I realize they are doing this because of the revelations about César Chavez's sexual abuse. But I think it's good for another reason: History shows us over and over that change never comes from one hero, whether he be flawed or flawless. It comes from persistent collective action. Periodt.

No oil means no electricity. No electricity means no water pumps. No running water means no sanitation. No power for hospitals. No fuel for ambulances. No refrigeration for drugs. Mass death soon follows. This is a crime against humanity.

100,000 American combatants died between D Day and the fall of Berlin. It's going to take American lives (to what end).

Because what's a woman for?

The risk for babies who get measles under the age of 6 months to develop this within 10 years is 1 in 600.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Never accept or deploy the narrative of the empire. Do not repeat their justifications for war or genocide. Just denounce them as lawless & immoral & DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY on those grounds. And while they’re busy stretching themselves thin for plunder & power, become ungovernable.

SHINGLES DOESN'T CARE Get vaccinated.

Happy 100th birthday to the Bay's best theater! www.visitoakland.com/blog/post/oa...

"Identity politics" is cover for racism and misogyny, usually used by White men coding their racists and misogynist ideology.

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

So, no. We had no plan to evacuate Americans before the attack.

He was the same age as my son. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Mission of Border Patrol: actively & cruelly maximize harm

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.

Driver of car killed a pedestrian. Do better @jseattle.bsky.social; no passive voice, and be concise

Here's a shocker: execute a housing policy that eliminates homelessness. Fixes both issues.

“You want ICE agents to have to identify themselves before they try to kidnap or kill you, but you don’t want to have to present a birth certificate to be able to vote” I mean… yes

California peeps - Link in comments to SB 54 public comments with the comment that I left.

Mike Johnson wants to suspend habeas corpus.

Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"

Mixed-use zoning and density are the key Urban sprawl, single family housing, and super-commuting are the death of affordable housing

Folks need to immediately shut down this kind of framing by the Administration. SCOTUS explicitly held that state and local governments and officials—including law enforcement—are protected under the 10th Amendment from being “commandeered” in order to enforce federal law and regulations.

We raised all the men out there, good and bad. We changed their diapers. We fed them with our bodies. We gave them life and kept them alive until adulthood. We have spent exponentially more time observing them than they have us because they take our presence for granted. We are not afraid.

I almost googled "Evelyn Normielib".

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

If you work for ICE, most people actually do despise you.

With impeachment and removal

rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

Hopefully all the gas stations & coffee shops are closed so that ICE agents can't use either.

People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars

Seems like an appropriate reaction when you know an organization is kidnapping children

It’s infuriating how many people claim to care about fictitious “child trafficking” conspiracies about trans people and Wayfair and Democrats but will miss, ignore, and distract from actual government agents kidnapping children in front of their very eyes

<sarcasm>Yes, dictators are what democratic republics are all about.</sarcasm>

Pro-life Protect the Unborn Choose Life All Lives Matter F*cking inhumane hypocrites.

America has always been a police state directed at African Americans. It's 2 centuries of accepted practice against a specific minority. This is our culture. This is an expansion of that accepted practice. This is who we are and who we have always been.

America isn’t the way it is because Trump is President; Trump is President because of the way America is.

So why haven't you or I been paid 3x to 5x the price of the drug when I fill my prescription?

If only there was a way to test this assertion, ...

"ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press, told Popular Information." popular.info/p/ice-has-st...

Fist bump, homie. There's so many of us on this boat with you but like... I'm not sure Congress cares for some reason which is... Distressing.

I replaced "So help me, God" with "Stick a needle in my eye" when I was sworn in for jury duty while sitting in the jury pool. I've always wanted to ask, "Define god" which goes to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social's point, but I've never been sworn in individually.

Ad hominem attacks are used when someone doesn't have a material or substantive response. In this case, Leavitt is saying that she has no argument to the reporter's statement. Why don't reporters follow up with, "So you don't have a substantive response and are resorting to a personal attack?"

That police state has historically targeted racialized & especially Black communities in the U.S. Because much of the white population has normalized & even celebrated this ongoing violence, it is difficult for this group to understand the expansion of this regime of repression.

In the middle, Nazis trapped Jewish people in Germany using a similar tactic. Leave, and that stopped being an option, or stay, but you can't move assets out of Germany. In the end, Nazis seized the assets and killed the Jewish people. In the beginning, there were things like this.

They keep doing it because they were recruited to do this, their bosses encourage them to do it and their is no meaningful pushback

Can't stress this enough - ICE told Renee Nicole Good to move and she did. Idiot ICE agent was standing right in front of her car. She swerved to avoid him as she dutifully followed the command and was shot in the face and killed.