Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.

TONIGHT: Coinciding with the winter solstice at 4:21PM, volunteers with SHARE/WHEEL will hold a vigil for the 245 homeless people who died in the Seattle area this year. Since 2022, the group has honored more than 1,100 people who passed away while unhoused or in public due to violence.

“Munir al-Barsh, director-general of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, told Al Jazeera…that the situation inside the territory’s hospitals was ‘tragic & horrific’, as Israeli authorities continued to block the flow of much-needed medical supplies” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

“Gaza’s health system is on the brink of an unprecedented collapse, with thousands of patients facing death or disability amid a harsh Israeli siege on the enclave” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Number of people in ICE detention hits record high: “In total, the administration has arrested more than 328,000 & deported nearly 327,000” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The number of people in immigration detention in the US has hit an all-time high according to data published by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The data…shows that as of 14 December 2025, ICE held more than 68,400 people” #AbolishICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today is Ted Cruz' birthday and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than buying a @theflytrapmedia.com gift subscription for someone you love! www.theflytrapmedia.com/gift-subscri...

Guys if you're going to upload the bootleg CBS segment to youtube you have to overlay squiggly lines over the video and slightly distort the sound to get around the automatic content detector.

It doesn't matter that you protected a bunch of neo nazi and far right groups right to protest because when they gain power, they simply change the rules so the rights that protected them don't protect others. You can't sit there and just say "but that's illegal!"

One thing that liberals obsessed with process and rights based frameworks fail to understand is that it's always about power and they always underestimate bad faith actors. When authoritarians seize power, they don't care about the rules. They enact their will with limited restraint.

What's so frustrating in this moment of explicit government censorship is how many times groups like the ACLU and others told us they _had_ to defend neo nazis because of the principle of free speech. Now that fascists are in power, none of those principles are protecting marginalized groups.

“In Gaza, killings by the Israeli army continue despite the ceasefire with two Palestinians in Gaza City the latest victims” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

“Over the 73 days since October 10, only 17,819 trucks entered the Gaza Strip out of the 43,800 that were supposed to enter, averaging just 244 trucks per day out of the 600 allocated daily” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

“Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday finalized approval of 19 new Jewish-only settler colonies in the illegally occupied West Bank, a move the apartheid state’s far-right finance minister said was aimed at thwarting Palestinian statehood” #FreePalestine www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

Photos: “Protesters in Sweden rally against Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza” #GazaGenocide‌ aje.io/pz7sis?updat...

“Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that at least 5 people have been killed in the Israeli attack on the car in western Gaza City. According to a source in Gaza’s ambulance and emergency services, more than 25 people were also wounded” #GazaGenocide‌ aje.io/pz7sis?updat...

“The ministry’s report revealed that the total number of olive trees uprooted between December 4 and 11 was 1,608, with 477 of them destroyed in Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank” #FreePalestine aje.io/pz7sis?updat...

“Organizers of Arlington Pride announced Friday they will cancel next year’s event after the City Council rejected a plan to ban discrimination against gay and transgender residents” #LGBTQ+ www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...

“Pride is about safety, celebration, and community,” said DeeJay Johannessen, CEO of the HELP Center, which has offices in Arlington and Fort Worth. “Without local anti-discrimination safeguards, we cannot guarantee those values for our attendees, performers, or partners.”

“What he didn’t discuss, and what the report fails to adequately address, is the longstanding consensus of every major medical organization that gender-affirming care is linked to improvements in the health of transgender youth.” #ProtectTransKids

“Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar told a Minneapolis broadcaster that her son had been stopped over the weekend by ICE agents, after Donald Trump ordered an operation targeting the Minnesota city’s Somali population” #AbolishICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“A Palestinian infant has succumbed to hypothermia as cold & stormy weather continues to batter those displaced by Israeli attacks. Israeli forces have shot & wounded a young man in the town of ar-Ram, in the occupied West Bank.” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

“The United States has dramatically intensified its military air campaign in Somalia, carrying out 111 strikes against armed groups, also killing civilians, since President Donald Trump returned to office” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

“I felt that I had to stand up for the LGBTQ+ community. We all have the right to read the things we choose to read. I can’t imagine taking that away from any individual,” —Lesley, librarian for 27 years. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“In the first half of the year, state lawmakers introduced more than 130 bills to restrict access to library materials & impose harsh penalties on non-compliant librarians. The ALA recorded 821 attempts to ban library books and services in 2024” #fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“This has been indicative of censorship matters of the past 5 years. Despite 70% of Americans not wanting censorship in any way, we still have representatives who no longer trust the community 2 make those decisions 4 themselves,” —Sam Helmick, ALA pres. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“In April, TX librarian Suzette Baker won a $225K settlement after she was fired from a Llano county library…1 of her final acts…had been putting up a public display of titles the county wanted banned, incl the humorous children’s book I Broke My Butt” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Israel continues to violate the deal and carries out deadly attacks and obstructs the flow of desperately needed humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

UNRWA: “In Gaza, 1.6 million people still face ‘acute food insecurity’” #GazaGenocide aje.io/izdtnq?updat...

“The US military on Thursday bombed two vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing at least five people and pushing the death toll from the Trump administration’s lawless military campaign in international waters above 100” www.commondreams.org/news/new-tru...

“The 3rd time this week that the US military has bombed boats operated by people accused, without evidence, of smuggling drugs. None of the dozens of strikes that have now killed at least 105 people since early Sept have been authorized by Congress” www.commondreams.org/news/new-tru...

“In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes on a town east of Khan Younis have killed four Palestinian civilians, including a woman, over the past 24 hours. This follows air and artillery strikes on the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis” #GazaGenocide www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/h...

“A child in the Nuseirat refugee camp died after triggering unexploded Israeli ordnance. And Doctors Without Borders said Thursday a 29-day-old baby died of hypothermia at Nasser Hospital, the latest Palestinian to freeze to death” #GazaGenocide www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/h...

Why??!! 🤦‍♂️

“The latest deaths bring the death toll from Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank to 1,101, including 229 children, since Oct 7…Nearly 21,000 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli authorities during that period” #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

“On Sat…Rayyan Abdel Qader, 16, had been fatally shot by Israeli forces after storming the town of Qabatiya, while the second victim, 22yo Ahmad Zayoud, was killed in Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin” #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

“Israeli forces have shot dead 2 Palestinians, including a teenage boy, during separate raids in the Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank…security camera footage showing soldiers shooting the victim at a “point-blank” range” #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

About 300,000 Black women have left the workforce in the first half of 2025 as the Black unemployment rate topped 7%, limiting their access to healthcare, groceries, and maternal care. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/ZtXbgQx

Really exciting day for advanced reader titles from Consortium & @haymarketbooks.org! Our box arrived with a copy of @vickyacab.bsky.social's forthcoming "Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World" 👀

ICE whistles work.

From the newest Epstein Files dump — an Israeli military sweatshirt in Epstein’s closet

Why??!! 🤦‍♂️

“A child in the Nuseirat refugee camp died after triggering unexploded Israeli ordnance. And Doctors Without Borders said Thursday a 29-day-old baby died of hypothermia at Nasser Hospital, the latest Palestinian to freeze to death” #GazaGenocide www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/h...

“In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes on a town east of Khan Younis have killed four Palestinian civilians, including a woman, over the past 24 hours. This follows air and artillery strikes on the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis” #GazaGenocide www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/h...

“The 3rd time this week that the US military has bombed boats operated by people accused, without evidence, of smuggling drugs. None of the dozens of strikes that have now killed at least 105 people since early Sept have been authorized by Congress” www.commondreams.org/news/new-tru...

“The US military on Thursday bombed two vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing at least five people and pushing the death toll from the Trump administration’s lawless military campaign in international waters above 100” www.commondreams.org/news/new-tru...

UNRWA: “In Gaza, 1.6 million people still face ‘acute food insecurity’” #GazaGenocide aje.io/izdtnq?updat...

“Israel continues to violate the deal and carries out deadly attacks and obstructs the flow of desperately needed humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory” #GazaGenocide www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

There's a reason we passed the Clean Water Act.