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Proud dad who loves books, films, music, and baseball. Hoping and working for a world with more justice. Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.
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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
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Mo chara speaking to thousands of Americans at Coachella.
The young people of America don't support genocide, get out on the streets and show this to that cunt Trump. 🇵🇸
The young people of America don't support genocide, get out on the streets and show this to that cunt Trump. 🇵🇸
April 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Mo chara speaking to thousands of Americans at Coachella.
The young people of America don't support genocide, get out on the streets and show this to that cunt Trump. 🇵🇸
The young people of America don't support genocide, get out on the streets and show this to that cunt Trump. 🇵🇸
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THEY BROKE THE CEASEFIRE. WHY IS THAT SO FUCKING HARD TO WRITE.
Live updates: Hundreds killed as Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strikes because of a lack of progress in talks to extend the ceasefire. Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
THEY BROKE THE CEASEFIRE. WHY IS THAT SO FUCKING HARD TO WRITE.
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JUST IN | 14 of the 535 voting members of Congress, including Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib, have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to immediately release Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
JUST IN | 14 of the 535 voting members of Congress, including Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib, have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to immediately release Mahmoud Khalil.
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🚨BREAKING | The two main water desalination plants in Deir al-Balah Municipality have stopped operating after Israel cut off electricity.
The municipality has warned of a looming humanitarian disaster for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in central Gaza.
The municipality has warned of a looming humanitarian disaster for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in central Gaza.
🚨Yesterday | Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan News, reports that Gaza has enough food supplies for “four months,” so Israel has halted all fuel supplies and is considering cutting off water to all of Gaza.
March 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨BREAKING | The two main water desalination plants in Deir al-Balah Municipality have stopped operating after Israel cut off electricity.
The municipality has warned of a looming humanitarian disaster for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in central Gaza.
The municipality has warned of a looming humanitarian disaster for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in central Gaza.
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The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI
Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana
The cruelty is the point.
"The effects of torture and oppression were clear on the prisoners’ bodies."
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office says Israeli authorities “deliberately insulted and assaulted prisoners until the moment of their release”.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/efxuzp
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office says Israeli authorities “deliberately insulted and assaulted prisoners until the moment of their release”.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/efxuzp
February 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The cruelty is the point.
Sure, this seems perfectly fair 🙄
🚨NEW from @dropsitenews.com | Tesla is set to win the largest State Dept. contract of 2025 — $400 million for “Armored Tesla,” according to procurement documents we reviewed.
By @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
By @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
"Armored Tesla" forecast to win $400 million State Department contract after Trump's election, government document shows
The State Department’s procurement forecast, revised as of late December 2024, lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000...
www.dropsitenews.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sure, this seems perfectly fair 🙄
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if you think of musk, vought, the doge guys, etc. as hired mercenaries, the picture becomes much clearer.
February 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
if you think of musk, vought, the doge guys, etc. as hired mercenaries, the picture becomes much clearer.
Not great.
New — CFPB employees received an ominous email from Russell Vought a few minutes ago.
“Employees should stand down from performing any work task.”
Full text:
“Employees should stand down from performing any work task.”
Full text:
February 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not great.
A chilling read.
An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:
I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.
We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A chilling read.
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The world’s richest person, without any actual authority, is infiltrating entire govt agencies and gaining access to sensitive info.
And it's being done in an effort to slash federal spending in the name of "efficiency" so America’s wealthy can get another huge tax cut.
And it's being done in an effort to slash federal spending in the name of "efficiency" so America’s wealthy can get another huge tax cut.
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The world’s richest person, without any actual authority, is infiltrating entire govt agencies and gaining access to sensitive info.
And it's being done in an effort to slash federal spending in the name of "efficiency" so America’s wealthy can get another huge tax cut.
And it's being done in an effort to slash federal spending in the name of "efficiency" so America’s wealthy can get another huge tax cut.
Israeli settlers in the West Bank are repugnant and evil.
🚨 BREAKING: Oscar nominee Basel Adra is currently surrounded by dozens of masked Israeli settlers carrying out a terror attack on Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. They are throwing stones, smashing vehicles, and slashing tires with knives.
Video below
Video below
February 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Israeli settlers in the West Bank are repugnant and evil.
A good and brief explainer.
What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-n...
What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness
The art of the deal, with him as dealer
robertreich.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A good and brief explainer.
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Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
Watching (and loving) the new season of “Severance” and all this talk about goats reminded me of this top tier clip.
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youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28?...
Taylor Swift - Trouble (Goat Remix)
YouTube video by V∆GUE
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Watching (and loving) the new season of “Severance” and all this talk about goats reminded me of this top tier clip.
youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28?...
youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28?...
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NEW @motherjones.com Trump blaming DEI for the plane crash isn't the 1st time he’s peddled conspiracy theories about a national crisis
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump makes tragedies worse, a history
The president blaming DEI for a deadly plane crash is not the first time he's peddled conspiracy theories as the nation reels from a crisis.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
NEW @motherjones.com Trump blaming DEI for the plane crash isn't the 1st time he’s peddled conspiracy theories about a national crisis
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health robertreich.substack.com/p/the-man-no...
The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health robertreich.substack.com/p/the-man-no...
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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has called out Western politicians for their silence as Israel’s military kills children in the occupied West Bank.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has called out Western politicians for their silence as Israel’s military kills children in the occupied West Bank.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci
My homie Jo told me about the Oaklandish warehouse sale today, where I scored shirts for $8 each! Then we saw a churro stand that had hochata and Henny in these huge mugs. Never tried those together - and it was delicious 🥛
January 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My homie Jo told me about the Oaklandish warehouse sale today, where I scored shirts for $8 each! Then we saw a churro stand that had hochata and Henny in these huge mugs. Never tried those together - and it was delicious 🥛
Shit feels bleak, but I’m not giving up. We can’t let the bastards win.
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Shit feels bleak, but I’m not giving up. We can’t let the bastards win.