ICE's contempt for the law has no bounds. newrepublic.com/post/201394/...

READ @mikespies.bsky.social on the gun industry and its suicide prevention failures www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

He stops mid-sentence. 👀 This wasn’t a technical glitch or mic issue, he just stopped talking and stared off into the middle distance. He either had a stroke or realized halfway through talking he was out of his depths & pulled a sleeper to get out of it. #TemuGoebbels is an untalented hack.

"As has been happening for years, the U.S. could continue to lose gigawatts of power as hydroelectric facilities shut down rather than absorb the high costs of relicensing — especially with cheaper competition from gas, wind, and solar." From @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com

The thing about "high-value" is that value is very relative in this scenario. That kind of manufacturing might be high-value to the shareholders, maybe even to state and national governments. But if its bringing higher bills to locals with few jobs to offset that, it's got negative value for them.

Her contempt is extraordinary. Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people. And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

🔴 The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter "Media companies, governments and public figures are pretending to themselves that it will all get better. It won't. The Twitter many of us joined is dead and, while X is not yet, it should be" @ottoenglish.bsky.social

We can’t take you seriously if you think “wokeness” is a bigger threat than authoritarianism. [cough cough Bari Weiss]

That is, no reputable therapist would subject their patients to this treatment, linked to increased the risk of depression & suicide. See, e.g., med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... But Supreme Court will embrace ADF's claims to the contrary to say the law fails strict scrutiny.

The major legal question Chiles is whether the conversion therapy ban is a regulation of speech or conduct. If a regulation of speech, then it will trigger the free speech clause and be presumptively unconstitutional. If a regulation of conduct, then it should be fine.

also the practice of breaking into draft board offices eventually lead to the Media, Pennsylvania FBI break in which is what lead to the discovery of COINTELPro. And the people who did it kept their mouths shut for 43 years. At least two of them were married with kids.

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NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety" Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime www.404media.co/police-said-...

🚨BREAKING: A top Texas Republican revealed in federal court Monday he didn’t tell legislators about a phone call with the national GOP operative who drew the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts." On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next: newrepublic.com/article/2014...

The fact that you feel bad is not the same as repairing harm. It’s based in the belief that your feelings matter more than your impact

It's not profitable to save women's lives. #America 1/ "The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

making your opponent's brutality plain doesn't work within the context of a society where brutality is already normal

I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.

How many videos have you seen of protesters being brutalized? Pretending this imagery still changes the math the way you wish it would is an insult to the people whose bodies you would treat as props. Ghandi's era was more complex than many of you make out. This is not the 60s either. Things change.

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago. So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate! How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery? Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.

New by me for @lawfaremedia.org: The possible case against Letitia James reflects Trump’s modus operandi of responding to perceived offenses against him not just tit for tat, but tat for tat. He treats others the exact same way he claims they’ve mistreated him. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

"It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the [NYAG Letitia James]." By my new @lawfaremedia.org colleague Molly L. Roberts (formerly of @washingtonpost.com ) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

GRIFFIN: ".. We’re definitely on a bit of a sugar high in the US economy right now." @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"I think Greta is right but I don't like how single-minded and rigid she is" Just say you hate autistic people and go.

CBS: “Broadview (IL) Police Chief Thomas Mills said that ICE agents at the detention facility have called 911 to report several incidents that turned out to be false. Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.”

A foundational principle of this country is that the military shouldn’t police our communities — and a federal judge agrees.

According to polling by YouGov, my therapist Jimmy Kimmel (the late night television host and comedian) has a favorability rating 16 points higher than the president's. The polling took place after Kimmel returned to air having being suspended from his show last month.

One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this. -Omar El Akkad Pics of the day #photography

NIH funding cuts are affecting getting current information about medication we are prescribed.

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Trump is definitely not in charge

"One wonders how the rightwing defenders of religious liberty feel when federal agents show up at their church. Or how they feel about having their homes invaded, or their neighbors kidnapped off the street."

California is gonna have an actual written trade deal before the GOP Tariff Clown in Chief™, lmao

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

"Parente said the video shows an agent turn a federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez."

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

Also the irony that just a couple of yrs ago Gov Abbott was arguing that the federal govt had practically no authority over his National Guard (for COVID vaxx) but now seems fine w actual mobilizations against governors’ objections is 😘

9. The folks with the bricks are cops or right wing infiltrators. Don't talk to them and don't engage. 10. The first rule of protesting is everyone comes home alive. Risking arrest and firing is a part of every protest or action, but it's not a decision you can make on behalf of other people.

4. POLICE ARE NOT THERE TO PROTECT PROTESTERS. Don't talk to police. Have a legal support plan beforehand, and if you are stopped, say: "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." Police can legally lie to you.

Yes, police can and will ticket or arrest people weeks or months after the fact for attending a protest. Yes, ICE will try to detain people weeks or months after the fact for attending a protest. Wearing a mask protects you and those around you.

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

Pro-tip: the people zip-tying kids or shoving the elderly down stairs are never the good guys.

The right is doing themselves a disservice, because when we’re finally past this nonsense, and we will be, they’ll never again be able to claim they stand for the Constitution, states’ rights, law and order, separation of church and state, free speech, or protecting kids. Ever.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.” #Shutdown abc7.com/post/hollywo...