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I get that some people genuinely think every trans person is mentally ill, or delusional, but if your response to the existence of trans people of that its ok if they get raped in prison, you're a disgusting disgrace of a human being.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I get that some people genuinely think every trans person is mentally ill, or delusional, but if your response to the existence of trans people of that its ok if they get raped in prison, you're a disgusting disgrace of a human being.
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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
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They thought it was an act! They assumed Hegseth was insincere in his open advocacy of war crimes because they too are insincere in their beliefs.
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
This person who openly advocates war crimes, who lobbied for pardons for war criminals, and repeatedly disdains the laws and ethics of war, the one we confirmed as Secretary of Defense, turns out to have done war crimes. Shocking!
(But hey, if they're finally coming around, better late than never.)
(But hey, if they're finally coming around, better late than never.)
GOP Senator Says Reporting on Hegseth’s Kill Order ‘Shocked Us All’
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
They thought it was an act! They assumed Hegseth was insincere in his open advocacy of war crimes because they too are insincere in their beliefs.
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
Feds claim immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes on Broadview facility conditions.
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds say immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes at Broadview facility
The comment from a DOJ attorney followed emotional testimony from detainees and came after U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told her, "if the conditions are unconstitutional, so be it."
chicago.suntimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
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The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
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Can I also just say, again, that the Biden admin under no circumstances committed to “left-wing” migration policy, in any way, shape, or form. I want Douthat to articulate what specific policies he thinks are included in that, because I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue.
Utterly bizarre to describe climate change policy as some kind of radical-left albatross.
The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!
The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.
The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!
The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can I also just say, again, that the Biden admin under no circumstances committed to “left-wing” migration policy, in any way, shape, or form. I want Douthat to articulate what specific policies he thinks are included in that, because I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue.
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The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.
EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.
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If Blue States are going to be treated only as occupied territory and a piggy bank, then what do we gain from remaining in this union?
Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If Blue States are going to be treated only as occupied territory and a piggy bank, then what do we gain from remaining in this union?
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this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand
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Everybody in that room now needs to think about what they're going to do when Trump, as Commander-in-chief, orders them to fire on American citizens. It's a matter of time.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Everybody in that room now needs to think about what they're going to do when Trump, as Commander-in-chief, orders them to fire on American citizens. It's a matter of time.
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Texas Tech, cowed by threats by Trump and the Texas state government, ordered their faculty in teaching (and research?) to conform to the *unconstitutional* state mandated line on 'gender ideology.'
Anyone who believes in academic freedom should be furious!
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Anyone who believes in academic freedom should be furious!
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Texas Tech’s limits on gender identity discussion deepen fears of politics breaching academic freedom
Professors are afraid to publicly speak out, system leaders left key questions unanswered and advocates worry for LGBTQ+ students’ mental health.
www.texastribune.org
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Texas Tech, cowed by threats by Trump and the Texas state government, ordered their faculty in teaching (and research?) to conform to the *unconstitutional* state mandated line on 'gender ideology.'
Anyone who believes in academic freedom should be furious!
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Anyone who believes in academic freedom should be furious!
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
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reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.
September 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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Honestly think this move is being vastly undercovered and will have severe long-term repercussions for the US. Any law enforcement agency, once funded to this degree, becomes impossible to dislodge or downsize due to protestations of "making people unsafe"
Medicaid can be funded again, food stamps and clean energy can be funded, taxes can be increased progressively. But an immigrant prison network with no resources for due process will be very hard to dislodge, and could easily be turned against the citizenry. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
July 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Honestly think this move is being vastly undercovered and will have severe long-term repercussions for the US. Any law enforcement agency, once funded to this degree, becomes impossible to dislodge or downsize due to protestations of "making people unsafe"
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Update on our trip to Alligator Alcatraz. We are being denied access.
July 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Update on our trip to Alligator Alcatraz. We are being denied access.
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“Lawmakers on the ground were just blocked from entering a state-funded detention site because of so-called ‘safety concerns’...Our elected officials have every legal right to walk through those gates,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried.
Full statement ⤵️
www.floridadems.org/2025/07/03/f...
Full statement ⤵️
www.floridadems.org/2025/07/03/f...
Florida Democratic Lawmakers Denied Entry to “Alligator Alcatraz”
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued the following statement after state legislators were blocked from entering the make-shift camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz”: “Lawmakers on the ground...
www.floridadems.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Lawmakers on the ground were just blocked from entering a state-funded detention site because of so-called ‘safety concerns’...Our elected officials have every legal right to walk through those gates,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried.
Full statement ⤵️
www.floridadems.org/2025/07/03/f...
Full statement ⤵️
www.floridadems.org/2025/07/03/f...
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Oh yes? ⚖️🤑
The audio from the arrest shows an unidentified voice at DHS ordering the arrest of the NYC Comptroller, identified by office. Time to recall that Kristi Noem was previously humiliated by the NYC Comptroller when he caught her stealing appropriated funds, and forced her to regurgitate what she stole
Remember when Brad Lander Caught Kristi Noem Stealing $80 Million? - emptywheel
Brad Lander's role in suing Kristi Noem for stealing $80 million from New York City means his arrest bears three similarities to that of Ras Baraka: both sued DHS, both were arrested before an electio...
www.emptywheel.net
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Oh yes? ⚖️🤑
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yes, this is very "assaulting an officer"
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
yes, this is very "assaulting an officer"
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These ICE goons are completely out of control. Arresting US Citizens, elected officials, and terrorizing our communities.
Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.
Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
These ICE goons are completely out of control. Arresting US Citizens, elected officials, and terrorizing our communities.
Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.
Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.
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This is pure bullshit there is a clear video from start to finish, and the only one assaulted was @bradlander
Still waiting for Eric Adams and/or Andrew Cuomo to condemn what happened and demand his release
Still waiting for Eric Adams and/or Andrew Cuomo to condemn what happened and demand his release
June 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is pure bullshit there is a clear video from start to finish, and the only one assaulted was @bradlander
Still waiting for Eric Adams and/or Andrew Cuomo to condemn what happened and demand his release
Still waiting for Eric Adams and/or Andrew Cuomo to condemn what happened and demand his release
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June 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM