The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….

it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy

it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"

“'You would have no command and control over the military and no police force,' he said. 'You’d have looting and chaos.' Any U.S. military deployment meant to stabilize the country would probably require tens of thousands of troops, he said."

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.

“I miss the optimism I had back at the beginning of 2026.”

Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them

In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.

Daycares fold. Women who work at daycares now unemployed Women who have kids in daycare will lose jobs. Work requirement for snap and Medicaid. This is a war on women.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

A must read. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

She can't win. If she dresses nicely, she's a snob. If she doesn't dress up, she has no respect for the office. I feel so bad for her.

“These are not the people who should be attacked.” Rep. Boebert rips Trump for vetoing a bipartisan water project bill - either bc they won’t release Tina Peters after he pardoned her, or for Boebert backing the Epstein files release. (She only cares when it impacts her)

Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...

all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...

The entire right wing media apparatus is in a rabid frenzy saying every childcare is fraudulent and now people are showing up to random daycare centers demanding to see the children and screaming at daycare workers. This is absolutely insane and I worry this is going to end in a major tragedy.

Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.

Fahrenheit 451 is always worth a read or reread! Get ready to experience some of the most beautiful figurative language you can find in a prose novel.

One guard admits it, but I have no doubt that a significant percentage of the people in power at ICE facilities, as well as American prisons, regularly sexuality abuse those under their control.

When the Mind Returns - the puzzle of terminal lucidity: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

You cannot “have sex” with an underage girl. It’s rape. It’s always been rape. It will always be rape. We must not allow the media to soft pedal the language. Matt Gaetz raped an underage girl… and Trump wanted him to be Attorney General. www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/m...

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

The Patriot Games are coming to the US. One boy and one girl from each state will compete. With all the anti-trans panic, I wonder what checks they will be doing to make sure that the female athletes are "biological women." They'll probably just call Larry Nassar. www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...

Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Christopher Caldwell is a regular contributor to the @nytimes.com by the way, if you want to get a sense of what opinions the intelligentsia think are respectable and intriguing and which they think are beyond the pale.

This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

The cops shot and killed an activist during STOP COP CITY and then the state criminalized the protesters for indicting over 60 people on RICO charges... THAT IS STILL HAPPENING NOW. Those charges have not been dismissed. The first trials are underway.

But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!

#Instacart, Stop Using American Shoppers as Lab Rats During an Affordability Crisis www.commondreams.org/opinion/inst...

Alligator Alcatraz, the American concentration camp, is still open and still has prisoners being held there.

Protests lead to change. The more people who protest, the more other people feel safe to also join protests. Once protests are made up of every kind of person, the police/military are much less likely to crack down on them. Which robs authoritarians of muscle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Irrespective of whether Jesus was a real person or not, the fact is the Bible states he was born in Bethlehem, Palestine to non-white parents & was of no fixed abode. He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor. Perhaps Christians should take note.

Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed

Where have I seen this before, oh right.

Organizing books by colour is pervert shit.

We pay for this.

The BBCs Born in Bethlehem follows staff & pregnant women in Bethlehem, showing them dealing with the challenges of every day life while contending with the effects of living under occupation I'm reminded of what Bobby Sands said. Our revenge will be the laughter of our children

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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT? Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. These are their stories. https://propub.li/492QTqQ

Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and there’s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.

We’re in the busiest time of the year for food pantries — and the combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.

In case facts still matter (meaning you aren’t Andy Ogles) - immigrants commit fewer crimes, not more

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.