We're at the point in the story where the FBI is showing up at a dude's house because he attended a protest. Without suspicion of a crime, agents ask important questions like who produced signs for the event. And it had an impact--he decided not to go back to the streets to voice his opinions.

Oh wow: "During the fracas, a federal agent fired a pepper round that struck a (UCC) clergyman, Jorge Bautista, near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder. Bautista said the agent shot him in the face from about 5 feet away." "'I’m in a lot of pain,'" Bautista texted…"

Just disgusting.

In a marathon floor speech unfolding in the US Senate, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argues Trump's use of pardon power is a component of authoritarianism

This is absolutely lawless and corrupt, and also traditionally saved to the end of a President’s term.

The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed

"Laker’s parents got a corrected birth certificate along with a note from a doctor, but the district says that isn’t enough." Here again, we have the Government disregarding empirically correct government documents for the sake of an agenda

ok who did this? ☹️

Weird how "everyone gets human rights" and "we don't fund genocide" and "absolutely no Nazi tattoos" are called "purity tests" by the people who aren't getting targeted by the bigotry they're minimizing, amirite

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Trump's ballroom donors include: -Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case -Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE -Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity Pay-to-play.

I only even felt the need to address this because the guy in Maine who just got his Nazi tattoo covered, which means It’s Fine Now was perpetuating this stereotype online after allegedly doing totally normal stuff like conducting field studies on Black people back when he used to bartend.

Latest @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social is all about why it's bizarre about how we take rich people seriously on anything, but especially stuff they aren't experts in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwO3...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time. All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner." It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

I told them the fairies wouldn't like it if they cut the tree down but the council had closed its fairy response unit.

Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.

I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.

Crushing images nymag.com/intelligence...

@raskin.house.gov and I are demanding answers as ICE continues to detain US citizens. This is unlawful, and it must stop. www.commondreams.org/news/can-ice...

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA" * article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

ICE GOONS abduct a mother with a baby at the hospital. Cicero, Illinois

So... I have a kind of spiritual connection to this story that I think gives me an unusual perspective, and is also completely bananas in its own right. It all has to do with a plate of pasta and a mobster who died in my apartment. Buckle up... (1/26)

Three young children fled from an ICE raid in Idaho and managed to reunite with their family. "I didn't get caught," boy says

Lord, I see what you have done for others...

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

taking an actual wrecking ball to the White House is a little on the nose as far as metaphors go

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

If BOTH candidates are promising to murder your entire family, you would be upset too you dumb motherfucker. AND the idea that these people should IGNORE THAT so YOU can be comfortable at brunch is sick

It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"

Hi Melissa I'm not demanding ideological purity, I'm a trans man demanding that my civil rights not be sacrificed. I am demanding that I be allowed to live with dignity and with access to medical care that I depend on to survive. No one's civil rights are negotiable. Due process is not negotiable.

we are in a self-awareness crisis

With alt text. Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

The mad emperor is now tweeting cartoons of himself making poo-poos on people who are mean to him. You thought there were a lot of books and documentaries about Hitler over the past 80 years? You ain't seen NUTHIN' yet.

Finished Double Fine's Keeper and what a trip it was! I immediately wanted to animate these two guys (?), so here they are. @doublefine.com @leepetty.bsky.social @timoflegend.bsky.social #DoubleFine #Keeper

As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings. In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.

I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings

Nae King, Nae Quin, Nae laird, Nae master, We willnae be fooled again! #NaeKings

CEO Paula Kerger also pushed back on the idea that PBS would begin altering content to appease the White House: "They’ve already taken away our funding." www.avclub.com/pbs-ceo-stat...

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings

#NoKings Miami!

I'm sure I'll get accused of being anti fun or whatever, and I'm not gonna lecture anyone about wearing inflatable costumes, etc. just try and give a shit about where you send money. on a related note, the Portland Defense Fund is doing a street faire to raise money today. details in flier

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Keeper, Double Fine's latest game, comes out today. The team worked very hard on this and I think we may have created something magical. I hope it brings to you what it brought to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDmv...

The Recording Industry Association of America’s mid-year report did not name which Latin artists led the charge, but rapper-singer Bad Bunny’s music has dominated Billboard’s Latin charts all year.

Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend: 1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service. 2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A 3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.

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A Note about KEEPER Spoilers: On our end, we promise we won't be posting spoilers on main until way post-launch (and even then, we'll do our best to give you all some time to play through the game and let it marinate). How can you help maintain the mysteries of KEEPER? Glad you asked! ⬇️⬇️⬇️