this is fascinating: gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

Constant barrage of tear gas from state police as they push the crowd away from Delaney Hall. MERCADO MEDIA

If you've noticed an uptick of pro-Russia tankies hating on Ukraine, here is why: Russia hijacked hundreds of BlueSky accounts to spread propaganda and disinformation. This is why we also increased the anti-Kremlin posts by 300%. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

The U.S. does not have freedom of the press anymore.

"Auschwitz did not fall from the sky... evil comes step by step." -Marian Turski, survivor

The past was erased, the erasure won’t be forgotten, the Big Lie won’t become the truth. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Data centers’ diesel backup generators are emitting pollutants that can cause health problems for residents. That’s on top of contributing to higher electricity prices and sucking up communities’ water. Is it any wonder communities across the country are organizing to stop them?

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The level of corruption is eclipsed only by its brazeness. They simply don’t care what it looks like. Great reporting by @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

They should be afraid of James Talarico. He’s everything they lie about being. Remember this, with Stephen Colbert? Almost 10 million views. #JamesTalarico bsky.app/profile/bren...

Cool cool cool. 😩 youtu.be/4U6nMdleZkU?...

Cool. SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito’s Son Philip Alito Secretly Got Job in Trump Administration share.google/B0wLQ7uRRm8z...

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

Russia is trying to fake an attack by Ukrainian drones via Latvia: "Russia..allegations that Ukraine is..using the Baltic countries as a launch pad for attacks..hours after a Nato fighter jet shot down a stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia which Kyiv said had been jammed and detoured by Russia."

"My ideas about Hitler were very clear, even before I was posted to Berlin. But I at least expected to find reasonable people around him. I was horrified to discover that the whole lot of them were just a gang of criminals & cowards." - William E. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1933

Yes!! So proud of Hawaii & their governor. Now to brace themselves for the long legal battles.

NEW: U.S. citizen Leonardo Garcia Venegas appeared before Congress after he was held twice by immigration agents. Even though his story went viral, and top immigration officials have claimed citizens are not being arrested, he was detained a third time.

Markwayne Mullin is just as crazy and drunk on power as Noem was. Case in point: DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge | TNR newrepublic.com/post/210476/...

Recently, I've heard lots of liberals say things like: "Most people calling for a revolution don't understand how bad things get during a revolution". While this has some truth to it, I would argue that most people don't understand how bad it will be if we don't do a revolution.

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GIFT ARTICLE "In the outbreak documented in NEJM, the virus spreads without physical contact or prolonged exposure. One patient gets sick after simply crossing paths with someone who was ill. Two others are infected while seated at tables meters away..the virus spreads through the air."

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

Somehow, the Confederacy returned

Rep. Ansari: "There are rich and powerful people out there right now continuing to live their lives without any consequences, and we assure you that day will end."

"[Bigots]are people who.. are unwilling to do the work of adapting to cultural change and learning new things.. the [bigot] also revels in the release of constraints imposed by living peacefully in society with others and finds comfort in joining crowds of people like them."

Under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

This Iran disaster is what happens when the Trump administration drags America into reckless foreign entanglements. Our soldiers are paying the ultimate price, while working families get crushed by skyrocketing gas prices at the pump. We need to stop this war now.

"This is the moment to be honest about what has to come next," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social. "Democrats must pass a new Voting Rights Act. In that new bill, whenever it arrives, there must be a federal ban on gerrymandering in congressional districts."

"Most people think democracies end w a couple d'etat or tanks in the streets or somebody shooting up the Presidential palace, but actually in the modern world they end because someone who is legitimately elected begins to take apart the system, and take away the things that ensure free elections.."

Once again, plz explain to me how MAGA are not Nazis.

Buckle up, you guys.

Because of course he did. newrepublic.com/post/210174/...

To slightly adapt Orwell: The Supreme Court told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was its final, most essential command.

We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy. That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.

"We hope" 🙃🙃🙃🫠🫠🫠 Trump Believes Americans ‘Should Be Fine’ Amid Concerns Over Hantavirus Outbreak: ‘We Hope’

Trump Has a New Terrorist. It's You. open.substack.com/pub/barbaraf...

The federal government has turned over evidence from the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross to a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court for Minnesota, according to an attorney involved in a case tangential to Ross. www.startribune.com/federal-gove...

"Given any opportunity..whether its Nazis or anyone else, if they believe they can get away with something that's inhumane, serves their purpose, there will be countries, people, circumstances that will allow it to happen.. This is not something that was, it..currently is."

. If you work in media shame on you. .

REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social : “This is a power grab… they’re spitting on the graves of all that work, saying we’re going to allow Black political voices & representation to be dismantled across the South- following marching orders of the White House. We’ve gotta fight back.” @GovBillLee

⛽ Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on May 2, per AAA ⛽ • Regular: $4.43 (⬆️ $1.45 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28) • Premium: $5.29 (⬆️ $1.43 since war began) • Diesel: $5.63 (⬆️ $1.87 since war began)

REP. @aftynbehn.bsky.social : “Well, that concludes our 250 year 🇺🇸 experiment, because Grandma Gone Wild @MarshaBlackburn decided to eliminate the last Democratically held seat in Tennessee, in MEMPHIS, where 65% of the constituents are Black. We need international attention on this.”

"ICE has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of 'torture' and 'enforced disappearance' to assist in tracking down undocumented immigrant children.. an internal ICE document..shows.. the aim of deporting the children or pursuing criminal cases against them."

The same day SCOTUS dismantled the Voting Rights Act, I watched Kamala Harris take the stage at the Douglas Awards. She didn’t offer comfort; she offered real talk 🔥 “This is how they play. They are strategic. They think long-term and they are ruthless…we have to be ruthless too.”

"Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced Thursday that voting for all other races on the May 16 ballot will proceed, but votes in the congressional races will not." So... half the ballot is cool but just not the federal reps.. coolcoolcool.

Quite a message

The regime’s detention camps are a moral abomination. They’re also massively unpopular in every community where they’ve been proposed. But there can’t be a public backlash if local residents don’t even realize DHS is planning a concentration camp in their communities. That’s where we come in.

This is horrifying & abhorrent.

"The new rule, proposed by a government agency, would see men being registered automatically rather than being asked to do so themselves within 30 days of their 18th birthday."