no. furthermore, fuck no. you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.

This *month*

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him. "We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say. "I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells. "Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have." Philadelphia, PA

“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”

I love this photo for a lot of reasons. First, it is just a spectacularly beautiful composition. A truly artistic shot. And the woman in it is all heart, someone I genuinely admire. Bonus perfection, she is drinking from a FCK ICE mug from my shop. 💙 @lisaloe.bsky.social you stunning soul!!

In 1909 Matthew Henson became the first man to reach the North Pole. He arrived 45 minutes before Robert Peary, but he was denied the honor because he was an African American. 100 years later, they finally admitted that Henson came in first. He was posthumously awarded all the same honors.

Thanks to comics creator and longtime CAM supporter @ajschumacherart.bsky.social for giving us a nod.

At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2

Outstanding news! www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has banned abortion for veterans, including in states that protect abortion. This was a Project 2025 recommendattion and it's now been fulfilled. So much for "leaving it to the states."

Prison guards: - Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs. - Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died. - Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died. All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.

They got caught. They’re backing down. But this isn’t over. There needs to be a class action lawsuit. Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.

This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.

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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.

The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?

I'm surprised no 1 has blown the heads of these mafckrs per stand your ground ... newrepublic.com/post/204732/...

The problem with American politics on both sides right now is this: Politicians are more concerned about how their MESSAGE is being RECEIVED than they are in their POLICIES being EFFECTIVE.

"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."

Women's rights advocate Lucy Burns died #OTD in 1966. Burns founded the National Women’s Party with Alice Paul. An activist in the US & UK, she joined the militant suffragettes. She played a key role advocating for the 19th Amendment that granted American women the right to vote. #history #suffrage

To be clear: if you cite a 1950s TV show in your description of a modern ship, you haven't built a modern ship. You've built a floating target. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don't think Trump should get access to standard medical care, he should have to let RFK Jr treat him

When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.

Honestly it's going to be pretty fun watching her try to run a national news organization that is 100 percent united in hating her guts

If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism. That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

“Flock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co. “Flock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." www.404media.co/flock-expos...

Latest from the Vaccine Integrity Project Viewpoint: The myth of an over-vaccinated America: The US DOES follow global consensus An abundance of evidence demonstrates lives saved and hospitalizations avoided because of childhood immunizations www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...

For an excellent study of medicalizing euphemisms please see Golfo Alexopolous’s history of the Gulag, entitled "Illness and Inhumanity."

People are dying inside American concentration camps right now. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

Like I know some of you have issues w/ Hasan but this is the most truthful thing that's ever been said.

The Trump administration has eliminated funds to combat human trafficking including money designated for human-trafficking survivors, a national non-profit that protects children from sexual exploitation, & emergency housing to survivors seeking to escape. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

And there it is...

Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support. Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

What country is going to step up and force a regime change in the United States? Anyone??

I don’t know. I have this funny feeling like the president might be hiding something about his past.

I’m shocked that 30 people have died in ICE detention this year (per agency).

Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.

ICYMI — thousands protested ICE in MINNEAPOLIS…

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

"But there were some P waves that should not have been there if the center of the Earth had only a liquid core. Lehmann concluded that the most likely explanation was that the P waves had encountered an even more dense, superheated inner core." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...

Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond. truthout.org/articles/pol...

You've never had to apologize for being white in America, but of course, that's not really what Vance is trying to tell his rabid followers. What he's really trying to tell them is that they don't need to apologize for believing they should have it easier because they're white.

Nicki Minaj embracing MAGA is proof that wealth is the most powerful immigration document in America.

Ordered this artwork on a map of Ireland on Etsy. I was so moved after her passing🕊️

@democrats.org Democratic party leadership under @kenmartin.bsky.social is determined to lose elections by ignoring constituents. Instead of seeking out & supporting progressives, DNC is backing 77 yr old moderate @janetmillsforme.bsky.social to replace 73 yr old Susan Collins in the Senate.