A+++ Appalachian protest sign:

To: All Staff Subject: Serpentarium Enclosure We've recovered all the venomous snakes. And speaking of things that never should have been released, has anyone seen the Melania movie?

Trump just declared a national emergency over Cuba — and quietly gave himself authority to tariff third countries that sell oil to Havana. Emergency powers. Vague definitions. Trade as punishment. This is bigger than Cuba. Factcheck coming in asap.

I just realized that this is the wide boi photo I intended to show. Definitely more floof and the shadow is much wider. Nice of Ravi to smile for the cam 🙂 Ravi the #roadrunner #birds SoCal

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ICE’s tactics have been terrifying and tragic, but Minneapolis is responding in incredible ways. Residents are organizing, feeding and housing their neighbors, and putting real social infrastructure in place. What’s taking shape isn’t just a reaction, it’s a blueprint for resistance.

Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers. The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second. And the Hunter hunters are silent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Discworld QOTD, from Thud! “Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”

Every Dem should watch this ad. The thing about it is that right now, conditions are such that majorities will be receptive to this understanding of the situation. The opportunity to hammer it home should not be squandered.

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Okay, I laughed.

If it's true Iran has killed tens of thousands or protesters in the last month—hard to know in the chaos, especially from the outside, but multiple estimates put it that high—that's a faster rate of civilian killing than recent cases in Ukraine or Gaza, topped only by El Fasher in Sudan.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

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Anyone seen the Erika Kirk leaked video/audio(?) where she's supposedly gushing over merch after her husband's death? Apparently, Candace Owen leaked it. Nice to know the psychopaths (including tfg, Miller, Homan, Noem) are now in the backstabbing part of their journey.

Some of the folks whom I follow who're also the big poohbah of whatever tf org/outlet really believe their every opinion is right/correct always. PR tip: Keeping silent about a minor irritation caused by your fans/supporters is oft the best part of valor. No need for a mini tantrum.

idk if it’s intentional or not - but either way, we need to push back against this hard.

there’s also some larger somali communities in ohio & there’s already far right clout demons that have been showing up at their daycares

ZOO ADVISORY: David Attenborough is loose in the zoo, narrating exhibits at random. Please enjoy his soothing voice as we work to get him back into his enclosure.

Here's your reminder that the Trump regime has still not released the Epstein files and is continuing to break the law to cover up child rape.

There is no bottom to the pettiness.

lol lmfao

Some good songs are way too short

As one artist who cancelled their Kennedy Center gig said, "It's financially terrifying but morally exhilarating." Moral exhilaration is the opposite of moral injury and it needs to be much more widespread.

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Nine DAs are coalescing to work on prosecuting federal agents for 'overreach': —L. Krasner in Philly —J. Creuzot in Dallas —M. Moriarty in Minneapolis —L. Conover in Tucson —S. Descano in Fairfax (VA) —R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA) —S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA) —P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)

you love to see it there’s simply no viable way through this that does not involve prosecutions

No, this is exactly what you voted for. It's what they told you they would do. It's what their opponents told you they would do. You just hoped it would be other people first and he'd be gone before they got around to you.

Really powerful, hopeful paragraph from the latest article in the Atlantic by @adamserwer.bsky.social

Italian centre-left politicians protested in the Lombardy regional council over reports that United States ICE agents could be involved in security for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Hoo-boy. Mark Hyman? He's a functional medicine quack whose medical BS I've been debunking for two decades. He is antivax and wrote the preface to RFK Jr.'s book Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak.

Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jewish lives — and the millions of others — senselessly murdered by the Nazi regime. We remember not only the unimaginable loss, but the warning history leaves us.

Brilliant. I burst out laughing at the Marisa Kabas reference. Also, the maple syrup.

The US has made it clear to Kyiv that it will only provide security guarantees to Ukraine if it agrees to a withdrawal agreement (demanded by Russia) – ​​FT sources.

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I heard someone say it was “extreme” to demand the names of the ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti. No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate. Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.

"I am 5 years old" Shut it all down. All of it. ICE, DHS, Border Patrol, the entire Republican Party, all the fascist billionaires, X, Tesla, Avelo, and every Democrat who supports them. It's evil through and through.

Oft, despite being as kind as possible, the only response left is, "Eat shit and die". You think I want to know people who're assholes? No. We all of us (who're not psychopaths x1 or x2) want people to be good, trustworthy humans. But that's not rl. Don't burn yourself to keep asshole ppl warm.

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Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.

ICE murdered another human being.

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Btw, for those tempted to eulogize Michael Parenti, his take on Ukraine starts w: "In early 2014 more than 83% of the qualified voters of Crimea, on their own volition, participated in a referendum to rejoin Russia." Unadulterated Ru propaganda lies. Add this to his denial of the genocide in Bosnia.

Trump can fire Bovino to save himself and he may even fire Noem to save himself, but this country won’t be saved until we fire Trump. Keep going, resisters. We’re going to win in the end.

A just sent this to me. Who tf did this? 🤣

Very Online Democrats and Leftists: Bovino down. Noem on the ropes. Go for Stepher Miller: AFGE:

Kendall's whole thread is great, and i'll just chime in that this is exactly the difference between "apologies" (sucky) and "amends" (real)

No question that in 2026, White folks are oblivious to the number of microaggressions they continue to perform. Oblivious.