also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

What war? Name the war. You can't keep saying "war-ravaged." What war?

The consciously concocted kind that enables access for sympathetic voices in order to advance a particular narrative.

Asserting false binaries is essentially cheating at rhetoric, especially in short-form mediums. It's so effective because nobody has time to debate the shape of what's actually in question, not just the answers.

Of all the all-too-predictable “unprecedented” actions of the Trump Administration and its fascist allies, I did not have them accusing the Portland Police Bureau of anti-fascist sympathies on my 2025 bingo card.

i stg one of the problems with the modern pundit-pocalypse is their sheer *incuriousity*. everything is based off their first impressions, their gut instincts, their thinking from first principle. they gotta get that take out before they do any reading. what hath the Blog Era wrought, man

this is the sort of opinion that you get if you don't have the faintest fucking idea 1) how most right wing content creators make a living 2) what an evangelical church is like both of which are extensively documented and easy to just *read* about

He’s not wrong, but you’re also not wrong that the Bush Administration and its allies — to say nothing of the Senate under McConnell in particular — enabled the conditions we’re experiencing today.

In Los Angeles a fire at a homeless encampment in 2019 got major attention, people blamed the homeless and it turned out it was actually started by the son of a chamber of commerce member in an attack on unhoused Angelenos www.theeastsiderla.com/neighborhood...

L is for Lingnan University. OTD (Sept. 12) in 1936, Melville Jacoby first visited Lingnan's campus — then located in Guangzhou (Canton) on what is now Sun Yat-Sen University — and began a transformative year studying in #China. #MelAtoZ #history #WorldWarII

K is for Kunming, capital of Yunnan in southern China. Melville Jacoby made these images In August, 1940, when he stopped en route to a stint freelancing for the United Press in Hanoi. #kunming #meljacoby #melAtoZ #WWII #1940s #history #adangershared

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

The New York Times seems to be taking a similar approach as the Yankees, so the disgrace stretches beyond baseball

The right’s frothing readiness to score political points from Kirk’s death is unsurprising, abhorrent, as as craven as they regularly accuse Democrats and progressives as being. But what is truly shameful is how readily broader public institutions are buying into the lionizing rhetoric.

Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability

Kendra wasn't trying to be exhaustive, but I also want to add: In June, two MN legislators and their spouses were shot: John Hoffman & spouse survived, and Melissa Hortman & spouse died. In 2020, a man intending to kill federal judge Esther Salas killed her son, shot her husband.

As others have noted, the answer is, of course and predictably, no

Gross. Why are the fascist sympathizers at America First advertising to me on Reddit?

Sitting down with former FCC President Lee Williamson, @bill-lascher.bsky.social talked about Jacoby’s life at a Club Lunch highlighting his 2024 book “A Danger Shared”, which includes never-before-seen images depicting war-torn Chungking that were also displayed on the FCC’s Van Es Wall in April.

“Los Angeles’ 1936 ‘Bum Blockade’ Targeted American Migrants Fleeing Poverty and Drought During the Great Depression” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social justice published a fantastic article about the LAPD’s 1936 attempt to keep Dust Bowl refugees out of California. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/los-...

I use an app to remind me about ideas and to-do items. Today I had a reminder to complete a project bagging some collectable magazines. It took me far too long to figure out I just needed to FINISH the project, not try a new kink in Finland. Apologies if “Finnish bagging and boarding” is your thing.

Does anyone know of a decent tool to identify early-to-mid 20tth century public figures by photo? Google Image search is a little tougher these days because of (rightful) limits on reverse image searches of people, and Tineye didn't help.

Crowds on the bus in to today’s #nokings protest in #pdx

Tons of rumors going around that the two MN lawmakers were killed for "voting against the party" or to flip the balance of the MN legislature. Neither are true. There's no known motive yet for this double murder, and speculation while the suspect is at large is pointless.

This is similar to why the q-anon nonsense, the 9-11 was an inside job dreck, and so many conspiracy theories are so ridiculous

Also worth noting re Secretary Noem: South Dakota’s population in 2024 was approximately 924,000 people to California’s 39.4 million. California’s GDP is about $3.4 trillion, or a bit more than $85,000 per capita. South Dakota’s is about $57.5 billion, or about $62,000. Who’s contributing more?

Not the main story, but one factor contributing to the present situation has been decades of treating CA, especially Los Angeles, as that whacky, fringe, vapid second-tier land out west, despite having the nation’s largest economic & cultural engine driven by a diverse, engaged, creative population.

Yes, national news outlets need support. But your local newsrooms need YOUR support.

You need to issue a correction @msnbc.com

“Disrespectful political theatre” is manufacturing a crisis and deploying the military to achieve political aims and quell “violence” when your agents are the ones acting violently.

(D) Oregon is not the worst thing you can be

"escorted out by security" escorted!

An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.

Without legislative majorities, we do not control the floor agenda. We can’t wish ourselves into controlling it. We have to win an election.

So, my birthday’s tomorrow. I typically love being a June bug. But the fact it immediately precedes that other birthday this weekend has made me want to vomit every year since 2016.

Just once I’d like a reporter to ask a member of the administration to define terms. “Secretary Noem, could you please tell me what ‘liberate’ means? What is the definition of ‘socialist?’ “For extra credit: what country is Los Angeles a part of? What document underlies that country’s laws?”

If I heard Noem correctly, even if you're a citizen, you won't necessarily be protected. Yeah, that's worrying.

Your general reminder that the ICE raids are, in fact, the ongoing violence in Los Angeles

Fellas is it good when Hispanic Republican House Reps are starting to send letters to ICE seeking answers? The politics on immigration have changed rapidly and to keep suggesting otherwise is harmful to our cause and to these people

In other news a bunny just ran bravely across NE Weidler around NE 9th. Who’s writing the story about the Lloyd District’s growing hare population?

News is about to break on Swan Island or at the Union Pacific train yard off N. Interstate, judging from the convoy of suburbans and busses and a police motorcycle I just passed

one big reason beltway journalists shouldn’t buy white house spin about los angeles is that the actual public opinion info we have doesn’t suggest the president has a winning hand here

as usual, there is zero accountability for this behavior they’re doing it while people film, and they don’t give a fuck

One thing social media has taught me (though I have definitely experienced it in other media too): a lot of people, even quite smart people, are worryingly bad at reading comprehension. For instance: many have trouble distinguishing between someone *describing* a thing and *advocating* that thing.

I feel this in my bones. If everybody gets tossed over because of one bad call, action, misjudgment, statement, compromise, moment of cowardice or weakness, etc etc… Ain’t nobody left on the boat.

something I find frustrating at times is how many folks, on here or elsewhere, are willing to write people off who are pretty clearly on the same side because of one bad take they can definitely add up to the point that it’s worth writing people off but imo too many people set the bar too low

Building upon that, I’ll just say the LAPD has the opportunity to do something HILARIOUS tonight.

My G-d, the Trump people have managed to make Oregonians publicly say they like California, this is Yalta Conference-level overcoming of historical animosities in light of a common foe

LA produces all of your Made In The USA apparel and fabric. LA is the port for most of your goods and produce. LA makes and the USA takes, baby.

In 2020 when Portland was in the news the nightly protests and police presence took up about two blocks downtown and about two blocks in N Portland near the police union building. The city was not, in fact, an apocalyptic hellscape.