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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
January 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
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This pride month remember that Reagan killed thousands of people by refusing to take action on AIDS and he's in a human centipede chain in hell.
June 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This pride month remember that Reagan killed thousands of people by refusing to take action on AIDS and he's in a human centipede chain in hell.
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Here's a really visceral example of why everyone should be upset about potentially privatizing the USPS-- whether you ship things, or have things shipped to you, you would be VERY effected.
That price from UPS is the next "cheapest" international rate compared to USPS rates.
That price from UPS is the next "cheapest" international rate compared to USPS rates.
May 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Here's a really visceral example of why everyone should be upset about potentially privatizing the USPS-- whether you ship things, or have things shipped to you, you would be VERY effected.
That price from UPS is the next "cheapest" international rate compared to USPS rates.
That price from UPS is the next "cheapest" international rate compared to USPS rates.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there actually *is* an effective treatment for measles.
That’s why the vaccine exists. The vaccine is how we treat measles, by stopping it from infecting children, you absolute fucking monster.
That’s why the vaccine exists. The vaccine is how we treat measles, by stopping it from infecting children, you absolute fucking monster.
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there actually *is* an effective treatment for measles.
That’s why the vaccine exists. The vaccine is how we treat measles, by stopping it from infecting children, you absolute fucking monster.
That’s why the vaccine exists. The vaccine is how we treat measles, by stopping it from infecting children, you absolute fucking monster.
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“The money the Post Office spent came from us already. It is used to provide an insanely valuable service to us. And we could say that about any number of other things that provide massive value that we already paid for: libraries, schools, parks, fire departments, roads.”
Our Purpose Isn't Efficiency
Society is not a corporation and we are not its employees. Moving the sick American spirit toward health by abandoning fool notions and damned lies.
www.the-reframe.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“The money the Post Office spent came from us already. It is used to provide an insanely valuable service to us. And we could say that about any number of other things that provide massive value that we already paid for: libraries, schools, parks, fire departments, roads.”
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i'm forbidden from trading stocks because my *husband* works two degrees removed from the UK government and that means the risk of me having privileged information is too high. meanwhile, congress
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i'm forbidden from trading stocks because my *husband* works two degrees removed from the UK government and that means the risk of me having privileged information is too high. meanwhile, congress
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get me to gods country
March 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
get me to gods country
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The future history of now will include something along the lines of "social media put billions of people worldwide in the same room together for the first time in history and it drove them absolutely insane"
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The future history of now will include something along the lines of "social media put billions of people worldwide in the same room together for the first time in history and it drove them absolutely insane"
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They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
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good lord. didn't see this till now. musk didn't just say his site falling apart was a cyberattack. He said it was a cyberattack by Ukraine.
March 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
good lord. didn't see this till now. musk didn't just say his site falling apart was a cyberattack. He said it was a cyberattack by Ukraine.
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Cool cool cool.
They literally pulled $1Bn from American farmers. I'm sure that'll end well.
They literally pulled $1Bn from American farmers. I'm sure that'll end well.
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Cool cool cool.
They literally pulled $1Bn from American farmers. I'm sure that'll end well.
They literally pulled $1Bn from American farmers. I'm sure that'll end well.
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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the purpose of banning section 230 is to ban all political, sexual, or critical speech from the internet
this is to silence grassroots movements that don’t have the explicit sanction of the wealthy and powerful
you are an abject moron or a liar if you believe it has any other purpose
this is to silence grassroots movements that don’t have the explicit sanction of the wealthy and powerful
you are an abject moron or a liar if you believe it has any other purpose
It’s time to repeal Section 230. We must be able to take social media companies to court for addicting kids and enabling drug trafficking on their platforms.
Sen. DURBIN: Fentanyl often gets to our kids and young people through the internet.
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
March 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the purpose of banning section 230 is to ban all political, sexual, or critical speech from the internet
this is to silence grassroots movements that don’t have the explicit sanction of the wealthy and powerful
you are an abject moron or a liar if you believe it has any other purpose
this is to silence grassroots movements that don’t have the explicit sanction of the wealthy and powerful
you are an abject moron or a liar if you believe it has any other purpose
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the way this works is:
section 230 is repealed
all websites are now legally responsible for all user generated content
you post to warn other women that a certain senator is a rapist
all websites are now culpable for defamation and ban any mention of rape in their TOS
section 230 is repealed
all websites are now legally responsible for all user generated content
you post to warn other women that a certain senator is a rapist
all websites are now culpable for defamation and ban any mention of rape in their TOS
March 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
the way this works is:
section 230 is repealed
all websites are now legally responsible for all user generated content
you post to warn other women that a certain senator is a rapist
all websites are now culpable for defamation and ban any mention of rape in their TOS
section 230 is repealed
all websites are now legally responsible for all user generated content
you post to warn other women that a certain senator is a rapist
all websites are now culpable for defamation and ban any mention of rape in their TOS
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People keep saying Democrats have no power.
Uhm, have you forgotten how Rs dug in their heels and committed to obstruction of anything Barack Obama tried to do?
That is the fuck-you energy we need, along with some theater of the absurd.
Cooperation is immoral at this point.
Uhm, have you forgotten how Rs dug in their heels and committed to obstruction of anything Barack Obama tried to do?
That is the fuck-you energy we need, along with some theater of the absurd.
Cooperation is immoral at this point.
March 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
People keep saying Democrats have no power.
Uhm, have you forgotten how Rs dug in their heels and committed to obstruction of anything Barack Obama tried to do?
That is the fuck-you energy we need, along with some theater of the absurd.
Cooperation is immoral at this point.
Uhm, have you forgotten how Rs dug in their heels and committed to obstruction of anything Barack Obama tried to do?
That is the fuck-you energy we need, along with some theater of the absurd.
Cooperation is immoral at this point.
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I think when the average person watches a politician always being quiet and not hitting back when someone insults and spreads grotesque lies about them, they think “this is a coward who won’t fight for me.” And / or “well, they’re not fighting this, maybe there’s something to the [false] charges.”
March 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I think when the average person watches a politician always being quiet and not hitting back when someone insults and spreads grotesque lies about them, they think “this is a coward who won’t fight for me.” And / or “well, they’re not fighting this, maybe there’s something to the [false] charges.”