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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

This is really hard to read. And the thing that is sitting with me the most about it is that it has always legal and possible to do this for decades. The only thing preventing this from having been the norm was a sense of humanity. This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.

you know what probably isn't great for military readiness? turning a blind eye to violent hazing, sexual assault and bigotry, while purging leaders on the basis of race and gender.

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

JB out here, fighting the good fight. Hard to get attention with everything else going on. I would suggest you don't get close enough to them to ask anything, they're going to deny and lie anyway. Film out of arm's reach, be ready to run.

Food crises in Gaza, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Yemen could be setting up a generation for increased risk of Type 5 diabetes, says Boyne. "It's really heart-rending," he says. "This is something that's preventable — it's preventable by food."

In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

This whole thread is packed with good information, but I did a double-take at this: Bessent worked for George Soros!

Join us for Yom Kippur. Contemplative & meaningful. Poetry and music. jewishmindful.org/hh2025-gathe...

Friendly reminder to all media this week: The GOP controls both houses of Congress. They can keep the government open with their own votes. It’s their own fecklessness and chaos that REQUIRES Dems to vote for this budget.

Do you have a passion for local journalism and social media? Then we’d love to hear from you!

YouTube users - you know what to do now.

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

If we want to be the party of the people, we need to be out there WITH the people. Full stop.

Rollins is a genius. 🙄

The beautiful art deco Fisher Building. Detroit, Michigan. #artdeco #archtecture #fisherbuilding #detroit

Says CSIS, "the sudden decline in right-wing terrorism is both more striking and harder to explain" but actually it's not; right-wing kidnappings and attacks on civilian transports have increased dramatically but aren't categorized as "terrorism" because they now occur under the aegis of the state.

🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.

From @kff.org 27% of farmers & ranchers get their health coverage through the individual market with 90% of all individual market coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

The USA is a "papers, please" country if you're not white.

REMINDER: Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. They are barreling towards a wasteful, destructive government shutdown. Social Security beneficiaries will pay the price in the form of ever-lengthening wait times — and potential benefit disruptions.

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This is the clown in charge of the entire U.S. military.

Price should never be a barrier to the arts. That’s why DPO's highest ticket price is just $30, and we offer discounts for Seniors, Healthcare workers, Military, First Responders, Students & Teachers. 💫 PLUS: every concert now includes 100 Pay What You Can tickets

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

this is a bog standard strand of right-wing white evangelical christianity - to think Mormons are devil-worshippers

there are almost certainly more people — more blue collar laborers, specifically — involved in the cultivation and production of chardonnay grapes and wine than in coal

one of the books @lollardfish.bsky.social and me will write someday is how nostalgia is one of the most destructive intellectual forces in history

The tariff story isn’t just soybeans. It’s also your grocery bill. Farmers get a bailout. Shoppers just get higher prices. Trade wars don't just create pain, they ensure the costs are born by those without political power.

🧵 “Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens.” Happy 60th anniversary to the NEH and our sister agency, the National Endowment for the Arts! We have been beaten down and bruised, but still we persist (albeit under the direction of seriously questionable leadership). (1/3)

Saw four brutal attack ads against Mikie Sherrill watching football yesterday and one middling ad against her opponent. They're just not going to win a war of negative ads at this rate and really need to offer a clear vision from Sherrill of who she really is and what she actually wants to do.

Communities that end fluoridation will see more decaying teeth, according to Margherita Fontana of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Children, older adults, people with disabilities and people who are poor are especially at risk.

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Ezra Klein is the perfect embodiment of the white moderate MLK warned us about

Completely missed this. So did much of the lame-ass media. US added to Human Rights Watchlist due to sustained attacks on civil liberties. And the fucker thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. 😡😡😡 time.com/7306493/us-h...

This is where the science of climate attribution becomes especially important. It needs to relate changes in climate to economic impacts, both large and small. I previously highlighted drought-induced impairment in ship traffic thru the Panama Canal and copper production at Antofagasta. What else?

There is no world in which masked and armed agents of the state running down delivery drivers makes us safer. That our information environment and political leaders have convinced people otherwise is a massive failure.

🇲🇩🗳️ 🇪🇺 Astonishingly, it's Moldova that proves that a democratic rebound is sustainable, even in the face of massive interference from a malicious superpower. Maia Sandu's PAS needs to improve its delivery of promises, but voters haven't given up on Moldova's European dream. 1/

The Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigations Unit is seeking a Video Editor to join the post-production team for an upcoming project — a two-part documentary film exploring Russian aggression in Ukraine. Learn more and apply here: kyivindependent.com/video-editor...

My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe. Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.

There was a shooting near my house today in Grand Blanc Michigan. Nurses on strike from the nearby hospital left their strike to go help victims. Please share and also let the hospital know how much they are appreciated!

BREAKING NEWS: Oregon sues Trump administration over unlawful federalization of National Guard. Read more.

Food banks/pantries/mutual aid projects desperately need support right now, whether that's money, in-kind donations, or time.

There is effectively only right wing political violence in the US

The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is being abandoned now, and the inhabitants offered a new home in Australia. This is the first nation to fall victim of climate change; more will follow - Solomon Islands are next.

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

You can't use an Exec Order to wipe away a constitutional amendment as he's trying. The birthright citizenship clause was to address the citizenship of Black Americans; "illegal" not domiciled people were not the focus of the 14th Am framers. Here's the shortest summary for smart lay audiences.