*recalling this thru cataracts, nightly 3am hormonal awakenings, and a new am/pm pill case. My grandparents’ spirits have to be giggling somewhere at me now. Time flies
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*recalling this thru cataracts, nightly 3am hormonal awakenings, and a new am/pm pill case. My grandparents’ spirits have to be giggling somewhere at me now. Time flies
The @nytimes.com ran a whole story about the murder of Venezuelan civilians on a ship as if it were a military matter and we were at war with Venezuela. It was a crime. The story never mentioned that Trump ordered a criminal act and the Navy followed an illegal order. This is a major event.
The FTC is accepting public comment on access to gender affirming care for minors until 9/26/2025: regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0264 They are trying to prove it's harmful. @transequality.bsky.social has more info & a template for comments: transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...
Noem…
I’m not tho I wish I could be. Hope to be found incorrect! 🤞
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I was glad I read this. Bookmarked it to share as needed (sigh).
Wow. Fascinating
I worry about this. Or just bypassing the process.
Jennifer Mascott, a Trump judicial pick, is nominated to a circuit judgeship based in Delaware. She isn’t even admitted to practice law in the state.
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“CrossPolitic, whose hosts are close associates of Idaho-based pastor Douglas Wilson, has in recent weeks hosted a theocratic Canadian pastor [Jacob Reaume] who has called for his country to be absorbed by the US” & Steve Turley. By Jason Wilson, 9/3/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I hope that those who’ve tut-tutted/denigrated defense lawyers in U.S. will reflect. They perform important role, to support our Constitutional protections & test evidence being asserted — it’s not fun + easy, but is a critical pushback against tyranny and abuse of power.
This sometimes gives me comfort or encouragement, other times feeds my frustrated ire, but it never fails to charm me. A gift: for you. 🥰
NEW: Mercenary spyware is coming to the US. ICE just quietly unsuspended their contract with spyware maker #Paragon. Remember them? Caught earlier this year being used to hack Italian journalists. This is bad, let's talk about how we got here 1/ jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
If you hear about a Mexican Independence Day celebration in your area, go. There is strength in numbers and — especially if you’re white — you can protect your community just by being there and not flinching if ICE shows up. These goons are cowards. Don’t be one.
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I have a family member who continues to work w/ courts despite govt not paying for hours worked since July. It’s not fun (😬😩) but an oath to the Constitution was taken, and the 4th Amendment still stands… ✊
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I appreciate you laying this all out with frankness and receipts, and for giving folks both the who and the what (if that makes sense). It’s maddening.
Re-read the first few posts. In this reality, why are you spending every day asking Democrats what they were wearing to deserve it? Why are you screaming “do something” beyond the capabilities of civics while you have a little party you call a protest where you’re not registering more Democrats?
Let’s talk about why you need to stop acting like domestic abusers w/ your daily & usually bigoted vitriol towards Democrats who are in the MINORITY of the House of Representatives & Senate, don’t control SCOTUS, & aren’t in the executive office. This is a long thread. CW: murder, abuse, language
I don’t know how to honestly allay offspring’s anxiety + nihilism about future. Except to remind that s/he possesses many fine qualities that will help deal w/ twists + turns, and that love + kindness are what matters most in the end. It feels + appears to be terribly inadequate. Advice?
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Please read and share this thread. Useful and fortifying
That’s why we created this worksheet, and why I’m organizing workshops this week, including one on facilitating people’s assemblies.
Placeholder post.
Watching Trump announcement today. Watching it so you don't have to. Space Force to Huntsville. Colorado lost out because of mail in voting. Troops going to Chicago. He's able to talk but has bags under eyes. Fire hose of lies. The lies about who pays tariffs is appalling.
“A memoir”
American Christianity continues to move further towards being some kind of convoluted death cult of capital
I’d like to see more media examination of whether crypto donations are moving the needle on this by smuggling a lot of right wing ideology into the room with these people via a tech money donor class that Dems have typically viewed as comparatively nonpartisan despite its recent hard-right turn.
You REALLY want to fix something righty now v Figure out how to get 359k Black women back to financial stability STABALIZE LOCAL JOURNALISM
Heads up Seattle.
Thx.
Reducing women to their capacity to breed is monstrous to do to cis women and a sign of patriarchal overreach and right-wing rhetoric. Yet it's the sole, essential bar in the exclusion and dehumanization of trans women. You cannot be a leftist or feminist and be anti-trans liberation.
Social media so funny. Idk about everyone else but being short, bald, or overweight does not deter me if I find you and your personality attractive and you’re confident
I complain about media outlets all the time, so credit where it's due to @wsj.com for this chart which says more than a thousand words could. There's no dancing around it, no explaining it away, there's just the ugly truth. www.wsj.com/wsjplus/dash...
This will be my shirt for the fall/fall. effinbirds.threadless.com/designs/this...
It might help if press acknowledged Senator Wyden getting anti-trans provisions removed from the Republican Budget & or that if any time this app discussed Rep McBride they didn’t act like she’s a blood traitor because of an article so poorly written it basically said the opposite of the transcript.
If you know California voters, tell them that if Trump rigs the next election and Republicans keep Congress, they will most certainly not certify the election in 2028 if they don't like the result. No one is saying gerrymandering is good, but unilaterally disarming could be the end of our democracy.
We need proof but not necessarily of life.
Aphase dat fekker
Defense Attorneys - READ those PLEA AGREEMENTS extra CLOSELY. New language re: DENATURALIZATION is appearing. Without it being noted.
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Controlled opposition is a strategic tool used to simulate dissent, manage narratives, and neutralize threats to power. Studying its tactics and consequences is essential for protecting authentic civic engagement and resisting manipulation. davidlingenfelter.substack.com/p/a-research...
Got my booster on the books.
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New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
PBS Report: Why is the U.S. deploying war ships to South America? 4 things to know.. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
So dear. Wishing you all rest and tender loving care
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Follow Sharon over on TikTok. She’s doing so great work. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT64X2mx4/
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This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
They get paid to bring in people and have a quota. They are using their racism and bigotry to select victims. I’m a citizen. I’m not safe. Even if I got a chance to show “my papers,” it doesn’t mean they will be accepted/won’t be destroyed. Am at whim of the most bigoted one of them at the time.
“Mud face?”
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Well, huh. When I was young and saw unhoused people, my family taught me about empathy, compassion, community and gratitude.
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Grateful to Mark Knoller for his years of work Thank you and fair sails into the beyond
A fb friend posted about dividing up the country- red, blue, coasts, lakes. Makes me BIG MAD. Easily 40% of California is MAGA land. A level of MAGA that I never encountered in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio or St. Louis. I grew up in TX. The first confederate flag I saw was in New York
Here it is, speeded up. bsky.app/profile/maxb...
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There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused.” - Jim O’Neill, set to lead the CDC, said in 2009 at a Peter Thiel event.
Warms my worn heart to see folks come together in the replies.😝
Let it be a lesson to us* (*Of exactly what, tho 😒)
Quick dethcheck. No? Cool, cool. Back to the game.
My offspring just put me in time-out for five minutes. Honestly, wish it was an hour. 😆
Good to know no matter who you are or what you’re up to.
Dang if I’m not out here having to plant medicinal herbs n such.
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🚨 Dallas, TX: ICE kidnapping outside of a courtroom. 1/2 TX govt display of “family values.”
So sweet
We must be using different thesauri (thesauruses?)…
Republicans: “It’s not the guns it’s mental health” Us: “Okay so can you fund mental health care?” Republicans: “No, that’s socialism!” Us: “Socialism like the government seizing 10% of Intel?” Republicans: “No that’s different! Somehow.”
I will admit that peanut butter and potato chips got my dog to do the more complex post-surgical rehab exercises.
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It’s a form of “know your place” racism. “Know Your Place" refers to a phrase historically used to reinforce racial hierarchies and expectations, often implying that marginalized groups should accept their subordinate status in society. It is associated with systemic racism and discrimination.”
This “know your place” schtick is old.
I suspect they aren’t actually hoping we won’t. - They don’t know how to fix probs or make a bigger pie to share: all they’ve got is to knock others out of community via death or exclusion so they get more of that pie.
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Update: Wife has been notified & said “Oh…okay. I can house hunt out here since ya know, I’m about to be newly divorced.” Oooooo Weeeeeee
I was so hoping she’d find out.
May I suggest a bookmark for when you need five minutes of chill? www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live...
@mcuban.bsky.social Do you suppose that you are being intentionally targeted with ire, in order to push you rightward? And you are “feeding the wolves,” so to speak, which makes it more likely to work. (I’ve noticed a diff).
Bluesky right now ...
Randomly missing nights at The Hollywood Bowl
I can only hope I am in a coma and imaging this past year in a haze while the rest of the world is still sane.
May all your dreams come true! Happy birthday!
Alas, I fear it will only get worse