The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten. Go look for them now.

Organizing is our way out: www.jphilll.com/p/millions-a....

The U.S. spends over $180 billion on cops and incarceration every year. The annual SNAP budget is $100 billion.

Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: "We've been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows."

1. Washington State University has credentialed an anti-trans, conversion therapy org SEGM to teach CMEs to medical providers. The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists. Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices. Subscribe to support our journalism.

the worst people in America given guns and a huge federally backed power trip

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"

Markey on SNAP: "This moment isn't just an economic failure. This isn't just a civic failure. This is an utter moral failure for the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans."

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Drivethru's RPG latest move with offset printing is very harsh on indie publisher. A 35% cut on digital sales is big, but on physical offset printing ? It doesn't make sense Do like me and spin up a mini shop on Fourthwall, they take 0% off your physical products and 5% off digital ones. For real.

The weaponization of the justice system is escalating - with the DoJ now acting openly and aggressively as the regime’s instrument to go after the political opposition. It’s not a consolidated autocracy yet. But this most definitely isn’t rule of law either.

Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) has just been indicted by the DOJ over participation in protests against ICE at its Broadview facility in Illinois. This is a brazen weaponization of the DOJ to target political opponents with bogus charges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“In fall 2022, ahead of the midterm elections, Garland opted to freeze both the classified documents and election investigations because of what some officials believed was his overly cautious reading of a DOJ policy not to take any public action close to an election.”

Republicans will always claim victimhood no matter how far you bend over backwards for them. They can have all 3 branches of government, the most powerful office on earth and be sending masked secret police to terrorize American cities, but they will always remain whining, bitter “victims”

The Oregonians interviewed a guy who Republicans have accused of running an “Antifa safe house.” The levels of MAGA derangement about Portland are truly off the charts.

If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula. (And I mean, *technically* he's not Dracula...)

Terrific and important piece.

"At least 51 people have now been killed in the strikes"

“Republicans are feeling volcanic heat from below, as supporters face dramatically increasing health insurance premiums, especially in states without expanded Medicaid coverage. Food stamps benefit plenty of Republicans, too.” great piece from @editorialboard.bsky.social

The person in the dinosaur onesie, seemingly ignoring the entire scene, really makes this photo...

Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies. Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power. www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...

Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms in Atlantic hurricane history, and it is about to hit Jamaica. 175 Miles Per Hour as of this morning. This storm will be devastating for the island.

1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website. Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants. It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The website is lying, but in more ways than one. 51 Republican senators could suspend the filibuster and pass the budget they themselves drafted. They don't need Democratic votes. If they truly felt it was an emergency, they could act like it. They're doing this to us on purpose.

Gallego wasn't taking it from Joe Kernen this morning: "What you're talking about are just the other points that Republicans try to do to distract from the fact they're about to raise premiums on 24 million Americans. I'm sorry, are you an insurance broker?"

Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"

In today's apple reviews, I review a -- *checks notes* banana? Also, some chatter about food insecurity and food banks --

Trump take beef

Mamdani did this without tacking to the center by accepting republican framing and throwing marginalized people under the bus or even apologizing for being socialist; something that party operatives who actually want to win might learn from.

In any case, I'd love to read a piece interviewing Mike Johnson's constituents. Louisiana has nearly 800,000 SNAP recipients and the food pantries in his district hub of Shreveport are already scrambling to make up the difference. I bet there will be some stories there.

Andy Ngo succeeded in inspiring violence yet again

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Sickening people are still supporting Israel in any capacity after this. You have to be a sociopath not to realize what happened here

NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club. Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter. Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/

Trump take egg

chuffed.org/project/1531... muhammad from gaza needs to survive a tumor, but the costs of his surgery are incredibly expensive! people of bluesky, can we raise enough to save him? donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!

Probably two things: 1. The authoritarianism that runs through the birth-rate discourse is inconsistent with limiting bosses' control over workers; and 2. A lot of the birth-rate worriers want mothers to quit their jobs, rather than balance work and parenthood

As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.

Sunday Reading: A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.   Some thoughts from my new piece:

last night was so awful that i checked in with mindy who films from her window. camp is in shambles. she’s never seen it so empty.

Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social