reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."

I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy

The way our constitutional republic works is that the supreme court is supposed to strike down actions by the executive when they perform an act that is exclusively granted to congress in the constitution. Whether it is a "signature policy" is irrelevant. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Our children's reality today.

MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked

New discovery in Otter Space

These horrors aren’t just happening in Mississippi. Watch The Alabama Solution on HBO. Documentarian Andrew Jarecki has called these prison systems criminal enterprises, and they make money for the states that run them. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

Home Depot to suffer massive boycott from holiday shoppers - TheStreet

"And behold there was a 5th horse, and beneath it rode a paper King of Clowns adorned with ochre skin and suit of blue. His words divided the masses, and his Trumpeting rocked institutions to their core." --- Revelations Trump 14:11-15

The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.

@crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social Got me thinking about coffee gifts AGES ago, and I decided to make hot cocoa mix as an gift this year. Recipe: 3 ingredients. However, nonfat powdered milk is replaced with King Arthur powered WHOLE milk. All the fat, please. barefeetinthekitchen.com/3-ingredient...

Guards at the Rankin County jail beat people behind closed doors and encouraged some inmates to join in on the brutality, former inmates and guards said. The violence created a culture of fear, widely accepted by officials to keep order, a New York Times and Mississippi Today investigation found.

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

I am going to try and get all my xmas gifts direct from artists, jewellers etc. for the foreseeable. Does anyone have recommendations for urban art, jewellers, perfumerie, candles, who are small independent please anywhere in the world please? Or is there a bluesky hashtag already for this?

“I know which side I choose. I choose the gospel." #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com

US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”

Bless The American Bishops speaking out against ICE.

More boycotts for the holiday season - I mean FOREVER

Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.

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Here in Wisconsin, we take care of our people. This emergency order I signed will help ensure families who are struggling can access emergency assistance to stay housed, warm, and safe.

Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.

Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.

www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-age... Kristi Noem announced that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check. Noem said the bonus checks, on top of their back pay, are for stepping up, taking on extra shifts, for showing up each and every day.

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump. The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

Newly released congressional documents show that the convicted sex offender and financier Epstein chatted with the former boss of the Council of Europe about making contact with senior russian officials “I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on talking to me” Epstein wrote

It’s not about your girlfriend. It’s about you wasting taxpayer money.

True? Seems like a great idea to me

To quote Dana Carvey as HWB: Na Ga Da it

The thing that strikes me about all of these awful people is how brazenly, nakedly transactional they are in every facet of their lives. There is not a single authentic, honest relationship between them. Just, what do I have to do for you to get you to do something for me. Hollow, empty people.

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

Attacking a federal district judge as an “activist” for issuing a lawful ruling is an assault on judicial independence. A democracy cannot function when executive agencies denigrate judges for doing their jobs.

Nothing says “transparency” like cryptic statements.

The administration of chaos, corruption, & cruelty Lazer focused on affordability. Clearly.

This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Great video from Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action #AINeedsOversight

Also important to remember that everyone involved in the coverup -- whether formally or informally -- is part of the exact same conspiracy against the victims and against the nation.

all six D's who voted for this god awful thing including the corrupt give away to senators need to be primaried

every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites

Evidence-based solutions to violent crime are popular and necessary. Using law enforcement for political theater in Chicago is unpopular and unnecessary.