By forcing Lebanon’s leaders to negotiate on Israel’s terms, it is already discrediting them—and pushing the country toward a political crisis, writes Sam Heller.

Good thread here

Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Mage, Druid, Paladin

"True democracy was ushered in and kicked out in my mother’s lifetime. When she was 15, Black people like her finally were granted the right to vote and now at 76 saw 6 members of SCOTUS declare that, for all intents and purposes, especially now as a FL resident, she no longer has those rights."

This This and This ... are not 3 things... they are one thing

Now this is a real leader.

As a former prosecutor with a special interest in SCOTUS and it's judges through history I have to endorse this view 1000%

Pregnancy-related deaths went up 56% after abortions were banned in Texas. 88% of those were preventable. MAGA is screeching about California giving new parents free diapers. Tell me again how these people are pro-life and care about women. 🙄

A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

@maxkatz515.bsky.social you are getting the block after your despicable replies to angry staffer.

To be clear about what just happened: The Trump administration sent armed FBI agents to abduct a 78-year-old doctor and former federal public health worker from his home and stripped him because the brainwashed right-wing base, hopped up on a literal conspiracy theory, wants scalps.

Methinks one doth protest too much.

Have you ever noticed that the massive, coordinated, multi-year assault on trans rights is based on NOTHING WHATSOEVER

Hey! It’s Independent Bookstore Day! Did you know you can preorder books at independent bookstores, including MY BOOK?!?! GO ORDER SOMEONE’S BOOK

Dinner time.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

This is exactly right.

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I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.

That's amazing.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405

@fetterman.senate.gov Is an absolute unmitigated disaster as an alleged Dem. He votes against everything his own constituents voted him in for. He should change his party affiliation to GOP immediately and quit being a disgusting snake in the grass. Go home Fetterman and talk to your voters.

I am not pointing this comment at anyone in particular, but: The TSA line has already been a fraught place for brown and Black travelers for as long as it has been around. The racism might get worse tomorrow, but it isn’t going to start tomorrow. That is all.

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I played keyboard in a rave band in San Francisco in the early 90's on weekends and worked in a group home for teenagers with substance abuse problems during the week.

Grifters and pedoprotectors, your current GOP at work.

Who on earth is this guy talking about? And why close your replies? Name some damn names or start talking about all the right that said he would. Because NO ONE on the left said that. This kind of moronic generic blame shit is toxic.

I really hope that every single person who was so stupid they believed his lies about ending wars in the middle east feels so much shame and regret, they collapse into a singularity. We told you so. We fucking told you so.

Trump Launches Another Illegal War... this and a host of other Iran content at @contrariannews.org including interview with @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social ... when news breaks, checkj us out for smart and fast analysis open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Rupert Murdoch have done more harm to America than all the other immigrants combined.

this kid was spirited away to a "short-term residency program" owned by Bethany Christian Services, an evangelical adoption agency connected to Betsy DeVos

From @theguardian.com: In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and 5 charged cases still pending. Similarly, In Minneapolis as of last month there have been no convictions.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

Braised pork butt on the menu. Will be perfect for the wife and grandkids when they arrive on Monday.

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Drinking my second Old Fashioned after walking the dogs while listening to @maddow.bsky.social Monday show. She keeps me sane and makes me motivated. Love her work and as a retired prosecutor, appreciate beyond belief her thoroughness and overarching storylines. #LightintheDarkness

Authoritarianism doesn’t announce itself. It arrives wrapped in “security,” “order,” and “law enforcement.” Minneapolis is being used as a proving ground. If we don’t stop this now, we may not get another chance.

We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.

Ice needs to be abolished

Carney's speech is brilliant. Here is a transcript. I suspect we will be feeling some serious pain in Canada shortly from the reaction open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Should be a daily repost.

More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people. /1

Wanna see two dead bodies?