So back in 2004 when I visited Rome I went to the Sistine Chapel. I had a visceral negative reaction pretty much as soon as I entered. All I could say (rather loudly) was “imagine if they tore all this down and sold it, they could literally end hunger in the world”. Ridiculous displays of opulence.

The TACO flip flop aside, does anyone actually think grocers and food manufacturers are going to lower their prices?

Her fucking daughter is 14…

Goals

The problem with "we have no choice but to do this thing Trump and the GOP want because otherwise the government stays shut down" is that there's no limiting principle.

"We have to agree to cancel midterm elections because people need paychecks." "We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks." And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle. That's why Democrats caving is bad.

If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

It’s like the Dems see an opportunity and immediately decide to shoot themselves in the foot.

Every day I wake up and wonder what will finally push the populace over the edge? Like are we just showing restraint for the sake of it? Or are we all waiting for someone else to go first?

They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Who could’ve seen this coming? bsky.app/profile/rpsa...

I know everyone is high the hopium from last night, so sorry to be a downer, but all it tells me is that the admin will need shorten their timeline. I thought we might have until 2028 to see the inevitable place the fascism takes us, now I think we have until maybe next November.

FEDERAL AGENTS SPOTTED OUTSIDE DODGERS STADIUM THIS MORNING In the midst of ICE / DHS kidnapping operations in Los Angeles, fed agents were caught staging outside Dodgers Stadium around 10 AM Feds are crawling all over the city. Look out for one another & defend your neighbors!

Can you hear the pop now?

Me, at 4am, trying to explain to my dog that we actually fall back an hour today so we can sleep for a bit more. Didn’t work.

PIRC is having their next Migra Watch training this Saturday from 4 -6 pm on Zoom. ICE activity continues to ramp up in the Portland area and this is a great way to help protect and support your neighbors us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Those choppers seem extra low tonight.

it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028

The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.

So, putting it nicely, 1/3 of the recruits were in too bad of shape, and the 1/2 of those left were illiterate. Doesn’t seem like they’re getting the best and the brightest.

Goosememe.jpg: "Injured by who?" "INJURED BY WHO MOTHERFUCKER?!"

Very interesting twist.

I assume the state will appeal to the SC and it will be lumped in with the Illinois one on the shadow docket? But I’d love someone with more knowledge than I have to confirm or deny.

Shot (literally) / Chaser

These people will absolutely be lining up for the cattle cars saying “they can’t throw us in the gas chamber, right? That’s against the law!”

It’s funny how end stage capitalism is just gonna be feudalism but with social media.

Woody was right, when they say “America first” what they mean is “America next”.

If I can make one tiny critique of the march today in Portland, chanting “whose streets? Our streets!”, while the cops run traffic control for a permitted march, doesn’t really work. Permission was asked and temporarily granted, but those are definitely not “our streets”.

Street art in downtown Portland

Federal officers pepper ball protestors at Portland ICE facility just now.

If I wanted to disrupt a protest, I'd start a rumor that the regime was going to send agitators to infilitrate the protest and act up. Then I'd sit back and watch them all act like cops and turn on each other. We go through this every 3 years and it works every time.

When they held their first meeting, about 50 students of color, queer students, and their allies showed up wanting to join and the meeting was ended 10 minutes in.

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

Idk how I should feel about being such a good regular at my corner dispo that things I randomly mention in conversations with the Budtender/possible owner start showing up in inventory the next week? I’m either the world’s best pothead or the world’s worst pothead.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Being shy David Willis too, who has shot protesters with paintball guns numbers times. Almost every male in this group isca convicted felon.

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

I go to reddit to have my Watchmen arguments, and it’s jarring to see it here. Like do I just let it all hang loose here for frens to witness, or do I seethe in anger for all the wrong takes I see?

I really really really want Alan Moore to respond to this in his traditional fashion.

When are liberals going to realize that telling people to “not engage” with a violent fascist state is the same as telling a domestic violence victim to just be quiet so their abuser doesn’t have a reason to hit them anymore

It’s a shame that our feckless governor and mayor haven’t figured this out yet. The fact that neither of them are doing pressers every single day in different parts of the city, or even pushing back at all is a dereliction of duty imo.

Saw a screenshot of part of this article from February 2024 on here yesterday. With Stephen Miller’s slip of the tongue today, I think it makes what’s reported in here even more salient. Anyway, here’s an non-paywalled copy of it. I think y’all should read it. web.archive.org/web/20250303...

And let him take credit for the ceasefire

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.