Walked some kids to school (they usually don't need a parent but... Minneapolis) and overheard a 10yo explain to a 9yo, "They can't come in unless they have a JUDICIAL warrant signed by a judge"...so I guess that's where we are now, kids needing to be legal experts

One thing that I think the anglosphere needs to learn very fast is that moral principles and pragmatism/playing to win are not mutually exclusive, and that you have to focus on both, even when there is some tension there. New Zealand in particular really seems to behave like it’s one or the other.

Countless opeds about Mamdani being a "socialist" and are literally any of those publications talking about Donald Trump not just claiming to take over a country but deciding what companies are allowed/not allowed to operate in that foreign country?

Not trying to be mean, but that’s doomer mindset. We’ve fought back against the ultra rich before, and here’s the important part, *we won.* Teddy Roosevelt busted the trusts. FDR destroyed the millionaires for a generation. We can do this, we HAVE done this, we just have to do it again.

I think there's a bunch of psycho business guys who are concerned about Fucking With The Money but the oligarchs who have hardcore gone for Trumpism would gladly trade most of their wealth if in exchange working Americans were permanently immiserated and enslaved

My sign today.

The Methodist Senior Women's Rifle Club will be, simultaneously, the most decorated paramilitary unit of American Civil War 2, and the paramilitary unit connected to the most war crimes

It all sounded very woo-woo to me. But the science backs it up: if you think you won't succeed, you never even try. Your brain is building a hallucination of your world all the time. If you REALLY want to focus on something you can control, the stories you tell about the world and experiences are it

cannot stress enough that they are abducting legal observers left and right and people are hearing about this happening to other people and still immediately going “alright where can i go to help now”

honestly reading this thread and thinking about why romance readers run straight at this shit head first no matter how much everyone else says it's hopeless. our brains are literally wired for it.

Three of the four people for whom my mom was coordinating care died in the last 2 years. She has time. And rage. And this is a woman who was already going to city council and school board meetings when she was working full-time and raising two kids.

This is what I meant when I wrote that "we can overthrow them with a union of care."

There’s no inconsistency or hypocrisy there. They never believed everyone had rights or that freedoms are universal. They believe in their own freedom and in their unlimited right to smash fuck out of anyone who impedes or resists them. And this is how it’s been for decades, at least.

The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.

I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.

If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police

Oh dang. (Listening to this lifted my spirits quite a lot.)

it is both true that more training won’t fix the agency’s problems and also true that 47 days of training - picked corruptly and arbitrarily - is a scandal on it’s own that people should know about (i didn’t know this)

i’m sure ICE guys with their guns and masks fancy themselves big brave men, but when you see real, honest courage it knocks you on your ass. it’s a glimpse of something holy.

If the capitol police reacted on Jan 6 the way ICE did in this encounter there would have been dozens dead

i suspect there are a lot of morons in a lot of european capitals right now wringing their hands about the risk of escalation. here's the truth: the real risk is failure to escalate. backing down is showing weakness. trump will know it. show strength instead.

once trump’s corporate backers actually are *afraid* of massive foreign retaliation they will start clogging up the group chats demanding trump back down. and he will listen, because ultimately this stupid game has only gone on because of elite complicity

Treaties are federal law. As a signatory to the 1949 NATO treaty, the U.S. is barred by law from attacking another NATO member. Therefore, an order to draw up plans to attack Greenland is an illegal one. Military leaders are obligated to disobey illegal orders. Lawyers correct me if I'm wrong.

my son wants you to know that playing a brass or wind instrument outside in the cold is VERY DIFFICULT and normally not allowed and he appreciates their ability to do it so well

It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.

Begging leftists not to dismiss the crucial role of radical clergy in mass protest movements as happened so often during his first term. At every one of my most formative experiences, they’ve been there. The most brutal violence I’ve experienced at a protest was side by side with radical clergy.

"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences. Don't say the second when you mean the first.

you’re already ahead. stay with it. minneapolis stripped these forces of legitimacy (a battle other cities won’t have to repeat). remember they are completely outmanned. their only real advantage is their organizational capacity. out-organize them & the illusion of control will collapse.

Abolish ICE is a specific ask and singular message that, based on polls, has real support.

I was so close to getting through the day without crying.

we are going to win but first I am going to cry

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

Taunting is not a justification for arbitrary executions. Collective guilt is contrary to the rule of the law. Resisting the state— even if unlawful and prosecutable—doesn’t justify a death sentence. Our colonial ancestors rejected that agents of the state are absolutely immune for their wrongdoing.

Imagine what they're doing out of sight that makes them feel their behavior toward the public is acceptable and normal. That kind of attitude, the institutional culture it represents, doesn't happen just because some protesters have said things you don't like; it comes from practicing violence.

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.

For several years now I have been saying that Democratic voters have not directed their anger at D leaders because most voters, even engaged activists, really thought D leaders were fighting as hard as they could. And I said if and when D voters found out they’d be ANGRY. That’s what we see now.

You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.

Just fucking help people. If you can do something to fix a problem, and it costs you nothing (and in cases like this, *actually helps you too*), just do it, for god's sake. Sometimes it doesn't matter who made the problem, what matters is who's in a position to sort it. 9/9

Please repost. If anyone can help with the screenshot (or link to) that news release about the traditional skills, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have a young person who is quite interested in one, and a group of young folks interested in learning more about the others.

Jan. 9, 1776: A 47-page pamphlet is published in Philadelphia that will alter the course of history. “Common Sense” by an anonymous writer calling himself “An Englishman”—Thomas Paine—takes up the once-unthinkable idea of American independence and concludes: “ 'TIS TIME TO PART.” 1/10

X is not Rome being invaded by the Visigoths or Minneapolis being invaded by ICE. It is a social media platform owned by an abuser and CSAM producer. There is nothing to hold onto and fight for. It is isn’t your space. It’s his.

‘“A young lady told me they were giving out free tickets for a theater show, and I’ve never been to one before, so I thought maybe this would be a good opportunity for me,” said Zain Morisset, 35, a student who was second in line. “I always wanted to attend one, but they seem to be so expensive.”’

The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”

not dunking or anything, but I see this take a lot and let's be real, literally every criminal does crimes with the plan of not being held to account, what they plan on means exactly nothing

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.

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Oh god. Minneapolis, please put your arms around Becca and her son.