Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

making a list of american institutions that are meeting this moment, and so far I've got burning man and paleontology down here... guess we're rebuilding society around the study of dinosaur bones and doing drugs in the desert

It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it.

it feels like every time i read a new-to-me non fiction book by a Black author i learn about another racial massacre at the hands of white men. and it makes me sad and angry that this violent history by people like me is hidden by white culture. white men we have fucked up and we need to learn it.

Anyway, the NFL was smart to have him as their halftime performer. People who don't care at all about football tuned in for the show and will leave with positive feelings about the NFL (not that they deserve those, lol).

I want all writers to be into writing as much like themselves as possible. I hate to see someone say writing's so good they wish they'd written it. You couldn't have, you're you, & they're them. That's the spirit of plagiarism behind AI. Believe in your capacity to create beauty unique to you.

Now this is my kind of petty. Because who tf are you talking to? 🗣GATOR BOOOOTTSSSSS!!!!!

Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level

On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!

Trump will claim he didn’t notice that part of the video & was just reposting election garbage. The media & Republicans will eagerly launder that excuse & expect us to accept it. But when he’s asked to apologize to Black people, specifically the Obama's, his ego & racism will make that impossible.

Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal? Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail… Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you. Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

“after months of persistent public pressure, leaders within the Democratic Party proudly announced bold legislation mandating restaurants serve room-temperature tap water. ‘The public demanded we abolish ice, and by-golly we’ve done it!’”

@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social today is a good day to plant a tree and to abolish ice.

For those keeping score at home:

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

The best thing people who learned Black history as adults *ahem* can do in Black History Month is refuse the mic, & pass it to people who learned Black history at the feet of their elders as kids.

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

Reminder before the Super Bowl Opening Night officially begins...this was the Patriots leading WR 2 months ago www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

public: we want to defund and dismantle ice congress: body cams! public: we don’t need body cams for non-existent agents congress: BODYCAMSsssssssss

Feb 9 - Community Strike Readiness Training freedomtrainers.net/trainings/

Unfinished. #LiamRamos

No borders? Don't threaten us with a good time!

Stop looking for us… I am praying for my sisters because this is beyond disappointing

Insane corruption

TO RECAP: -A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social -An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again -They arrested him anyway A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸

Shirley Raines, Beauty 2 The Streetz founder who cared for Skid Row's homeless, dies at 58: abc7.com/post/ms-shir...

Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers. The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second. And the Hunter hunters are silent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Important. There has not been a deescalation.

She was such a huge light, and cared for so many people 💔

The job of our police is to keep people safe, not enforce fed immigration laws. I want them preventing homicides, not hunting down a working dad who contributes to Minneapolis and is from Ecuador. It’s similar to the policy your guy Rudy had in NYC. Everyone should feel comfortable calling 911.

Knives are out for Stephen Miller.

I feel like I'm losing my mind watching Dems view Tom Homan as a reasonable professional. He took $50k in cash in a Cava bag! What are we doing here.

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

in a white system that promotes selfishness and individualism, the apparent root of capitalism, community struggles to thrive. how can it not? capitalism demands that between two people one must yield to the other, and the yielder then depends on the victor for survival.

it feels like white culture demands either we be contributing members to our communities or to capitalism. and the allure of consumption acts as a veil to the harm that comes to the former when the latter is prioritized.

In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:

@hopegiselle.bsky.social from IG has something she would like to say (because it appears she doesn't post here)

A list of things to demand from your reps (From @khanna.house.gov )

We expect @mayor.nyc.gov to keep his promise to fund our NYC libraries at 0.5% of the city's operating budget in his preliminary budget that should be released soon.

A friend shared this picture of someone holding this sign as part of yesterday's Chicago protests. I'm always humbled when people bring my ideas along with them.

Looking forward to the day when we win hard enough to not need articles like “what are the paramilitaries spraying at you?: a helpful guide”

Please see the DEI backlash where across corporate and journalism most DEI pledges in 2020 have been rescinded and Black women are now at levels of unemployment LOWER than White women were during the Recesssion 19thnews.org/2026/01/blac...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.