What if Charlemagne wasn’t such a raggedy ass bitch

i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

A parent at a DC middle school is urging staff to reconsider its new curriculum, which removes all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels

Two years ago, today, on December 6, Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike, together with his brother, his brother’s son, his sister, and her three children. Today, we remember him, honoring his life, his words, and his courage. #FreePalestine inthesetimes.com/article/refa...

this is AI, as should be obvious by the PICE vest, please stop sharing it.

Before Bilal got deleted this morning I saved this photo of little Fares who is just a month old

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

BREAKING: At least seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza City and northern areas as Israel continues attacks across the so-called yellow line truce demarcation. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p5c13r

The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary’s brother before she was detained by Immigration and Customs enforcement last month. trib.al/sueJHCv

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READ: Most Palestinians in Gaza say they don’t feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on supplies, while people go hungry every day. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/a-ne...

By the end of October 2025, Israel destroyed 98% of Gaza’s tree cropland and 75% of its greenhouses. This destruction will have horrific long-term environmental impacts on Gaza.

RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive

The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group and government forces have traded blame for the renewed fighting.

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies. Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market. This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

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The federal vaccine committee has voted to end the recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic. Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.

I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...

Israel is trying to destroy a popular youth soccer field in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank. Soccer provides relief to Palestinian children living under Israel’s brutal military occupation; Israel wants to take that from them.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.

Yet another Biden administration official admits, after the fact, that the Biden administration's and more broadly America's policy of supporting Israel unconditionally does not work and needs to change.

This is the way. Lower courts need to just start saying it, SCOTUS rulings are not correct, ignore them.

The Supreme Court has reinstated the Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map in Texas after it was blocked by a lower court, with the Roberts court once again putting its thumb on the scale to weaken protections for minority voters and entrench GOP political power.

Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting. Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.

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When Elie Mystal and George Will have taken the same stand, you know you are in deep trouble. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Israel has never once had defined borders and was recognized within days of its declared existence.

Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world

that isn't just racial profiling -- this sounds a lot like ethnic cleansing.

Where were all these Democrats and Republicans when Israel was firing on the wounded and killing survivors? Which it is still doing in Gaza?

“When he told me what they went through, it's hard to believe that this country will do that to individuals, starve them almost to death. He had one of his mates that was in his same cell his same age that was — that died in front of him in jail.”

Her petition comes after President Donald Trump signed law requiring the release of records related to Jeffrey Epstein.

BREAKING: Plaintiffs suing over the Trump administration's effort to attach anti-trans and anti-"DEI" conditions to domestic violence and homelessness grants go back to court asking to enforce its existing preliminary injunction because a new HUD homelessness programs grant application ignores it.

I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly

Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people’s hunger.

Melania and Barron Trump have dual citizenship (US and Slovenia). Elon Musk has citizenship in the US, South Africa, and Canada.

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

Jeffries has got to go. We need a new leader of House Democrats if we want to survive as a Party

Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term. Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.” By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

STILL MISSING!! The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location. WHERE IS YUANXIN? Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!

The people smiling and nodding while Trump makes racist comments about Somali folks

We are living through a coordinated assault on knowledge. --Kelly Hayes

Ro Khanna rejects Hillary Clinton blaming TikTok for young people’s "misinformed" views on Israel. He says social media has just helped people see the horrors of Gaza "with their own eyes." Khanna made the comments while meeting US veterans abducted by Israel as they tried to deliver aid to Gaza.

SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

Sending all my love to NOLA.

Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"

it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse