Whatever stage of capitalism this is, I hate it. Can we please make this stop? I don’t want to invest like the oligarchy. I don’t want Congress trading stocks on inside info. I don’t want to live in a world where instead of dismantling awful systems, we tell people they should make money off them.

If I were a young person currently trying to figure out antifascist action, I would focus on creating a food specific mutual aid project in my direct community. It would be a good way to connect with neighbors and to offer needed sustenance. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/i...

Walking only blocks from Stonewall, AIDS Memorial and the Center ystdy and thinking that the West Village / Chelsea is still a gayborhood but a specifically yt, cis, wealthy gayborhood. And was hit with the sudden realization that yes this area remains gay but it not even close to queer.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

Try not to get too invested in electoral politics but have to say this: Friends don’t let friends rank Cuomo!!!

Pay attention to what works. Notice why it works. Share what works with others. Seeing lots of tactics (from direct action to boycotts) that are working. Wondering if I can enlist some more folks to share and reshare these tips (for educational purposes only) with the people you know.

Please for the love of NYC, do NOT rank Cuomo!!!

I'm imagining ICE doing to NYC what it's doing to LA — and the people of NYC responding the way people are in LA — and it all happening under Mayor Cuomo. He'll side with ICE, DHS and, of course, the NYPD. This man, who hates the city and doesn't live here, can not become mayor. Don't rank him.

People trying to protect their neighbors are not the problem. The fact that some of you are thinking that way reflects a level of psychological capture & submission to fascism that you should interrogate. If they want an "excuse" to do something, they'll create one. The good guys aren't the problem.

There’s been a huge uptick in state violence & it’s going to continue. Check on your ppl. Ask for the care you need. Set a pace you can maintain. Get into the habit of resting and returning to the work. We need everyone but not all in the same way or at the same time. And for 🦊 sake mask tf up!

NYPD MOBILIZING, COLLABORATING W ICE. MORE FOLKS NEEDED ON THE GROUND! 🚨🚨RAPID RESPONSE NEEDED NOW ALL HANDS🚨🚨 SAT JUN 7@1:15PM ICE IS MOVING FOLKS 100+ community members kidnapped by ICE have been crammed into horrific conditions including bathrooms for DAYS at 26 Federal Plaza.

Martial law is never about safety. It’s about control. Military vehicles + ICE = open season on dissent. This is the authoritarian playbook in full effect.

"Ethnic cleansing has become the official policy of Israel. The nation’s leaders are admitting it, without apology. There was barely a pretense before. But now there’s not even that. And these admissions, combined with mass killing on the ground, point to something even more horrific: genocide."

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

Universities are not actually extensions of political agendas in a free society (or shouldn't be), so having this be the baseline is incredibly disturbing and a big red flag.

Seems totally cool and normal. Definitely not a problem for the future of this country.

We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said." www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

This is what normalization looks like. People think propaganda will be purely positive coverage of an authoritarian leader. But it can also be: “This is bad, but no one cares, so it’s the way things are now.” It’s meant to make you feel hopeless and demobilize opposition.

Need answers! What is the gender neutral equivalent of king/queen? Gender defiant youngster in my orbit is about to create one if it doesn’t already exist 🫶🏻

The Department of Government Efficiency!

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

DOJ has issued guidance to all federal agencies telling them they never have to answer questions from minority members of Congress, even those w/ oversight responsibilities. This policy should be outlawed, assuming a Congress is ever elected that isn’t entirely useless.

so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?

I know that we’ve had a month worth of further constitutional crises but Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in custody in El Salvador and that central crisis is a continuing fact.

If our ruling class doesn’t want us practicing street justice, they should probably do a better job of pretending to practice institutional justice. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

The thing about Andrew Cuomo is, even if he weren’t corrupt as fuck, and even if he weren’t a creep, and even if he didn’t killed one of every four grandmothers in New York during Covid… he hates New York City and did everything he could to destroy it as Governor.

Pay attention to what works. Pay attention to what works. Pay attention to what works. We CAN defeat masks bans and more.

The mayor of NYC currently controls the school system. The UFT should not endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor! And nobody should rank him on their ballot.

The Brooklyn pastor who noted that Cuomo has three daughters should have noted that he was found to have sexually harassed 11 women. www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/n...

PRO TIP: If you're trying to spend less time on your 📱 (or get more digitally secure)... I switched to 10+ character alphanumeric passcode. It is so hilariously painful to input (requires both hands) that now when I reflexively pick up my 📱, it's not worth the trouble of entering my code. 🤦🏼‍♀️😹😹😹

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

the last few days has been a reminder that people really want to believe that not only is there this real thing called a “criminal,” and that if they need to, anyone can just prove they aren’t one

Begging us all to stop debating language while people are being kidnapped, incarcerated and deported.

Trump Admin. failure to properly follow court orders in Abrego Garcia case is grave threat to civil liberties of US citizens, as well as immigrants. We must stop this slippery slope before go further down it: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Pay attention to what works. Pay attention to what works. Pay attention to what works. (s/o to @jphillll.bsky.social who shared on substack)

This picture may haunt me to the end of my days. It is an ICE agent taking an axe to the car window of an immigrant in New Bedford, MA. Not far from where I sit now. An immigrant with no criminal record was abducted by this smiling man. An axe taken to a car window and to our democracy. 1/ #MomSky

As we predicted: Joe Kent is planning to use the law enforcement apparatus to imprison Black activists and antifascists as “terrorists,” essentially unleashing the far-right terrorists of the Proud Boys by looking the other way as they get the green light. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is there anyone in NC who can help?

The scream I screamed!

This 50501 statement sucks so bad. They say they're "rooted in peaceful advocacy" & won't "endanger law enforcement"... they "expect" people to "act lawfully" & "disavow any disruption or violence" & work in accordance with the police Stay away. These people will sell you out in a second.

Here’s the thing about the tariffs: there will be no “short term pain”. Only long term. Every time a company realizes they can get away with charging you extra they don’t ever lower the price again. They just gouge. Whatever price hikes there are will be here for good.

Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people will hit the streets in the US for the first time since the effective collapse of the constitutional republic. With so many new folks marching, rallying, and taking action, there’s a growing need to disseminate information on keeping ourselves & others safe.

Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”

Fascism doesn’t just appear, writes Ben Ehrenreich. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the pro-Palestine movement did just that.

this is good, but also primarily symbolic and not actually that substantively disruptive. its a start but we should expect more