We watched them stand by while ICE beat up peaceful protestors and then arrest the protestors. We saw it live. Time to walk the walk after being praised for your talk.

I get you but yesterday your own state police were assisting these gestapo filth, and helping them arrest and beat people? Are you gonna say anything about that?

Cool completely true story of what they're really doing, JB

THE STATE POLICE ARE PROTECTING ICE, NOT OUR CITIZENS. HOW CAN YOU ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN!??!

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

No, this is not the first time ICE has opened fire in Chicagoland. They killed a man at a traffic stop three weeks ago. Important context.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

What seems like all the remaining agents just tear gassed Kedzie again, then drove very quickly north through the gas. About half the vehicles that drove through are captured here. The lead group went by even faster. They could have seriously injured anyone in the street.

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition. A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

Double.

New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped

Worth noting today that the entire budget of the NEH is about $200M.

A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.

I hear calls for “civility” I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility

George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today. The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.

TIL that after the shooting death of CEO Brian Thompson UnitedHealthcare approved many life-saving medical procedures it has been holding out on because of sudden internal panic and public scrutiny. So, Luigi (innocent until proven guilty) probably saved more lives than he took.

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

Corporate media claims Wes Moore is anti-reparations, or worse, lied that he was pro-reparations to get elected. In reality Gov Moore vetoed the bill arguing that enough studies have been done, and it’s time to move forward on the actual process of reparations. Corporate media continues to fail us

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds? RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?

Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of? RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.

Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

This is bleak reading

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

Georgia bans organ donation of someone who died w/o their consent—but Georgia’s 6 week abortion ban is now forcing a brain dead woman to stay alive w/o her consent because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she went brain dead. Even a corpse in Georgia has more rights over its body than do women & girls

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

A Mother’s Day Eve dinner and a show wins over brunch for me every single time.

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

These three trillium under the beech tree in the backyard bring so much gratitude.

Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for this tight, urgent, compelling read. I’ve already recommended it to at least 5 people in the last 24 hours.

Utah has banned another book at all public schools statewide. A reminder that in Utah, students cannot even possess their own personal copies of banned books on school grounds. This time, it's WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. bookriot.com/utah-bans-18...

seems like the administration is objectively pro plane crash www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

He's also the president who killed things like this. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

Butter chicken naan bites were so delicious - the naan dough surrounds precooked and marinated chicken which is accompanied by the butter chicken sauce. It’s a little like an Indian empanada ☺️.

love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives

Your School House Rock moment...🤔

So many, many people have named this book by TJ Klune as a glorious read - they are so right. Reading this healed my heart, if only a bit, as it’s so broken by the world and its indiscriminate harms. Holding this book close to my heart.

every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...

Okay ma’am! Loretta J. Ross, Chapters 7 and 8 of your book ‘Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel’ are a master class (or 2 or 3) on their own for steps to take when being called in, and the work of apology and repair after. A must-read.

Dear god let this man cook.

"Sinners" has made $161 million at the box office, but residents of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is based, are unable to see it because there are no open theaters in town. The Mississippi Delta town launched a petition in hopes of hosting a screening. capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-r...

A new to me poet - Carolyn Forché - introduced to me by @adelaidelancaster.bsky.social . I was instantly transported to the world the poet described, of determined survival amidst cruel brutality. True to so much of what’s going on in the world at the moment.