The destruction is generational. We've given away all of our soft power, on purpose.

War is just so fucking pointless.

Seriously, how hard is it to recall a Senator?? www.inquirer.com/politics/fet...

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They think this is scaring people - it just makes me mad, makes me want to buy whistles, and whisper to this man, every night when you go to bed, you know you're a piece of shit.

Anyway, I'm going to continue banging pots and pans together trying to draw some attention to this problem in hopes that groups on the left will pay attention to this and invest in a response. Otherwise, the right-wing BS claims about "liberal bias" will successfully be used to reshape reality.

I'm putting the community efforts in Maine on my radar.

who is our leader right now? The best i have is Adam Kinzinger.

if you’re just citizens then go buy a 3d printer and start printing whistles; if you’re leaders then put something useful on the table

/13 Americans are Dick-Wolf-addled cop-fluffing dipshits. Most are indifferent to or supportive of use of the criminal justice process to inflict deliberate humiliation on defendants. Some are opposed, nominally, when they are sympathetic to the particular defendant….

It started snowing heavily right when the ICE OUT protest was starting in my little town. I knew I'd feel better if I went, so I dragged myself out. A couple hundred people were there, including one of my Republican neighbors. She didn't come to No Kings, but she came out for this. Gives me hope.

/4 Trump and ICE and the rest of the fascist scum can murder and lie and oppress, but they can’t kill that decency that some real Americans have. They don’t have it, they are inadequate without it, and it infuriates them. But they can’t kill it.

If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.

/3 (6) meanwhile they think anyone who posted Charlie Kirk’s own words to criticize him should be fired and (7) they know that’s inconsistent but they don’t care because consistency is weakness, because, again, shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture.

Score one for “fuck you, make me”

This, sadly, doesn't surprise me.

I've always been Medicare for All (actually better than Medicare for all - we all need dental & vision), but today I had a sobering vision of Medicare for All, with Trump, RFK and Dr. Oz in charge. At least right now, we have insurance companies that are pro-vax because it saves money.

Counterpoint: What if…right-wing fascist ultra-rich assholes just stfu for a bit? Let somebody else have a turn at the wheel? Paid taxes?

Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…

If you are accused of something awful, and the punishment is homelessness or a cage, and you don't have a defense, and the accusation is enough to satisfy society you deserve everything done to you, no one who can be put in your position has any rights at all worth a damn.

100% - I've quit watching all of the news, but if they would do this, I'd come back, maybe.

There's a persistent narrative out there that because state hospitals closed, crime and homelessness are on the rise. This is untrue and dangerous, as it helps to other people who are struggling with issues that can and should be supported in their community. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...

There's a persistent narrative out there that because state hospitals closed, crime and homelessness are on the rise. This is untrue and dangerous, as it helps to other people who are struggling with issues that can and should be supported in their community. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...

With Elon Musk’s new $1 trillion contract, he could make $11.4 MILLION per HOUR for the next 10 years. He’s not creating his profits, working people are! The “Four Comma Club” shouldn’t exist. A union contract is how we start to level the playing field. https://wapo.st/47O88M4

Seriously, only in Philly could this biker gang exist(gift link): share.inquirer.com/DX92z8

Good news from science!!

It's almost like they know the tax rate is irrelevant and it's services provided with tax revenue vs cost of not having those services that decides how livable a place is and just think you're too dumb to also know this

Hatboro, PA came out! We're a town of about 8500 people, and there were at least 500 people out there yesterday - it was a day of hope, for sure.

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

Probably worth directing some attention here with this post taking off

I just finished the first episode - its important to realize how we got here, and this does that. The story of Kathryn Johnston in 2006 is illustrative of the evolution of policing in this country. And Radley Balko is an excellent reporter - so glad to add him to my podcast mix.

This event has had way more interest than I’d ever imagine, so I hope we do some good! If you’re not coming out or if you don’t get everything you need when you arrive, use this as inspiration to connect with your neighbors and do something similar!

I spit red wine all over my computer reading this....

This is what I heard too.....(though I'm not nearly as qualified to comment as she is).

/2 Anyway the carceral state did its very best to jail those wrong guys forever and, until they got this DNA hit, the carceral state and its supporters would have said you were a terrible un-American person for doubting their guilt or questioning the prosecution.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

Imagine an NFL team entering the field on motorcycles and using swords against their opponent. Imagine the refs changing the rules and letting them win. Imagine sportscasters covering it like a normal game, talking about stats and next year's draft. That's TFG, SCOTUS, and the media.

I don't know if anybody sees me here, but I had a notion, and want to know what you think. I think if the US will only recognize two genders, I may have to never answer a gender question on any form ever again, except with "prefer not to answer" if that's available. Do you think that's a dumb idea?

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

The extreme, opportunistic, completely disingenuous reaction to Kirk's murder also makes clear that if there's an Oklahoma City or 9/11-level attack in the next few years, this administration will absolutely exploit it to try to end our democracy and permanently entrench itself in power.

I swear I would never in a million years think I would ever share a thought from Bill Kristol, but - this nails it.

Not a joke: attempt to get a VPN to sponsor you guys and use it to help educate your readers. This shit is only going to get worse. This whole circumstance fucking sucks, though, I’m so sorry.

In this firehose of attacks, this is what really keeps me up at night - www.inquirer.com/health/chop-...

Please, please, please resist the temptation to tell me about your dream last night. I really don't care.