presence is needed, rather than proof that their presence isn't accomplishing their stated goal. (Yes, I know the *real* goal is fascism)
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I do try not to be a pulsating asshole who publicly steals from children. But it never hurts to get a reminder from time to time.
Please, people, don't ever be this guy. Don't let your kids grow up to be this guy. Don't be friends with this guy. #USOpen.
I know one veteran burned a flag in front of White House, the day after Trump issued his illegal EO. I believe one is the correct number of flags to burn at this time, and a brave veteran already did it So I agree. No more flag burnings.
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there isn’t a single democratic representative who would *prefer* having to make decisions about funding metro health care systems at the expense of rural health care systems; the decision to deeply cut the resources we have available was entirely and exclusively a republican choice
Actually, I'm delighted to learn that this is a thing, and I can't wait to watch the video with my wife later tonight.
I would like to state at this time that I do not now, nor have I ever supported Trump, nor has anyone in my family (to my knowledge).
🤞🏻 it's not an outlier.
Who voted for this? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Jensen’s research has identified more than 1,000 mass casualty plots — where the perpetrator clearly intended to kill or injure as many people as possible — since the start of 2023. “You can count on less than one hand how many of those were perpetrated by a transgender individual,” he said.
TX license plate TGH6365
So --- LEOs in DC are now driving unmarked pickups with Texas plates?
I’m not sharing this to scare people—though it’s fucking terrifying. I’m sharing it because we all need to be on guard. We won’t be getting reliable data from the CDC anymore. Worse, the guidance could be harmful. RFK Jr. has no medical training, no scientific background…
In the video clip here, the head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division appears to blame the Minnesota school shooting on the state’s policies regarding transgender athletes. x.com/aagdhillon/s...
This is an incredible service that all Americans need and should have access to. Your feedback as a user (or non-user) can help improve the product and experience. It will also be a clear sign that the program MUST remain as a critical service. They will shut it down if they get the chance to.
My expectation is the Iowa GOP nominates someone even more batshit off the deep-end MAGA, bc that's what the GOP always does. And based on recent special election results in Iowa, that's bad for the fascists. But what do I know ---
1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here. Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws. For adults, some increases in risk. Nationwide risk remains extreme. Subscribe to support my journalism.
I can think of no better leverage that Denmark has over the United States re: Trump's Greenland fixation than withholding LEGO shipments to the United States.
Wait --- Do congressional Republicans have self respect? I'm pretty sure they don't.
Your periodic reminder that if you're working for ICE in any capacity, you are actively engaging in crimes against humanity, and deserve prison.
Not a new observation, but I just want to vent my frustration by pointing out, once again, that ICE thugs are cowards. You think you're upholding the law and protecting the country? Then show your fucking face! These guys are acting like they're ashamed bc they know what they're doing is shameful.
Pete Hegesth keeps talking about a warrior culture, which apparently means masked man kidnapping our allies to send them to our enemies to be tortured. Absolutely shameful.
Since this is coming from the MAGA Broadcasting System, it's almost certainly true. More good news out of Iowa. 🤞🏻they can continue their streak of flipping MAGA Senate seats www.cbsnews.com/news/joni-er...
Inhuman. “I don’t have any choice” is a lie.
"Trump 2.0 so far shows every sign of doing anything the NRA wants it to do. They can prattle on about mental health...but...their actions say they’re perfectly content to let more children die." Good @mjtoma.bsky.social dive into policy reality on Trump/guns: newrepublic.com/post/199838/...
RFK must go. Please contact your congresspeople about this. Ask them why RFK was allowed to unilaterally fire a senate appointee because she contacted senators – the appropriate oversight body – after the HHS secretary demanded that she break the law & betray Americans’ public health.