Wild thing to say about a city that dropped its murder rate by significant numbers after shifting to supportive services over unnecessary cop intervention
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Wild thing to say about a city that dropped its murder rate by significant numbers after shifting to supportive services over unnecessary cop intervention
An Army veteran, known in his community for the work he did trying to get people to safety after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, was arrested for his protests against ICE. The charge is alarming. Latest by @aglantz.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yup
Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the California redistricting without disclosing that he's FUNDING the opposition to the California redistricting. I have 4 mailers he paid for in my house right now and that's just the beginning. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
Resistance in action! Proud of DC residents! #FREEDC
Felt good every time I cast my vote for Jerry Nadler.
Take away SSRIs and then see how many MORE mass shootings you have, you human phlegm ball.
Alcaraz & Sinner are proof: rivalries don’t have to be ugly. Respect + competition can lift everyone higher. A lesson for politics, too. 🇪🇸🇮🇹 #USOpen #Tennis
Jannik Sinner talking with Rami Malek and Anna Wintour at the U.S. Open. Stars are out. ❤️ (via Super Tennis TV)
I have never seen a single news article about whether or not Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer or Kristen Gillibrand need to assure Muslim New Yorkers that they're against Islamophobia and anti-Arab / anti-Asian bigotry
This is the strangest home run you're ever going to see and it could only happen at Fenway
Boston is a union town.
I’m beginning to suspect that these troop deployments may not be good faith efforts to deal with crime…
Inject it into my veins
Somehow our diseased information environment has produced the net outcome that *the pandemic is considered a political problem for Dems*, not the party that lied about it & got people killed at every juncture. The party that tried, but not perfectly, to save lives, is being forced to apologize.
But it's always like this. Democrats try to do the right thing. They fall short, like humans do. Everyone teams up to shit on them. Republicans don't even bother pretending. They lie, they smear, they destroy lives, they get people killed, & they face NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
He’s not even Nate Bronze, he’s like Nate Cardboard at this point
bone petite
Just to clarify this isn’t one of those wacky MA things where you can be going north and south at the same time …
I love him so much. Such a great competitor - and a great smile!
This is now two consecutive popes who have loudly stood against fascism and general malfeasance by the far-right -- both elected, in part, by conservative cardinals within the Catholic Church. It's almost as though God is trying to communicate something here.
Spicy without saying a word. Love it
Back in the day, when people were cheering for the Bulls, they were mostly fans of teamwork who occasionally acknowledged Horace Grant.
Always good to learn common phrases in French that will be useful in everyday life
how do i explain to my kids two women being married?? how explain sun go away at night but come back next day? how explain magic rectangle show people talk??? HOW
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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.
Worker's Song music.youtube.com/watch?v=HZNW...
I'm so glad Taylor can already see that she should be proud of herself for her singles run! We still in doubles too #USOpen
ZOMG Bucsa’s dad/coach is SO loud and annoying! #USOpen
Boy NBA doesn't have this kind of juice.
This is so weird. Like - New Hampshire is a whole ass state. Anyplace more specific?! ManchVegas? Concord?
IT’S ALL NATIVE LAND!
I will go to my grave regretting that I'm not the one who came up with The Marvelous Mrs. Measles.
This is the way
For Christ’s sake, Ragusa, he wasn’t in the towers
Nathan Bedford Forrest Gump
Key West rooster guards a rainbow crosswalk in defiance of Florida's idiot governor.
this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Just went thru a “DUI Checkpoint” They pulled over some cars and let others thru. Every single one pulled to the side was a person of color. #FuckICE AND #FuckCops Trust no one. I’m so pissed. Van Nuys. West of Woodley on Roscoe. Be careful, folks.
Here's an old, unmasked photo of 7880. He's worked for the Chicago ICE field office since at least 2018 (when these photos were posted). If you believe you know his name, please reach out.
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
For at least this weekend, could we use BREAKING on posts only for only one thing?
Dontae Melton’s police custody death ruled a homicide as body camera footage reveals numerous failures in city’s crisis response system baltimorebeat.com/dontae-melto...
[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard
The @apnews.com just updated the title of their live feed to more accurately reflect what's happening at CDC. (first pic original title, second pic new title)
If you haven't looked at what's happening right now at the #CDC you should. Thank you to the brave scientists, epidemiologists, and public health experts for all you've done to prevent illness and save lives by following the sound science. #USAnotRFK
On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning. And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters. None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
gonna just keep reposting this from @ryanbort.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This how I feel about courtroom dramas and legal stuff on TV.
We’re launching the book tour for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT on 9/8 in DC with none other than @arishapiro.bsky.social!!! Get your tickets here: www.ticketmaster.com/event/150063...
Aweseome
Trump official hints at federal takeover of South Station, but Boston mayor says "there's no legal way" it can happen
This is flipping hilarious (sort of) - just went through South Station for train to NYC moments ago, I go about 1ce/month. It is cleaner and nicer than it’s been in YEARS w/so much of the construction done. STFU DJT
I’m sorry - charged?
Today we launched the You Are Not Alone Project – a rapid response effort to provide resources & support to workers affected by the Trump-Vance admin's mass layoffs. We’re providing feds w/ guidance, connections to legal & career support & ongoing assistance to navigate the challenges of job loss.
This is might be the stupidest thing I've ever read. That's really saying something. An ethically sourced lab diamond in a backyard with flowers, a post not sponsored and no pictures sold to right winged publications. A kind, inclusive woman who hates Trump marrying a pro-vax athlete. Yall are DUMB.
FT fails the “don’t be weird about Taylor Swift” challenge.
She literally endorsed his opponent. Also, MAGA energy is bad plastic surgery or wearing a Rolex in front of CECOT or giving handies in the pool house of Mar A Lago.
Sen. Jon Ossoff on the CDC: "[P]utting a quack like Bobby Kennedy in charge of public health was a grave error. The Trump Administration has been engaged for months in a campaign to destroy the CDC." "The Administration's extremism and incompetence are putting lives at risk."
Sounds like a strategic advantage to me.
ICE agents in DC today appear to be focusing on the North Capitol Street corridor. One is wearing a Texas-themed hat and a “thin blue line” patch that says SEND ME. Again: Keep an eye out for an unmarked black Ford truck with the Texas plate NTV9211.
Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab continues. Getting rid of independent regulators means higher costs and worse deals for working families. But Trump’s billionaire buddies? They keep winning big. Firing Robert Primus doesn’t help families. I’m glad he’s fighting back.
DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
“What if Democrats Simply Said That an Unpopular President Deploying the Military Against His Own Citizens Is Quite Troubling?” By @benmathislilley.bsky.social
I, too, would be afraid to have my daughter on the subway if Andrew Cuomo was there.
Has anyone thought to ask ChatGPT how to replace Schumer and Jeffries and Trump and Fox News and...
It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
👀 👀 👀
Boom.
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
Greetings! I’m at the Evergreen Building in Burbank, where several dozen Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrators are protesting in the lobby. They say Schiff’s new office will be here soon, though I haven’t been able to independently verify his opening Burbank office is in this building.
The look is “punchable”
Since the Maine senator hasn't held a town hall in over two decades, angry demonstrators drowned out the event with "boos" and cries of "shame!" www.jezebel.com/everyone-boo...
Well hiiii!
Classes start next week and then I go on book tour the following week. Yep, I’m gonna be teaching and touring at the same time so… First of all, pre-order THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT immediately. Second, come see me and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social on tour. This anthology is EXCELLENT.
The way I just learned about this 5 minutes ago and RAN to get tickets - thank you porter Square Books @portersqbooks.bsky.social for the chance to see Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social !!
Also beg your libraries to get copies … many, including the Minuteman network and Boston Public Library, have “notify me” for books they don’t have yet or aren’t out yet, hit that up! Also drives interest and readership
This past weekend, volunteers from all across our city knocked on more than 9000 doors and made thousands more texts and phone calls. The September 9th Election is less than two weeks away and we need your help! Go to michelleforboston.com/organize to sign up for an organizing event near you.
Donate to orgs doing the work in DC. Some favs include Free DC, Miriam's Kitchen, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Pathways to Housing, Black Swan Academy, and Remora House.
DC is beautiful. #FreeDC
FREE DC.
Eminem actually is a white granddad from Missouri, and he’s still standing up to the MAGA bullshit. Snoop just accepted the extra payday. I was done with him when he played Trump’s inauguration.
Eminem on Trump supporters: “Watching him play to his base that thinks he cares about them and it’s actually the people he cares about the fucking least. How in the fuck do you feel like you relate to a billionaire who has never known struggle his entire fucking life?”
There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
I really need to know if the sandwich was a ham sandwich
Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
CNN has "Former Prosecutor Weighs In On Possible Taylor/Travis Prenup" My brothers and sisters in Christ what are u doin
It is never not relevant. Which … just … sucks
This. Also fuck Cuomo.
Gun laws in Minnesota: No state permit required to purchase rifles. No firearm registration. No magazine capacity restriction. No owner license required. No background checks for private sales of rifles without pistol grips. State law preempts local laws.
Is it the Chad? 