Lol. Ok. Thanks for the mansplain then. BTW, ever tried eating with a one pronged fork? āļø
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Lol. Ok. Thanks for the mansplain then. BTW, ever tried eating with a one pronged fork? āļø
I think you're missing the broader point.
A real life American Hero... not hiding behind a mask. I bet soon we will know his name. We salute you brother for your civil courage and the eloquence.
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When I hear Trump voters saying this is not what they voted forā¦
Oh good, another strongly worded letter asking fascist MAGAts to please stop fascisming. It's the beginning of a start, I guess.
LAPD STATEMENT: āThe protests remained peacefulā¦ without incidentā¦ā
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
As long as these Do Nothing Dems continue to do nothing, violence is inevitable. I'm speaking primarily of state violence, and the reactive violence that will happen out of fear/self defense. But hey, how's the podcast going? How much are you making per episode again @governor.ca.gov
The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Who here was out protesting in LA today and wants a few thousand thanks?
People in Los Angeles rising up against ICE.
Also happen to be doing this show of small š energy during World Pride in DC, I assume to create even more fear amongst communities targeted by these fascists. All while Do Nothing Dems...do nothing. @chuckschumer.com, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @democrats.org are not up to this moment.
Every republican voter is complict
West Virginia is warning that women who have a miscarriage could be charged with a crime unless they contact local police. Every woman in WV should call 911 every time they have a period. Gum up the system with malicious compliance. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/h...
Reminder that California subsidizes red states.
Pretty sure this should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of the DOJ's charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Chicago fighting back against ICE. You love to see it šŖ
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court order blocking its plan to dismantle the Education Department and begin firing its employees.
Watching Trump and Elon fall out is like watching two thieves argue over who got caught on camera. Newsflash: it was both of yāall.
Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin
@democrats.org are not up to this moment. We desperately need new leadership before @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, et al. before these out of touch cowards lead us all off the cliff like lemmings.
NEW: Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
He eliminated a State Department office that dealt with Russian disinformation campaignsāand is married to a woman with family ties to the Kremlin. It's another clear conflict of interest that's extremely typical within the Trump administration. https://trib.al/AANtzmh
The US burns, and the Dems continue to fiddle
A recent study by the RAND Corporation found that $79 trillion was pilfered from the bottom 90% of income earners. The problem isnāt that America lacks abundance. Itās that Americaās abundance is being hoarded by a tiny handful of rich people. www.levernews.com/abundance-is...
House Bill 819 limits the display of flags on government property to a list of several exceptions, including official flags of any municipality.
Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
President Trump has now pardoned 9 members of Congress convicted of crimes
Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities. So today, I have a message for America's scientists: youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...
HARVARD PROF David Armitage: āWeāre being made an example of by Trump ā authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because theyāre set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.ā
Like all fascists, they are cowards
Once we get this done everyone in Congress will pretend they were for it all along www.axios.com/2025/05/22/s...
Seems Trump's mafia-style diplomacy is not working out for him. www.newsweek.com/greenland-tr...
Theyāre rushing a budget through at 1am that would devastate working families by slashing health care, food assistance, and retirement benefits. As @repmcgovern.bsky.social said, if theyāre so proud of it, debate it in prime time.
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Don't miss the scariest committee hearing of the year.
If youāre spending one fucking second wringing your hands about Joe Bidenās age while a new set of arsonists are burning the entire nation down, please go touch all the grass
NEW: The charges against Rep. Lamonica McIver escalate a confrontation between the political branches at a time when President Trump is seeking to maaximize executive branch dominance. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
playbill.com/article/kenn... Kennedy Center Staff Vote to Unionize After Trump Takeover
Absolutely vile. Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in a modern day lynchingā it was chilling and intentional.
Three days ago: theonion.com/sean-combs-a...
Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth. Not much āintelligenceā going on hereā¦ www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
And the do nothing Dems (looking at you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chuckschumer.com, et al) are not up to this moment. @democrats.org & @kenmartin.bsky.social primary them all
I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president. Shame.
In 2022 Michiganders passed the Reproductive Freedom for All Amendment - but medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion care still remained on the books. Thanks to @nfpcenters.bsky.social , @reprorights.bsky.social , and @msfchoice.bsky.social 3 of these restrictions have been struck down
Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera. ā¦ AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. Iām talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
i am fascinated by the editorial choice to give the last word to a disbarred charlatan pushing a discredited constitutional theory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
Baldwin to RFK Jr: "You cannot tell us that you want to make America healthy again when you are willfully destroying programs that keep children safe and healthy from lead poisoning ... the entire staff has been fired"
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems ā and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
So, the net result of Signalgate is Hegseth keeps his job, Waltz gets put up for a promotion, and the mainstream media just moves right along?
Trump is taking a bribe from a country that funds Hamas. If you canāt say that, then you shouldnāt be a journalist.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ā New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
Stephen Miller says they are āactively looking atā suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
Today, we wasted time voting on renaming the Gulf of Mexicoāa name itās had for almost 500 YEARS. Weāve got folks losing healthcare, schools underfunded, and rights under attack. Weāve got real issues. Prioritize THAT.
Not only are they ignoring climate changeātheyāre trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAAās disaster tracking so we canāt see the BILLIONS itās costing us? This aināt solving the crisisāitās hiding it.
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
I hate it here. Clearly I've already tired of all the winning š
WATCH: Sen. Ossoff is investigating large, out-of-state companies who are buying up single-family homes to get answers for Georgia families struggling to afford rent and homeownership.
Well, well, well. The Acting FEMA Administrator said eliminating FEMA wasnāt in the best interest of the American people ā and guess what?!?! They FIRED him. I guess thatās what happens when you stand up to your power-hungry ābossā.
One thing I wish people knew about testosterone is that it isnāt The Evil Hormone That Makes You Bad. Test promotes status-seeking behaviour. Studies show this can and does manifest as pro-social behaviour like kindness and generosity in people who believe that will improve their standing.
MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
Chicago is on to something.
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!ššš
Page One in Philly: @inquirer.com
Warnock: Georgia officials said they were sorry but their hands were tied, you canāt vote the first weekend of the runoff after the holiday so I decided to untie them, I sued them. And I wonā¦ They appealed asking for emergency relief. Emergency relief from what? People voting?
The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists. One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary ā Donāt Look Up (2021).
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I canāt believe I missed it
AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because Iām using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protectionsā¦ to that I say: Come for meā¦ Do I look like I care? Thereās nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
Laura Loomer called 9/11 an inside job, is banned from Uber for her bigoted views, and describes herself as being "pro-white nationalist.ā Not exactly the kind of person you want advising the president on matters of national security. Where is the mainstream press coverage on this?
So very pro-life of them again š
In infants born prematurely between 2014 and 2023, the increase in active treatment and survival was most notable at 22 weeks. https://ja.ma/433uG9k #PAS2025
The term he is looking for is a "negative correlation." Also, he's full of $h!t & his dead brain worm has higher intellect than this narcissistic joker
Looks like it's well past time for @lynch.house.gov to go, along with the many other #donothingdems Looking at you too @schumer.senate.gov PRIMARY THEM ALL @democrats.org & if @kenmartin.bsky.social doesn't understand that assignment, time for him to go as well.
yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?
Let them eat cake!
ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
Bingo
Pritzker: And we have a president who claims to love America but hates our military so much that canāt be bothered to delay his golf game to greet the bodies of four fallen U.S. soldiers.
worth every second
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who donāt know how to organize a group chat. Itās time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of childrenās cancer researchā¦
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
NEW: Statement from attorney for Judge Dugan. "Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously, and looks forward to being exonerated."
āHe is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.ā That seems accurate!
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a judge who helped migrants avoid ICE. This judge is a hero. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
Chuck Grassley gets called out at a town hallā¦ " Stop the use of the word entitlement because it's insulting to all of us." š„ #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
So, this is the "peace" offer that Vance/Trump have given Ukraine: Let brutal invader Russia have all the land they took so far, never join NATO, & give us your minerals. I mean, what's not to like? Seriously, Putin's got his hand so far up Vance's ass you can see his fingers moving JD's lips.
The overall lack of journalistic attention on these destructive acts at the national & local levels is yet another example of the gross failure & complicity of legacy media
Of course they want to help Russia www.politico.com/news/2025/04...