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Exactly this

Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.

As a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, human being—if you don’t feel for this young woman and see the injustice here, you’re dead inside.

Deported to Guatemala. She’s an honor student, a track star. She doesn’t even speak Spanish. And this isn’t the worst story out there, not by a long shot.

Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”

the issue is that producing stark declines in crime and public disorder is generally not reported on, but that any instance of violence is given sensational coverage, so that the perception is of growing crime even when american cities are safer than ever

In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.

The War Powers Act of 1973 gives the president legal authority to order use of force abroad ONLY with a formal declaration of war, specific Congressional authorization, or a NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

And unlike some ambiguous emergency rules, the law specifies it's an attack on the US or American forces.

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.

So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.

This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."

Let’s break this down—because the gaslighting is wild:

📌Oct 2022 – Biden signs EO to cut drug prices

📌Jan 2025 – Trump takes office and kills Biden’s EO to cut drug prices

📌May 2025 – Trump signs his own EO to lower drug prices

Trump canceled Biden’s plan then brought it back w/his name on it.

When a school shooting happens, Republicans don’t blame the guns — they blame mental health issues.

But now Donald Trump is cutting $1 billion in mental health funding that aimed to stop gun violence in schools.

Make it make sense. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.

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This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...