"They call it 'violence' when we refuse to die quietly." Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

I'm giving away a signed copy of The Swallows of Lunetto, my novel about fascism in Italy, because I think we need to understand how the madness can happen anywhere. Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.

Irving Berlin 1941. youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...

Let October 18th, our #NoKingsDay, stand as the unyielding moment the People's Defiance drowns out the whisper of the Crown Wannabe. We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy! #TheDefendersOfDemocracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown. Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown. There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law. You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it. Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back: www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

LOUD & CLEAR 📣 An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

We are not beaten!!!

Info we may need www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gove...

Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats. The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.” - Edward R. Murrow

Even Tucker Carlson is worried about Trump’s free speech crackdown | Arwa Mahdawi

We have learned that the “official CDC account” on X has been live posting disinformation during ACIP. No one should get information from X. In fact, no one should go there. Nothing RFKJ’s clowns say should be taken at face value.

And now we are becoming an inspiration to Orbán apnews.com/article/hung...

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Hiding the truth.

Allow me to address the elephant in the room: If Charlie Kirk wasn’t a right-wing extremist, right-wing extremist groups wouldn’t be marching to honor him.

Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.

Far-right political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. Here's what you need to know about the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA's background and views Content warning: This story refers to a viral, violent video of a shooting.

Read this free New York Times link and come to your own conclusion about whether JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon knew Jeffrey Epstein was a monster and helped him anyway.

Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.

Tomorrow, we’re showing up to support labor. Find an event near you at maydaystrong.org

This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”

Unsurprisingly, they don't want to hear from us www.govexec.com/oversight/20...

one guy even tried to give us a sandwich

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Hey, you can't go on vacation because you can't afford it but JD can have water levels raised so he can go boating.

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined. The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

Republicans: “Not every wage is designed to be a livable wage.” In other words, not everyone deserves to live. Vote for democrats.

WHAT www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Here’s your free link to the Trump/ Epstein story www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

OK, Secretary Noem, then show us the receipts that you extended those contracts. Turn over documents detailing exactly when you renewed those contracts. There needs to be bipartisan oversight and Congressional hearings over these truly unacceptable failures.

Tillis and Paul opposed. This is the ultimate test for Murkowski and Collins, tests they have repeatedly failed in the past. contrarian.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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#WARNING: CPSC is warning consumers to immediately stop using Sizhinai LED Tutu Skirts due to risk of serious injury or death from ingestion hazard; violations of federal standard for consumer products with coin batteries. Sold on Amazon. Full warning: cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

NIOSH is facing an 80% reduction to its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to a Department of Health and Human Services document published June 9. www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/269...