There are a few movies that I vividly remember seeing as a child in the theater. Stand By Me is one of them. This broke my heart.

Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.

Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:

Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement. #NoWords 🤮

Bluesky has genuinely revived my love for science communication online. After watching the same posts go nowhere on Twitter, seeing them resonate here has been such a good reminder of why I do this. Thanks for being here 🖤

Feverishly working on this

Some of the best movies ever made were by Rob Reiner. They made us laugh and think: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. And he was a force on screen as well in All in the Family and so many films. What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.

They're prosecuting a judge for protecting her courtroom's integrity from ICE thugs. This is outright authoritarianism, weaponizing the DOJ to dismantle judicial independence and terrorize immigrants.

With just 17 days until Obamacare tax credits expire, it’s now clear: Congress—and the country—are headed over the Obamacare cliff. Even if the House acts, the Senate won’t move in time. It’s outrageous that all members of Congress have great, taxpayer-funded healthcare! Screw regular Americans!!

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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American. Two options: 1) ICE deliberately targeted him. 2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens. Hard to say which option is scarier.

"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...

Sounds about right.

JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”

🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!! 🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!! TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.

Rafeel Veraza, his wife, and his baby daughter are US citizens. They were spending their weekend like any other family, on a grocery run at Sam’s Club in Cicero, IL, last month. They noticed immigration agents in the parking lot, and they decided to leave without shopping.

ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl. Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist. They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed. Another horrific story. More details below.

Happy Hanukkah to all but especially Ahmed Al Ahmed, his children, and Brad Lander for making sure we knew this

Either way, this incident reflects targeted harassment, and it raises serious legal and constitutional concerns.

If someone insists this was unintentional, they’re left with two troubling alternatives: either ICE is so reckless that it randomly stops and harasses U.S. citizens and demands proof of citizenship, or agents are engaging in illegal racial profiling. Neither explanation is acceptable.

With access to this volume of data, the claim that this stop was random strains credibility. The far more likely explanation is that data was used to identify the vehicle and deliberately target the person driving it.

After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.

Now let’s get into the details. ICE (and DHS more broadly) has contracts and data-sharing agreements with companies that collect and aggregate license-plate scans, including Flock Safety, OpenALPR/Rekor, Vigilant (Motorola LEARN), and other commercial data brokers.

After NYS Young Republicans club was disbanded for praising Hitler, the NYC Young Republican club chapter is rolling out the red carpet for leaders of Germany’s Nazi-cosplaying AfD party. I condemn it in the strongest of terms, as should my New York GOP colleagues. The AfD is not welcome in NY-10.

Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"

Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)

IOWA — “I’m a very pissed off conservative Christian woman. I almost died because I was denied medical care after being diagnosed with a fatal fetus… Cornered by the system… pro life? Choose me. Choose the mother.” It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation

The latest example of the power of anti-corruption, pro-reform politics.

Fact-check: true

🇮🇹Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Prime Minister Meloni's budget. Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense. #Wrldpoli🌐 www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...

Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

The Democrats should be releasing new photos from the Epstein estate every single day until Christmas. It's like America's 2025 advent calendar that can end with justice for all the victims.

Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

Almost 1.2 million EU citizens have signed onto the My Choice My Choice resolution, which the European Parliament will vote on next week, to help fund abortions in the EU. Croatia alone gathered 65,000 signatures, 780% more than the national threshold set for each country.

If you’re wondering why Democratic staffers are happily leaking photos of Epstein with the likes of Bill Clinton and Larry Summers you’re really not paying attention. The parties (and their voters) are *not* the same. The Dems are not perfect and have ample problems. But GOP is different.

Putting aside for the moment that citizens are not required to carry proof of their citizenship, if Mubashir had an Enhanced Real ID, which is an option in Minnesota, then that absolutely is proof of citizenship. Bovino knows all this. But he's creating a terrorist police state one word at a time.

So… how are US born citizens supposed to prove their citizenship? Are you expected to carry your birth certificate or passport around at all times?

Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.

Page One in Indy: #redistrict 🇺🇸

We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…