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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

Remove them. Defund them. Abolish them. Prosecute them.

On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.

KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?” @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION with apologies to Richard Scarry - Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive ) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

A credulous media will be the death of the Republic

Unfortunately, there wasn’t room for Bizarro Les Miserables, featuring DJT as Jean Valjean.

lol. GM & TY, Sassy! 💙 @schultziepie.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @freddierose.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @jenexpresses.bsky.social @suzzisulli.bsky.social @annettebeebe.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social @jules1212.bsky.social‬ @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social

The rumpus…

Just a reminder about No Kings being a peaceful protest. Here is one tactic to remember if things get a little squirrelly. We have the right to gather peacefully! We have the right to express our without govt censorship. #NoKings #FirstAmendent

When Noem returns to DC from her three hour tour/photo op and tells Trump that the Governor of Oregon and the Mayor of Portland are covering up terrorist activity (similar to assertions that Portland police are colluding with Antifa), it’s like the upside down of Stranger Things has come to life.

I frequently call the GOP a “lie-based” political party. The lie changes minute to minute. But the lying is utterly, dreadfully consistent.

If we don’t test for Covid…

DOGE was a failure because its entire premise was flawed, and, on top of that, the people who ran and implemented it were both arrogant and ignorant.

A wholesome and much needed TL cleanser.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

LITERAL GOLD. Thank you for making this, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.

Schiff on the Bolton raid: "They're essentially going after any critic, any opposition in an effort to intimidate them. That's what this is about. It's not about Bolton per se. It's about anyone else that like Bolton might stand up to the president."

#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth The Big Ugly Bill could be devastating to the planet as well as people. In their quest to reduce spending to give tax cuts to the rich and mollify Dear Leader, Repubs are looking to slash tax credits and funding for climate and clean energy. www.cfr.org/article/what...

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

Transcript: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Takes a “Chilling” Turn newrepublic.com/article/1955... via @newrepublic.com

Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

I’m pleased to learn that YLE is posting on Bluesky, along with her regular updates via her excellent newsletter.

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Truth be told, this was happening before. @Valeria Luiselli wrote about it in 2017. It wasn't okay then either.

I highly recommend Fiona Hill’s book There is Nothing for You Here, both for its autobiographical content and for her description of Trump’s extortion attempt on Ukraine during his first term.

we need to be saying again and again and again that even if 100% of these people had a criminal record none of this would be okay. people who are criminalized are humans and deserve human rights. people are systematically criminalized based solely on the color of their skin, poverty, language etc

I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”

Here’s at least one example of not giving in. 🙌

Trump has the worst record with executive orders in US history because they are illegitimate, absurd or illegal. His executive orders are a construct of his hate fueled, dementia fantasy world. There is no “Judicial over-reach” when the courts overrule him- just the law and common sense.

If our VP had the integrity to speak truth, he wouldn’t be our VP. Honesty & integrity were not the qualities 47 was looking for when picking his administration.

They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

New, from me: Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America. Here is a partial inventory. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

Representation of these people mattered because their stories had historically not been featured. Erasing them is not a return to some bygone era of color-blind merit, but of blindness to the contribution of anyone who did not fit Trump’s whitewashed vision of America. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Mine in today’s @newyorker.com

What is he hawking today?

Being against genocide in Palestine does not mean supporting Hamas. Caring about starving Palestinians is a humanitarian stance, not an endorsement of terrorism. Protesting for human rights in Gaza is not antisemitic.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.