All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Reminder: the Democrats made their decision on Thursday to cave as a unified caucus.

Democrats shut down the government, only to pass a bill that bans.... CBD products for some reason?

When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.

To say this was Dems voting, e.g., to fund ICE paychecks isn't unfair or an exaggeration. It's literally true. That they'd already given up on even trying to do anything about that doesn't change it, it's still in there. This is what constitutional accountability for the power of the purse is for.

As the agent approaches the Fullerton police officer, the woman can be heard saying, “What are you doing? What the f*** is your problem?” “You can’t be following us like that,” the agent is heard responding. “I live here! It’s okay to pull your gun on a woman? What the f***?”

Ending the shut down wasn't about funding SNAP. It was about appeasing rich donors begging Dems to reopen the government so their flights would stop getting canceled.

What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

This has to be the demand - not just a unfocused "fuck the cavers", but a focused demand to replace Schumer with someone who has already proven up to the moment. I will be making regular calls to have Schiff and Padilla demand this, and the more of us that do the more real it could be.

Healthcare costs for millions of Americans are doubling. Angus King has a net worth of $22 million.

Do you plan to support a challenger to Schumer, and primary challenges to all the yea voters, or is this just talk?

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.

chuck schumer cannot be replaced as party leadership quickly enough

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

The lesson that Schumer learned from the March debacle: - do a better job timing the cave to Trump so it happens on Sunday night, not during the day when offices can be lobbied - do a better job picking senators who are retiring or not up in '26 to vote aye - make sure you don't have to vote aye

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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

We coordinated my partner returning from Europe, my sister from Detroit and my brother, sister in law and four kids from Boston to have one last Thanksgiving with our ailing dad. And so I want to speak with precision when I tell Senate Dems to fuck off into the sun if you fold.

Guys just thought of this: what if we wrest power away from the capitalist ruling class and create a society not based on the exploitation of a laboring class

Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.

Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.

If people are wondering what more I want a party that holds a minority in both houses of Congress, it’s this. It’s wielding power *outside* the halls of Congress. Why aren’t Democrats organizing their donors to make food bank donations? Why aren’t they organizing mass protest?

Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.

Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.

the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/07/i...

For those curious who the Gang of 8 are in regards to Dems working to reopen to government with the Republicans: Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).

lol. The "religious freedom" crusaders are literally trying to ban people from praying outside of immigration jails.

SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court. Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:

After an explosion injured eight students at a school in Indonesia, authorities found a rifle that replicates the one used by Brenton Tarrant. Tarrant murdered 51 people at two different mosques in New Zealand in 2019. jakartaglobe.id/news/replica...

literally the only thing these guys are good at is convincing tech-illiterate boomer politicians that their highly specialized tech company with no competitors is absolutely essential to the advancement of the human race, that is their only talent

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

Any time ICE tries to "explain" a situation, they come out looking even more evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Absolutely heart wrenching account from inside the Adelanto Detention center. A few excerpts:

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries. No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."

“Many people on SNAP are disabled, many others are working and just not being paid a living wage and need SNAP to supplement their income," Jordan from Utah said. "I just wish more people right of center understood the reality of life for people that have to rely on this program to survive.”

I dislike Obama for lots of reasons, but I understand liberals who still hold warm feelings for him. What I can’t come to terms with is liberals who claim to care about inclusion, justice, etc who have anything but utter contempt for Biden. He supplied weapons and PR for mass baby murder.

I don't know who needs to hear this but your AI agent is not 'support staff'

people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be

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Have you guys seen that Sen in Ohio who nonchalantly in some hearing was like, “oh I snuck around and got the VINs of all your cars” and everyone was like “you did what you absolute freak???” And he really thought it was normal and fine? This is so weird! x: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

now is the time to demand schumer be deposed

Remember: Dodgers ownership has a stake in GEO, and is making $$$ off of pushing our immigrant & refugee communities into prison & then expulsion, destroying our families and punishing folks for the simple act of living here. Here’s the chief offender: Principal owner Mark Walter.

I see everyone getting incredibly mad about this but… this is basically what the Dems have been asking for the entire time it’s a bad deal for the Dems! it’s super easy to say yes to! and we are over a month into a shutdown anyway because the response has been “you get nothing, good day sir”

The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.

Stop trying to appear 'reasonable'!!!! Demand they call off ICE goons nationwide!!!

A 1-year ACA funding extension wouldn't even bring us to the next Congress, when Democrats could potentially control the House... this is negotiation?