it's going to hurt like hell, but it absolutely is step one to fixing ANYTHING. prospect.org/2026/03/18/s...

*slides a plastic dinosaur across the table to you* If you accept, in Autism Land, we're now life partners.

One of the most powerful things I've read in years, and a real dropping of the scales moment for something vile that has been insidiously poisoning everything for decades jameelajamil.substack.com/p/ah-shit-we...

Kristi Noem getting shit canned is a huge W for us. There’s no way Trump can spin his ICE raids now as anything over than a giant failure. It’s important to celebrate these W’s. We can still force change even in the minority. Don’t give up the fight!

I’ve been rereading the October Daye books by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, & I finally figured out how to display my preorder pins! Using the Kingdoms of the Westlands map from Once Broken Faith, the pins are spread across the kingdoms & the Silver and Lead stickers are on the border. I’m so happy!!

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his own personal vendetta machine. And Pam Bondi has been happy to go along for the ride. We're witnessing the most egregious politicization of the DOJ in recent memory — and I lived through the Nixon years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

We know exactly why. It is clear.

FBI refusing to share Alex Pretti shooting evidence with state investigators. "BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said Monday that the FBI formally notified the state on Friday that it won’t grant the access." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I don’t know if it’s my Deities, The Universe, The Birthday, or even The Corn - but something is sprinkling some stardust my way and I’m so very humbled and appreciate it so very much right now. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

An uncomfortable truth: many of the crimes in the Epstein files can no longer be prosecuted. Pam Bondi, who was the Attorney General in Florida (where much of the human trafficking happened) and is now the US Attorney General, deliberately let the statute of limitations run out.

I've grown increasingly wary of anytime the emphasis is placed on "you should be the bigger person" rather than "they should not have done that to you"

In today’s dictatorship news:

Hey, amazing you. Love yourself. Love your friends. Love this beautiful world. Love the stories, the games, the tunes & words that bring you joy. There's leaves on the trees that only just saw sunlight, a cloudshape that will never be repeated, & a blackbird with a shimmering wing - love it all. ❤️

Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor. Not one more penny.

open.substack.com/pub/meidasto... Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche should not be practicing law, and they certainly should not be the most powerful prosecutors in the US. After Bondi's performance yesterday, she should be impeached by a large majority and investigated for her role in this heinous coverup

Everything we've seen so far about the Epstein files from Trump and his stooges in the GOP screams conscience of guilt and massive cover-up. You don't block Congress, block an elected Rep. taking office, constantly delay, flood the zone with distractions, or overly redact if you're innocent.

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

What bothers me most about the way people are discussing the Epstein files is that most seem to be treating the matters they address as things that occurred in the past, for which justice must be done, and not things continuing to happen, with children in urgent danger.

This is really suspicious. They’re up to something. Link to thread: x.com/mattberg33/s...

His election plans just keep getting leaked.

“You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth” by Meatloaf

Interesting move from Gov Tim Walz here: He calls on Kristi Noem to release detailed information on how many migrant kids from Minnesota that DHS has imprisoned in the vein of 5-year-old Liam:

It would be funny if it wasn’t so depressing for such an iconic venue. Once again, he destroys everything he touches

we are 11 years into the cycle of - trump makes loud unambiguous announcement - media regurgitates announcement - turns out none of it is true - media, trump have already moved on to restart the cycle

Kudos to Mayor Mamdani. This is what economic justice looks like. And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/

I can’t find the interview but I remember Catherine O’Hara saying something like, “life is dark. it’s hard to adult & be an adult. but if you can laugh in the face of the darkness it makes it bearable.” there are few better feelings in this world than the laughs she gave us.

If you approach most of the problems you face with the mindset, "I'll figure it out, I always do," and if part of "figuring it out" includes finding good advice from people who understand your problem, you probably *will* figure it out. Trust yourself to do the work, then do it, basically.

WCNSF - "Wounded child no surviving family." There are 17,000 orphans in Gaza who have lost BOTH parents, Over 30,000 who have lost one parent, 2,700 family bloodlines entirely wiped out; every single member. The starvation and bombing continue in the worlds largest concentration camp

-Bovino will leave MN and may lose his job -Noem will face a Senate hearing and possible impeachment -Senate Dems will oppose unconditional extension of DHS funding The pushback is working. We must keep standing up and speaking out against Trump's regime.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad

If you haven’t yet, maybe it’s time to read up on current events while you make other plans.

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

need people to understand there’s a connection between Israel’s systematic execution of journalists covering the genocide in Gaza and Trump’s Gestapo murdering civilians in Minnesota observing and filming their crimes.

Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute *every single abuse*.

Whether by design or not, Trump’s post follows a recognizable authoritarian sequence—deny shared truth, delegitimize institutions, frame crisis, assign blame, demand extraordinary power, attack critics as insane, rewrite the record, and imply punishment for dissent. It reads crazy. It isn’t.

🚨ICE violently dragged a U.S. veteran out of her car near Minneapolis ICE: Get out of the f*cking car! Vet: You know I'm a Marine Corps veteran? ICE: I don't care what you are! [ICE drags her from car & then points taser at passenger] ICE: "F*cking move I'll f*cking taze you!"

So, the "Board of Peace" [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world. 1/ reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Well said as always. “Most of the speech was standard fare — false claims of credit sprinkled between personal grievances and outright lies.” newsletters.democracydocket.com/donald-trump...

The lesson I have been drawing from these times is that, commitments to free speech notwithstanding, you should not allow unfettered hate speech and resentment-building fibs to be pumped uncontested through every mode of communication for 40 years if you want your society to thrive.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

The official message of the U.S. government to ICE is if you kill an American citizen while trying to deport brown people, not only will we cover it up but we will try to jail their spouse instead. We all died during COVID and this is hell.

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

How Vic bought Sam Reich's house 🏠

No words. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-error-meant-recruits-sent-field-offices-proper-training-sources-sa-rcna254054

Can't say it often enough: every Trump administration accusation is a confession.