JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

I have my doctorate from the Dept. of American Studies at UT and taught there as a lecturer. My former colleagues have joint appointments across AADS, WGS, MALS, and so many other departments impacted here. I'm so mad.

I know a Manifesto they could read

God bless America.

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

Geez could he get more personable?

It's just so obvious that he likes people, and it's weird that that's a differentiator among politicians these days

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.

Drew this for Liam and all the other detained children, men, women, people, our neighbor. If folks want this on a sticker or magnet or anything, message me and I’ll get that your way. Proceeds all for mutual aid in Minnesota.

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

As seen on r/nursing Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

holy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.

I just thought everyone should see this

Wow, @gelliottmorris.com made a detailed map of Trump approval *at the sub-county level.* Of course, there are assumptions that have to be made, but it's quite rigorous. Certainly the best info in the public domain. 👀 southern Texas 👀 Check it out: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-det...

In 2003, Wikipedia held a logo design contest. Here are four of the finalists:

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

My boxing coach always tells us that punches aren't always going to land (much less land cleanly!), but you still have to throw them to keep your opponent busy. Otherwise they'll punch you in the face. The @democrats.org would do well to remember that lesson.

Polls show that only 12% of Americans support President Trump’s plan to seize Greenland. But in this CBS newsroom, that number feels much higher

We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

Want to help folks being terrorized by ICE in Minnesota? Well look at this google doc someone made. Lots of GoFundMe's that haven't met their goals yet. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"Do you think the ICE agent should face criminal charges for shooting the woman in Minneapolis?" All: Yes: 53% No: 30% Yes Among: Democrats: 90% Independents: 54% Republicans: 14% YouGov / Jan 11, 2026

This FWIW is a good example of what I am talking about. I don’t think Dan Goldman is ever going to say the words “abolish ICE” and activists should work to replace him with someone who will. But also, Goldman speaking in these terms isn’t a bad thing. It is, like I said, a good start.

IT'S CHICAGO, YEAH 🗣️ The Bears erase an 18-point deficit to win their first playoff game since 2010.

I am glad I stayed up to watch the Bears game.

Go Bears. Fuck the Packers. Abolish ICE.

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

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Lol these are terrible kettlebell swings.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

91,000 women age 20 and older left the labor force in December, while 10,000 men joined it, per @nwlc.org

Trump is using ICE like a secret police force. They’ve used Gestapo-like tactics to terrorize communities for nearly a year, and now they’re literally killing people. This can’t be America. I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.

Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.

Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.

Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti. Mattia sips on an espresso during his. Truly the heroes we need during these times.

Definitely call the phone number on today’s Very Important People on @dropout.tv with @vicmmic.bsky.social .

R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)