The hypocrisy of Republicans around free speech will make sense when you realize they see themselves as the True Neutral Default, non-political living in the correct way. Whatever they say is free speech. But The Others have an Ideology just like Communism, thus dangerous and that's Not Speech

Is calling protesters “domestic terrorists” engaging in heated rhetoric?

“If you call us the gestapo, we will have no choice but to act like the gestapo to stop you from calling us the gestapo.”

'The United Arab Emirates raised concerns again Monday, saying in a statement that it was reaffirming its commitment to “not allowing its airspace, territory, or waters to be used in any hostile actions against Iran' www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X on Monday after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform. https://to.pbs.org/3NDvnly

TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok U.S. deal finalized

🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.

Further to my post about the Cities Church case and DOJ's effort to strong-arm Chief Judge Schiltz, DOJ has now *withdrawn* its request (that Schiltz reconsider the magistrate judge's refusal to sign five of the eight arrest warrants for which it had applied): www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...

they just kidnapped the frutero from next to the CVS at Temple and Beaudry. Fuck those motherfuckers. Fuck ICE. Open borders and welfare for everyone paid for by stripping billionaires down to their fucking underwear.

Every day, I hear from constituents about ICE escalating tactics in our neighborhoods. The message is clear: we don’t want ICE terrorizing our communities and trampling our constitutional rights. The people of Virginia did not ask for this.

He lies about everything. There is zero chance that materials have been ordered: Final Plans are required before you can order these materials. For example, structural steel beams are specifically fabricated to fractions of an inch. This CANNOT be done before you have approved structural plans.

‘Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers warn’ ‼️‼️⤵️ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Here: “A disruptive threat is emerging: swarms of collaborative, malicious AI agents,” the authors said. “These systems are capable of coordinating autonomously, infiltrating communities and fabricating consensus efficiently. By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”

What are persistent synthetic social actors, and what do they mean for democracy? Until recently, online manipulation relied mostly on humans. Even coordinated bot networks still needed people to write, schedule, and supervise activity. That imposed natural limits.

Call your senators today and tell them to rein in ICE now! Calls are best, but you can also use this tool to email your Senators. I did both, to make sure they get the message.

🚨Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both 37 y/o, were victims of federally funded and DHS sanctioned murder. 🛑 DO NOT FUND ICE 🛑 A vote for further funding to DHS is a vote for more murders, unlawful assault and detainment of innocents by a rogue government agency.

Alex Pretti's friend: "He was standing up for that woman. He was trying to help her get out of that situation... They did not need to kill my friend."

Since TikTok tried to COCKBLOCK this video, I downloaded it and have it saved FOREVER now. I am going back to every post I shared the TikTok link on and directing them to this new post. IF Bluesky takes this down or blocks it, we have nowhere that we are safe.

As a gun owner and someone who routinely carries, this is accurate. Bottom line is, they didn't even know he was armed until they tackled him, he didn't touch the gun, they then disarmed him and murdered him.

And that explains why the 2A crowd has NOT immediately accepted the administration's story about how this went down.

It's not a commodity pistol. It is from the Sig Custom Shop, and it has a mounted optical sight. There is enough wear on the pistol that it's been used for a fair amount of practice. It will read, to that community, as the type specimen of a "good guy's gun."

I'm going to say a couple of things about Alex Pretti's handgun, that I don't think people who do not shoot will initially understand. This photo was almost immediately distributed by the feds. I think that doing so was, for them and their attempt to whitewash the murder, a *huge* error.

ICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old. Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.

Marimar Martinez is asking the body camera showing what really happened when a CBP goon shot her on October 4 be released, in part bc Tricia McLaughlin continues to lie about her, in part bc Sam Alito believes those lies. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

let the dam in your heart shatter, and the pain that floods forth compel you to action

For at least a decade the stupidest, most frivolous columnist in America.

I would point out it was the liberals, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris who ran for President on "Trump is a scary authoritarian" while leftists derided them for not reaching out to his supporters and claimed there'd be no big difference between them and Trump.

“I don’t think we can exclusively focus on NIH issues anymore. It’s like being worried about missing your mortgage payment during a nuclear war.“ - anonymous NIHer

“No money to ICE. What the hell is the point of trying to save lives and improve health if the SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT PAYS US is going to indiscriminately execute people in the street?” - anonymous NIHer

The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying: “Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.” - anonymous NIHer

As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪

Jonathan Choe (Turning Point USA) has arrived in Minneapolis. Choe, identifies as a journalist, but works for a PAC that supports Trump. He claims he was detained by State Patrol during chaos and confusion. He’s an agitator, propagandist at best. Seen: 1-26-26

Heads Up Minneapolis! MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today. They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.

I’ve always said: Vote your heart in the primaries. Swing for the fences. Be a total idealist. That’s what we need. In the general? You’re voting to save lives. So you vote Dem, and you don’t fuck around.

Rednose at the Ice Hotel What the Fuck is Bureau of Prisons Doing There?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana 1905

I've had leftists tell me they think 🇨🇳 won't mistreat them the way the US has. When I pointed out the invasions & *real* genocide that Tibetans and Uyghurs are suffering, they've claimed its all lies or they haven't heard of it. They've been gaslit into trying to destroy us, just like maga

Myesha Newton is a Trump supporter; she's an inside danger to Black communities.

NYT photos of the Vigil held by Minnesotans last night for Alex Pretti.

Saying Kamala would be doing the same thing as Trump, Regressive anti-black Woman rhetoric. Leave Black Women out of your finger-pointing and instead point that nasty ass finger with the hangnail at yourself and your family.

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

oh my god he's BOP. A fucking prison guard like those knuckleheads Trump bussed into DC in 2020 where none of their gear matched

what bsky.app/profile/nied...

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage

All those people who said they didn't want Biden and Harris using tax dollars to defend Israel against Genocidal Hamas killing and kidnapping were #Uncommitted to keeping GenociDonald Trumpedophile from using their tax dollars for killing and kidnapping. Just as #OrwellWarnedUs #CallThatShitOut

Fuck ICE Fuck Shitler and his regime Fuck 77M voters Fuck 90M non-voters Fuck Burlington Jesus Fuck Cicada Stein Fuck MAGA and Regressives Fuck Anti-vaxxers Fuck "4Trump" Groups Fuck Uncommitted Fuck Sugar on Grits Fuck apologists Fuck "Do Something Now" Fuck DSAs Fuck Billionaires