This, 100%

“Please pay attention yall!” Baby that’s all we do. It’s why we’re tired and on edge.

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

This is very good

Counterpoint what if I just touched it a little bit

Fuck yeah. Americas cities are amazing and they represent the best of the promise of this country. We need to stop apologizing for their existence.

no one understands how things work. no one can read. and they certainly cannot comprehend.

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

Freud is like: lol lmao

It’s like fire

"Stop calling us Nazis or we're going to kill you." -Homan

Hitler “saved” Germany.

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

That young Republican group chat reminds me of every single police group chat that’s ever been leaked.

War torn Portland. I am

Fortunately it's not super common, but I definitely get clients who tell me they can't post bond because they can't call their families without getting the number from their phone, which they can't access while incarcerated

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

The full name for hanky panky is handkerchief pandkerchief

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.

These guys hogtied a journalist who is probably their mom’s age for nothing.

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Exactly. We should not have domestic oligarchs. Let them go f*ck up some other country's political system

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

FWIW, not all female bosses on the Hill have bad reputations. Plenty of them inspire loyalty because they treat their staff well. Every Warren campaign staffer I know loves her. Patty Murray has a deep alumni team that admires her. AOC treats her staff well. Same with Tina Smith

"During the incident, which was partially captured in a video shared with KOIN 6 News, Miranda says he showed officers his Oregon driver’s license before they confiscated it and told him, 'You've been here on an overstay.'" He was then beaten, jailed for hours, then released Cops are great

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

A reminder on the 8th day of this Republican shutdown: Speaker Johnson could call Members back to negotiate to re-open the government any time he wants. He's choosing not to. Republicans would rather raise costs and kick millions of Americans off their health care.

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

Cops are great

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Mike Johnson is holding Congress out of session for two reasons: number one, so that way there are no negotiations; and number two, to cover for all the pedophiles on Epstein's list...They're covering for pedophiles and dropping your healthcare coverage."

Pro-tip: the people zip-tying kids or shoving the elderly down stairs are never the good guys.

also, government employees ain’t getting paid the money yall think they is. your average civil servant is not bringing in the bank like you think. even if you presume they should have it because they’re “lifers”, you have no idea.

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

Back in the land of reality, here's what one of the Black people whose home was smashed into during the apartment raid last week said about his Venezuelan neighbors: "They were cool people." Mr. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was dragged out in handcuffs and held outside for hours.

Everyone needs to see AI for what it is—a project that undermines truth & agency while transferring wealth from individual creators to Silicon Valley companies & VC’s. Rooted in exploitation of humanity & the planet, it’s a tool for the radical right to claim dominion & end representative democracy.

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process. prospect.org/justice/2025...

Cops are great

This is what ICE agents are doing to toddlers in Chicago. What crime and charges did this two-year-old did to deserve to be zip, tied and arrested by an ice agency.