Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true

i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.

I have two children, both teens, one white, one a person of color. We got our child of color a passport card to carry with them at all times. We have not done this for our white child.

Multiple Republicans are absurdly claiming they're just fighting back against Democratic gerrymandering. In 2024, roughly 3 times more seats were in states drawn to favor the GOP than Dems. The GOP in Congress & on the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked efforts to ban gerrymandering nationwide

The Trump regime has become a living experiment to prove that actually DEI did work better, and is a superior approach to hiring incompetent mediocre white men, who only got the job because of who they knew and being a kiss ass.

It’s time to get shit done, California.

High school senior gets credit in Government for attending a protest. Studio City Rising is out here every Saturday.

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Friend at friendsgiving: “The United States has three political parties: 1) I told you this would happen! 2) This wasn’t supposed to happen to *me*! 3) Nothing is happening!”

I am sinking and this is brilliant.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

I don’t even have to put the game on. All I have to do is listen to my neighbors. #ILoveLA #Dodgers #WorldSeries

Morning news in Los Angeles used to be traffic and, on an exciting day, a car chase. News this morning: here’s aerial coverage of today’s ICE raid and the spontaneous community protest in response.

“When families break down, family sharing systems can allow [an] … abusive … parent to cling to digital control of their children.” My family has lived through this and it has been a nightmare. Control of the phone was the preferred tool to stalk us and to damage our family relationships.

Found outside a business while wandering around Los Angeles. #NoKings #LosAngeles

“[W]hat’s been more surprising has been the broader sense of hostility toward any government program that offers aid and empathy to those born with real challenges. Few predicted that Trump would seek to decimate the special education office … or work … to undermine the rights of the disabled.”

The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.

The fact that there were no counterprotests shows that Trumpism and MAGA barely exist outside of social media. This movement has gradually collapsed completely within the population. — It’s difficult to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.

A few favorites from Burbank ( #LosAngeles ) CA. #NoKings #Indivisible

Reseda ( #LosAngeles ) CA My parents (81/79) have been active politically and in service their whole lives, but have never protested. Today they didn’t just join us. They *organized* this location. #Indivisible #NoKings

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

Speaking Spanish isn’t “un-American.” It’s as American as the Super Bowl itself. If you’re mad about hearing it, maybe ask yourself why.

Our current president is a such a man that Alexander Hamilton wrote of....

Children are going to die from Reye Syndrome again.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Kimmel. Awesome. Now do Colbert.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

I’ve shared xkcd’s comic a lot. If this had been an independent decision by the network, the comic might apply. When the government intervenes, it’s no longer “consequences” but a violation of the First Amendment.

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Trump complains about domestic violence arrests hurting his new “there is no crime in DC now” stats. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Me and my family enjoying our boat tour of Chicago on one of the best vacations we’ve ever taken. For no reason today.

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.

When young people ask me why they should get involved – I tell the story of Grace.

Marked safe from the bullet fires in Los Angeles.

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

The Guardian is finally saying it: It’s all about the racism. No “both sides.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: For decades, protecting the voting rights of people with disabilities was a bipartisan priority. Now, as the GOP restricts voting access through the lens of “election integrity,” those long-standing protections are already beginning to erode. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

Nightly TV news in Los Angeles ICE holds high school senior in awful conditions ICE goes after local athlete ICE beats up nurses protecting a patient; nurses will not be charged Protests against ICE

“Books are medicine. If it’s not your medicine, you don’t burn down the pharmacy.“ - Sandra Cisneros on book bans

As a graduate of UCLA ... The federal government’s $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. bit.ly/standuc

Discrimination in many AI hiring tools can be “opaque–its bias buried not in an explicit rule, but in statistical patterns,” writes Dr. Sergey Kornilov. This “emergent ableism is a form of discrimination that arises when pattern-matching algorithms encounter human cognitive diversity.”

First they came for the unhoused?

My latest for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/07/14/l...