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Hugely important issue:

One of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population are families. They have a harder time getting shelter and staying in it, due to child care burdens that eat into their employment possibilities. Casey Quinlan talked to homeless families and service providers and files this report.

this is what i meant weeks ago when i said so much of the aggressive surge in migrant policing felt like a boundary test, where a period of highly visible violence would eventually recede in favor of less visible and more "professionalized" migrant policing at a level beyond its baseline pre-trump.

A thread about the farthest apart two humans have ever been

In small towns where farm and meat packing jobs are the major employers, ICE agents pick people off of the street instead of conducting workplace raids, apparently attempting to continue arrests without slowing down production. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/13/a...

Yes. This is why we like her.

Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.

Me literally every time someone posts a Truth Social screenshot

Good.

Watching Brazil, South Korea and Hungary get rid of their authoritarians

Hungarian anthem on the tram

One of L.A.’s most iconic brands has been sold. Its new owners are planning a major expansion fueled by America’s growing craving for bold, spicy flavors in the age GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic

With a little more than an hour to go before polls close, voter turnout is nearly *75%* Independent Hungarian media outlet Telex says turnout in some areas could hit 90%, and that these numbers heavily favour opposition leader Péter Magyar.

Colorado must stop treating farmworkers as second-class workers www.vaildaily.com/opinion/colu...

“The pain” of Jim Crow didn’t stir the nation to action, the people directly affected organizing to address it did, living under a system of racial feudalism didn’t radicalize white people into racial egalitarianism but left an enduring reactionary impulse for restoration.

“The pain” isn’t evenly distributed and the knowledge it lands most on those without social power is a big part of why people are okay with the racism and fascism.

“This judge is effectively doing the investigation that the United States has turned its back on.”

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Keep calling, keep protesting, keep organizing. Trump threatened to kill an entire civilization w/ nuclear weapons just last week. We can't sit around and ignore this for 2 weeks. It's our duty to stop him. Get loud. 5calls.org/issue/stop-ira

The plan was for Iran to capitulate in response to threats, or quickly fold in the face of airstrikes and assassinations, empowering new leaders who then capitulate. There is no backup plan. Never was. Their whole worldview is that strength gets you whatever you want and bluster equals strength.

If you want to help families in Palestine, you can support The Sameer Project's initiatives. They're a Palestinian-led, on-the-ground aid group that collaborates with other networks to provide vital food, water, shelter, and medical care to families during the ongoing genocide

Exploitation anywhere fuels exploitation everywhere. When one set of people is underpaid to keep goods and services affordable for another set of underpaid people, then the second set has no leverage (and no incentive) to demand the kind of pay they'd need to pay the first set more.

a criminal conviction isn’t required to say someone does not have the moral character to run for office and i don’t understand why this needs to be said over and over and over again.

ICYMI I spent the past month trying to understand what Pete Hegseth believes and how that relates to the war on Iran. He belongs to an extreme Calvinist denomination whose founder prefers the constitution of the Confederacy to that of the US; Hegseth certainly conducts himself as if he agrees.

This, THIS is why it's a truism that systemic poverty breeds criminal activity. Not just because people need the money; but because, when your entire existence is criminalized, crime is the only way to get by.

I need everyone to understand this is eugenics in action—not just “quackery.” Much like the “anti vax” movement as a whole.

I'm going to point out that we spent a shit ton of taxpayer money on moderna and he's stealing it from us.

Another shout out to Victor Glover as Artemis II's pilot. While coming back in for their re-entry, NASA mentioned repeatedly how clean and perfect their trajectory was.

Rep. Swalwell needs to drop out of the CA gov race and be arrested.

I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.

This whole race has been a vivid demonstration of why top two is a terrible system. California would be better off simply going back to the traditional electoral system like most states use, and I say that as a dedicated hater of the usual model. Top two is uniquely worse.

As a candidate seeking to replace Eric Swalwell in Congress this fall, I have issued the following statement on recent reports of disturbing allegations against him. He must drop his bid for governor and resign from Congress. Read my full statement.

If I never have to read some person saying "what happened to innocent until proven guilty" about why some guy should still be elected to one of the most powerful positions in the country despite numerous sexual assault allegations it will be too soon

JFC.

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

People saying that student protestors were ineffective in protesting for Gaza really are missing that public sentiment has swung pretty fast and far on that, and they were absolutely a part of that.

Games like darts, billiards, bowling and chess completely give away what's going on. The ONLY reason to segregate these sports by sex in the first place is because men cannot emotionally handle losing to women. The ONLY reason to lock out trans people is bigotry.

Today, all good people celebrate the April 9, 1865 surrender of the traitor Lee and his slavery-supporting army at Appomattox to the U.S Army led by General Grant.

I think the number one, two, and three reasons for Israel's public relations crisis is that it's doing this to four separate countries simultaneously

Residents of a small Wisconsin town just passed a first-of-its-kind referendum on AI data center development. Tax incentives for future data centers will now require voter approval. Kudos to these residents for taking on Big Tech. Never doubt your power to change the system.

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"Ceasefire" implies the other party is shooting back. Let's just call a spade a spade: We need to get Israel on a fuckin' leash.

Fascinating, Zelensky coming out publicly more and more and saying that Trump is working with/for Putin. The Ukrainians seem to have determined that telling the truth is preferable to lying to please Trump.

you fucking guessed it! "Last year, Philz was purchased by private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co., which also owns Popeyes Chicken and El Pollo Loco, for a reported $145 million, according to Mission Local, though the company did not provide details of the deal."

New comic: Name that bellicose babbler! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

New on Knock: Pressure is building for the city to end LAPD's partnership with Flock Safety. The surveillance company has come under fire for its lax data security and sharing information with ICE/CBP. knock-la.com/stop-lapd-sp...

Hi everyone, it's new article day! This week, we have an interview by Seth Burn with legendary composer Yoko Kanno, who discusses her career, working in the anime industry, and more. It's an outstanding read and we hope you enjoy it. #AnimeBoston #YokoKanno

If they’re actually confirming the strait has been mined, then that’s a big deal. Once an area has been mined, you can never “prove” it’s been demined. Insurance companies don’t care about rhetoric or Trumpian assurances. If confirmed, insurance rates will remain sky high.