Eloquent and good Christian Nazi SS Commander Noem says about the Super Bowl halftime show: “They suck and we’ll win and God will bless us.”

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

genuinely impossible to overstate what the secret police are doing. It is state hooliganism. It is gangsterism as policy. It is the jouissance of the original klan nightriders that followed the civil war. they terrorize minority communities while intentionally paralyzing local governments.

Actually Fall Watch Fall is a better term

This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.

/4 Is it offensive? Sure. Is it bigoted? Of course. Keep pointing that out. But also, keep pointing out that which they can’t stand to hear — it’s deeply weird. Vance, like the rest of the Curtis Yarvin gang, are deeply weird subnormals, not crafted to interact well with normal humans.

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Don't forget what's happening with the federal health and science agencies.

Yes. It's shameless results-driven decisionmaking based on politics. Exactly what we are trained not to do in law school.

"I'm not asking on the merits. Politically, putting that in there exposes you to this talking point, this 'lie' as you pit it. Why put it in there? Is it worth it?" is a crazy thing to say on a supposed news show.

This is the way. Thank you @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

I asked Chris Murphy if he privately talks to Dem colleagues about why they don't sound the alarm loudly. His answers were depressing. Dems tell him they don't want to be "alarmist" or that "democracy" didn't work in 2024, so they want to stick to health care. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Honestly? Good. The sooner we wean ourselves from federal dollars, the better. We are the economic powerhouse of this country and the sooner we break off from these fuckers the better There's no reason withholding funds can't go both ways. The law means nothing anymore

Is this the first Dem MC to say this explicitly? That the reason this is the GOP’s shutdown isn’t because they “refuse to negotiate” or whatever but because they in fact have the power at any moment to nuke the filibuster and pass whatever they want to keep the govt operating?

I'm sure

It is not a coincidence or a historical contingency that the US right is fundamentally based on lies. This is true for all reactionary politics at all times & places. It is intrinsic to reactionary politics.

Another important correction from Dr Rubin

So let's play this out: Dems hold the line on the actual big picture constitutional lawlessness issues, which Trump/GOP would never concede and any deal with them would be worthless anyway. What good are concessions in legislation and appropriations from a guy who breaks those with impunity? 1/

"Ms. Timpf is not a Trump supporter, or a tradwife, or a typical conservative, but she is also not a scold." I hate this fucking newspaper. A scold!

"U.S. trade authorities also say that, by protecting consumer data that PIX collects, the Brazilian government is hurting American companies that use such information to make business decisions and develop new products." The shamelessness of this way of thinking 😑

This dialogue between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates is fascinating. (EK's line is in bold.) Klein's comment that an overly historical perspective can lead to "fatalism" (a term he uses elsewhere) reflects a view I'm seeing more and more about the circularity, rather than the linearity, of history.

The Sunday Times has published an investigation that reveals the identities of the 13 commanding officers in charge of Russian troops accused of the #Bucha massacres. Their identities have been compiled by independent lawyers and investigators using open-source intelligence🔽

Thanks for posting about this Dr. Rubin!

So exhausting..

This really underscores the problem with the Klein "strategy first" approach. Isn't the president's lawlessness the underlying threat to all that matters to us?

“Now, if the President at this meeting is going to rant, and just yell at Democrats, and talk about all his alleged grievances, and say this, that, and the other thing, we won’t get anything done,” Schumer said. “But my hope is it’ll be a serious negotiation.”

Yes, arresting a journalist for doing their job is a big flashing red light. But I don't want people to forget the whole reason everyone is out there. This is what I saw inside: Four holding rooms. Two smaller rooms were being used for holding protesters. Two larger rooms held ICE/CBP captives.

"Being respectful of our history" means not lying about it. There are not, actually, "a lot of questions" about this grisly massacre You should put your "confidence and trust" in the nonpartisan scholars who have studied this extensively instead of a right-wing Fox & Friends propagandist

61 Years Ago Today:

The most baffling thing about this strategy is that the Democrats don't even have a signature policy on healthcare! "Don't look at the fascist militarization of US cities, look at ..." what exactly?

A bit of a BlueSky Hail Mary - but if you live in NYC and looking to adopt or can donate, please help. I've spent over 3k to keep this backyard family alive and healthy. Everything you would need to know: www.amandaschultz.com/adopt Anyone that could repost I'd be grateful.

Soup for my family

YES YES YES

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year? How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

I like reference on his wiki page 😂 "Millionaire Comedian Who Claimed to Be a 'Millennial' Is Actually Old AF"

Why talk to Steve Bannon?

As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

It's way past time for Democrats to get up on their hind legs.

Why is @nytimes.com claiming to know that FCC chair Brendan Carr's motives for state censorship of liberals are authentically felt, as opposed to an invented pretext? NYT headline writers can't see into Carr's mind.

BREAKING A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial. Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else." Roosevelt May 7, 1918

Roxanne Gay is spot on with this essay.