america is an ideal worth fighting for

Flowers for Algae-non...

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

The only way that this bowl of oatmeal counts as a manly man in their eyes is because he has pursued power to inflict cruelty on his perceived enemies and to enrich himself, just like Donald Trump.

DRAG HIS ASS.

the nonbinary rapper who frequently gets misgendered as a man: Mx. Sir-a-Lot

*wince*

In a similar vein, why are we centering poll numbers so damn much? "Trump installs orphan-grinding-up machine at Mar-a-Lago and it's *really unpopular*!" That's like the fifteenth worst thing about the situation!

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i am not willing to compromise on basic human rights to win over mythical shithead voters it is my job to go out in the world and virtue signal my full throated support of marginalized people under attack. you try to come for trans people, you gotta come through me, motherfucker

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND

Never forget that the people who convinced you trans people are a threat to your children all belong to a network of child rapists.

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

Authoritarianism doesn’t announce itself. It arrives wrapped in “security,” “order,” and “law enforcement.” Minneapolis is being used as a proving ground. If we don’t stop this now, we may not get another chance.

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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.

To be clear, if one had certain health conditions, this could kill them. Someone called it torture, and it is. But it is also attempted murder.

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

I saw both in concert- Doc played at my middle school in the early 80s, and TMBG a couple of decades later at JoCo... both were outstanding shows!

This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.

Exercising One's First Amendment Right Now Capital Offense, Declares President of United States.

Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

Looks like there is a protest at the Capitol tonight at 7pm, and another at City Hall tomorrow at 11am. If protest is your thing, I encourage you to go! Being around others who feel as you do helps beat back the dark.

This was my favorite sign at the ICE protest today in Austin, TX

This thread is a delight. History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man.

i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

Impeach impeach impeach- Congress, do your goddamn job and impeach this criminal, you cowards!

Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.

I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison

Finally someone figured out a cure!

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

I worked in Food Stamps/SNAP for many years back in the day, and there's always been a noisy asshole contingent of people who want to badmouth the poor. Jesus needs to give them all a good spanking (no not the fun kind) because they suck.

I don't know what it is about poor people getting help that seems to piss some people right the hell off, and motivates them to go public with their shriveled heart on full display along with the entirety of their ass, but it's been going on for as long as I've been paying attention. Shame, y'all.

Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today. The system is rigged.

This should be getting more attention.

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

"loss of our own dick was not in our projections while pulling the 'shoot off your own dick' lever"

It's good that public sentiment flipped as soon as people saw the consequences of the things they thought they wanted, but we have a serious problem if we're going to keep cycling through this process forever.

One of the things that kills me about all this is that it’s just, like, maybe ten guys.

It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok

Big day for people who care about other people