One of the reasons the right is convinced that violence is only directed at them is their ability to ignore and forget all the acts of violence committed against the other side of the aisle. Ask Trump about the firebombing of Shapiro's home or the plot to kidnap Whitmer and I guarantee he'd whiff.

Owens claims that Netanyahu called Kirk last month while he was in the Hamptons with Bill Ackman, Seth Dillon and others and offered Kirk a "reeducation" trip to Israel + major funding for Turning Points USA. She claims Kirk declined.

Owens shows a recent clip of Kirk on Megyn Kelly's show talking about the pressure he's been under to unequivocally support Israel. She says Bill Ackman staged an intervention with Kirk in the Hamptons shortly before his death and "threats were made." 220k people are watching this.

pointing out the rights hypocrisy about freedom of speech doesn’t really do too much but i honestly am just stunned how blatantly and quickly they reversed on pretty much every constitutional freedom the moment they gained full power

When I worked at UT, the campus hosted Nazi speakers (twice, I think), and a professor called for cars to "run down" protestors. He wasn't disciplined.

Fun fact about this guy: he was a significant influence on Curtis Yarvin.

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

JD Vance wants to go after the Ford Foundation, eh? Interestingly, the Ford Foundation has long been in the crosshairs of the American far right for their supposed funding of "hateful, radical left, anti-white propaganda." Here's an example of that talk from the 1955 edition of The White Sentinel.

To state the obvious, I was not paid by the Ford Foundation or Open Society to write the column, which is what Vance is alleging and he's saying he is going after those groups. Not the first time he's spouted conspiracy theories involving the Soroses to deflect criticism: apnews.com/article/jd-v...

“We can now point to specific heatwaves and say, ‘Saudi Aramco did this. ExxonMobil did this.'"

Democratic elected officials, here's some unsolicited advice. People are looking for leadership. Right now. This moment. Someone, anyone, take the konch and forcefully respond to JD Vance and Stephen Miller's promise to declare war against America. Speak up now. Press conference today.

Pro tip: Schedule your workout for after the committee meeting.

”Black radical thinkers have long sought to expand the historical and political imagination of an anti-fascist left.” They moved beyond the European analogy and emphasized racial slavery, colonialism, the prison industrial complex, and surveillance technology. www.bostonreview.net/articles/alb...

I believe in labor unions and am a member. But many romanticize them as if they magically solve things. In academia, job cuts, restructuring, and political repression are happening at schools with faculty and staff unions. Many union members are racist and anti-leftist. The struggle is constant.

Ursula K. Le Guin said, “It haunts me when people tell me how incredibly farsighted I was to be talking about climate change and climate destabilization and the degradation of the natural world, back in the 60s. I wasn’t! I was just listening to the scientists.”

Watching a video about the Civil Rights Movement and the Freedom Summer and it noted how names of Black people trying to exercise their rights would be published in lists to institutionally punish them. Today’s methods of surveillance and political punishment have roots and not just in McCarthyism.

on the electoral side of things, this is why you need a loud opposition party saying they reject this and will not stand for it. that this country should be safe for people from korea as new immigrants but also for longstanding korean americans.

“Public anger toward the U.S. is intensifying in Seoul after Koreans who returned from mass arrest in Georgia on Friday described squalid detention facilities and fear-filled situations.” 9/14/25 www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

"Anas Zayed Fteiha, a Palestinian photojournalist in the Gaza Strip, filed a legal claim seeking an injunction against global publishing giant Axel Springer." "[V]iolating his constitutional rights by falsely portraying him as a Hamas propagandist." #Germany #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

It wont be until elections are canceled that Americans admit the predicament we’re in

Elon Musk has shared an obviously AI-generated image of the Unite the Kingdom rally in London. The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.

Are vaccines safe? Let’s ask a guy who has put live animals in a blender to make food for his hawks and injects an illicit tanning drug that the pharmaceutical industry chose not to try to take to market for humans because it caused sexual aggression in rodents.

The Minneapolis shooter was apparently a fan of several mass murderers who were motivated by the same "Great Replacement Theory" that has pretty much taken over the Republican Party.

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

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"A federal judge in Miami is refusing to pause her order winding down the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' while the federal government appeals her ruling." #Florida #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Your periodic reminder that water companies do not produce water, they produce plastic bottles, in a similar way as they enclosed & cordoned off the natural world from us, only to sell it back to us a piece at a time. See also: HOAs prohibit gardening because corps & oil barons want you spending.

Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized. It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.

Chat is skipping your human rights review a good sign

In the wake of a "Wednesday night massacre" at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and related resignations, @sanders.senate.gov called for an immediate congressional probe. www.commondreams.org/cdc-director

The far-right Israeli finance minister's remarks follow comments last week in which he said: "Whoever doesn't evacuate, don't let them. No water, no electricity; they can die of hunger or surrender."

One labor leader called Trump's new executive order "another clear example of retaliation against federal employee union members who have bravely stood up against his anti-worker, anti-American plan to dismantle the federal government." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-f...

I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A. Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions. This what Fox News served.

Truly grateful to everyone just trying stuff right now. Thanks to those who organized the CDC walkout.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I have heard about a whole lot of hate that‘s being directed at our trans community. Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity."

jfc they’re bringing back all the old timey bigotry

“Despite that perception, data shows that violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low.” The REAL story, for real journalists out there, is the successful U.S-specific disinformation campaign by conservatives to make people afraid of cities despite the true facts. Poilievre’s trying it in Canada too.

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Now that the shooter has been identified as a white male who was radicalized in part by previous white nationalist, racist shooters who promoted anti-semitic conspiracies that MAGA and the GOP promote....I expect him to fall out of the news cycle like Vance Boelter...remember him?

New Quinnipiac Poll — 50% of voters say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Includes *77%* of Democrats, 51% of Independents, and 20% of Republicans. 60% of voters oppose sending more military aid to Israel. Includes 75% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 37% of Republicans.

I have dedicated my professional life to working for Democratic Party campaigns and legislators. I will never work or vote for a ticket with Gavin Newsom.

My 11-year-old was complaining about kids who tease others for having knock-off "cool" shoes. She asked, rhetorically, why they do that, then answered her own question, saying: "People make themselves feel rich by making other people feel poor." As a mom and a sociologist, I couldn't be more proud.

A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.

“A double-tap strike… Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than all journalists killed in wars since World War 2 combined…” @chrislhayes @krystalmball @esaagar @aymanm cover the horrific Nasser hospital strikes, where rescue workers were targeted. Not a “mishap”.