It takes a lot to make me nostalgic for Condoleezza Rice but Condi visited 85 countries and never asked for anything fancier than her reconfigured Air Force Boeing 757 2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/tr...

Please keep in mind that ICE still hasn't left Minnesota and many of our neighbors are still living in fear. If you're able, please consider donating to one of the many aid funds listed at standwithminnesota.com. Thank you again! 💖

"Why Isn’t News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency? History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. Wake up, people." www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-....

So far it looks like Trump, Noem, and operation metro surge drained Minneapolis alone—not yet counting St. Paul, Bloomington, etc.— $203 million. This was a MAGA Trump assault on an American blue city. Nothing more. Start seeing it. www.fox9.com/news/operati...

The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail. It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children. Vought is a mass murderer.

one way to make polish people the maddest they will ever be is by pointing out that it is unlawful in poland to suggest that they had agency over any decision that could possibly pertain to the holocaust prior to 1989. foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/21/p... bsky.app/profile/abso...

Damn it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tiktoke...

The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb

The ABCs of comics I think YOU should read: 🧵 Read through, and then quote-repost any letter with a book that starts with that letter that YOU think people should read!!! ❤️

Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me

Once again, Susan Collins has caved to Trump and is supporting efforts to rig the rules and silence voters. Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.

Congressman Randy Fine is a villain straight out of a Carl Hiaasen novel.

Wow. The AI scammers are crazy persistent but this is the first time I’ve seen a threat like this. Kind of like a mashup of the book club scam and those “stop marketing your book or I’ll steal it” fake extortion threats some writers are getting

Eisner submissions are now open. My fellow comic creators, no matter at what point in your career you are, if you're making comics in any form, these awards are "For You" and you absolutely can be nominated. Let's get small press/self pub comics on that list! ENTER: www.comic-con.org/uploads/2025...

This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.

Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.

REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”

So apparently there's a whole guy at the New Republic absolutely dedicated to minimizing the significance of actual Nazi tattoos. Gross. @alexshephard.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2060...

2/2 Heads of 3 men, one wearing fab collapsible spectacles. By Pisanello.

PA 7 & 10 have a real chance. Donate if you can.

(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.

Tell me you haven't met a Jewish person without telling me you have never met a Jewish person.

When Elon says "nobody dies to defend..." He came to America to dodge the draft in South Africa. So he's never going to die to defend anything.

Platner really is the gift that keeps on giving. themainemonitor.org/platner-redd...

❤️❤️❤️ PEPPER ❤️❤️❤️ she was on a short term foster home. But in 2 weeks she has to go back to the shelter. Can we please find this dog a home before that time comes. Please adopt her!! Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue 🤞👇🤞👇🤞👇🤞👇🤞 www.petfinder.com/dog/pepper-3...

“I keep telling young people: keep a diary, get a camera, learn to print your own photos. Don’t put it all in your phone, because everything in your phone belongs to someone else." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The Epstein stuff is just the most obvious manifestation of the rot. It runs throughout our system now. Any 2028 presidential hopeful who doesn't have a plan to address this maldistribution of wealth and power doesn't deserve a second of anyone's time or attention.

Not to mention that HIS OWN CAMPAIGN FINANCE DIRECTOR RESIGNED BECAUSE SHE SAID HE WAS LYING ABOUT NOT KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TATTOO.

When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Platner had a Nazi tattoo. He lied about not knowing its significance. He posted racist, sexist garbage. He admits to "emotional issues." His only experience with public office is the local zoning commission. Meanwhile, Janet Mills was governor of Maine for two terms.

Hmm...don't know about that. Gotta consult my AI:

Dear reporters: Please, just save time and assume Trump is lying.

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North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/

Halfway through Athena’s Sisters - a vital read for anyone interested in the social history of classical Athens, and in questions of historical method.

I've been shouting this from the rooftops (and a podcast, and a book) since 2019. One extremely frustrating iteration is the people who say "Yeah, that was true of the 2021 models, but not today's models". >>

Germany already had its own ICE. They were called the Sturmabteilung. Didn’t go well.

Thank you, Ms. Noem, for this testimony in your own upcoming trial for election fraud and abuse of power.

We need to shout about closing the camps. Because by the time most of our public figures out what’s going on, the number of humans "detained" will be approaching, or possibly even quickly dwarfing, America’s first experiment with concentration camps, Japanese-American internment during WWII.

Never trust a politician who has his own vineyard.

In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Just cloned Stand With Minnesota for another state. I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.

Okay, you caught me. Here's my AI:

Thread of some services/software I'm using instead of various billionaire-owned surveillance/fascist/"A.i." trash products: For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)

White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

I'm seeing an uptick in "royalty recovery" scams like this one. On left is the solicitation--not a phishing scam, as one might suspect from the paragraph boxed in red. On right: the scammer replies to the author's excited questions & reveals the "associated fee" that's the purpose of the scam.

What the FUCK is wrong with Senate Democrats?