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Tell me again how we vote our way out of this.
The Supreme Court just made gerrymandering nearly untouchable www.vox.com/politics/471...
The Supreme Court just made gerrymandering nearly untouchable
The Court’s Texas decision is a victory for Republicans, and it is a terrible blow to all gerrymandering plaintiffs.
www.vox.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tell me again how we vote our way out of this.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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I heard there was a secret mash
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
October 28, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I heard there was a secret mash
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
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It should go without saying that these mass internment camps will be much, much more expensive to operate than just giving the homeless free or subsidized housing would be.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It should go without saying that these mass internment camps will be much, much more expensive to operate than just giving the homeless free or subsidized housing would be.
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The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
A quick reminder that the House is not in session because Speaker Johnson CANCELED it, not because of the current shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
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A sitting president opening a betting market on his own website taking bets on things he influences.
Wild times.
Wild times.
"Truth Social users will be able to trade prediction contracts related to major events and milestones, such as political elections, interest and inflation rate changes, commodity prices on gold and crude oil, events across all major sports leagues"
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
Truth Social to Become World’s First Social Media Platform Offering Prediction Markets via Exclusive Partnership with Crypto.com
Trump Media Expansion Now Includes Strategic Push into Prediction Markets
crypto.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A sitting president opening a betting market on his own website taking bets on things he influences.
Wild times.
Wild times.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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Patel is still evading Epstein files questions by focusing on grand jury testimony without acknowledging that there is much, much more in the FBI’s sole possession that it could release without a judicial order
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Patel is still evading Epstein files questions by focusing on grand jury testimony without acknowledging that there is much, much more in the FBI’s sole possession that it could release without a judicial order
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This week's "hate speech isn't free speech" calamity has, somehow, reached another new low: The president of the United States suggesting that speech he finds unfair to him is hate speech, and targetable by the Justice Department.
We are in deeply dangerous territory.
We are in deeply dangerous territory.
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This week's "hate speech isn't free speech" calamity has, somehow, reached another new low: The president of the United States suggesting that speech he finds unfair to him is hate speech, and targetable by the Justice Department.
We are in deeply dangerous territory.
We are in deeply dangerous territory.
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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I keep seeing the Trump-Intel deal called socialism, but there’s a term for this. This parallels what Mussolini did—the Italian state was one of the world’s largest industrial owners while keeping private companies. Nazi Germany did this too. So did Francoist Spain. It’s called state corporatism.
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I keep seeing the Trump-Intel deal called socialism, but there’s a term for this. This parallels what Mussolini did—the Italian state was one of the world’s largest industrial owners while keeping private companies. Nazi Germany did this too. So did Francoist Spain. It’s called state corporatism.
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seriously it’s just the Curtis Yarvin playbook. they’ve spelled it all out. destroy the economy, the weak will die in the chaos, and Thiel and friends will be the new feudal monarchs of what’s left
August 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
seriously it’s just the Curtis Yarvin playbook. they’ve spelled it all out. destroy the economy, the weak will die in the chaos, and Thiel and friends will be the new feudal monarchs of what’s left
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Every now and then it hits me how Unamerican Trump is.
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Every now and then it hits me how Unamerican Trump is.
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What we’re seeing is coordinated collapse:
-The GOP is now a vehicle for authoritarian rule
-SCOTUS has been captured by ideologues and is dismantling rights while shielding the executive
-The media, especially Fox, is spinning dangerous lies
But the public still cares.
And that’s our power.
-The GOP is now a vehicle for authoritarian rule
-SCOTUS has been captured by ideologues and is dismantling rights while shielding the executive
-The media, especially Fox, is spinning dangerous lies
But the public still cares.
And that’s our power.
July 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What we’re seeing is coordinated collapse:
-The GOP is now a vehicle for authoritarian rule
-SCOTUS has been captured by ideologues and is dismantling rights while shielding the executive
-The media, especially Fox, is spinning dangerous lies
But the public still cares.
And that’s our power.
-The GOP is now a vehicle for authoritarian rule
-SCOTUS has been captured by ideologues and is dismantling rights while shielding the executive
-The media, especially Fox, is spinning dangerous lies
But the public still cares.
And that’s our power.
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Again, the enemy is the Aristocracy, it reconfigures itself to fit each era, and you must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
Personally, I find it more concerning that the Commissioner of the NYPD is the daughter of a multimillionaire corporate CEO than that the mayoral candidate didn’t immediately recognize that CEO.
I have to say, I don't think "recognizing incredibly wealthy individuals" is a skill that I value highly among civil servants
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Again, the enemy is the Aristocracy, it reconfigures itself to fit each era, and you must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
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(and the democratic party seems intent on pretending like neither is happening)
Two things are happening. The extreme right is doubling down on terrifying violence. And a democratic coalition for life and decency is mobilizing at a massive scale. Whatever else happens in the US this weekend, the No Kings rallies show where the most powerful political energy is surging.
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(and the democratic party seems intent on pretending like neither is happening)
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Don't print lies in the newspaper. We're at a point where the outlets that repeat Trump's lies for him can only be doing it because they want to lie for him and help him.
It's been really demoralizng how much the press mindlessly repeats the lie that the National Guard was sent to quell violence.
It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.
It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.
June 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Don't print lies in the newspaper. We're at a point where the outlets that repeat Trump's lies for him can only be doing it because they want to lie for him and help him.
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Rape is a vital and encouraged function of the carceral system in the United States.
When the guy running the country has said he would threaten journalists with rape until they give up their sources, it’s not surprising that lower-level goons would do the same thing.
May 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rape is a vital and encouraged function of the carceral system in the United States.
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They want all of us to die.
Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They want all of us to die.