“It was an intended realization of the wet dream of a particular kind of middle-aged straight, white guy who…has always wanted a Daddy to come along and tell them their lack of success is not their fault and the success of women and people of color and queer folks in the military is unearned.”

Check out Army veterans Hailey Gibbons (Ranger) and Margaret Donovan (JAG) on PBS NewsHour tonight, responding to today’s meeting.

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Mandatory thread on Hegseth speech from an actual combat vet

Freedom is 20 kitted up feds armed to breach the bin laden compound chasing a delivery worker bsky.app/profile/marm...

79. American citizen.

It is time to Abolish ICE. It is an ongoing violation and shame to the US and its values.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

Combat veteran, West Point grad, and NJ citizen Casey Moes setting the record straight on @mikiesherrill.bsky.social.

“If you’re fighting for women, you’re fighting for democracy, and if you’re fighting for democracy, you’re fighting for women. They go hand-in-hand.” — @hillaryclinton.bsky.social #CGI2025 @clintonglobal.bsky.social

🧵This is a serious use of force violation. The violent attack of this woman must be prosecuted by Chicago/Illinois for violation of state’s rights. I’m going to break this down. You see her blocking the ICE van. Agents violently push her to the ground. Then you see 1 guy target her & choke her.

Covid is gonna shape American politics for years and years because it was the first time most Americans were asked to make sacrifices and they lost their minds because of it.

“.. A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” she said. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Trump admin doesn’t want anyone to hear what Jimmy Kimmel said: “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

“Stay in your cars! Tell everyone to stay in your houses.” Illinois state senator Karina Villa out in the street warning folks about ICE

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

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Another death courtesy of the Trump deportation project. No criminal record. The cruelty is the point.

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

National Park Service: understaffed. DC Police: understaffed. National Guard: "Right problem, wrong tool.” (AND more expensive! #efficiency)

So cool to see Cristin Milioti bring theater kid energy to her #Emmy win as best actress in a limited series for The Penguin. She did amazing work that I never thought the TV academy would be smart enough to honor. "I love acting so much! Whoo!!!"

Cristin Milioti in the Penguin ATE. Glad to see this win!

So far on the Emmys: Nate Bergatze is bombing, the bits aren’t funny, presenter banter is awful… but some wonderful wins, especially the surprises! The “we’ll take money from kids” gimmick to limit speeches is a truly terrible idea.

WOOT!! Andor is one of the smartest and best series of all time and this episode blew me away. Much deserved!

Ecstatic because Hiller was incredible on Somebody Somewhere, and that's the kind of performance that rarely wins anything. But also pleased because I was once the guest monologuist at a UCB show where he was one of the performers (along with another of tonight's nominees).

Watching nominees Michael Urie and Bowen Yang weeping with joy when the underrated Jeff Hiller won their category made me cry too. You wonderful gays!! Emmys 2025

JEFF HILLER??!!! I am weeping! #EmmyAwards

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

When Tramell Tillman wins an Emmy

They don’t care how qualified you are if you can’t pass their ideology test www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Shooting Charlie Kirk isn't going to help anyone except the people already trying to destroy the country.

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence. Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets. Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe. It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

There is no place for political violence in this nation. Period. Fascism is violence. Democracy is peace. We must always choose peace.

This is very, very bad. Political violence only works on behalf of fascists.

One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys. Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman. There is no justification for this. None.

Federal agents detained a man who was in a car with his wife and two children on Monday night in D.C. The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.

Giving Goebbels, but with Goering’s looks

Roberts Court legalizes discrimination against people based on their skin color. This Court keeps proving its contempt for the Constitution.

Ayo Edebiri answers question she was purposely excluded from by interviewer. Kudos to Andrew for immediately recognizing the misogynoir, his body language says it all. #BlackSky

100%. We don’t all have to agree. We don’t even have to like each other. Unlike the GOP, Dems don’t need a daddy figure to tell us what to think or how to win. We need to spend less energy telling other folks they’re doing it wrong. If they oppose Trump, they’re allies. Do your thing!

we’re going to have to throw a lot of people in jail after all this is over