Pete Hegseth has set a 5PM deadline for media orgs to agree to unprecedented new restrictions on their coverage. Dozen of outlets — including conservative ones — have said they'll refuse to sign: WaPo, NYT, Newsmax, The Atlantic, WSJ, NPR, the Washington Examiner, Reuters, POLITICO, and more.

ONLINE TALK: Saturday 8th November at 8pm IRISH DEATH CUSTOMS with Michael Fortune of folklore.ie Tickets £5 + booking fee, including recording, from bit.ly/flaevents An intriguing one-hour long talk on the superstitions, beliefs and practices surrounding death in Ireland, plus audience Q&A.

Since September 8th, ​“Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security claims ICE has detained 800 people, though organizers caution against taking these figures as fact, given the agency’s history of falsehoods. But they do say agents are increasingly using extreme force.

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

During banned book week @haymarketbooks.org has some great books to check out. For no reason at all. Let me add all the books to my cart. www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/529-th...

Pierce County pays $1.75 million to man paralyzed in police shooting

Reminder for those attending 50501 SoCal’s No Kings protest this Saturday. The organizers have a history of coordinating with LAPD pigs ahead of their parades. Here’s communication between the 50501 SoCal founders and LAPD regarding last April’s protest.

What the fuck is this now?

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

NEW: As video and news reports of immigrants and U.S. citizens being detained by masked men claiming to be ICE agents continue to dominate headlines and spark fears from coast to coast, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Congress she had no idea this was happening. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Suddenly adrift, I reimagine my life so differently. #DailyHaikuPrompt (drift) #haiku #PoetryCommunity

It's time to wake up. What's happening in Los Angeles is not just about immigration or California. This is about defending the Constitutional freedoms of everyone in every state.

Swapping property tax cuts for higher sales taxes shifts the burden onto renters and low-income families, straining those already struggling while weakening public services and favoring wealthier homeowners. www.cbpp.org/blog/hiking-...

Hey @orcassinkingyachts.bsky.social you might appreciate this quilt 🖤🤍 (pattern by GettingJazzyWithIt on Etsy)

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman, declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary after Andrew Cuomo conceded the race. “Tonight we made history,” Mamdani said, addressing his supporters. wapo.st/44yMVoI

I wonder if Alexander Reid Ross still works for this counterinsurgent org?

tbh sometimes i forget congress exists

ICE is driving through the inner city now in military tanks to kidnap children off the streets and @governor.ca.gov thinks his lawsuit is enough

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

The Senate reconciliation bill retains the trans healthcare Medicaid/CHIP ban. Call your Senators, we still have a good shot at killing this provision. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on this care.

“If we do not stand up to Peter Thiel, they’re going to come after all of us.” 13 people were arrested protesting Palantir’s surveillance of Americans. Palantir is profiting off of ICE raids. It’s refining its tracking techniques & gathering data at lightning speed. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

President Trump urges all of Tehran to evacuate "immediately" in new social media post as he says Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.

FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post

I spoke to the 17 year old who organized the largest anti-ICE protest in Roblox this past weekend. www.usermag.co/p/kids-are-p...

The lesson: always fight back. Fight every battle.

Melissa Hortman just days before her tragic assasination

Today is my birthday so It would mean a lot of y'all shared my art :) 🫶

DENVER (AP) — Jury finds MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company.

Today is a good day to remember: the American political system is responsible for Trump’s competitiveness. Without that two party system and electoral college, he would have a much harder time—and most countries don’t have either of those things.

hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors

Second oil company CEO (Hess) conspired with OPEC to keep prices high, US regulator charges thehill.com/policy/energ...

Remember kids:

Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in 50 years - near ‘points of no return’ #livingplanetreport by WWF & ZSL Story by @pgreenfielduk www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We are receiving updates from the Pagan community in Western North Carolina intermittently as some services occasionally make for communication. The Wild Hunt’s amazed at the work and resilience of our community in the region. wildhunt.org/2024/10/an-u... #asheville #hurricanehelene #pagan

A national tenants union has arrived, to the terror of big landlords

Wittgenstein Jr, Lars Iyer

Final thought on this: “You have to defeat the insurrectionists in an election” is the same bad argument as “You have to defeat the Nazis in the market of ideas”, and both are just a way of saying that you have sympathies for the bad actors while appearing principled

i wrote about how eric adams chose cops over libraries www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launches case at UN's top court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

trying to figure out what changed from 2022 to 2023 ... hmm ...

REMINDER: Sex workers aren't allowed on substack, but Nazis are.

There is simply no modern precedent for the number of journalists killed in Gaza. The toll is staggering. cpj.org/2023/12/isra...