You know who doesn't "fight with stupid rules of engagement"? Terrorists.

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

Via @nickturse.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

A people who are tolerant of a couple innocent fishermen drone-struck here, a couple U.S. citizens wrongfully arrested or even deported there, a couple immigrants shot or brutally beaten, are going to be tolerant of more, and more, and more, until suddenly we're in "how could we have" territory

I would *hope* the open white male supremacy of this speech is also a problem, but most Democrats seem incapable of calling out racism and misogyny, particularly if it might be accused of being anti-military. "Support the troops!" they'll say as American soldiers put bullets through our heads.

War crimes. They want more war crimes. Is that clear?

In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

Yes, we need to be in coalitions with those we disagree with. But the “correction” many liberals make is to go further right. That’s not making space for others, it’s *becoming* them. We can bring people in while remaining firmly rooted in who you are and what you’re fighting for.

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

The Republicans are actually PROUD of this. This is dignified and statesmanlike behavior to the Grand Old Party. Trump will be defecating on TV by the end of this presidency.

This is disgusting

Shut it down. That’s what Trump wants to do. Let him do it. See what that does to his approval numbers.

Says CSIS, "the sudden decline in right-wing terrorism is both more striking and harder to explain" but actually it's not; right-wing kidnappings and attacks on civilian transports have increased dramatically but aren't categorized as "terrorism" because they now occur under the aegis of the state.

Ta-Nehisi Coates with the key question for just about everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Its really too bad that he’s not in any position to do anything about the state of US democracy. It must be really frustrating to have such serious concerns and just have to sit back and watch how they play out with no way to intervene.

“This decision is final. Their place in history is settled.” Truly one of the most *laughably impotent* things I’ve ever heard anyone in this administration say. My dude, EVERY DAY the snarky assholes are (re)writing your Wikipedia bio. They will be doing it the day after you die, and on and on.

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

I want to be clear: we should always—ALWAYS—compile and document evidence for the truth, especially if it is contested. *Especially if they are compiling “evidence” for lies that will be used to brutalize people on our soil.* If we can’t stop them today we can shame them into oblivion tomorrow.

China stopped buying American soybeans because of tariffs. They started buying soybeans from Argentina. Instead of bailing out American farmers, this administration is bailing out Argentina. Funny how that works.

Sig Alert at the UN (For the LA peeps)

The numbers! From 2016-2025? Left wing attacks, 35, 13 killed--that's bad. I want to be clear! That's bad. Right wing attacks? 152. 112 killed.

“People have to stop saying mean things about our ICE officers! It has got to stop! They are lovely people, just doing their jobs!”

And now the Right wants to absolutely annihilate and criminalize free speech again. So what’s your point, Bret? THIS is the shit that gets you an invite to Aspen and a free tote bag? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Most generously considered, what is happening with your Ezra Kleins and even your David Frenches of the world is to attempt to broker a compromise between racists and anti-racists, bigots and anti-bigots that might leave things stable for those who prioritize stability over racism or anti-racism.

a serious, ethical media industry could leverage modern op/ed sections to amplify revolutionary, thought-provoking, under-platformed ideas instead it's all been converted into lazy, engagement-chasing contrarian trolling by the least remarkable thinkers and writers imaginable

#OTD Sept 24, 1957: Pres. Eisenhower ordered the 327th Airborne Battle Group to Little Rock, Arkansas, to escort 9 Black students to Central HS, as part of an effort to enforce school integration following a Supreme Court ruling and against the resistance of Arkansas Gov. Faubus.

Our president is the most disgusting, disgraceful man.

if a conservative country like Kenya can understand that trans people deserve basic rights and protections, other countries REALLY have no excuse.

new Big Apple Archbishop Daniel Flores here. seems like a significant upgrade:

I’m strolling through Bluesky, catching up on all of Trump’s gems at the UN. It’s as if, after years of being normal people, we thought it would be funny to send Idi Amin.

Telling a bunch of foreign leaders you might kidnap and disappear their citizens AT THE U FUCKING N is wild

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Can *someone* effing do it? Please?

Imagine what we can do if we care about every constituency—no matter how small or different—this much? Make ABC and Disney cancel the red carpet for *all kinds* of reasons

Holy shit 😮 I know that I’m not supposed to be shocked when people say this shit, but fuck it, I’m going to continue to show my horror.

I don't know a soul who's not been battered, I don't have a friend who feels at ease. I don't know a dream that's not been shattered, Or driven to its knees. Oh, but it's alright, it's alright For we lived so well so long. Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong

Outrage calibrated not to severity, but to political identity

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?

That shit was like megachurch Nuremberg

Don't capitulate to fascists and then you don't have to worry about celebrities commenting on how you capitulated to fascists on the red carpet.

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, BITCH

This * 1,000 Don’t talk to me about pragmatism.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

I’m serious, folks. The department responsible for deportations—our own SS—is telling us how to talk about our Fuhrer. I trust that the next Dem president gets to threaten FOX and CPAC this way? And I have PLENTY of nasty tweets from GOP members to show everyone.

Is this a law enforcement and/or security agency actually PRESUMING to tell ME, a free American, how to think and speak about my government? I think TF not. www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

You really can “abhor violence” without signing the condolence card of a white supremacist, folks.

See??? Conservatives like Loomer really ARE more violent.

This is exactly wht I’m talking abt, thanks @jesseduquette.bsky.social! The @democrats.senate.gov are in deep trouble. They are too many former GOP in the ranks. Their advisors must all be #GOP @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are weak The move to martyr Kirk is abhorrent