Baby if you expect people to quietly give up their rights and freedoms you didn't understand the first American Revolution
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Baby if you expect people to quietly give up their rights and freedoms you didn't understand the first American Revolution
100% correct. Real journalists don't need no stinking badges.
Dutch late night TV has its take
Don't comply in advance. We are watching people in fear trying to avoid pain by censoring themselves and changing their behavior before being compelled to. Following rules of a group is pro-social behavior that is dangerous now. How can you resist this urge as a law-abiding citizen? A quick š§µ
Emily Gallagher is my state assemblywoman. Couldn't be more proud of her.
here's a resource for if you've been doxxed. share widely docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and heād still have a job.
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You need to know what might be coming. Trump could have brought the nation together to confront political violence after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Instead he appears to be preparing to use the shooting as a pretext to destroy his political opposition and consolidate power.
āBut I am also going to offer some context and some nuance about the death of George Floyd that no one dares to say out loud, which is that this guy was a scumbag.ā -Charlie Kirk
Words can damage people and nations. Words can be DELIBERATELY CRAFTED to undermine and hurt an adversary in wars that run hot or cold. Militaries know that. Propagandists know it. Can we please not pretend that all rhetoric is the same? Some words are not harmless. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Pretty much nothing makes me laugh these days. Except this. www.instagram.com/reel/DNRLtM-...
You know who was also a young husband and fatherānot to mention ex-Marineāwho died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others? David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC. apnews.com/article/deka...
I've been harassed countless times in public, but I can count on one hand the number of times anyone has actively helped me. Mostly it's seemed like the men witnessing it enjoyed watching it. Thanks for stepping up for this woman.
Okay, now do one for every person killed in Gaza this week, individually, by name
Like, seriously, I want to start a religion in his honor. He's STUNNING.
This is a good thread.
I see that my handsome feline boyfriend has once again found his perfect backlight *swoon*
A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The account looks like a bot to me. Don't take it seriously. Just focus on yourself and your furbabies.
My friend, I am so sorry. Missy brought so much happiness into the world, and I'm very glad to have virtually shared some of her world. Love to you and yours.
Starting off the day w/ Trump praising wife-beating at a Bible conference & ending it w/ images of his drawing of a naked headless girl for Jeffrey Epstein & a novelty check for a "fully depreciated woman" has made for quite the Monday. I get it, we belong to the 1/2 of humanity that doesn't matter.
The stuff Jeffrey Epsteinās friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
there is a certain irony around tech bros who believe that the work of writers is largely worthless, while also claiming at the same time that they desperately need to use that written work - without compensating human authors - so they can make a bazillion dollars off LLM products.
Wonderful thread.
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How we rode the DC Bike Ride this morning before the We Are All DC March against the Trumpists attempted takeover of my hometown
honestly, san francisco could've been saved from becoming tech hell if jello biafra had become mayor. he'd have scared rich people away just by existing in public :p
Show me an image on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie.
The Pentagon authorizes military judges for immigration cases, the National Guard occupies DC, and Federal forces prepare to deploy to Chicago. Theyāre attacking democracy, terrorizing Black & Brown communities, and quelling dissent. We need to be preparedālearn how here: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit.
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
DC folks, remember this name and face.
Iāve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldnāt post so much about COVID19 vaccines because itās ādivisiveā. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
If someone votes to curtail my rights, that person is not my friend. I don't care if I've known them all my life and share a bloodline with them. Done.
one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers
Lying liar lies and lies and lies again and again and again. DC was fine before these fascist goons stepped in. It was FINE.
The Framers made arguably one major mistake: They believed the legislative branch would jealously guard its power. They could not have fathomed that the legislative branch (Out of laziness, raw partisanship and a desire to keep their sinecures) would willingly surrender its power.
I want to be a writer, not an entrepreneur
America now
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
BREAKING: The ICE officers at 26 Federal Plaza hate it when I show up for court observation. Hereās my good-faith offer: if theyāll stop abducting people, Iāll never come again. www.amny.com/immigration/...
I don't think it's the Fourth of July, tho...
DC endured J6 in 2021. They've endured unemployment by the thousands this year. And now they're under military occupation for no good reason. Those folks have strong feelings, all right, but "gratitude" isn't among them.
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds š„
The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
"FREE DC" chants during the Washington Spirit game (From @wusa9 )
There needs to be a congressional investigation into ICE and its practices. The agency needs to be completely dissolved and its agents and officers need to be prosecuted for any and all crimes committed.
The Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va., features mostly amateur musicians playing Bluegrass and Old Time music. At age 89, it's the oldest continuous competition of its kind in the U.S.
Just did a Google search for George Washington. Look at the image that pops up. #AIslop
Good morning
If you need a good laugh today (of course you do), have a look at this:
Heads up peeps in DC the Nat Guard is mustering at Union Station to harass working commuters.
Stand strong, DC peeps.
"The officer who was struck with the sandwich did not appear injured in the video."
FBI, DEA and other law enforcement recorded in Georgetown walking around āThereās not much going on around hereā¦ maybe theyāre practicingā
I lived in DC (technically Arlington) from 1991 through 2005. When I go back *I* feel like a criminal because I'm too poor to exist in most neighborhoods anymore. This whole show is absurd.
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: āIf this madness doesnāt end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its peopleās voices silenced, their faces erased ā and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.ā Israel just killed him.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
Farthest I've been: N- Saint Petersburg, Russia (59Ā° N). If you count airport transfers, Helsinki, Finland (60Ā° N) E- Moscow, Russia (37Ā° E) S- Houston, TX (29Ā° S) W- San Francisco, CA (122Ā° W)
"Coding error" my ass.
I've still got a few printed copies, fortunately. But what the actual fuck.
POTATO! Welcome!
ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC' FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it? WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
One of my all-time favorite shows. #RIPLoniAnderson
I truly donāt think even the most well-meaning, informed men understand how many of the women in their lives have been sexually assaulted or abused, often by multiple men, and often by men they know. The stories women share with each other privately would shock them to their core.
unfair that i dont get to see the Estonian romeo and Juliet where construction equipment sword fights and two cars kiss each each other
Kind of, but not really?
So you know in Dracula when Bela Lugosi turns himself into mist? Being in the US now feels like living under a continental-sized vampire fog that's trying to seep into our minds and souls, making us powerless to resist the vampire's commands. Existential horror.
On top of everything else, there's no longer a White House Rose Garden. Ugly people with ugly souls.
The point of no return has been passed and tens of thousands of kids are about to die and these people want to say "see I tried to stop it" before it becomes a daily agony for everyone watching.
The NYPD officer killed by the active shooter was an immigrant from Bangladesh. He had 2 kids and a 3rd on the way. The US State Dept travel advisory for Bangladesh is level 3; āReconsider Travelā for violence, crime and terrorism. He died here, for us, shot with a Colt M4 rifle. Think about that.
Today is also my sister's birthday! I can't be with her, so I bought this small Black Forest cake in her honor. And now it's in your honor, too! Many happy returns!
This, by @lewan.bsky.social and Ralph Hertwig says it better than me. theconversation.com/the-paradox-...
Our grandparents knew titanic warfare, genocide, economic dislocation, smashed cities & hideous disease. They clung to the ideals of liberal democracy as if their lives depended on it These people have known only peace, prosperity, safety and it has blown their minds. They hunger for dislocation.
holy shit lmao
Assuming we manage to pull out of the collapse into fascism, this may be the most enduring part of Trumpās legacy. Gutted agencies can be rebuilt; EOs can be reversed. But itās hard to imagine the rest of the world relying on U.S. stability as it did in the postwar order anytime soon.
Hard to escape the conclusion that this administration wants to kill us all (or at least most of us).
It cannot be stated strongly enough that ICE is a Nazi organization that not only needs to be disbanded, but every single masked goon held responsible for their crimes
Business people should not be in government, because they can't make the switch from PROFIT to PROVIDE. It's a completely different mindset. They don't understand service.
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Two hundred and forty-nine years later, many of the grievances levied against King George III apply to the reign of Donald Trump. Hereās a look at how Trump stacks up against the Mad King.
I got this same email this morning. Clearly gangrene is taking hold in the body republic.
Not guilty verdicts like the ones in the Diddy case arenāt just a statement of disbelieving women. They are a statement that even if you are believed, that does not mean men should be held accountable for abuse of power.
These people do not give a single fuck about the Constitution, nor their duties as legislators
This is on @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @ericswalwell.bsky.social and @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co and everyone else who has aligned with the Republicans on their hyper Islamaphobic shit. You guys are the GOP.
Two things can be true: that Kirsten Gillibrand is an opportunist who doesnāt care about women and not-so-secretly harbors racist beliefs; and that Gillibrand correctly read the tea leaves with regards to Al Frankenās eight accusers, and people just never heard the āeight accusersā part.
Brackish water everywhere? Dead fish? And I'm guessing, um, sewage? I'd like to visit there but think I'd need to go in cool weather to help mitigate the smells.
What nonsense. Rome fell because of various plagues, huge spending on pointless foreign wars, the rich manipulating the system to their own advantage to bankrupt the state, and crazed Christians gaining control.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social is this true? If not, you need to clarify your statements. If it's true, then fuck off out of the Senate you ignorant fool.
Iāve seen lots of nonsense since Mamdaniās primary victory but the most irritating thread is people claiming they will leave NY if he is mayor. First of all, Go! Itās fine. Itās FINE. Go swelter in FL or wherever. No one cares. And secondly shut up. Youāre lying. You arenāt going anywhere.
#OTD in 1788, Virginia ratified the Constitution. While the document had already reached the nine-state threshold to go into effect, the large stateās approval was regarded as necessary for success. Our episode on signer John Blair is linked below.