happy "shove your 51st state nonsense" day to all who celebrate
happy "shove your 51st state nonsense" day to all who celebrate
My take is always "they woke up determined to be a victim today, and I'm happy to help with that"
Oh, yeah 100% with you on that. I went with too dull of a snark angle to the person I was pretty sure didn't even see that it was AI.
So there's no misunderstanding, we're all aware the person who responded "your mom" isn't the same person who was asked to cite their sources, right?
Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he canāt handle an alleged ātouchā without snapping.
It's AI generated. So, kind of like a painting, I guess.
And stick to "not buying anything." The last one-day attempt turned into Small Business Saturday because "it hurts small business, so shop there that day." Just like the attempts yesterday framing as Obama Appreciation Day. Gotta stop splitting the messaging.
97% of extremist-related murders in the U.S. in 2024 were linked to right-wing extremists. Itās not a political movement anymore - itās a hobby for failed men with too much testosterone and not enough brain cells.
Pete Hegseth is so drunk right now he just deployed the Marines in the United States.
This is a good question and it's one I'm getting a lot. The answer is going to depend, in part, on your risk tolerance and the role you plan to play I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes š§µ
ICE agent at a workplace raid: ICE: āyou guys understand we have a signed warrant to be hereā Worker: āAnd hereās my bag of fucksā
New Yorkers scream out each officerās lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
Hope the military got that Strava stuff sorted, or they're going to end up bombing LA.
Identify these ICE scum.
Can you roleplay how that conversation goes?
Re: the big No Kings protests this weekend, remember that the corporate media, politicians, etc are obviously champing at the bit to be able to force a āgood protestors vs bad protestorsā narrative to discredit the anti-ICE/anti-genocide movement. Do not let them. Embrace a diversity of tactics.
Nor will they constrain us.
I said what I said, if you donāt like it thatās also fine but donāt try to peace police a literal anarchist you silly geese
"submissive pees" šš¤£š
Your pic looming in the corner of my eye while I read your comment was absolute art
"Which other historical, NON US, generals would be in consideration for ship and base naming," should be the follow up. No British generals from the Revolutionary War? That's odd. None from the War of 1812? Hmm.
Hey! Iām an anarchist so I get collateral damage happens - but, donāt loot or attack local mom-and-pop shops. Thatās your community. Thatās who weāre out here protecting, not hurting. Donāt be a dick. Use your rage wisely. Use your brain. Direct the fire where it belongs - up the chain, not sideways
Crowds at the LA Football Club chanting Fuck ICE! Music to my ears!
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It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling. Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
Watching people you should be in solidarity with get brutalized by the next evolution of the police state and telling people to look away and focus on legislation is not just faulty, you're literally sacrificing people and an essential fight in the larger battle.
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One large one isn't enough, we need pockets spread over a large area to overwhelm them this time. Make it impossible to control us without creating significant resources till they can't keep it up.
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The importance of ther tear gas defuser
šØ We must not back down. Calls to stay home only concede ground. Ignore concern trolls! Show up. Be loud. Be unignorable. Iām not calling for violence - but I will never call for silence. Defend yourself if needed, but do not instigate. This is about presence, not provocation. Hold the line. #3E
ICE crossed a line in LA
So if you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say- Tell them that the Nazis never really went away. They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies - And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies.
Enough with the fucking āthis is a distractionā bullshit. Thatās your cowardice speaking. It is incredibly easy to say āThese people are exactly the same as the messiest disasters you personally know, and would you want those people in charge of your daily budget? Your house? Your healthcare?ā
100%. Plus if I carry water and nothing kicks off, I can just drink my water on the way home or give it away, but that 6 hour old milk is getting kinda funky.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.
It sucks, I hear you, and couldn't agree more. Just hope to explain a little how uphill the battle is to get a physical resistance going. These "little" steps are getting people comfortable with being out in the streets, used to seeing cops watching them. It's literal building block shit.
One last thing, is healthcare (as absolutely shitty as it even is) is tied to employment. So getting arrested, or anything that's cost your job. Uninsured and now that rubber bullet injury is $10,000 out of pocket.
The Civil Rights movement taught as being accomplished by MLK's "passivity" and sit-ins. Just the other day I saw a post that said "just need to keep those anarchist kiddies away so the cops don't get antsy" like literally have to overcome that mindset for millions of people.
It's unfortunately probably going to take a generation at least. There is many, many years of propaganda and people's entire worldview being undone. It's difficult to portray just how much "protest" has been encouraged to mean "hold a sign in a park, and don't block the walkway."
if the wheels had come off this thing any faster it'd be a Cybertruck
WATCH: āYou stand in my church. You promised me.ā A Minneapolis pastor confronts the chief of police about helping ICE
Yeah, I guess it's like telling someone, "go ahead, hit me" banking on them looking weak. But you open the door to being the "What's he going to do, shoot me?" says guy who was shot, scenario. I don't have a strong opinion either way, just this is how it all reads to me.
There are 53 Republicans in the Senate.
Which I like from Wall St and wherever else, but this low effort, cringe from the actual government is weak and just doesn't do it for me.
He can't force trade deals, and can't really do the tariff thing. So he blusters, but has to back out. If he can't follow through, maybe he stops bluffing to avoid "always chickening out" Threats are all he has, and it kinda points to that.
Roses are red, Democracy's in a slump,
Power protects itself by dividing us. Opportunists are rewarded to derail movements, realists are co-opted to dilute demands, and idealists are manipulated into submission. The goal is to isolate radicals and manage everyone else. Donāt comply. Defend the goal, not the system. #3E #Stigmergy
But also still fight them. There are too many businesses that will welcome them with open arms and a 10% discount. Home AND work need to be uncomfortable. And being loud doesn't disrupt a kidnapping.
My new hero is the person who sharpied "BITCH NAZI" on this bearcat.
Spot an ICE agent? Say something, do something. #3E #stopICE
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Check out the white supremacist Odin imagery on a patch belonging to an apparent ICE officer in the Twin Cities today
I am deeply concerned about this patch on one of the "officers". Have more images/footage for press & antifascist researchers
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV šŗ
Don't misunderstand these people. This may look like contrition, but it's actually a form of ass-covering. They're psychologically distancing themselves from the consequences of their actions so that they don't have to grow or change at all.
Please read, this is important. Sorry itās long. Trumpās move to have Elon Musk step aside wasnāt a retreat. It was a distraction. With Muskās name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasnāt. Itās just changed hands.
With all due respect to op, in comradely critique, what we see here is that they are facing mass spontaneous resistance to their raids and they need crowd control techniques and tear gas to even do what they want to do. This is a video of increasingly effective resistance, not total police control
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I canāt believe the media covered up the fact that a clear mental incompetent was running the government while out of his mind on drugs, despite it being widely known in DC circles, to preserve their access to the White House. There should be huge recriminations for this.
The right treats the left like a giant woman, complete with all their favorite stereotypes, and they act like one giant, creepy, misogynistic man. They remind me of the type of men who got a lot of energy to harass women they think are alone and when a man shows up the energy does a complete 180.
Jesus tapdancing Christ "The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?
If someone isnāt parking a TACO food truck outside the White House, what are we even doing with this stupid timeline!?
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USians confuse resistance with revolution. Theyāre not the same. Resistance is pressure - force against force, & refusal. Revolution is refusal plus replacement - everything breaks. The difference? A bad fucking day. Most still canāt even sustain resistance. Youāre not ready for revolution. #3E
Her name is Meghan, Andrea.
The "yes, we'll get to that, let's finish up this point" is not used nearly enough in shutting down this specific tactic of distraction and muddying the debate. Takes away the ability to squirm away from being cornered.
Some people donāt spread conspiracy theories thinking it's truth - they do it because itās the only version of themselves they think anyone will notice. The persona becomes the point. They perform disruption because silence feels like erasure. Attention becomes existence. It corrodes everything.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
Sing Sing-ing in the Rain
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..
š On Saturday, May 17, join a nationwide day of action to declare: šØ The Trump fascist regime must go. We are done waiting! Done watching ā Authoritarianism advances when people stay home šFind a protest: refusefascism.org #fiftyfiftyone #handsoff #3E #Endimpunity #EndAutogenocide #Endoligarchy
Given the history of WVU and couches, it was inevitable.
Wait until Vance finds out how that town treats couches.
To be clear - even the city of Nashville has no proof anyone ICE has arrested was a violent criminal or a gang member. (And due process is a thing) All anyone has is ICEās word, backed up by @GovBillLee & Blackburn. Maybe the media could point that out instead of parroting their talking points?
problem with music these days is, there just arenāt enough songs about going to boston to find a wooden leg
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
THEYRE ARRESTING YOUR MAYORS YOU STUPID SONS OF BITCHES
Need more of this Venezuelan reporter's energy m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW4X...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW4X... This is how it's done. It's tough to stomach two words from this slimy dollar store mannequin, but watching him get bodied by a Venezuelan reporter in September calls the dessert stomach into duty.
Not to get down the road, but these days that could be next week... If Trump starts labelling Catholicism the "enemy", how will Catholics in the U.S. respond to that?
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Mike says No
For reasons... Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off #IDERD
I've seen it as an alternative to "don't comply in advance", which can be interpreted as eventual compliance. "Fuck you, make me" is similar thought, but a different energy, and changes the terms to less or never willingly.
In honor of May Day/International Workers Day yesterday hereās āUNION SONGā from the steps of the Madison, Wisconsin capitol building during the massive union uprising of 2011. 100,000 people turned out in the streets in 10 degree weather in solidarity (Of course Brother Wayne Kramer was there too)!
a formerly enslaved Black anarchist woman led the first American May Day parade in Chicago in 1886 and donāt you forget it!!
Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
The last thing in the entire world anyone should be worrying about right now is Trump 2028, that problem is 2+ years in the future which might as well be another era of the earth No need to worry about a hypothetical violation years down the line when Trump is violating the Constitution now, today
Macron shook one hand.
Virginia met Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago - she worked for Trump. Trump was close friends with Epstein. The predators she exposed were protected. The powerful she threatened still thrive. Virginia Giuffre fought hard. She has died by suicide, at 41 years old. The evil of oligarchs devoured her #Endimpunity
I only hope this exchange followed: "Hey, you see my post?" "No, I don't spend all day on social media." "Yeah, uhh, me neither. Us strong leaders are busy. You golfing today, too? Weather's great"