If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…

Set aside the INSANE substance of this. (Big ask, I know). Assume every fact claim here is true. (It's not) "Here's one member of this group doing something I oppose, that's conclusive proof the entire group should be disenfranchised" is THE FUCKING DICTIONARY DEFINITION of bigotry.

Oh this is going to piss a lot of white people off. Also I made eye contact with Bad Bunny through the screen and I think I'm now pregnant. This guy FUCKS.

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...

Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver

Point of clarification: I do not like TERFs.

And you cannot talk about these distinctions without talking about race. With white folks, there's incredible energy being exerted to define what they're doing as good and noble. White folks don't protest, is the subtext. We respond with nobility and planning (unlike those other people.)

I don’t want what’s happening in Minnesota to stop until ICE leaves there and every other community. But I do want people to recognize that there’s a race element here. There’s a reason people are treating the protesters of Minnesota as somehow nobler and more patriotic. More "American."

Protesting is a fundamental right of citizenship. There is nothing wrong or unpatriotic about protesting. These people would not be on the streets if ICE wasn’t attacking their neighbors. So then, being in the streets is literally an active protest.

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.

a detailed look at the mechanics of the new American censorship regime It runs on threats of accusations, administrative ambiguity, and pervasive, amorphous fear of sudden termination.

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

NEW: The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.

This is how wicked people think

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

The Georgia Democrats didn't just destroy Derek Dooley they buried him 100 feet under the earth.

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.

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A Minneapolis man spoke truth to power while addressing Rep. Ro Khanna at the Alex Pretti vigil, declaring that even though they are peaceful, they won’t be silenced while state violence continues. This is what showing up for each other looks like people over power. ✊💙 #BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist

I give a ton of credit to people who actually change their opinions. It's the people who are like "you were I suppose right about everything, but abolishing ICE? Now that kind of talk won't do and you need to stop it or we'll never get a Senate majority" that I have issue with.

Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.

One of the most impactful books I've read in the last few years was @theradr.bsky.social "On Repentance and Repair". She lays out the steps necessary to, as the title says, repent and repair harm. It's from a Jewish perspective, but I believe useful to anyone.

im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away

Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since. That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.

Katherine Stewart’s The Power Worshippers outlines how today’s white Christian Nationalism is basically all an outgrowth of the pro-enslavement movement that kicked into high gear after Brown v Board ended segregation. That was the last straw for them. We are on the other end of a 60 year plan.

For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick

Four hours to raise $33 to avoid a $35 overdraft fee. Shares help a lot!

When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.

Thread up and down, but pulling this out to say I have absolutely seen this with friends overly online marinating in the terrible news 24/7 and I recognize it because it's the same behaviour I developed doing TNR/rescue work for years. It's very real and it's very damaging.

MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵 #heliophysics #aurora

Whelp! Schtuff has gone down! And the Brujah are calling the ultimate Brujahaha. And hey...I'm sure you don't wanna miss it!

Who's ready for a party?!

#vamily Join us at 8pm Eastern for #vampirethemasquerade Chicago: Hidden City S4E2 on twitch.tv/mcstabberstudios. A clandestine gathering of Clan Brujah has been called in the wake of the assassination of Hardestadt. I'm sure this will be a calm meeting. lol #ttrpg

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda. Only 57 Democrats voted NO. clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...

Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.

Absolutely should have never reopened the government

greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”

🚨 According to the testimony, Donald Trump, & Jeffrey Epstein, operated a child trafficking ring, produced child pornography and snuff films. Witness Sascha Riley, a trafficked victim, names Trump, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham, and Clarence Thomas lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry...

The stated goal is to expose these crimes as fact. H/T @annebolyea open.substack.com/pu... 3/3

Witness Sascha Riley, a trafficked victim, names Trump, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham, and Clarence Thomas as participants. The account alleges murder, torture, and systemic corruption, with evidence purportedly filed with authorities. 2/3

According to the testimony, Donald Trump, alongside Jeffrey Epstein, operated a child trafficking ring that produced child pornography and snuff films. 1/3