And by "the theater," Tom Homan (paid by us) means the occupation (paid for by us) by state agents (armed & paid by us) of a state that annually sends $44 million more in taxes to DC than it gets back in federal support for the 5.8 million Americans who live there - or, as they might say, "us."

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:

I wish I could smash things, that would be a productive thing to do with all this anger I feel ALL THE TIME now

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

This is not the early 2000s nostalgia people were looking for

This was my first thought, no skips, perfection

what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know: you are loved you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)

Tis the season for nostalgic holiday watches. First up:

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

If you’re looking for an easy way to spread joy, this will do it 💜

There are so many, but this one will do for now

This is a straight up insult to every woman veteran, all of whom have 1000 times the heart this guy has

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

You are literally, constitutionally and biblically allowed to do this.

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

Are we human, or are we dancer?

The Land Before Time, because they were trying to make kids cry, apparently

Books showing the existence and joy of queer and trans characters harm no one and help many. Is it so scary that a book might teach empathy for another person? Of course, the goal is to make these books too difficult to include in lessons at all, making the world smaller for every student.

My dad was the one who watched romcoms in our house, so When Harry Met Sally came into my life early

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

I just have to say for those of you not in LA that in the days before the horrible raids started, there was no crisis or whatever they would let you believe. It wasn't like something was escalating out of control and somebody had to step in. THEY are creating the problems.

Please read and share this whole thread. It is important. As Alyssa points out, this is the thin end of the wedge. The goal is lowering all vaccine uptake and production which will (and has already started to) destroy herd immunity for other serious, once-nearly-vanished, diseases. Take action now.

Take time to leave comments on the proposed restrictions to Covid boosters!

I don’t make the rules ☔️

Between news like this and the continuing push for AI in everything, I really feel like we’re losing the idea that learning for learnings sake is *a good thing to do*

This is all going to get harder, but they literally cannot legislate you out of existence. When tomorrow arrives, you will still be here, you will still be who you are, and we will all still be here with you.

This is not science. This is someone who has made up an answer they want and will manipulate “data” to “prove” it.

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

Find out more about how this affects your state, and please advocate for Congress to take back their power to fund services! In my state, fed funds help support the library for the blind & interlibrary loan across the state, among many other services.

This. Pretty sure that’s the goal. Hey Congress, want to do some checking and balancing or nah?

Maybe a tie between “Meet Virginia,” “Lullaby,” and “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)” 👎🏼 can’t traffic with any of those

Exactly—why is this supposed to be a good thing? I would prefer humans, please. I already hate talking to automated phone systems and chatbots. Doctors, teachers—these require deeply human connections

Freedom of speech is either for everyone or no one. Citizens, international students. tourists, the Constitution still applies. Due process still applies.

The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far. Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

🎶 Calling my elected representatives day after day, to get them to give a damn 🎶

Yup. 💯 this. All this uncertainty with tariffs has already been a great way to manipulate the markets

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

Wtf is this actual nonsense? Huge shades of “weapons of mass destruction” here 🫤

How do you fight the daily creeping existential dread? Asking for a friend

If it’s raspberry cordial flavored, count me in!

Unfortunately evergreen

Mikey!! Hell yeah

I’m not sharing the video because I don’t want that on my feed forever, but am I taking crazy pills? WHY IS HE EVEN AT THE CABINET MEETING?

I still can’t quite believe we let Lex Loser buy a presidency and start to dismantle our democracy 😐

Soooo firing lots of air traffic controllers (trained talented personnel), and breaking a system that wasn’t broken, so you can profit off of “fixing” it?

Here’s the thing: maybe it is a smaller battle, but trying to make people say Gulf of America is just so *stupid.* Also it’s one way to see who will say “how high” when they say jump