the license criminalization scheme in Kansas...stripping immigrants of their legal status... all of this shows, and is meant to show, that the legal rights of disfavored groups are conditional and can be rescinded at will such discriminatory chaos is incompatible with a real inclusive democracy

Looks like Kansas gets added to the list of States where it is a crime to be trans in public, or to drive a vehicle while trans.

If you like being lied to by your government, boy oh boy have I got two hours of uninterrupted lies delivered by a serial rapist for you

Your regular reminder that Gavin Newsom can only ever be, at best, a temporary ally of convenience. At heart he is what he has always been: A corruptass piece of feces sporting a $1400 haircut.

I love Chicago so f*cking much.

A few folks have texted me about today's headlines from Mexico. I'm watching the news carefully. Given the Dec. house plumbing flood totally jacked the moving schedule, I'm probably in Seattle through August. Hopefully things are less tense by then.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"

Doing more for democracy than the US Congress

Fuck Amazon, stop giving them your business.

The people that work at Palantir are monsters enabling fascism and should be shunned by all decent people in society. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

Bringing natural consequence to people who have abused their power with barbarous corruption and lawless brutality and cruelty and murder is not an extreme position. It shouldn’t even be a position. It should be a given. It should be a requirement of holding office.

The only way it makes sense to fund ICE, is if: 1) You have not heard or read the words directly from the people that command ICE, that they intend to use the force for ethnic cleansing and extra-judicial violence. 2) You have heard and read their words, but you don't believe that they mean it.

Perspective.

We don't want "reform", we want ICE abolished and every single person who ordered or participated in their abuses to be prosecuted. That is the only way forward to healing.

"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

The problem isn't insufficient training. The murderers of Alex Pretti had many years of experience in their jobs. The problem is that the gestapo exists at all. ABOLISH ICE & CBP. We must prosecute every single person involves with ordering or committing their abuses.

Be kind to folks; you may not know who's a survivor: #MakeKindnessNormal

“I was raped three times a day and I wasn’t the only girl. It was a conveyor belt of abuse.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

A bunch of people I know are in the Epstein files and I feel sick. These people were sympathetic to a convicted pedophile. Some even helped him clean up his bad SEO and hide the truth of his crimes. Some of them I’ve taken my kids to their homes and hung out with their families.

/6 Most of the people who normalized Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction are not legally liable for child rape. But I submit they are morally culpable to some degree.

/5 The people who normalized and promoted Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction sent the message that he was safe now. Children got raped under the shadow of that message.

/4 How MUCH did it help him rape children that people were sucking up to him, joining social events with him, treating him as a respected philanthropist, normalizing him having lots of social traffic? I don’t know. But any reasonable person would predict it would have an impact.

/3 A real pariah would not have been able to move in those circles. A real pariah would not have been able to move children around to his homes. A real pariah would not have been able to conceal child trafficking with parties and social events.

/2 Jeffrey Epstein had a greater ability to continue to rape children and facilitate their rape because he was not treated as a pariah. It allowed him to continue to move in elite circles. It gave him contacts and support. It gave him access to people who wanted to be provided with children to rape.

Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it. That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction. /1 www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...

Children raped and killed. American citizens shot in the street. Immigrants illegally shackled, tortured, killed. Journalists arrested. While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.

Thanks, Stepto.

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

If you’re laying off 10,000+ employees in 2026, you can’t use the “we overhired during covid” excuse to justify it. The pandemic started SIX years ago. It isn’t overhiring from the covid era, it’s just sparkling mismanagement by executives who bear no negative consequences for this.

At Trump's puny rally in Clive, Iowa. A woman shouted for him to release the Epstein files, and they hauled her out. Pedos don't like being outed.

There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.

I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.

Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent? Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

The things we are seeing daily feel like a horror movie, but this is not fiction. It’s a new terrifying reality. Trump’s DHS mob are killing US citizens, taking kids from their schools & terrorizing hard working immigrants. We need you to DEMAND ACTION. act.seiu.org/a/do_not-fun...

BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

Trumpists believe that America is the greatest country in the history of the world because of our liberty and you deserve to die if you exercise that liberty. They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.

This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.

American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, also represented Alex Pretti, issued a statement Monday night calling for the resignations of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...

This is terrifying I do t even understand how this is legal since medical records are supposed to be confidential - even from the government. This is not only going to impact patient care but will prevent those at greatest need from seeming care until it’s too late.

This is fascism, this is authoritarianism, this is anti-American and violates the Constitution. Don't let anyone tell you this is about safety or security, because it clearly IS NOT.

10/10 no notes

One simple thing Senate Democrats could demand is: ICE agents cannot under any circumstances be masked. (No, that is not the only thing. No, that is not enough. Yes, I want ICE abolished. Yes, I know "they won't" is a distinct possibility. I hope that saves some of you some time.)

The Democratic senators must call a vote of no confidence in @schumer.senate.gov , he is catestrophiclly failing as a leader. Then filibuster the appropriations bill. @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov for the love of #$DEITY please DO SOMETHING

If democracy is to survive, the Democratic Party needs new leadership — NOW. Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment. Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov