one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny

if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”

I would like to bet a dollar that this is because the ultra-sophisticated DOGE AI flagged some phrase like "a diversity of offerings at the salad bar" in a budget.

One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.

ICE is now behaving in such a way that even Tucker Carlson’s favorite Holocaust minimizing, Hitler-apologist “historian” is like “hey now guys, this is getting a little out of hand.”

ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis. www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...

Australia’s US Ambassador to leave post after clashing with Trump

DHS Releases List Of Mothers Driving Cars

DOJ Releases Jerome Powell Deepfake Nudes https://theonion.com/doj-releases-jerome-powell-deepfake-nudes/

My notebook and pen are not sitting on the nightstand listening to me, you creepy box of LinkedIn sprites.

things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny - health care subsidies - seeing pronouns in an email - being suspended from a social media platform - pride month - baking a cake for a same sex wedding - legal rulings against donald trump - EV benchmarks

Breaking News: Minnesota and Illinois separately sued the Trump administration over its ICE deployments, saying they were unconstitutional.

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)

I don't know who needs to hear it, but those big train horns jerry rigged to run off of cordless impact drivers are on sale right now, in case you find yourself somewhere where you need to make a lot of noise very quickly. bosshorn.com/products/dew...

Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."

Really wonder what kind of wild fictions people who support this tell themselves.

FX markets

Sorry Kemi, just checking - child porn is ok if it's made by companies, yes? Wow. And there was me thinking child sex abuse was horrific, but it turns out all a paedophile ring needs to do to make their activities acceptable is apply to Companies House. *Next week: Should kiddie porn attract VAT?*

Folks, is it a good sign of faith in your economy when you are instituting capital controls?

The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator

Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."

“The company is accused of failing to disclose a ‘key defect’ in the car’s ‘overly touch-sensitive capacitive steering wheels, [which] results in sudden and unintended acceleration while owners are driving’.”

There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs 🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs 🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs 🟢 All the 4 Green MPs 🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs ➡️ No Reform MPs

Florida Rep Randy Fine has introduced a bill authorising Trump to annexe Greenland and set it on a pathway to becoming America's 51st state.

It’s a puzzler, for sure

Senators are worried

X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures https://theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-more-clothes-on-elon-musk-pictures/

In the face of the Trump Administration’s cruelty and intimidation, Illinois is standing up for our people. Today, we are once again taking Trump to court to hold his administration accountable for its unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.

Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.

Made me laugh

Rest in peace.

It's remarkable how frustrated -- like toddler-level frustrated -- these guys are that people aren't just terrified of them. THEY live in a world where bullying and force reigns supreme, and others not just folding genuinely confuses them.

"(Trump) is literally justifying murder by his personal police force by claiming that being 'highly disrespectful' makes the use of deadly force 'necessary'... The state sponsored murders of wine moms will continue until morale improves." Excellent piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social today

The Globe and Mail

Similar to what happened to the RIC when the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries were fast tracked as constables and officers. Don’t need much training to terrorise a civilian population. #speirgorm

Waymo passenger jumps out of self-driving car after it stops on rail tracks near oncoming train

Schlepped back from the British Library today with this. It weighs 1.6kg! If I have to have spinal surgery I’m sending @jonnelledge.bsky.social the bill.

NATO is “not at all” in crisis, Rutte told reporters during a visit to Zagreb, brushing off the standoff and saying: “I think we are really working in the right direction.” www.politico.eu/article/nato...

it does look as if the US now no longer has a functioning constitution or justice system, merely powers of the king

so have the Titans Of Wall Street called BS on this Fed project yet? if they stay silent indefinitely they share some of the responsibility when this all goes Pete Tong, imo. yer man Powell could do with some backup here, lads

To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/

In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”

Another excellent reason to shut down X.

When Trump’s dead, and if we emerge from whatever white nationalist regime follows him and return to some normality, the media and commentariat are going to do everything in their power to normalize what happened and make it into simple policy differences suitable for “my two guests are.” /1

AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE

The tech bros are fully integrating their operations into the Trump administration.

Do lesbians face discrimination in the United States? On the one hand, Renée Good was murdered. On the other hand, I am highly paid to relativize such crimes. by Bari Weiss

The Constitution is a dead letter now.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming