US voters can now smell the weaponizing of antisemitism from a mile away and are sick of it. For years students, teachers, faith leaders and journalists organized around BDS boldly faced this down IRL, including by going to jail. They still are. Don't let the rage grifters drown out their voices

Chuck Schumer told a dangerous lie that conflates being Jewish with Zionism when he said that Iran's stated policy is to "destroy...Jewish communities around the world." In Iran, Jews are a constitutionally protected minority. The policy is that the Israeli state is racist/ illegitimate. Many agree

Democrats Reject Resolution Condemning AIPAC Money in Primaries DNC also tabled resolutions on Palestine and war crimes as public support for Israel plummets. “The Dem Party seems asleep at the wheel and is not responding to this very quick and very influential public opinion shift on Israel."

Yes cable news is in decline (embarrassingly so at CBS) but it's still a major source of info for millions of people and will be for a while -- especially during war, when corporate TV outlets have the more access than alt news, podcasters etc. That's why I worry about Trump controlling cable news

Locals on the Kharg Island said that the targets the U.S. bombed hit deep inside the city of Kharg, where most of the population resides, that “the island doesn’t really have a military base,” and that following the bombing of Kharg Airport, there was now no way to evacuate.

Israeli forces killed 3 journalists who were reporting on Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. They were in a clearly marked press car when Israel bombed them. Israel then openly admitted to using a photoshopped picture of one of the journalists as supposed evidence that he was affiliated with Hezbollah.

Trump just cracked a joke about the "Straight of Trump" Ground troops incoming...with 7 percent support

With Trump and Carr threatening cable news, the hypocrisy is nuts! “Any Republican official who is vocal about Biden’s jawboning but silent now is someone who probably doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously when it comes to principled application of the First Amendment." -- Joe Stern @freedom.press

This is really, really powerful stuff. I was back in Minneapolis 2 weeks ago. The grief is everywhere, the frustration is palpable just walking down the street. The tactics the organizers and faith leaders built out this grief are valuable inspiration for what's next in the fight against fascism

Remember to always opt-out of facial recognition in the TSA line, just ask and show your ID!

We have every reason to be skeptical about this game of telephone during a war. So many reasons. "This article is based on interviews with people who have had conversations with American officials, and who described the discussions on the condition of anonymity..."

Hello from the AZ heat dome! Not looking good. Colorado River reservoirs could reach catastrophically low levels by mid-2027. “Droughts are temporary. Aridification is permanent due to the physics of hotter air. These are conditions that are here, they are worsening, and they will be with us.”

Tenants unions just scored a big victory when HUD delayed indefinitely a plan to scrap rules protecting the nation's poorest renters from eviction, but the agency is still gutting enforcement and working to push immigrant families out of housing as part of Trump's mass deportation agenda.

HUD announced it would delay implementation of a policy change which would have left the nation’s poorest tenants in certain states vulnerable to “rapid, unfair evictions” for being “as little as one dollar short or one day late on rent,” according to the National Housing Law Project.

About Tulsi and her prepared remarks before the Senate Intel committee that contradicted what she said out loud about Iran's nuclear program...maybe she is trying to signal to supporters that she is still against the war, but who cares, it's too little too late now. Whistleblow and resign then!

“When you walk over the ruins of your house and when your car has crumbled due to the shockwaves of explosion, nothing that used to be important to you would matter anymore. The only thing you know is that the wars of politics and injustice in the region have taken life away from you. And thats it.”

Afghanistan War Veteran Dies in ICE Custody One Day After Immigration Arrest We learned that Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal's wife tried to get him an inhaler after he was arrested by federal agents in front of his children. He served alongside US special forces but died in ICE custody after one day.

the Senate Commerce Committee is debating gutting Section 230 right now so here's your reminder that the last time Congress changed Section 230 was SESTA/FOSTA, which led to widespread censorship of LGBTQ and sexual health content, shut down entire corners of the internet, and got sex workers killed

Yes the US is rich in oil and gas, but when Trump says "we" have lots of the stuff he doesn't mean "us," he means his friends in the fracking industry who are rushing to export as much fossil fuels overseas as possible. So yeah, profits for them and higher energy bills for you don't be fooled

At this point, every day Iran manages to fire off enough missiles and drones is another massive humiliation for Trump

This is a massive victory for the victims in an infamous torture case that shocked the nation during the Iraq war -- and a blast from the past that is all too relevant now. @ccrjustice.org

Iranian Dies in ICE Custody as Trump Administration Bombs Iran At least three deportation flights removed asylum seekers to Iran in the months before the U.S. and Israel began massive bombing campaigns. Among those still targeted are a gay couple facing execution and a women adopted in the 1950s.

If CBS is reporting this, you know it's bad: "An Iranian drone [that] killed six U.S. service members...was more severe than has previously been revealed, with dozens suffering injuries including brain trauma, shrapnel wounds and burns...At least one may require the amputation of a limb."

Speak for yourself

Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails I've covered deaths in immigration prisons for years, but I've never seen so many people die of what appears to be preventable conditions in such a brief period of time. This will come back to haunt them. It must.

War is great news for Trump's friends and donors in the fracking/ fossil gas export industry, who are poised to profit. The rest of us and our utility bills? Nope! Consumers already paid $12 billion more for nat gas under Trump -- and now prices are spiking as war and chaos cuts off supplies.

Axios: "Scoop: Dems working on secret report found Gaza cost Harris votes" We ran story after story warning Dems that Gaza would cost Harris key blocs. This is just one. I'll never forget marching with thousands past the DNC in Chicago as they refused to let the Palestinian lawmaker speak.

FEMA employees were sent home after the deadly flash floods in Texas for calling out Noem. “Secretary Noem took only 36 hours to illegally retaliate against us as whistleblowers … that is twice as long as she took to send search and rescue to Kerrville.” -- Abby McIlraith said, FEMA whistleblower

I always opt out of the facial recognition scan at the airport. I do not trust signs claiming the data will be deleted in 12 hours for US citizens. Kristi Noem is in charge and a proven liar. Even if you've already done it, you can still limit exposure by opting out from now on.

allow me to say what some of my union sisters and brothers cannot: Jeff Bezos is making a complete fool of himself licking Trump's boots like this

A federal judge has temporarily blocked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s latest effort to prevent Democratic lawmakers from making unannounced inspections of federal immigration jails, where at least 38 people have died since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

With ICE ravaging my neighborhood, it's easy to forget Pete Hegseth is still blowing up speedboats. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio is deferring questions about whether there's really any cocaine on those boats to the "War" secretary. Wrote this last week but still timely: truthout.org/articles/rub...

A reminder that incarcerated folks in Texas reported having to douse themselves with toilet water to cool off from sweltering heat – and the state still refuses to provide A/C.

This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent. After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility. Within weeks, two men were dead.

Submission to humiliation in exchange for power is one of their most ancient rituals, still practiced today in frat houses and White Houses And so mockery becomes the antidote to their evil spells, and a nation roars with laughter at the small men wearing big man shoes

ICE left Parady La to die in his cell of withdrawal, which is totally preventable. That's just one of dozens of deaths. “If we are seeing that sort of outward extreme violence in broad daylight in the streets of Minneapolis...imagine what people must be facing behind closed doors and behind bars."

Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.

In a rambling speech full of lies, Trump pledged to release a housing plan next week. Right. Pushing big $ out of the housing market is an interesting idea but won't make up for costs pushed up by tariffs, deportation of workers, and destruction of the safety net, says @shamusroller.bsky.social.

the split screen of trump glued to the protests for freedom in Iran while attempting to crush those of his own people...

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

ICE’s Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Not an Aberration — It Is the New Normal ICE was already a problem, but Trump created a not-so-secret police that is enforcing MAGA ideology at the barrel of a gun. That's not a political statement, here's the evidence to prove it.

Lol JD Vane converted to Catholicism, a religion that demands compassion for migrants, and is now crucifying his entire reputation and career to defend a murderous immigration cop because his boss won't do it

Cable news needs to get rid of these "former law enforcement" so-called "experts" on who make excuses for abusers and murderers as long as they are in uniform

ICE shot and killed a women in South Minneapolis. She is dead. Protests are already being organized. The video shows ICE agent firing into her car as he tries to drive away. Kristi Noem is calling her a "terrorist." Lies. This could change everything.

As Towns and Cities Fight Off AI Data Centers, Calls Grow for a National Moratorium The rush to build data centers emerged in 2025 as a major fault line dividing working people of all political stripes against Silicon Valley. The fight is dissolving partisan division and set to explode in 2026...

Here's a fun fact to share with relatives: Trump promised over and over to slash our energy bills in half but also embraced the fossil fuel industry's rush to export as much fracked gas as possible. Now winter heating bills are up 22% over 2024, even though the US is the world's top gas producer!

Trump’s Expanded Drug War Will Make Overdose Crisis Worse, Experts Say Trump declares fentanyl a "weapon of mass destruction" -- it's not, and it's not made in Venezuela either -- while his administration slashes budgets for mental health and addiction treatment. truthout.org/articles/tru...

He keeps saying this