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Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
This entire thread.
This is how it’s done.
“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.” — Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
“In a free market system” let me stop you right there, buddy, “free markets” for healthcare generally mean “lots of poor people die unnecessarily” and in this specific case, it means “poor people die early after selling their organs to avoid collection agencies”.
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
If you are a young person signing up for the military you are signing up to wage war against our country’s own citizens. If you take part in this you are not the good guys. Do NOT join our military.
Get outside, people!
Andrew Cuomo is the bad guy in this story.
This.
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
we’ve made it clear that anyone who visits the US could be disappeared into a Salvadoran prison but I’m sure it’s the kids and their avocado toasts who’re to blame
This so F***ing nuts! Race to the bottom.
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Eight days ago:
We are very far over the cliff here folks
struggling with an analogy here but imagine NASA posting a meme about how excited they are to return aviation to the pre-jet age
“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
This is how democracies die.
Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
Let them eat cake.
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
Post evening paddle.
Relatives of an unarmed man who died as he was being detained by police last year say they recently viewed body-camera footage of the incident that showed Alabama officers kneeling on the man’s neck while he repeated “I can’t breathe.”
South Park just annihilated Trump. Oh boy. Gotta love it. Paramount killed Colbert to placate Trump, paid South Park creators a ton of money, and they turn around and just mock him relentlessly. Respect.
Heading into NYC for a live shot, and this is the sign on one of the overpasses
But, also, we don’t need to see the files. We already know he is a pedophile, sexual predator and abuser.
We are kidnapping and treating humans like animals. For profit and the cruelty of it all.
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Trump lawyer and deputy AG ain’t meeting Ghislaine Maxwell to listen to “uncomfortable truths.” He’s there to deliver a message—to keep her quiet. If you don’t believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Checks notes… Yes. That is correct.
I mean does this seem remotely on the level? Suddenly the Deputy AG must speak with Maxwell urgently? She’s been asking the SCOTUS to grant cert in her case and DOJ opposed it. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... Now they want to “talk” with her? Right away?
We need to be in the streets about the human rights abuses happening RIGHT NOW inside this country. MONSTERS are running our government. A better world IS possible.
we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history
It’s Abu Ghraib all over again. But inside our borders.
The explicit plan is to ethnically cleanse Gaza with US help while the whole world watches.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
I mean…
They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be. There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
"It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump." (gift link)
So much to love about my state, but the cost of housing is not one of those things. And…yes, I live in the “greater Boston area” but, no, my house does not list for 1M.
As an elderly care professional with many clients having Trump's symptoms, I can confirm this. ⬇️
Lincoln freed the slaves, while Trump is arresting innocent people and putting them in concentration camps Reagan once said “Rather than talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out..our mutual problems, make it possible for [immigrants] to come here legally” Other than that, samesies
Saturday August 2nd. Day of protest. LFG!!!!
Mamdani on his message to Jewish voters: “I will protect each and every Jewish New Yorker. I will keep them safe, and I will ensure that we make this a city where everyone can thrive, one where we root out bigotry and antisemitism.”
it's remarkably bleak that Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, including an allegation that was adjudicated and in which he was found liable for sexual assault, and yet the American public needs still MORE evidence of his depraved character and unfitness.
I have started to spend my limited time and money on art - all forms. It is bringing me joy. I like joy.
1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
That’s not how it works.
Breaking News: Consumer prices accelerated in June, rising 2.7% from a year earlier, as tariffs started to leave a bigger imprint on the U.S.
TFW you wake to find that the director/executive producer of the film you saw Monday night have included your social media post in their early morning email to moviegoers and a Substack post. Run, do not walk, to see The Last Class with Robert Reich - by Elliot Kirschner & Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse
Just saw The Last Class by Robert Reich at the Boston Common theater. It’s a masterpiece! We laughed. We cried. We enjoyed the optimism and humanity of it all.
A key aspect of a concentration camp is that they detain people indefinitely who are not charged with a crime with no opportunity to challenge their detention. This is what immigration detention is. abcnews.go.com/US/millions-...
Perfectly normal….
"An emotional roller coaster": For thousands of federal workers who have been fired, rehired and fired again, Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has been anything but efficient. @esullivannyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
NEW: We're asking the Supreme Court to overturn Brittany Martin's conviction for participating in a Black Lives Matter protest during the summer of 2020. A South Carolina court sentenced Brittany to four years behind bars for protesting. It's time for the Supreme Court to right this wrong.
Sadly, you have to be crazy to want to visit the US these days: Irish tourist jailed by ICE for more than three months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation.
The Supreme Court is out of control. To allow the president, without any explanation, to unilaterally dismantle agencies created by an Act of Congress is to endow the president with sovereignty. There is no justification, because they haven’t given one. Our country is in big trouble.
Thank YOU for bringing this story to life on screen. What a beautiful human. What a meaningful life. Our world is a better place because Robert Reich has been in it.
This is the same MAGA rep who was accused in February of assaulting a woman — not his wife, they’re divorcing — but Ed Martin refused to sign off on the arrest warrant.
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC. But no City agency has posted it on this platform. Please help spread the word. “If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
Big nope on this dude.
Just saw The Last Class by Robert Reich at the Boston Common theater. It’s a masterpiece! We laughed. We cried. We enjoyed the optimism and humanity of it all.
In light of today’s news do I have to keep this pinned through November?
Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United. Repost if you agree.
“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/c...
This is madness. We had everything, but the political will, to turn this ship around in time. Instead, it’s full steam ahead into the iceberg.
"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
@cnn.com this headline is garbage. You are feeding the fascist monster.
Watching Dickinson on AppleTV. It’s a lovely wild ride. S1E4 is a gem. What I love is that the houses look exactly the same around here. Like, literally, they be the same hunks of wood and brick. I love Massachusetts. And I love this show.
It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.
There’s a reason Timothy Snyder high tailed it outta here. He understood what was unfolding. We are there. The thing has happened. Too many in power obeyed in advance. We must do all we can to prevent it from strengthening and consolidating in the next three years.
What we’ve learned in this cruel and shameful period is the presidency needs to be less powerful not more powerful.
Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying. Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all idiots. People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
WASH POST: “Palestinian-American from Florida killed in the West Bank….” Israeli settlers just beat a 🇺🇸 citizen to death in the West Bank and blocked an ambulance from helping him, according to his family: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.
It's obscene that the U.S. government is deliberately inflicting suffering and death.
LFG!!!
a Brilliant review by Marcus Harrison Green sounds to me like a Must See. www.thestranger.com/film/2025/07...
Do not look away. The time to push back is right now.
Cancer researchers, air traffic controllers, food safety inspectors and other experts are committed public servants who serve the people, not the president. Trump and DOGE sacked them by the thousands and now we're seeing the consequences.
This "Democrats and Republicans" line is bullshit. I wrote a bipartisan bill last year that would have stopped all asylum seekers from being released into the country. It gave POTUS emergency power to shut down the border. It put billions into border security. Trump killed it.
A newly completed investigation by Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
These people are out of control. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
Rolling Stone continues to teach a masterclass in headline writing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
NEW: Sec. Noem has now admits "last mile" disaster communications weren't up to par in the Texas catastrophe. But while bodies were still being recovered on Tuesday DHS canceled a $3 million grant focused on improving precisely those kinds of "last mile" comms. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-c...
-Trump palled around with Epstein for years -Epstein called Trump his "closest friend" -Trump appointed Alex Acosta, who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal, to his Cabinet "Despite the about-face from everybody in his WH, the buck falls to one person. It's not Leavitt or Bongino or Patel. It's Trump."
This is batshit crazy.
It’s me.
This alone is disqualifying but I have repeatedly seen liberal analysis that just skips over the whole issue.
The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A+ It doesn't matter where you stand on the underlying issues. We can't tolerate this.