“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

As I'm bombarded with algorithmically served advertisements aimed to induce me to purchase more consumer goods this holiday season, I am reflecting on this essay I wrote six years ago for @proteanmag.com proteanmag.com/2019/08/28/s...

ICE chuds kidnapped a father and stole food meant for his family. These people must be held accountable. Document EVERYTHING.

Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.

The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.

Morning thoughts: class mobility I've long said the American economy is mostly a grift on the poor & working-class. The most surefire way to get rich in America is to come up with a grift to further exploit the poor, for which you will be funded by the wealthy and allowed to ascend into their class

Can't decide which to read next so i I think I'll read chapters of Zinn's "People's History" in between reading the other books, starting with Snyder's "The Road to Unfreedom"

New book day! I picked these up over the past week:

Just finished 'Antifa - The Anti-Fascist Handbook' by @mark-bray.bsky.social (borrowed from my local library) and highly recommend it! Well-written with a wealth of footnotes for further reading. I will be picking up my own copy in the future

rare post that gets better with every single word

@mark-bray.bsky.social Hey I saw a post on another site saying you made 'Antifa, The Anti-Fascist Handbook' free to download, is that correct?

Or as Craig Ferguson said: "Does this 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 to be said? Does this need to be said 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? Does this need to be said right now 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦?"

Do not comply in advance unless it's malicious. Protect the vulnerable. Stay informed. Prepare for the worst. Build your community. Constantly reach out to your representatives until they actually represent and stand up, and then keep doing it. They forgot that they work for us.

Unidentified chopper flying around #FernHill neighborhood of #TacomaWA, Tacoma PD vehicles spotted near the library.

Helicopter flying around over #Tacoma, but not appearing on FlightRadar24. Can't see what markings may be on the chopper.

So you mean to tell me that there's going to be a lot of people with military training with essentially nothing to lose and everything to fight for? Bold strategy

Tuberville single-handedly held up confirmations for the better part of a year, yet you and yours keep voting for the creeps the GOP nominates like you are helpless little kittens in a basket with a bow, and have no means to push back on this avalanche of human garbage, so what’s up with THAT

"ICE directives come and go. The Constitution is here to stay." As ICE ramps up immigration raids under Trump, @amytorres.bsky.social of @njaij.bsky.social explains why it's important to know your rights. www.democracynow.org/2025/1/28/ic...

Telling my friends this, essentially. "Oh 'they' won't let him do that." Who is 'they'?" WE are 'they' - WE are the ones who stop this from happening. There are no other adults in the room to look to other than ourselves. It is up to us to stop the rising tide of fascism.

POTUS is shutting the US government down, except for immigration enforcement and military activities. That’s the story. He’s shutting the whole government down. He’s closing up every aspect of the United States operation, except the parts with guns.

Getting your face eaten by a leopard to own the libs. Nice.

And by god, they'll do it again. From #BehindTheBastards by Robert Evans @iwriteok.bsky.social (part two in comments)

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

There was a story about one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers researching occult history early on in the show's run. Joss Whedon was like, "What are you doing? We're gonna make it all up," thus founding conservative legal theory.

One effective tactic, and I'm not suggesting anyone do this, is for a person to call 25 of their best friends and all go stand in the path of the detention bus. And then each of those people calls 25 of their best friends, and so on, and everyone comes down for the "block" party.

People on TikTok are reporting ICE raids happening in small cities in various states. To get past algorithmic censorship, they’re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.

The last time America built concentration camps to hold a hated and feared minority—in 19412, when we rounded up all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast and herded them into “relocation centers”—it did not work out well. Things will not end any differently this time. First of three threads: 1/30

If it's so irresponsible or anachronistic to compare MAGA policies to Nazism or the Klan, why is that contemporary neo-Nazis and Klansman are so enthusiastic about MAGA policies?

I think the thing that's stuck with me from this episode is how so much of Wallenberg's strategy was to show up and project authority, with the hope that buying people just a little more time would be enough to get them to safety. Things to think about.

Dying in a mental asylum in 2004 because I went back in time to tell people that The Apprentice would lead to the end of medical research, the Civil Rights Act, and birthright citizenship.

In this time of darkness heading toward us, it's worth revisiting the story of Raoul Wallenberg, the man who saved more people from Nazis than anyone else, as told by Robert Evans @iwriteok.bsky.social on #BehindTheBastards www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Told myself I wasn't going to make this, but fuck it, here it is

I know this is a couple months late but this is pretty much what the DNC was doing and why we're here now

Take these two facts: 1: Trump issues executive order directly contravening the constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment; and 2: Trump removes Constitution from White House website. Taken both together: this is a disavowal of the constitution by the sitting president.

i followed up with ADL about how this nazi salute was different than musk's and the press person responded by asking if i could sent it to the main ADL media email lol. that's it.

Come on. I think I would know if my friend BasedHitler88 was a Nazi

Bend The Arc Jewish Action releases a petition. Tell the ADL: Don't Defend Elon Musk's Nazi Salute

ACAB includes Snoop Dogg, btw

idk who needs to hear this but it’s basically a spectrum of danger so take action according to your privilege 😃

When will spineless centrists learn that you cannot play nice with a leopard that is hungry and wants to eat your face? (The answer is never, otherwise they wouldn't be spineless centrists)

"It is time to look to the future" bruh you're blocking our view, you should step down and get out of the way.

This motherfucker... Bipartisanship with fascism is nothing more than collaboration with fascism. The party leadership failed us and will continue to fail us unless there is a fundamental change in the party leadership & power structure. They will continue to sell us out to maintain the status quo

"Shock and awe" was their goal. They wanted you, on Day One, to be shocked at their speed and the brazen scope and scale of their actions. They want you subdued, cowering, numbed with fear. Remember we bash back.

A safe place to hide from morons is a library or book store.