The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964

WORKER WIN: We secured $1.5 million in restitution and penalties for a wage theft scheme in DC construction. Brothers Mechanical and its subcontractors misclassified hundreds of workers at developments in NoMa and Navy Yard. This denied workers overtime, paid sick leave, and critical protections.

Ah, but there's a critical legal distinction: Lisa Cook is a Black woman in a job where Trump wants to put some white guy crony. So it's a crime worthy of prosecution for her, but not for <looks at list> oh hey every Trump official and Trump himself, all of whom have done it.

This is often an excuse to privatize a public good, so that some capitalist can profit from charging for that service. See private prisons. DeJoy at the USPS. Jacobs at NOAA. IMO, these folks are looking to divert federal fund into their and their friends' pockets.

Time to fly.

If your first reaction to someone having their legs run over by an ICE vehicle is “was he here illegally” then you’ve completely lost your moral compass The same goes for asking what the “whole story” is There’s nothing a person could do to justify running them over with a car.

without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law. revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.

They don't want traditional masculine virtues, which is something they give; they want traditional masculine rents, which is something they get.

and judge pan gets at what i was gesturing towards earlier today: that this idea that the purpose of the executive branch is to effectuate the political agenda of the president is extra-constitutional. it has no basis in the text or the history for that matter!

My point is not: The US is less racist. It is also not: France is more racist. My big takeaway is racism in the US is just... transparent. It's easy to see, because of the legacy of slavery and Black people in this country, the racism is loud.

The definition of extremist will be anyone who opposes MAGA.

REMINDER: Closing local Social Security offices is another scheme to take your earned benefits from you.

Remember what I posted about The Salvation Army not catering to the LGBTQIA+ community? Well, apparently they don't cater to unmarried couples or goths either. Like I said before, do not donate to this horrible organization and tell the bell-ringers to fuck off.

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The moderate position is that every ICE officer be put on trial for kidnapping and human trafficking.

As a bartender, I remember in Trump I a significant uptick in old white men saying, "Merry Christmas." With firmness and glaring at me, daring me to say something else. A slur is a good description of it.

Any aversion to "Merry Christmas" was entirely self-inflicted by the right-wing using it as an insult. Same thing happened with the flag, really -- they turned waving the American flag into a "fuck you" to anyone not into their right-wing bullshit.

“I did not resign to make a symbolic point. I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit. I spoke up because the stakes for children, communities, and our preparedness are too high.” time.com/7338714/dr-d...

That this SCOTUS used it to justify striking affirmative action bc it discriminated against WHITE people and now thinks their might be a colorable argument about the birthright part shows only that they are confused about whether the good team won the Civil War. (2/3)

If you want to make a very tangible difference in the lives of unhoused people in DC during a nasty cold snap, Remora House is where to put your money. I just bought a tent off their wishlist for them. It’s easy

“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

You can read 52 of my articles in SciAm* for half off! I assume other people write for it too. I've never checked. * [Plus all he archived ones, almost 200 at this point.]

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Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place. www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...

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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"

Donald Trump has done more to damage the United States than any other person in history.

Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder. We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

Reminder to those who think that "all-party primaries" seem like a good democracy measure: That is exactly the system Andrew Cuomo was trying to rig New York City's mayoral election into so that big money and racist politicking could overturn the primary result

No chapter breaks?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

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It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him. So there’s that, too.

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On Eve of Illegal Venezuelan Invasion, Pete Hegsesth Utterly Destroys His Ability to Lead It www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/02/o...

This is a very good practical example of why military officers should not carry out illegal orders.

A push-button phone and two shirts—that’s all 77-year-old Kharkiv resident Volodymyr Kravtsov managed to save after a Russian attack drone destroyed his home. He survived the massive strike on Kharkiv on November 23, when a drone exploded just five meters from where he was sitting. 1/8

“Since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are ‘patently illegal,’ anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.”—Former JAGs WG It's only a war crime if you're actually at war. Otherwise it's just sparkling murder. Worse t.ly/z0ukn

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Congrats to the New York Times, Bill Maher, JK Rowling, Andrew Sullivan, Chris Rufo, Pamela Paul... “...every single time I go to the bathroom at the university that I’m paying to be at, to get an education to better my life and the environment around me, [I’m] breaking a law..."

Me, ten years ago: "I love technology! It enables such incredible things, and it's only going to create more wonders in the future!" Me, now:

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Even if we were at war with Venezuela, and even if the boat folks were smuggling drugs, that DOES NOT MAKE THEM COMBATANTS. I am begging people to consult international law experts. They're out there! They want to talk!

Whiskey Pete loves to tweet about war crimes

there’s no amount of good faith that beats bad faith. you beat bad faith with fire*, not argument. *definitions are situational

“Drugs coming out of a country allow you to mass murder civilians but not arrest a president” is the closest thing to a Trump Doctrine as there is.

It me.