A billionaire’s soulless, performative largesse is not redistribution of wealth. Cuban can toss all the scraps he wants, but his existence is still a policy failure and an obscenity.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Don Lemon interviews a Chicago native who is not pleased with the federal takeover.

Every time Harrison Butker misses a kick, a trans girl gets approved for HRT.

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.) Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Diane Keaton wore a “vote bitches” hat in September 2020.

“They want everybody to be afraid,” Senator Patty Murray told us. “Oh my gosh, he’s going to do this. Oh my gosh, he did that. But when you deny somebody that fear, you diminish their power. And that is what we think is absolutely critical.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not. it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY we must fight their stealing ANYONE AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ. "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus

No need to hunt all over for Antifa headquarters. It's located in Arlington National cemetery. There are 400,000 members there.

I am old enough to remember when this company used images of MLK, Gandhi, and Muhammad Ali in their ads, after having previously made one of the most famous ads in history by invoking "1984."

Fascists are desperate for violent disruption they can use an excuse for state violence and power grabs. They have trouble with mockery, goofiness, and fun. That holds across just about every type of authoritarianism. They like being feared for cruelty. They hate being laughed at and humiliated.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

I hope Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, and Garland (among others) come to fully recognize how they were our era’s Chamberlains before they leave this earth, since there will never be any real accountability for their gross negligence while they held power.

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

It’s been repulsive how The NY Times has been fearmongering around Mamdani, but to then take the extra step to smear Portland as a means of doing it while that city is facing a fascist invasion is another thing entirely. I hope people are starting to see it’s the capitalists versus the rest of us.

JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans." REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.

If we can embrace the Israeli destruction of Gaza City, surely we can take the next step and accept the armed occupation of our own cities. by Bari Weiss

The reason a lot of white people can operate in the privilege of a comment like “we used to be able to have dissenting opinions & now they break friendships” is because the people of color in the room had to be silent in order to remain in the room safely.

"...and towards algorithms designed to promote cognitive excitement, overreaction, and the volume of what we like or dislike, again favouring extremes, because at the heart of these models is the monetisation of your presence in order to sell it to advertisers."

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

If we're going to be real, white people have been crying about every single thing that has happened to decenter them since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They just keep finding new targets for their white whining.

Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. The legacy of the Roberts court.

Great news, guys, the US is bringing in the Loonie.

I saw a post the other day that said something to the effect of ICE is a job guarantee program for racists and domestic abusers and they weren't wrong

Weeks before his death, you say?

Every Democratic Member of Congress should announce they're donating this month's salary to health care non-profit organizations. Hit Trump and the GOP twice: first for taking a vacation while collecting a paycheck and second for holding the health care of millions of Americans hostage for greed.

From trunk to tail, every inch of Amali is coated in Nature's own sunscreen and insect repellent: mineral-rich mud. Umani's unique volcanic springs produce this distinctively dark grey mud. The orphans take advantage of the protection it offers in this heat, wallowing to their hearts content.

🚨 #Georgia’s #SapeloIsland — one of few intact #GullahGeechee communities — is under threat. They're fighting zoning changes that will make way for wealthy newcomers while pushing out long-standing families. The first story in “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” 📲: https://bit.ly/3VQh79X

Ketanji Brown Jackson: “I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance.”

I’ve been a follower of both Ezra Klein’s and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ writing and commentary for years. Klein has progressively gotten on my nerves for a while…and now? I’m done with him completely. 👎 Coates, on the other hand, consistently drops truth and wisdom we all need to hear.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

We had two FDR’s but Misogyny and Racism. Maybe listen to the base of the party. Black Women, Gays and Jews. Part of ‘creative thinking’ is showing the bad guys we can support people that aren’t white men.

The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050. 🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP

I’ve learned during my nearly 60 years as an American citizen that people who say things like “they have no idea how ruthless we are” or “we are so much more hardcore than they are” usually aren’t. They’re cowards who would step on children to get away from someone who stands up to them.

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

Apparently, the charming “Dancing Pedophile Friends” statue is back on the Mall. And, as I said before, "Remember, Donald Trump did everything that Jeffrey Epstein did. He just did it backwards and in lifts.”

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

The Constitution requires she be sworn in. No law says she must be sworn in =by the Speaker.= Any House member can do it. A federal judge. A janitor with a Bible. Why doesn’t @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social swear her in right now? Why doesn’t @aoc.bsky.social? Show the GOP we can play hardball, too.

The federal government is shut down because Trump & Congressional Republicans want higher healthcare costs for working people, even stripping care from millions. Why? To give tax giveaways to billionaires, while expanding the fastest growing class in America: the working poor.

So, Trump essentially declared war on the United States today. Again. He's utilizing the full resources of the U.S. government to target...us, American citizens, we're the enemy. How does that feel? My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...

Guy getting absolutely wrecked with a Twisted Tea after saying the n word set to Dave Matthews is my favorite in the genre

Y’all, Schumer is lost. He’s the product of the Senate as an institution, his bipartisanship is performative, and his power base is heavily tilted toward Wall Street and major donors and they don’t want messaging that acknowledges existential threats. Stop posting at him and start primarying him.

If we don’t primary Democratic electeds, the party remains stuck in power illiteracy at the top.

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

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]