The NRA is a gun rights organization the way the Ku Klux Klan is a speech rights organization.

One more thing they had in common was that the NRA was shamefully slow and silent in both cases, having long since simply become an arm of the Republican party and willingly followed the GOP's embrace of both racism and fascism.

ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.

The unc who went viral a few weeks ago protesting in MN is back: "5 shots they put into that man's body. How do you look me in the eye and tell me you can justify this? I'm a veteran. I swore an oath back in 1969 to protect this country against all enemies foreign and domestic. This is unbelievable"

The TX Sen debate went about as I expected. Those were 2 candidates in about 99% agreement - and the differentiator will be whose style is more necessary at this moment. I think both made excellent points and neither hurt themselves. They left room to support whoever wins.

Calling balls & strikes, I think James Talarico's answer on protecting federal workers was strong.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God. Thank God we have video. Because according to DHS, these 7 heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against him or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense and it's lies."

I'm not a Texan, but from my vantage point, Jasmine Crockett is doing *REALLY* well in this debate... ...and she's speaking with authority and current experience from Congress.

This is EXACTLY the chaos Trump wanted to provoke.

Live on MS NOW: Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised. Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"

It is SO difficult to save a people from themselves when they refuse to heed their own history. So much could have been prevented if people simply believed the lived experience of evil perpetrated against marginalized communities. The chickens have come home to roost.

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If this isn't the America you knew then you've never really known America.

BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.

This is not a difficult concept to grasp and yet….

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

I'm no constitutional scholar, but I'm pretty sure it ALREADY SAYS Trump can't do what the Supreme Court is allowing him to do. I welcome any attorney's correction on this. @elienyc.bsky.social for example?

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

He yells, “I’m a corrections officer”, but ICE didn’t give a sh*t. MAINE: 7 ICE agents against one “squeaky clean” corrections recruit. The sheriff said, “They all took off leaving his car with the windows down, the lights on, unsecured and unoccupied. Folks, that’s bush league policing.”

Now imagine the reaction from Republicans and the American media if a Democratic president was doing this in a red state.

The Republicans are the ones who are responsible for everything going on, yet every time something happens, the reflex is to come on here and blame Democrats.

Trump's America is a fucking disgrace

Lots of racist trolls on the hellsite pretending to be Texas Dems & "mildly concerned" about Jasmine Crockett's "behavior." Like: 1) They get to be the arbiters of how a grown ass woman & sitting member of Congress "behaves." 2) Texas likes shrinking violets. Wasn't Ann Richards the last Dem Gov?

I don't think grievance, a more polite term for racism, has a shelf-life. It just ebbs and flows in enthusiasm. If it had a shelf-life, America, like Germany, would have LONG AGO faced & redressed its history.

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .

It's never good when the forecast looks like it belongs at a Grateful Dead show

The National Weather Service issues a litany of notices before and during inclement weather events. They can be important signals on how to respond.

Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

And why is it only the Black people you all are demanding to say something? There are other presidents still alive. There are other VPs who ran for president still alive. There are other people who ran for president and VP still alive. Why is it ONLY the Black people you're yelling at?

For the people who are whining that Kamala and Barack aren’t speaking out now…. They literally gave speeches in 2024 accurately predicting everything that’s happening now and you clearly didn’t give a shit. What are they supposed to say now? Shut the fuck up.

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Congratulations to Cade Cunningham on being named a first-time NBA All-Star starter.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

"It doesn't feel good to be right. We're in a *terrible* place in this country... but I do want some acknowledgement that FOLKS TRIED TO TELL YOU." - @nhannahjones www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CRs...

Turns out the real threat isn’t immigrants - it’s blue zip codes.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

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People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.

And if your pastor is director of field operations for ice, you deserve to have your tables overturned!

MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.

Gentle reminder: You can not honor the Confederacy and claim to be a patriot. You can not stand for democracy AND fascism. You CAN NOT honor both MLK and Charlie Kirk. If you see anyone who does, call out their hypocrisy QUICK-FAST.

Massive protests erupted this weekend in Denmark over Donald Trump’s threats to take Greenland. I think I speak for most Americans when I say, we want the Epstein Files NOT Greenland. youtube.com/shorts/d8MQD...

This happened late on Friday. My law firm has intervened to fight DOJ in the first 23 cases where it seeks sensitive voting data. We will do the same here. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The absolute accuracy of this.

On her first day as Governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger made a decisive move: She vetoed Executive Order 47, ending Virginia's participation in the federal 287(g) program that allowed local law enforcement to act as ICE agents. www.whsv.com/2026/01/17/d...