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Phoenix, AZ; Zipps on 32nd and Shea. Peaceful protesters were drive-by pepper-sprayed by an ICE agent.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/video-p...
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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From the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission's Conference in Little Rock.

From the Black man in the front with his hand on his face to the girls in the back, left in the cold rain while their governor gives zero shits, this photo is an astounding summation of our reality.

Speak the fuck up.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission's Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is standing behind a podium under a tent, outside, with people seated in front of her. One of the attendees, a Black man, takes up the majority of the foreground and can be seen with his hand over his face as if he is "facepalming." It is raining; the temperature was somewhere in the mid to high 60s (F) according to various weather reports. Behind her, with an array of sad, angry, and defiant faces, stands a group of six Black cheerleaders. The girl on the right looks like she is heartbroken and freezing. The girl second to left looks pissed as hell. They all look like they deserve better, because they DO deserve better. They deserve to be treated like the human beings they are, with dignity and respect, instead of worthless ornamentation for the governor's speech.
September 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Wednesday: "Two U.S. military veterans were removed from a Senate hearing ... Former Army intelligence officer Josephine Guilbeau was led away in handcuffs, alongside retired Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar."

www.democracynow.org/2025/9/4/hea...

MSNBC: youtu.be/jgCya5b22Lk?...
September 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
June 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Wheatpasted poster depicting the Moomins characters by Tove Jansson. On the left is Snufkin, a human character dressed in a green wizard-like hat and scruffy robe. To the middle and right are three Moomins, which look like soft hippopotamus-like creatures. One is teal, one is blue with a hat and smoking pipe, and one is yellow. They are all holding weapons. Underneath, it reads: BETTER RUN NAZI SCUM Tove Jansson was a known antifascist who drew anti-Nazi cartoons for Garm magazine in Finland during WWII. Her best-known creation, the Moomins, have since become a lovable antifascist symbol.
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A little bit of schadenfreude for your Wednesday.
Apparently, the world's pastiest South African was dying repeatedly to a tutorial boss and blaming lag.

Friendly reminder that bullying is punching down, not up. Also, every Nazi has a permanent "kick me" sign.

www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-ra...
A user quote-posted the Daily Beast with: "This is giving me life bro" and three crying laughing emojis. The quoted content is from an article on The Daily Beast which says, "For the next hour and a half, Musk sat in stony-faced silence and blasted techno music while dozens of users with names such as ELON IS A PEEDOPHILE and ELON_MUSK_IS_PATHETIC repeatedly spammed the chat to tell him "YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS AND YOU WILL DIE ALONE" and "YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE AND IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY." Elon Musk rage quits his favorite game after repeatedly dying amid ruthless cyberbullying in the chat." There is also a link, presumably to The Daily Beast: trib.al/KHZAMto
April 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Elon "Manglycrotch" Musk doesn't like this video because it... makes him look bad? Because she's saying he did exactly what he said he was going to do and then made a big fuss out of with giant checks and everything?
Make it make sense. Child, cookie jar, etc.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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From "The Fire Next Time."
Black and white photograph (with a slightly greenish background) of James Baldwin above a quote from his 1963 essay book "The Fire Next Time." White letters on a dark background. The quote reads: "Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority, but to their inhumanity." Under the quote, the image reads: James Baldwin, African American novelist, poet, playwright, intellectual and social critic (1924-1987)
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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"The sooner everyone grows up around here..."

www.thedailybeast.com/rubio-melts-...

Who exactly are you talking to, Rubio? Your weapons-grade plum of a boss, Krasnov? Maybe his whiny little ankle-biter sidekick? Or perhaps their branch manager, who's probably off snorting a truckload of ketamine?
Marco Rubio sitting in the Oval Office during the disgraceful, disgusting, immoral, unethical, and downright horrifying treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 February 2025. His expression is one of a person who would very much like to be vaporized immediately.
March 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I don't know who made this -- I would credit if I could.
Vertical rainbow background (dark on edges, slight vignette). Text reads: "Remember, the first pride was a riot pioneered by Trans people of color." The words "pride" and "riot" are in rainbow colors, while "trans" is in the blue, white, and pink trans and non-binary color scheme.
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Don't need anything special to make a kid, but you certainly do need something special to be a dad.
February 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Two ways to look at this:
1. Implying they know the fucker is too incompetent to kill us all off or whatever in four years; will need more time.
2. Implying they have no other plans. Like, fuck, the butt Trumpet's all they've got.

Either way -- traitors, all of them.

(From CPAC today in DC)
Sticker handed out at CPAC today in DC by "Republicans for National Renewal." At the top there is an elephant head, which is part of the logo for Republicans for National Renewal. Underneath that it reads: Finish the job, Trump 2028, Third Term Project. There is an eagle with two forks sticking out of its back or some shit goddamn it, I'm sorry, I'm pissed off. I don't know what the fucking fork things are but it looks like the turkey is done. There's three stars on the bottom of the sticker. Fuck.
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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This is for anyone who wants to tell Google they would like all holidays added back to Google Calendar.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/g...

If you aren't sure how, the feedback button is under the ?, which is in the top center field when viewed in a browser.
Screenshot showing where the feedback option is on the in-browser version of Google Calendar. Click on the question mark located to the right of the month header, between the Search and Settings buttons, then choose the bottom option ("Send feedback to Google").
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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His signature as stitches.
Ad for MSI Reproductive Choices. Primarily in black and white. On the left, there's a photo of a woman with a neutral expression and a closed mouth. Over her lips, Donald Trump's signature has been superimposed, giving the impression of stitches -- as if his signature has sewn her mouth shut. On the right, there is a mostly plain white background with sparse text. The top upper right corner reads: The New Yorker, February 17 & 24, 2025 The center reads: Don't let Trump sign away women's rights, voices, and lives. The bottom center reads: With a stroke of his pen, Trump cut off millions of dollars in aid to organizations that provide reproductive health services to women with no other options for care. Help us fill the gap. Donate to Choose Choice. Now. msiunitedstates.org The bottom center text is flanked by a QR code on the left and a square yellow MSI Reproductive Choices logo featuring an open door on the right.
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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If you saw the video of Nazi fuckheads pissing their pants and getting their flag burned in Lincoln Heights (Cincinnati) Ohio yesterday, you might also like to see this.

This is the same bridge, today. People went out in the freezing rain to put this up.

Thank you, Cincinnati.
Picture of signs on the Lincoln Heights bridge. The sky is grey and cars can be seen driving underneath the bridge. It looks rainy and cold. The signs say "Love Wins" and "All are Welcome Here." There is a red heart between the two signs.
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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The QR Code on this graphic links to a Google Drive hosting two images for each of the listed languages -- I have included the Arabic ones as examples. Sorry if my Arabic alt text sucks; I'm far from fluent and don't know if I made a mess of it.
QR Code which leads to: Printable PDFs and sharable graphics translated in: Arabic Haitian Nepali Pashto Swahili Spanish (ACLU original) tinyurl.com/Translated-ACLU-SummitOH Know Your Rights -- Translated from ACLU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Translated from ACLU Arabic - If you interact with ICE agents at work إذا كنت تتفاعل مع عملاء الهجرة والجمارك ICE في مكان العمل 1. اسأل إذا كنت حرًا في المغادرة. إذا كان الأمر نعم، يمكنك المغادرة بهدوء. 2. لديك الحق في رفض الموافقة على اي تفتيش. 3. لديك الحق في التزام الصمت. لا يلزمك مناقشة وضعك الهجري الخاص بك مع أي شخص، مثل مكان ولادتك، أو ما إذا كنت مواطنا، أو كيفية دخولك إلى البلاد. 4. إذا كانت لديك وثائق هجرة سارية، فيجب عليك إظهارها. لا تقدم أبدًا مستندات مزورة. 5. إذا تم اعتقالك اعلن رغبتك في الصمت حتى تتحدث مع محام. 6. لديك الحق في تسجيل تفاعلك مع وكلاء الهجرة طالما أنك لا تعيق عملهم. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Translated from ACLU Arabic - If ICE agents show up at your door إذا ظهر وكلاء الهجرة ICE عند باب منزلك 1. لست ملزماً بفتح الباب. إذا قمت بذلك، فابق هادئا، فأنت لديك حقوقاً قانونية 2. اسأل عن سبب حضورهم واطلب مترجما إذا كنت بحاجة إليه). 3. إذا طلبوا الدخول، اسأل عما إذا كان لديهم مذكرة تفتيش موقعة من القاضي، وإذا اجابوا نعم، فاطلب رؤيتها من خلال النافذة أو من تحت الباب). 4. إذا لم يكن لديهم مذكرة موقعة من القاضي، فيمكنك رفض السماحلهم بالدخول. واطلب منهم ترك أي مستندات او اخطارات على باب منزلك. 5. إذا دخلوا المنزل بالقوة، فلا تقاوم أخبر الجميع في السكن أن يظلوا صامتين. 6. إذا تم اعتقالك، لديك الحق في التزام الصمت. لا توقع على أي شيء قبل ان تتحدث مع محام.
February 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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If you're an American, I want you to take a look at this fuckin' loser and his little Barbie mansion here. This is Scott Bessent. He hasn't even been in office for three whole days and he's already handed your data over to Musk.
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Ugly-ass photo of Scott Bessent I took off of Wikipedia. He's got a hip little flip to his grey hair and a pained, "am I doing it right" sort of smile that really makes him look like the total jackass he is. His crayon-blue tie is all fucked up and off-center and looks like it came from Wal-Mart, just like the rest of his suit, which is a white collared button-down shirt and a black jacket. Scott Bessent's Barbie Mansion in Charleston. You think I'm joking, but this place is actually called the "Pink Palace." It would be pretty cute if this motherfucker's taint stains weren't smeared all over it. I don't know anything about buildings so I can't describe it too well. It's like three stories tall and has a gigantic porch on every story with big-ass columns. Pink as hell, like pink elephant pink. Apparently it's listed as being worth $22,250,000. Fuck this guy.
February 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM