"Brazilian authorities refused to isolate January 8 as a spontaneous and feverish riot. Instead, they treated it as a conspiracy with identifiable authors. Days after the attack, police searched the home of Anderson Torres (...Brasília’s then–security chief)..." jacobin.com/2026/01/janu...

FOLKS IN MINNEAPOLIS: SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.

Walz: "It's beyond me that apparently from the federal government, the Homeland Security director herself, has already determined who this person who, what their motive was, and they hadn't even been taken out of the vehicle. We're not living in a normal world."

keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense

FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history. Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

There are roughly 250 children on Guantanamo Bay that are dependents of United States military personnel. No actual evacuation route out for them w/o hours of heads up. Trump is actively trying to poke the bear from Washington. How the fuck do you not feel like a bitch working at Guantanamo rn?

Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."

...aaaaand we're back to not staying at Hilton. apnews.com/article/ice-...

We’re a decade into this farce and he still doesn’t understand that “asylum seekers” are not, in fact, people from insane asylums.

Why do people keep saying reading books this way "doesn't count"??? Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social #Ableism #Heirarchy #ClassWar #Feminism #OralTradition #Storytelling #Literacy #Reading #Audiobooks #eBooks #Print

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...

Lee: As a Black woman, there’s no way I don’t have hope. I’ve seen a lot in my life, and we have these moments of backward steps. But we have hope. I see hope. I see our young people—they have hope. I see them fighting hard for our democracy and for a better life.

Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.

Trump Spent 2025 Making Trans Lives Unlivable. It’s Time for Democrats to Defend Them. Elected Democrats haven’t done nearly enough to oppose attacks on gender-affirming care. They risk being on the wrong side of history.

There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Happy New Year. THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.

I have issued two changes to my book regarding the water footprint of data centers. I've detailed the changes and the context behind them here: karendhao.com/20251217/emp.... Given the nature of book changes, I wanted to make sure anyone who has an existing copy of the book is aware.

“Empire of AI”: Author Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence DemocracyNow! @democracynow.org #Illiberal #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Authoritarian #BrOligarcy

hey we're moving Friday and have almost everything covered, just boosting this so I can have a few funds left for stuff we need like groceries/new clothes since I'm throwing old stuff out thank you to everyone that has supported me so far for this to be a dream come true 💜 ko-fi.com/salembunner445

Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.

In the Face of Anti-Trans Escalation, We Need More Than Legal Strategies truthout.org/article... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich. How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.

REMINDER: You have one day left to stream #StarTrekProdigy on Netflix trekmovie.com/2025/12/10/n...

I've decided on Fahrenheit 451 as my final book of the year. I have read Bradbury, but for some reason, never this one. Usually I skip the forewords but decided not to, and I'm glad I read this one because it was lovely, and ended thus.

unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.

NEW: A judge in the Kilmar Abrego case just UNSEALED a Dec 3rd order showing DOJ lied to the court when it said that Blanche's office didn't have anything to do with the decision to prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

Congratulations to the 19 states raising the minimum wage in 2026. But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace. No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.

What This Year Looks Like to a Historian Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social #US #History #Law #CivilRights #Constitution #LiberalDemocracy #TrumpRegime #Kleptocracy #MAGA #Project2025 #whiteNationalism #Christofascism

reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination

Don't fall for a rumor that DOGE found Sen. Bernie Sanders owed $1.6 million in unpaid taxes. It comes from a satirical Facebook account. www.snopes.com/fact-check/b...

Same way Kushner got one, I imagine. It was just approved by Trump. He can do that. Background checks are for the client to do with as they wish. The client here is Trump.

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

I'm a 68-year-old Black trans woman, and my home is the East Bay. I recently had to switch my healthcare provider and ran into additional related costs I didn't see coming, resulting in a chain reaction. Your support, however small, will be deeply appreciated. #SFBA #EastBay #MutualAidRequest #Trans

How many of you would be fired for posting something like this publicly? I’d guess most of you. This person is a public servant.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few. Democrats must remember this — and act on it.

It’s hard to imagine Sen. Tuberville offering a clearer or more direct condemnation of the world’s second-largest religion. It certainly goes beyond anything he’s said before. And he's not the only one saying it. @cheetah.bsky.social on anti-Muslim bigotry: lnk.thebulwark.com/3N1wawd

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100 TRUMP AND ELON HAVE STOLEN BILLIONS TRUMP IS LEGALIZING THEIR CRIMES STOP GENOCIDE

I’m stunned by people who say this isn’t who we are. This is exactly what America is and has always been. The Trump Kleptocratic Regime and the Oligarch Despots are the inevitable product of our collective beliefs and values, NOT THE CAUSE!!!

Did 'They' Whitewash Ebonics with AAVE? Sunn m'Cheaux @sunnmcheaux.bsky.social #Blacksky #Eeducation #Linguistics #Language #AAE #AAL #weoutchea

California Commentary: Small-scale bioenergy is critical for wildfire prevention, climate resilience, and emissions reduction ->Daily Republic | #wildfire #climate change #forest #emission #climate resilience | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

I’m doing bunny commissions for $15 each. you’ll get a scanned in digital version of a painting. I’ll be doing watercolors and mix in some other medium. If you want my bunny art, all you have to do is drop a reference photo of a bunny that you’re a fan of in the comments.

This bears repeating as often as necessary, until the day dawns when we are demonstrably an honest and just nation.✊🏽