Trump leaked this story because he wants to you hear it. Let’s be clear :: Trump wants you to blame a shutdown for shit he is planning to do anyhow. If dems cave and fund him, he will STILL wield executive power and slash government programs. He HAS BEEN doing that with the government open.

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A fuller vision of democracy recognizes that Black women's experiences overlap with everyone else and uplifting us ensures that no one is left behind. This is #BlackWomenBest. This is the Way.

ABOLISH ICE. What more do Americans need to see?

The other telling thing is when Coates brings up the history of Black Americans. Klein responds, "Trump won more of the black vote in 2024," as if that is some kind of sweeping rebuttal. 1. This history still matters 2. 84% of a very large group backing one party is still a very high number!

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

This is the same pathology applied to mass shooters and terrorists. This is the beginning of the move to force medical bodies to pathologize trans people as inherently prone to violence and dangerous.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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The old gods are dying, let's build something new. Canceling Disney +, Amazon and Paramount? This thread has worthy sources of news and opinion you can support, but also sources of joy and entertainment. Starting with Mike and Techdirt.

Join us on Zoom to plan and participate in making Fort Collins safer for trans people. If you're interested in building power for queer people in Colorado, this meeting is for you!

Canada needs to extend this analysis. In the meantime, pay attention to WF smoke warnings and advisories. "Cumulative excess deaths from smoke PM2.5 could reach 1.9 million between 2026-2055. We find evidence for mortality impacts of smoke PM2.5 that last up to three years after exposure."

You’re about to see a push on the right to designate a bunch of nonviolent people on the left as ANTIFA because they don’t like their rhetoric. Dangerous times.

Fewer than 0.1% of mass shooters since 2013 in the U.S. were trans. 5 people.

corporations fund guys like Kirk to not only spread bullshit, but to keep the plebs fighting amongst themselves, making informed consensus and reform harder to come by. I enjoy when writers center on this fact.

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So much this. Power and control.

In the 1970s, it took 8,000 pounds of pancreas glands from 23,500 animals just to make a single pound of insulin.

Thank you CCN for recognizing our @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org investigation into how solar developers use for-profit archeologists to harm Indigenous cultures! 🏆🪶 Read the story here: www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the United States government. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment. Everyone who values freedom of speech should be outraged — and they should speak out.

This is a really great video about the history of trans people around the world by @domaindead.bsky.social. If you want to learn more about trans history, i recommend you watch this.

It worries me that we're losing the war against rightwing disinfo. There is no rational reason the shooting of Charlie Kirk made global news while Melissa Hortman's murder barely made national news & everybody has forgotten they blamed this on the left as well www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Stochastic terrorist

Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza, it is starving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. Israel is now so entrenched in its dehumanizing treatment of Palestinians it is losing all limits. Sanction Israel.

3. Some studies suggest that experiencing racism and other forms of discrimination contributes to a higher risk of cognitive decline. 4. Race or gender discrimination also raises a person’s risk of heart disease and, as a result, some forms of dementia. 2/2

Glad to see OHSU studying this! Black Americans have twice the risk of Alzheimers and other forms of dementia as white folks. Black Americans are particularly vulnerable to risk factors 1. living in areas with higher air pollution 2. difficulties accessing healthy foods and quality education 1/2

“Even today clinical trials for new treatments of Alzheimer’s include very few people of color. As a result, researchers and doctors are ill-equipped to understand the causes of dementia in these communities.”

Incredible!

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...

Are people seriously surprised that Trump is going to label the DNC terrorists? That was almost certainly the whole point of HB 9495 last fall. And 15 Dems were complicit in passing it in the house. Don’t act like the Dems didn’t know what this bill entailed. truthout.org/articles/hou...

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is a POS who thinks it's OK to call for the indiscriminate murder of vulnerable Americans...as long as you issue a half-hearted apology and do nothing more to address the harm.

Since jails primarily hold people pre-trial, courts have found that depriving potentially innocent people of sunlight violates their right to due process. One judge called it ”simply punishment.”

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

I took a CO2 monitor on a flight recently and it stayed between 1,400 and 1,900 the entire trip. Had a headache after all 4 flights. Those HEPA filters aren't working.

What a bizarre spectacle it is to watch Democratic politicians and prominent opinionists on the center/center-left attempt to valorize Charlie Kirk.   It is not just utterly detached from the reality of who Kirk was/what he did – it also misunderstands why political violence is bad.

FTC: The ‘Fair Debt Collection Act’ protects consumers from abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection

So even as we condemn political violence, we need to be clear of the legacy of Turning Point USA. Those who are whitewashing its work as a “free speech and debate” organization are willfully obscuring the truth. 8/

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

"There is a thriving culture online of young, radicalized men who exist to radicalize one another, pushing each other to become more and more dangerous. There is an acid nihilism in these places, a sense that the world is fucked and the only thing to do is make it worse."

Good read here.👇🏼 Appreciate the deeper dive and connection to the Patriot Movement that led to the OKC bombing. 1/2

any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played

Prosecute ICE

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Scenes from the past month inside NYC’s immigration courts. At 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway, detainments happen daily, often out of public view. Families arrive together, but not everyone leaves together.

Some great reporting by Kate Burns. The Portland-based DontMessWithOurKids is mentioned a few times.

Brutal. Photojournalist Madison Swart is doing a longterm project documenting the presence and tactics of ICE and federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza. Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart

"Hate was and continues to be central to his message...We can denounce the violent killing of Charlie Kirk without praising his abhorrent legacy." 💯