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Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Y'know what? You're absolutely right. Now if you'll excuse me, I have literally anything else to do with my time. Good luck and godspeed!
Man, get the fuck outta here with that bullshit rhetorical retreat into relativism. "PeOpLe CaN uSe WhAtEvEr LaNgUaGe ThEy WaNt" tell me something I don't know already. This has been a waste of time. You're a strange and defensive person and I'm not wasting anymore time with you. Get muted.
I get the feeling that you're interpreting criticism of the effectiveness of the tactics of trans rights activists as an "attack" on the whole trans community.
Because you're reducing that person to a single biological function. Might as well just call em an incubator at that point. It's overly clinical, mechanical, and just a frankly bizarre way to refer to someone who's pregnant. Just call em a "pregnant person" and stop being so fucking strange.
She literally states that she supports trans rights and is concerned about the dignity and physical safety of members of the trans community. Did you watch the clip? And regarding sticks & stones: that argument works both ways, and you've basically made a pointless rebuttal.
Also, "birthing person" is weird and clinical and vaguely objectifying. Only an oblivious doofus would think that's a polite way to refer to someone who's pregnant.
Ana kasparian isn't acting as a surrogate for another family. That's who I was referring to when I said "the woman in question."
Or questioning the validity of the claim that the most recent school shooter was actually "trans" (and not just a lying sociopath who'd be willing to shoot up a school) is met with hostility and accusations of bigotry.
Agreed. I think the biggest leftist faction that's been coopted is the trans rights crowd. I've encountered far too many folx online who seem to think any one who says "hey maybe stopping fascism is more important than trans athletes right now & we should prioritize accordingly" is transphobic.
He's not wrong, and probably didn't mean it to sound so out of touch, but boy howdy does that sound wildly out of touch. He has tried playing against type, notably Southland Tales (it's terrible, and he's hilarious) and it'd be neat to see him do something else on screen.
It's being reported that the Pentagon is authorizing military lawyers to serve as immigration judges. This is a threat to the Constitution. Don't say we didn't warn you. From the archives:
Trump is really tough on crime, folks. So tough. That he allows Ghislaine Maxwell, a pedophile, to move to a minimum security camp and an Israeli official, arrested for trying to have sex with a minor, to flee to Israel. Any questions about this?
Is the woman in question acting as a surrogate for someone else? No? Alright then. My point stands.
Thank you on this labor day!!
Yeah, y'all are just obnoxious hypocritical zealots. If referring to someone as their "dead name" or misgendering someone's pronouns is rude, then by that logic calling someone a "birthing person" when they've made it clear they don't like being called that is also rude.
I don't understand this post. It seems like she supports trans rights, and is concerned about the physical safety of trans people, but you're attacking her over not wanting to be referred to as a "birthing person" Do y'all just like driving potential supporters away or something?
Lora Webb Nichols’s photographs of boom and bust in her small Wyoming town might be the largest photographic record of the era and region.
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Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
TODAYBORDAY
I just feel #RAGE 24/7
They loaded up those planes with children - some as young as 10. I don’t believe they had a safe place to go in Guatemala. And the government did not care. This admin is the least compassionate of any in my lifetime.
Not white enough?
Brilliant
The last card for the Vampire's Tarot has been turned in. 78 illustrations completed this year for my fifth and final tarot deck. My wrist hurts ⚰️ Hopefully I'll soon have news from the publisher about release dates, so stay tuned
CEOs gaslight; robots replace; unionize. #econsky
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program that’s built/rehabbed 1.3M homes in 30 yrs, including 540k in rural areas. 84% of those homes are in districts that voted for him. Rural families now face losing their lifeline.
NEWS: Walgreens just got taken over by private equity. Private equity has a record of running companies into the ground. Walgreens could be the latest victim: closing more stores, service plummeting, workers losing their jobs, and eventually bankruptcy.
Gavin Newsom has ended 186 wars, including 36 wars that haven’t even started yet. He was offered the Nobel Peace Prize but he turned it down because the job isn’t finished yet. 😂
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
The best part about art is when you think, "Oh, this will be easy!" and then take a three-day detour learning something entirely new because, no, it was not that easy.
They're releasing the Epstein files?
We cant be this fortunate. But if it did happen
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Megan McArdle. Republican Party Activist - posing as a journalist - trained by billionaire Charles Koch.
That would be a fun situation to play out.
Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
***Multiple 2024 Election Manipulation & Fraud court cases are popping up ALL OVER the country and not enough people are talking about it*** #ViewTheOriginalPost, I attached #MultipleVideos in the #OriginalVidCommentSection. Current affected states are #NY #PA #NC #AZ #NV #GA #VA #SHARE #WATCH 🇺🇸⚖️🗽
The President of the United States is a child rapist who’s a fascist Russian asset. The Sec of HealthHS is a psychopathic hobgoblin who plans to kill millions with his insanity. The SecDef is an alcoholic rapist who’s in over everyone’s head. And on & on & on. CALL YOUR REPS 202-224-3121 ENOUGH
Me, watching all the militias and 2A wingnuts sworn to defend against a tyrannical government.
Rate setting by executive fiat. #econsky
Chicago keeping art alive:
Oh so he's not being charged with flag burning and won't be going away for a year? How embarrassing for Donald!
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
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This 👇👇
I've been skeptical of various 3 letter agencies being behind previous mass shootings, but I wouldn't be surprised if maga plotted this. Remember: every accusation is a confession w/ these people. They'd love to do shit like this to justify grifting & going after minorities.
He's kinda got a point. For every RW kid who left that bullshit behind, there's more who stayed.
such a marvelous piece: Unions are the only major civil society institution in this country that give ordinary working Americans reliable access to collective political power. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The pro trans crowd is reaching cult status. Any interaction I have with them makes it clear that any criticism of trans issues is "transphobic." Only thing that matters is trans rights, everything else is secondary.
Ashli Babbitt died doing what she loved—being a domestic terrorist.
Slowly dying from curable conditions to own the libs.
It never happens with GOP, but too damn often in our party folks try to build themselves up by tearing Dems down. You can demand better from us without pissing all over the house we’ve built together. I’m sick of it. If you make a name for yourself by trashing the party, I’m calling you out.
she said that “black” with a hard r
Newsom: This cannot be normalized. And yes so I'm highlighting some just just blatant hypocrisy. Yes, we are putting a mirror up to the lunacy that is trump's tweets and his grift.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Anyone else doubt the sincerity of the school shooter's claims of transgenderism? If you're willing to shoot up a school, you're probably willing to lie about anything and sow chaos and harm the trans community.
#Pinks #ProudBlue If you live in GA., you better make sure you’re still registered to vote. Hundreds of thousands have been taken off the voter rolls, especially young black people. GOTV. ✊💙 georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georg...
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
(seeing evil triumph while I do nothing) huh, I must be a good man
The most important thing about the Cracker Barrel logo is the Epstein Files.
Are we no longer talking about the EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? Are we?
If the Democratic Party intends to win this fight, it must stop functioning solely as a party & instead step into its moment in history: to lead a pro-democracy movement capable of confronting this authoritarian threat. https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc
Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.
That Ashli Babbitt is getting anything more than a graveside sign that says “Please wash hands after urinating” is disgraceful.
Babbitt was a brainwashed traitor and oath breaker. I'm glad she died like she did: gasping for air surrounded by strangers filming her last moments for all to see. Sic semper traitors.
I'm literally showing concern about how this could negatively impact the trans community and agreeing with you about it being used to fit MAGAs malevolent narrative and you pull this shit? Man, fuck you. Absolute doofus behavior on your part.
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
His claims of being trans is absolutely going to be used for propaganda to justify going after the trans community. They're going to make it an issue to, yes, fit their narrative, and distract from gun control & Epstein & every other illegal shit they're doing. That's the problem.
Normal kids don't shoot up schools dude.
To be blunt, I don't think it's transphobic to question the "transness" of a school shooter who hasn't taken any serious steps towards transition & whose other non-homocidal behavior indicates that they weren't genuine in their beliefs to begin with.
I get the desire to be inclusive to trans folx who are just starting their transition, but I don't think we have to accept the words of a school shooter on good faith. If you're willing to gun down children, then you're probably willing to lie about anything else.
There's a good reason why the First Amendment explicitly prohibits the government from promoting any particular form of religion. Or any religion at all. Because my "closely held religious beliefs" are probably different from yours, even if we're both good people.
wall-to-wall COVERUPS EPSTEIN HEALTH ECONOMY GREENLAND SOCIAL SECURITY did we say EPSTEIN? 🟥
Seriously doubt they were actually trans.
So lemme get this straight... This kid who shot up a church posted about doing this online *for a month*? And no one did anything about this? Isn't this literally the point of homeland security, the FBI, the DoJ? Worthless, the whole friggin lot of em.
Good. I have questions and the American people deserve answers.
The thing about Medicaid and rural hospitals closing is that once the Medicaid payments are gone the services vanish. There is no considerable pool of money sitting around to override that, your state is not sitting on a pile of cash to fix the problem.
"These Washingtonians continued a long and venerable tradition of using the power of juries to stymie government overreach." The government's inability to get Sandwich Man indicted is a little sign of hope.
Are you kidding me right now? Susan Monarez was handpicked by Trump and confirmed by the Senate 51–47 just last month. Trump picked her, the Senate voted. She's deliberately lying to cover the fact that Monarez was tossed after refusing to bend the knee to RFK Jr. Gaslighting is all they do.
Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Outside of some very rare specific exceptions (e.g. SWAT/DEA agents arresting the leaders of known violent criminal organizations) law enforcement shouldn't need to hide their faces because they're following the law and acting in accordance with the will of the people.