You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

She was shot in her car and left there, her body slack against the seat, while the people who fired the shot lingered nearby, untouched by urgency, unmoved by the enormity of what they’d done.
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Boom! Let’s go.

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May we all accept the world record for goosebumps, having experienced an Andrea Gibson poem. May they RIP.

Excellent points!

This was a great convo between 2 pods I love:

Much needed food for thought:

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Democratic members of
Congress: If you’re on Twitter, you need to be on BlueSky.

Trump's Day One executive orders were a huge gift to to the Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Oil, and private prison companies who bankrolled his campaign.

The big losers? Ordinary Americans desperate for lower costs.

My Old Ass was the best film I saw last year. About to sit down for Anora, so we’ll see if that tips the boat into 2025.

I just don’t understand what his voters thought they were getting. More concerning is that they knew exactly and didn’t care.

Heading into holidays that feel more bitter than sweet the only tradition I’m feeling is the soundtrack my sister and I always use to set the tone. Beautiful music with sadness as an enriching element.

It’s a robes, blankets, cuddles kind of morning.