We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

Murder. He’s calling for the murder of people, a significant percentage of whom are veterans who served in our country’s military.

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

"On the last episode of his show before he was killed," Kirk told "his audience, falsely, that “one in 22 Black men will be a murderer in their lifetime” and that “by age of 23, half of all Black males have been arrested and not enough of them have been arrested.”

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

The Monkey & The Elephant set to close, dealing another blow to Brewerytown’s small businesses https://tinyurl.com/ynu7lbc8 #philly #philadelphia #jawnphilly

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and other deep-red states are leading the pack in rural hospital closures. This is what happens when you gut Medicaid, reject federal dollars, and treat healthcare like a luxury. You can’t blame “woke” when there’s no ER for 100 miles.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi is en route to Moscow to meet with Putin.

Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com is 😂😂❗️🔥now

The shooting at Salt Lake City's "No Kings" project told through the lens of on-the-scene Salt Lake Tribune photographers.

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

today in one pic

Two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers & their spouses were shot in their homes by someone impersonating law enforcement. Former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman & her husband have since died from their wounds. Days ago, a sitting U.S. Senator was forcibly removed from a DHS press conference;…

Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center. Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them. We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

Nightmare in Minnesota: A gunman shot State Senator John Hoffman & State Rep. Melissa Hortman. Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy. Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.

The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

Who else nearly fell out of the seat when you heard Cosplay Kristi accuse Sen. Padilla of “political theater”?

Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.

The main cause of rising student debt is RENT. Andrew Gillen is out of touch, to put it mildly.

Today’s Senate hearing is clearly about making higher ed private, Christian, and white again.

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

Sesame Street is a PUBLIC GOOD- it shouldn’t need “saving” by Netflix.

Yeah I’m unfollowing a lot of people this weekend.

This is both true and scary

How many of you could have spent your time going after the felon who’s been deporting kids with cancer instead of beating up on the former President who has an aggressive form of cancer himself? Absolutely sick. I will never trust you or your leadership again.

Praying for President Biden!! ❤️

😕 Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

I really appreciate this clear, easy to understand, argument from @mattbruenig.bsky.social about the cruelty of Medicaid work requirements. It’s a genuine problem how widespread the notion is that welfare programs are overrun with people who just don’t want to work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

looking at the photo that headlines this piece i think i know what the university of austin means when they say they don't tolerate "DEI" quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...

Watch this call for increased investment in Community College of Philadelphia, the People’s College, a vital Philly resource that serves us all. CCP graduates are everywhere— on City Council, the nurse at your doctor’s office, the teacher at your local school, the staff at your neighborhood park.

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

It’s a violation of the constitution readsludge.com/2025/05/12/f...

And I did… 💁🏽‍♂️

Be honest- did you know that MAGA is yet another Reagan legacy??

seems like the administration is objectively pro plane crash www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

Listening to @johnbkingjr.bsky.social talk about his new book. Powerful to hear about how school helped him feel safe even when things were tough at home (including death of both parents). #TeacherByTeacher

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

Just dropped a new study. Guess what y’all? Students need $$$ not paternalism. educationnorthwest.org/publications...

This government wants to give women $5k a pop for having a baby but when Black women have children and get government assistance they call them Welfare Moms.

With amazing people doing #RealCollege work in #Washington today- and just learned my keynote stands between them and 🌮 tacos 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I want 🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮 Maybe I just say hi and sit down?

How terrible is it to meet JD Vance?

Can JD Vance go visit Putin please?

Please let JD Vance killed the Pope become the new JD Vance fucked a couch.