went out on my patio to document the hellscape

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela. Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless warmongering. It failed 48-51. Murkowski and Paul voted yes. Fetterman voted no.

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks: I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

The White House: "Since early June, Antifa militants have laid siege to the ICE field office in south Portland." The photo in the Oregon Live article the White House links to:

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil. The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage. /1

wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Enemy of MAGA? Explain your dismissive stance

I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

ICE GOONS 'RELIEVED OF CURRENT DUTIES' AFTER VIOLENT CONFRONTATION CAUGHT ON CAMERA KEEP FILMING EVERYTHING!

This is Portland right now. We’re“under siege” by pollen and potholes, that’s about it. We have a ton of live webcams if you want to watch us go to the farmers markets or walking our dogs, we love dogs. Release the Epstein files. www.camscape.com/webcam/pione...

Chicago goes hard.

I told the Reverend he made me proud to be a Christian.

All headlines just from today 🇺🇸

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

“This isn’t the America I know” Black People:

This is really good. Inspiring, challenging, hopeful. Thanks, @theradr.bsky.social www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-point-of...

Happy Constitution Day

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely

This is a really good article

White people youtube.com/shorts/bqGNj...

That msnbc guy got fired for saying these words

Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours

Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot

Yes I am politicizing this shooting at my kid's school. Every school shooting is political. Every school shooting is the result of choices made by cowardly politicians. This is on them. I'm so sad and so angry.

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

Hey I know a great way we can ALL honor the life of #CharlieKirk and his influence! By signing this petition through the Sandy Hook Promise, operated by the parents of the Sandy Hook victims, to support gun violence legislation nationwide! takeaction.sandyhookpromise.org/a/preventsch...

Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed

Oregonian here - I am volunteering to fund the lawsuit to go after this ICE goon for assault. We need to identify every single one of them. Please reach connect me with the people who need the money to get this rolling.

I spent all weekend glued to this book by @equalityalec.bsky.social — it is an ESSENTIAL read for anyone in drug policy or harm reduction spaces. I have learned so much that my brain actually might explode and I have so much work to do now

Cal Ripken Jr has missed 3,765 consecutive games

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

LETS GO #VALKYRIES !!!

Read the op-ed.

A reminder that "But what if people on YOUR side are on the Epstein list?" is a bullshit argument, EVERYONE who was raping children needs to get into the bin right now, that's the deal here and it ain't exactly complicated

Look what I just saw! The symbolism is so mixed right now... #baldeagle #wildlife #photography

Produce the bodies, be they alive or dead.

every single economic indicator right now is a blaring siren warning us of whats coming and we’re just steamboat willie whistling our way right past it

More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

I also miss things that aren't actually gone, such as my mother's face when she hides it behind her hands

We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.