When history reflects on these times, I want my descendants to be proud of what I said & did when it mattered most. Popcorn connoisseur, Unwitting Wrexham supporter. Shorter than Daniel Radcliffe. Rabid ally. In my Swiftie era. She/her. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Fear and obfuscation at the Amex stadium 'Roger Wade, founder of fashion label Boxfresh and a 10-year Brighton & Hove Albion season ticket holder, had, it seemed, been denied access to his seat for wearing a Palestine t-shirt.' @jpjoughin.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
Kressly: I expect in the next couple of weeks, this is going to get worse. You’re going to hear from the same administrative people who have gutted the expertise needed to promote child health — pushing false narratives like, “we need to look at the link between vaccines and autism.” That is a lie.
She has nothing to do with this nor with the press office account as a whole. It's Newsom's Communications Director and his team.
Based on recent troop movements in the Caribbean, and the reported uptick in pizza deliveries near the Pentagon, I'm betting on a little distraction by the name of Venezuela starting tomorrow at...what time is this press conference scheduled?
I realize this is Lev Parnas...but he's not wrong. levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-d...
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Excellent point.
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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 Maria Montessori's birthday so do whatever you want, there are no gods, no kings, no rules, you are imprisoned only by your lack of imagination.
Good night 🌙 and….
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He's just such a dick.
To be clear, my second point was directed at the idiotic contention in another comment that racism didn't have anything to do with her loss - as evidenced by the fact we elected Obama. It sounds like you and I are in agreement.
Years of decimating the education system in this country has obviously paid dividends in spades.
Honestly, I'm a bit surprised they aren't already hyping him up in anticipation of the inevitable.
I DO think it was more weighted towards the sexism. But as I'm SURE you are well aware, black women experience a unique form of racially based sexism along w/the more traditional. I just think the idea that "we elected Obama so Dems clearly aren't racist" is factually untrue on its face.
So you think Obama being elected proved once and for all that Dems aren't racist? If you think that black women don't experience a unique form of racially based sexism, especially amongst men...including BLACK men, you are very wrong.
Some Americans absolutely do.
If you don't think racism played any part in what happened, idk what to tell you.
Apathy, sexism, racism, and a whole boatload of "both sides are equally as bad" dumbasses.
He absolutely has a cult of personality in the MAGA world. But I absolutely agree with you on the second part of your comment but would add "so many sexist and racist Democrats"
Approval of all of the administrations signature actions are becoming deeply unpopular. JD Vance doesn't have the cult of personality aspect that Trump has and is not well liked at all - I think that's going to make it very difficult for him to get the support Trump has.
It's going to be the weirdest thing watching every news network trying to sell "a nation in mourning" while Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" becomes the new national anthem.
Notice anything about those states? 1. A lot of them have pretty ideal weather to be homeless in. 2. Those states largely have some of the best social services and resources in the country for the homeless.
Here's an account that mirrors the press office Twitter. 😊 bsky.app/profile/govp...
Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate.
Excellent question.
You can't "both sides" oppression and hate towards marginalised groups. Being "neutral" means siding with the oppressors. You're either against all oppression, or you're an oppressor.
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saying “i told you so” has never felt more joyless
The Trump administration is running Russian-style active measures…in Greenland www.bbc.com/news/article...
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
🇵🇹🇺🇸 President of Portugal on Trump: The leader of the world's greatest superpower is objectively a Soviet or Russian asset. He functions as an asset.
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚
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They aren't even pretending it's about "bad guys" anymore. The fire they pulled fire fighters off of has only 13% containment.
🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:
Joe Biden forgave $180,000,000,000 in student loan debt, and gave TPS to more immigrants and migrants than I can count; anyone who tells you "both sides are the same" is doing the work of just one side.
I said this 7 months ago and was called an alarmist. History says elections won’t save us. They will end us. Blue states must declare war. “I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.” ▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
He "complained about radical leftist ideologies in ballet” but "did not specify how the ballet company was affected by the culture." One aspect of authoritarian regimes is that second-rate talents who know the right symbols of loyalty are able to climb the ladder. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/a...
SHORTER VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE: "There’s One Major Problem With Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Dream: It's the Utterly Moronic Fantasy of a Deranged Megalomaniac." There you go; says it all.
"Some people call me a dictator, but maybe people really want a dictator. Some people really do want a dictator." - DJT Incredibly important read. They're very clearly working to acclimate ppl to US troops in US cities-to the idea of the military carrying out domestic enforcement on citizens.
The Illinois governor signed a bill to increase access to contraception and abortion pills for college students and one to strengthen the state's shield law. www.jezebel.com/gov-jb-pritz...
“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.” —Molly Ivins
Gov JB Pritzker (D-IL) “This isn’t a time to pretend there are two sides to this story. This is not a time to fall back into the reflexive crouch that I so often see, where the authoritarian creep by this administration is ignored in favor of some horse race piece on who will be helped politically”
"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.
Make no mistake. Posting memes, making AI images, wearing t-shirts, putting bumper stickers on your car... Those are all forms of protest.
Nothing to see here. Just move along. Everything's fine.
I just managed to mangle the quote "the arc of history bends towards justice" live, on MSNBC @nicollewallace.bsky.social, quoting Governor Pritzker. But I liked what he said next: "it doesn't bend on its own."
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Truth Art! #arresttrump #art
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Damn.
✊ Honestly, thanks for the discussion - sorry for how I started it.
The fact that you have no idea what that means honestly succinctly gets to the crux of the problem with most leftists.
I would be over the moon if she was a viable presidential candidate - the last election unfortunately proved that we are still far too racist and misogynistic as a nation (even on the left) for that to happen.
Agreed. And I continue to hope we will have multiple leaders...and multiple choices in the future too. I just hope we survive to make that happen.
This is exactly why non leftists largely think this of you because you carry the water for fascists.
I'm sorry. Is there a presidential election this year I'm unaware of? No one is "backing" Newsom except insofar as they're backing him actually fighting. Some of y'all are too stupid to realize that very salient distinction.
I was being somewhat hyperbolic, but I'd point out that just yesterday a thread of Leftists tore apart the TX Ds for not staying gone as longer-lives, jobs be damned-even though they said from the beginning they wouldn't/couldn't stay gone forever & were only buying time for others who could do more
I don't really care who's saying it - it doesn't diminish it's veracity.
Agreed, but I see the problem as the ppl who aren't doing anything rather than the imperfect person who is. Vitriol should be pointed at the former. I'd point out that the only reason Newsom is getting SO much traction is because he is the ONLY ONE fighting with concrete actions.
I gaf about what he & anyone else is DOING to fucking save my loved ones & us all. None of us have time for purity politics & frankly you being perfectly willing to cause harm here & now over something that may NOT happen in 3 yrs tells me your position is nothing more than performative narcissism.
I'm not uncomfortable confronting anything. Many of my family are LGBTQ+, including my daughter. And I take my lead on those issues from them & how best to make sure they aren't disappeared. At this very moment in time, I don't gaf what Newsom said on a talk show 1/2
THIS is what the fight is. YOU'RE HELPING THEM FOR FUCK'S SAKE. Jesus fucking christ y'all are so mired in your quest for sm clout you'll throw the very ppl you claim to fight for to the goddamn wolves. Are you for conversion therapy & "camps" for lgbtq+? Because it sure as fuck seems like it.
Leftism as a philosophy itself is fine, and I fall much closer to that than the center-it's how so many of you are narcissistic idealogues who don't really care about the causes you claim to unless those causes happen to be handy as a battering ram to prove your leftist Bono fides.
You and I are not remotely far apart on this. Again, I apologize for making assumptions about you.
We need to stop the typical D infighting & cohesively fight back. Newsom wasn't my pick for hero, but you know, I am on board for the fight & if that fight is led currently by Newsom - so be it. Newsom will let me criticize him. And honestly, that (in a nutshell) is where we are in this moment.
This is fair & I apologize for painting you w/the typical leftist brush. I'd instead point out that TODAY we need to stop damaging ppl that are fighting to make sure we actually HAVE elections. There's time for arguments about presidential candidates after we win back congress.
I'm gonna give you respect here. If everyone had done this 10 months ago, it would be a different world today.
We have a choice of D or R. That's our country in this moment. When was the last time you backed alt candidates locally? If y'all want change you need to fucking learn how our system works. Then, instead of sjw grandstanding, maybe you'll actually start fighting like the rest of us have for yrs.
Who the fuck cares about his motivations? Seriously? Ideals are for when our country isn't about to fall & all those ppl you claim to ride hard for aren't in the crosshairs of the fascists doing it. All I give a current fuck about is who can stop it. Right now that person seems to be Newsom.
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Probably not as well as being the unwitting shill of a fascist government.
If the GOP is not run out of office, ALL LGBTQ+ ppl, are in very, VERY serious trouble. Y'all don't seem to realize this...or care. The current admin. wants to fucking disappear trans ppl and y'all are out here bemoaning the PERFECT candidate. www.tiktok.com/@cuzzindariu...
There are a lot of things to lay at Newsom's feet, but the idea, based on one poorly thought out comment, that Newsom "want[s] to harm" trans ppl is ludicrous & completely ignores the things done to protect trans, & other LGBTQ+ ppl - including kids.
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The US Media sites aren't painting the full picture of the trouble that the US democracy is in from the current administration and the legal system. It's hard to work out if it's fear or complicity, but the effect is the same: a country sleepwalking to its own destruction.
Here’s what I see: A) The vast majority of Dems have coalesced around a morally clear platform. B) The vast majority of elected Dems have coalesced around protecting and pleasing their donors. C) Those two encampments are miles apart.
My name is Josh Turek. I'm a two-time Paralympic gold medalist. I'm a proud State Legislator from Council Bluffs who represents the reddest seat held by a Democrat in Iowa. And I'm the guy who's going to beat Joni Ernst. Repost this, give us a follow, and let’s win together.
Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719. Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469. Textbook corporate greed.
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