September 21, 2025

You’ve GOT to be kidding me!

Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.

Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas" our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them. Hello?

Hallelujah. Things have gone haywire over here… Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

The riot is your goons assaulting community and labor leaders unprovoked. The looter is you raiding the hardworking tax payers of our state - stealing their federal taxes and depriving them of the basic services they’ve paid for. You can’t arrest a movement or deport solidarity

This moment is why we were so opposed to Pete Hegseth being confirmed.

FFS!!! How did it possibly take this long?!?!? NO ONE, documented or not, should be sent to Salvadoran prisons. NO ONE!

PREACH!!!

This is the kind of INSTITUTIONAL COURAGE I want to see in the US.

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.

Well done @wearehighered.bsky.social!

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Two brilliant, amazing humans! ❤️

Oh HELL NO!!!

What could go wrong??? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When @propublica.org reporters Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social found out that fired #USAID workers could go to the office one last time to clean out their desks, they pitched this crazy idea. What if we rented a billboard truck to advertise how to get in touch with @propublica.org? So we did.

The US… watching the demise… are we a now a failed state?

Worth some consideration…

After all that Marko Elez was the first taker on the resignation program.

Over 77 million people voted for this dumpster fire. The federal government is once again a horrifically awful reality tv show…

But they’ll just blame diversity rather than their own incompetence.

if you cared about morale and recruitment you would not alienate a group that disproportionately enlists into the military, but if you are a white nationalist…

80% of funding from the IRA goes to GOP districts—this is just one example. Congress passed this funding. It’s not Trump’s to stop on a whim. This is a violation of the law and basic decency. He will put people out of work & stop programs that help pay their bills. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Somewhere in northern Virginia, James Comey is scrolling the same news feed as you and saying "oops, my fault... yeah, that was me... hm, sorry about that one."

Where we’re at:

Is anyone else feeling disappointed in Merrick Garland? Is it just me? www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi... apple.news/AdQq2dNd0RHO...

States like New York are stepping up with their own Voting Rights Acts — but will they survive the legal challenges? The outcome could determine the future of ballot access as federal protections are rolled back: boltsmag.org/voting-...

I hate the asymmetry of how much shit he can sign in a day and how much time it'll take to unwind the potential impact of each individual one

Tomorrow noon east-coast time, 9am Pacific: we'll be here to talk about beloved community, power, storytelling, and enter this next era of US history together, heads held high, friends held close. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...

I know that numbers won’t change the election results, but the Harris/Walz ticket earned over 75 MILLION votes. Everyone has different takeaways from Nov 5, but don’t disrespect Madam VP.

Amidst the disturbing rush to normalize Trump and curry favor with him, it's worth remembering how wrong people were about what he would do when forced to choose between American democracy and his own interests.

Alright. The orange man threatens 25% tariffs across the board for Mexico, China, and Canada. If/when he follows through what product prices will skyrocket? (I keep thinking cars, gasoline, tech, and produce.)

Harris now has over 74.3M votes. This is not the outcome of a failed campaign, and it’s definitely not a landslide. Only twice in history has ANYONE received more votes. Unfortunately, one of those instances is her orange opponent in the 2024 election.

Dictator-in-chief with his billionaire henchman: F*CK your principles and do my bidding. Today I blame GWB’s SCOTUS appointments, followed by Citizens United and SpeechNow. Welcome to the Manosphere Covfefe Hellscape. newrepublic.com/post/188697/...

My favorite conference of the year!

Dr. Oz?!?!? Really?!?!? JFC… 🤦🏽‍♀️

Is everyone still suffering from post-election burnout and fatigue? Or is it just me?

Over the last decade, I’ve seen political events in the US that I never thought I’d see in my lifetime—mostly related to the orange man—Will/can the US (and various other nations) survive another four years?

VP Kamala Harris is closing in on 74M votes. Yes, that number is shy of Biden’s unprecedented 81M in 2020, but certainly not indicative of a Trump “landslide” let alone a “mandate” from US voters.

Columbus, Ohio.

There’s nothing like appointing absolute morons and villains to convince people that government doesn’t work and shouldn’t exist. This has been the project of the right since the 1960s and it succeeded.

PREACH! Also, I really don’t like misinformation and the total inability of media outlets to actually fact check. (Isn’t that their job?!?) Thanks, @roxanegay.bsky.social

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I’m completely unready for another 4-year COVFEFE rabbit hole hellscape. Someone somewhere please tell me how to prepare! What should I expect??? #PrepperWithoutGuns