Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.

Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

@senangusking.bsky.social don’t you dare vote for that funding bill when legal immigrants are being snatched in your state. I swear to god.

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

The only-in-it-for-the-money crowd can't conceive of people being motivated by principles.

Normal weather doesn't cause power outages. A badly designed, installed and maintained grid incapable of operating in normal weather conditions causes power outages.

Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.

"There is no emergency, but if we create one, then there will be an emergency."

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.

The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.

Tens of thousands joined in Anti-Trump demonstrations over Greenland in Copenhagen and other Danish cities today. Danes and Europeans are really angry over the threats to their territory, attacked from the East by Russia and stabbed in the back from the West by USA. They had enough🇩🇰🇬🇱

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.

It's been a chaotic time to be an artist. Now that Canada has a trade agreement with China, it's only a matter of time before Trump ends free trade. If you're American and been eyeing a piece, now's probably the time. I know times are tough, but if you could help with a share, it'd mean so much.

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TLDR this is real. CBS devoted actual dollars to this mock-up. This is something they’re considering with their new nightly news host. CBS News is a manosphere podcast now.

I need to accept that I cannot keep a poinsettia alive. This will not change.

I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea. This should not be a difficult concept.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@alchemistsstudio.bsky.social Looooooook who arrived today! We love her.

Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

After being thoroughly criticized for her unprofessional and childish post, Melissa now is pretending this was just about giving flowers to the AP and not a childish attack on independent journalists.

Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints

Happy New Year, Nova Scotia! 🎉 Wishing you a healthy and hopeful 2026.

It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time. Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

There is a direct line between Mario Rubio now weaponizing the government against “censorship,” Jay Bhattacharya crying “censorship,” M Shellenberger lying on Substack about “censorship,” and the ongoing destruction of our public health, vaccine, and science infrastructure.

Hoping that 2025 is the year Velvet Underground releases their long awaited (by me) holiday album. We need another win.

Color me shocked.

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.

Behold, the anti-Nuzzi who realizes her actions can affect our feckless leaders. Thanks Olivia.

A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.

Remember, the president informed us yesterday that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a condition that liberals *cause in other people* by being too mean to Donald J Trump. Our incivility toward that melting sack of farts causes his followers to lose their minds. Conduct yourself accordingly.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.

On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why. She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.

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If Simon Bazelon doesn’t think universal abortion rights and anti-ICE sentiment is “moderate” by his own definition then perhaps that Yale Philosophy degree doesn’t signify… anything (except generational wealth lol).

I feel like there's something kind of interesting that some of the highest profile Silicon Valley firms (Tesla, OpenAI, Palantir, Anduril) have outrageous valuations given their current revenue that seem in no small part predicated in them taking control of the United States government

Happy Saturday everyone! I'm Nora and I have a glass jewelry shop! Here's some of the jewelry I have in stock; in the replies I'm going to share some of the glass wreaths I've been making. nora.jewelry Shares appreciated! #bsnm

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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public