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This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms. "The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t." Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff: newrepublic.com/article/2057...

The grimness of US history should encourage us. Yes, people used to send lynching postcards. And other people saw that, worked towards building a more just society anyway, and succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination. There's more work to be done. What's our excuse for choosing despair instead?

my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue

Yes, no one should argue with you when you say that the actions of an American presidential administration elected by American voters, funded by an American congress, and validated by an American judiciary are un-American. I'm not arguing anymore at all. Just blocking.

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

Facing the whole complicated truth of the atrocities perpetrated in the name of supremacy and domination and then looking baldly at the lies, erasure and myths created to avoid healthy guilt and reparation Is absolutely necessary to create any kind of better world.

when you TELL THE TRUTH about how current American atrocities are an extension of the atrocities that the United States was “founded” on - colonization, slavery So many people just IMPLODE into nihilism or denial. The truth is the only platform you can stand on to build anything sustainable

Please don't use your feelings and desires as historical arguments when engaging with Black people about what this country is and has always been. You sound like a child. The magical version of the US that lives only in your heart CAN exist, but first you have to accept that it doesn't.

i realized watching OBAA is a completely different experience as a Black person (this will be a read only thread... you know who you are... you know why)

I am so happy for Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, and Amy Madigan. Along with Coogler and Jordan, they really showed that skill transcends genre. But Delroy though... That man is so brilliant, sensitive, and thoughtful. I want the world for him especially.

I know there are MANY more important things going on in the world right now, but let us take a tiny bit of cheer over the fact that Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku just got nominated for Oscars.

If you’re looking for something you can do, this is something you can do. Kids and their families at the school where my BIL teaches could use some extra help. 💜

It's wild to see one's exact group chat rant come out of someone else's mouth, but it's also really reassuring.

A weed and fountain pen shop called Inkoredibles

I really have no patience for most of this nonsense

"Fascist law enforcement is distracting from the cost-of-living messaging we think is the path to power—power that we will use to give more money to fascist law enforcement so that we don't look anti-law enforcement." Do all the capitol buildings have CO detectors?

I tell everyone I can about www.weather.gov . This government hasn't fully destroyed it yet and it's very very useful unlike the other ad-ridden "content focused" weather sites. I wouldn't say no to a Detroit weather twink though.

Mike Johnson is speaker of the house and John Thune is senate majority leader. They actually have a great deal of power to do something about this but no one in the media seems to think they should be accountable. Republicans run all 3 branches of government.

so far the only drawback to running Linux has been lack of Bluetooth drivers (Mediatek chipset) and no real substitute for windows hello. The Bluetooth thing WOULD be a deal breaker, but I have a wired gaming mouse, controller, and headphones for latency and audio quality.

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

This one shows that even before getting escorted away, a lone Black man was between him and the mob. One day this country will be worthy of Black people.

Note how it was Black and brown people who got him up out of there before he got killed and everyone caught a murder charge. He is absolutely not worth it. I hope he reflects on that.

I mean, if you love ICE so much...

Reed O'Connor's corruption is an easy layup for judicial impeachment.

I don't know why he is like this. but I'm glad.

They really tried to paint this golden retriever of a man as a Muslim extremist.

"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..." workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...

At first I thought this was an UNHhhh reference but it turns out there is an Australian show with a similarly named dog.

Given the right's hatred of women and use of dystopian scifi as a roadmap, they are probably speedrunning Bene Tleilax* axlotl tanks. * - Dune faction that turned the women of their society into biological machinery for reproduction and genetic engineering.

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

This hall monitor dipshit is just trying to give people an excuse for why they can’t have solidarity with others and distract/ exhaust people who do. They chose to write & publish this while DHS posts like a stormfront intern, flashbangs infants, and tortures and murders people.

Installed Nobara Linux, set up steam, and installed Diablo 4. It was the best the game had ever looked and the best it ever performed. I am just gobsmacked. And I didn't need a bunch of bloated launchers/settings managers/game profiles. I am low key mad that I waited this long to do this.

Mo Ba is a Detroit high school student who arrived in the U.S. from Senegal in Jan. 2024 as a minor and is seeking asylum. He needs $10,000 for his bond by this Friday, January 16th. He's already been in detention for 40 Days! Mo's fund has only $420 of the $10,000. Please kick in what you can. 🙏🏼

I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.

The past 6 months have been ROUGH at work. So much, it affected my mental/physical health. But I powered through it, hired different people, and revamped the team. Today I had a 1:1 with every team member and they were so happy and excited! This is the best I’ve felt in MONTHS.

In a few years when the media acts like there is an addiction problem out of nowhere, it will be because of this. Psychiatrist friend said his grant to train doctors on addiction treatment nationally was cut last night.

It’s always Fuck Off Jake Tapper day.

Can't wait for all the thinkpieces about how Republicans have lost touch with the working class and the full "Joe the Plumber" fawning media treatment for TJ Sabul.

He should never have to pay for a drink again. TJ Sabula, a United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., told The Washington Post that he had been suspended pending an investigation, and that he had "no regrets whatsoever."

Grand Theft Auto Online released a custom mission builder and people are re-enacting the Charlie Kirk killing for xp. Who's the NPC now?

Friend in Minneapolis (who isn't Black) told me they had to have the talk with their kids about what to do if they have an encounter with ICE. We also talked about coming to terms with asserting rights/dignity being less important than surviving the encounter. People are being RADICALIZED by this.

Vociferously denying people’s experience of racism while using slurs. PEAK F6.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

Lived through all 4 years of the Biden administration, but died within a year of Trump’s inauguration. Irony, you will always be that bitch.

Her kitten heels stay in somebody’s ass.

Mocking and jeering ICE is actually one of the most effective things we can do. These guys think they are going to be glorious heroes in a war of civilizations because right wing media has gassed them up.

Y'all won't trick me into learning anything about Emily Oster, I don't care

Any Black doctor or nurse can confirm!