Reporter seeking freedom of speech in the US arrested for exercising freedom of speech in the US

Not electing Kamala Harris has got to be the most colossal fuck up America has ever made .

If the government dropped a bomb that took my kid from me, I wouldn’t be thinking about politics or strategy. I’d be thinking about who did it, and how far I’d have to go to make them feel what I felt. People act surprised when the world gets more dangerous, but this is exactly how it happens.

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers. This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight. (🎥 Vahid Online)

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

And this is all he had to replace Noem.

“Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping on the facility’s hard metal bunk beds in rooms shared by at least a dozen other people, and were constantly sick.” www.propublica.org/article/life...

God this shit is so ugly, just so, so ugly

The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it. 15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

Republicans used to say "judeo-christian" in situations like this, to try to soften the antisemitism. they don't bother any more.

This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

It was funny to see, I don't even remember which US newspaper it was anymore, but an obit of Ali Khamenei said something to the effect of "he lived a paranoid life in which he believed the US and Israel were out to kill him, which eventually happened"

I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement. The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual. It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.

A couple things… The “conflict“ in Iran *IS* a war. It is a war of choice. It is warfare without conscious. It was unprovoked. And I’m sick and tired of people suggesting & implying the only tragedies herein are that US Service Members have died. The people of Iran are innocents in this conflict!

Orwell at his very best could never come up with some of this. Proactively in a defensive way is basically a line from a coen bros film.

Rubio just said a president doesn't have to get Congressional Authority to send us to war. This entire administration is lawless, top to bottom.

Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. We are in a war on truth; but truth can win – if it finds friends. snyder.substack.com/p/losing-the...

You know who else did medical experiments on prisoners?

saying he wants to negotiate with the new faces of the old regime show the utter moral and political incoherence of this unconstitutional war

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

My instant reaction at 3 a.m. yesterday was not whether Khamenei would be killed or oil prices or anything else but this This undeclared, unexplained war is illegal. Full stop 28 hours later, it is still the worse abuse of power in U.S. history. Impeach My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

If and when dust settles in Iran after this operation is over and declared the greatest military victory in history, most likely outcome is a settlement (if there is any) inferior to the deal Obama struck in 2015…from which Trump recklessly and illegally withdrew. Write it down.

New research from CLASP & Univ. of Colorado finds increased immigration enforcement is pushing U.S.-born teens in mixed-status families to work more & enroll in school full-time less. Enforcement policies don’t just affect immigrants; they reshape outcomes for American children.

It is both outrageous and very representative of this administration and the entire conservative movement that women are responsible for men’s crimes, and that women who challenge men must be made to suffer in perpetuity.

F**K RFK Jr. and every Senator that voted for his confirmation. He lied about everything and needs to be held accountable and removed NOW! time.com/7380102/rfk-...

Yesterday, NJ District Judge Zahid Quraishi issued a blistering opinion calling out ICE and DOJ for ignoring the hundreds of court ruling against mandatory detentions of immigrants residing in the U.S. "It ends today," he wrote. It didn't. Five new release petitions were filed in NJ today.

The Dilley facility has a measles outbreak. One toddler needed to be hospitalized in the ICE. A 13 year old tried to kill herself. They draw pictures & write letters about how horrible it is. They scream “let us out”. This is a moral stain on the entire nation.

There you go. An overt technofascist Trump ally will now own CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Discovery, and a big chunk of TikTok

This refugee wanted liberty in America, but got death The refuge promised when Nurul Amin Shah Alam and family came to America on Christmas Eve 2024 became a Kafkaesque nightmare - a police encounter gone wrong, then left for dead by Trump's CBP goons My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/alam...

A white woman who is not a doctor & doesn’t believe in science is currently undergoing Senate confirmation hearings to be the US Surgeon General. Black people, don’t EVER let these people tell you that you are a “diversity hire” or don’t deserve the roles you have so richly prepared for & earned.

Trump is a sickening sadist pleasurably reveling in tales of bloody violence and murder.

Coming soon to a warehouse near you

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

Democrats should snap out of it. Until legal and political accountability can be imposed on Trump, the response to his shredding the Constitution and perpetuating a pedophile coverup must be consistent, unceasing moral opprobrium.

Lee: We live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected. We have to change that. That’s why earlier today I announced that I'll be introducing articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi.

4 Minnesota guys

This entire State of the Union is basically a reboot of The Emperor Has No Clothes. Just lies upon lies and Republican Reeks surrounding their aging King with fake smiles and applause.

Not lost on me that a piece ostensibly about rising antisemitism in the Democratic Party focuses almost entirely on Zohran Mamdani, Uncommitted, AOC and Mejia and not, like, the guy with the Nazi tattoo.

Trump: "In one year, we have lifted 2.4 million Americans -- a record -- off of food stamps" (In other words, Republicans cut food stamps)

The State of the Union: the president is a corrupt demented sex criminal who tried to overthrow the constitution.

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

“Telemedicine has been a game changer for abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned, which is exactly why Louisiana wants to eliminate it.” Red states are doing what Trump won’t: Going after abortion pills in court:

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

important thread on what's happening in states right now, with growing organizing to give women who are incarcerated for what they did to their abuser a path out of prison.

We murdered three more people in boats today

Kids are at home for the snow day after being home for school vacation week, cat is resorting to desperate camouflage measures

The mass deportation of 13-14 million people has impacts on millions and millions more people, either millions of their loved ones who are US citizens or millions more coworkers, friends, and associates.

Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.