The truth is, the government has been shutting down since January. Mass illegal firings, withholding funds, censorship, corruption. Making this fight about medicaid subsidies is fine. But no democrat should be voting to fund a dictatorship. Call your dems and tell them to hold the line 5calls.org

It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate. Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

The whole party has been consumed by the mods of a 2014 incel forum where people talk about shooting up a supermarket because they saw a woman in yoga pants.

the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

I have been riding the DC metro, alone, since I was in middle school, and brought my children on it when they were even younger

"Actually, you're giving me even more power" — me to my mum after she didn't give me pocket money.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

But Thune is refusing to negotiate when the government is open too. So no negotiation - open or closed. Got it.

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It's not funny; the MedBed stuff is terribly, awfully sad. So many people who are dying or watching a loved one fade away, holding out hope that Trump will finally release all the hidden cures and save them in time. Hang around QAnon-type spaces and you'll see them posting. It's heartbreaking.

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Meanwhile, in War Ravaged Portland:

Dispatch from the front lines of war torn Portland. Not sure how much longer we can hold out

When thinking about troops authorized for "full force," another term to keep in mind is "accelerationism." Accelerationists believe chaos breaks in their favor, & want to speed it up. If that's you, sure, go on w/ yr "bring it on" rhetoric. If not, consider other language? 3/

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

As a former Portlander myself, love that its motto is Keep Portland Weird. An essential part of fascism's project is to tell all of us how to look, whom to love, what to say, how to dress. Fuck that. Portland is too fabulous for fascism.

A lot of free speech absolutist are being awfully quiet about this sort of thing.

Sending troops with "full force" orders to Portland isn't a distraction. It is opening a literal front line. I was never a boxer, but I'm pretty sure that when you're on your heels you don't scoff and tell yourself, "other dude's flailing." You read the ring, and strategize.

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

Here's some Old Testament for them.

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

More of this, please.

An ICE officer was “relieved of his duties” and is under investigation after he shoved an Ecuadorean woman whose husband had been arrested and pushed her to the floor at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. nyti.ms/46EMKYP

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!” Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now. What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Think of the waste this involves

“Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was injured at a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday morning and one shooter is dead, police sources tell WFAA.” Local breaking news coverage here:

No, no, no. -Jesus was a Jew. Mary was a Jew. Joseph was a Jew. John the Baptist was a Jew. Peter was a Jew. Paul was a Jew. Notice a pattern? -Jesus wasn't assassinated. He was put to death by the state. Many other Jews were also crucified, unfortunately. -Especially gross to do this today. 😖

really worth pointing out that this is why calling out the “Pharisee” bullshit is critical

Trump: “Let us defend free speech.” Trump, when the media covers him negatively: "That's no longer free speech…I think that's really illegal personally.”

It's too much...liquid??? 🤔 Stupidest timeline, etc 😖

It's not too much liquid It's not too many different things at too big a number It's not the size of this thing It's not 80 different vaccines None of this is true, but they will go after MMR based on this. The consequences are going to be massive measles outbreaks. Dead kids.

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Asha is 100% right that in USA 2025 using law — as one form of action among others — is far better than giving up on it. Havel’s point was that even if you have no rule of law you still honor the idea and generate tactics by citing law.

We must guard our freedoms.

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

at least twice now, this federal agent has come out of the broadview ice facility with his sidearm drawn. last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.

I have been struck with something. We all mourn the death of Charlie Kirk. It absolutely was pure evil. But there have been an immense amount of school shootings… against children.. and the GOP doesn’t show 1/456th of the remorse they demand America shows for Charlie

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."

MAGA in a nutshell 👇🏽

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

Donald Trump claims ABC canceled Jimmy Kimmel's show, calling it a win for America and criticizing Kimmel's talent and ratings.