Oh, you know, just a metro daily newspaper running a service journalism roundup of munitions the government has used against its own people

The murder of Alex Pretti is now seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun is his waistband, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/

James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.

Is Minneapolis within 100 miles of the US border?

The resemblance to the overdetermined circumstances that put Kyle Rittenhouse not only in a position to kill, but in a position to do little other than kill, is obvious. This is a paramilitary force of thousands of Kyle Rittenhouses, operating with the state's monopoly on legitimate violence.

Really great 🧵

hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.

Every time I see Lutnick's smug grin I think, Ugh he's the worst one. But then I see Noem lying through her expressionless teeth and think, No, I want to see her in The Hague the most. And then I see Rubio and Miller competing to see who can do the best impersonation of a Mob consigliari etc etc.

the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine

Stop saying Trump is threatening tariffs on European countries. He’s threatening tariffs on European *products* – but American companies and people will pay the Trump tax.

I guess this is called touching snow. A little hike through the snow this morning is good for the soul with everything that is going on in the world.

See, this is why you need immigration and genetic diversity

Look at what Trump has done.

This timeline is drunk. Time to go home.

Reminder that Third Way is a Republican group attempting to pretend to be democrats to try and hamstring the left, and a good way to operate is to do the exact opposite of whatever they suggest.

The footage of the 17 year old boy sobbing needs to be on every broadcast and in every feed. Too many parents have stayed on the sidelines so far… But that cry is primal, and it should trigger an immediate and overwhelming response in every good parent.

Because I saw one too many "Blue states should..." posts, I went and did a thing. This is a map of the US, based on the 2024 presidential election. Each state is colored according to the percentage red or blue it voted. You may notice a conspicuous absence of "red" or "blue" states.

Oh fuck that.

Will this stop him?

the DSA, the Federal Reserve, and the ladies who lunch have formed a popular front — it remains only to see if any elected Democrats will join them.

Y'all, all our systems are crumbling. Now is the time to stand firm in what you believe it means to be American.

Shit

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal: “No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle. “What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.” Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles. It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

Why did the man who was shot have to call for help? Why didn't CBP report this to the police themselves?

JUST IN: Reps. Massie and Khanna say "DOJ cannot be trusted" to release all of the Epstein files, urge a federal judge to appoint an independent overseer to make it happen. khanna.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Release the #TrumpEpsteinFiles

the main thing to know about the maduro arrest is there are hundreds of thousands of epstein files we still haven’t seen

MontCo PA Visibility Brigade hit a pop-up protest of last night’s illegal act of war in Venezuela in Phoenixville this afternoon. @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @repdean.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social

Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.

“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!” Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.

Comparison to Panama 1989: in that case US courts had indicted Noriega for drug trafficking, and Panama had declared a state of war with the US and had killed a US Marine. No comparison really

I've seen so many posts about impeachment or other ways congress can act, but if anyone thinks Mike Johnson will do a damn thing they are deluding themselves.

Happy New Year y'all. 11:45 and I'm calling it. Love y'all.

I'm not going to make a lot of comments on the Stranger Things finale, but the use of Prince's Purple Rain was perfect.

Rian Johnson has Rickrolled ALL OF US?!

Wait. Stranger Things still hasn't released all of the final episodes? WTH. They are trying my patience more than they should.

My cat just hissed and swiped at my robot vacuum. I love my cat, but unless he learns to clean the floor I'm siding with the vacuum on this one.

Does anybody else toast and butter slices of pound cake for breakfast, or is this something my family came up with?

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air

I'm not catholic, but I think this is a good message for Christmas time.

Pope Leo on Christmas Night: “There is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other. Yet, where there is room for the human person, there is room for God.” (Full Text) www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Feeling off today, so the obvious question is did I forget my meds this morning?

Just the headline of this made me tear up. It's a good read.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Rick Steves making me cry this early in the morning. Happy tears. Needed to see this.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

This one skeet is smarter than anything Douthat will say.

I'm reading the roundups of Trump's speech, and it seems like it was all a ploy to sue the networks for agreeing to air it, on the grounds that it was defamatory.