Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

It’s not law enforcement It’s ethnic cleansing

The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn Biden’s 20-year mining ban next to the Boundary Waters, clearing the way for a Chilean company to dig a sulfide-ore copper mine directly upstream of America’s most visited wilderness. Sen. Tina Smith held the floor for hours trying to stop it.

ICE is detaining Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar — a Venezuelan ER doctor with a valid work permit through 2030 — grabbed by CBP at McAllen airport on her way to her husband’s asylum interview. Her 5-year-old U.S. citizen daughter was held for 19 hours before being released to family.

🧵 White House issued a Christian nationalist proclamation: "Together, we will honor Holy Scripture, renew our faith, usher in a historic resurgence of religion on American shores, and rededicate the United States as one Nation under God." Why is this dangerous? www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

According to the complaint, agents laughed at Rahman, accused her of lying about her needs and forced her to walk once inside the building after she had asked for a cane or a wheelchair.

Trump says US Navy forcibly seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Time to clean out the SCOTUS.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

Top military officials kept Trump out of the situation room during the rescue of downed soldiers bc of his erratic behavior. This is more proof that he isn’t fit to be president and is a threat to national security. This needs to be top news.

Trump keeps saying “we lose nothing” and Iran “loses $500 million a day.” In reality, Americans pay more for fuel while export profits flow to oil companies, and those “empty” tankers he brags about are heading to load U.S. crude for Europe and Asia—not to bring relief at home.

I sent this to my sister today because she had never seen it. If you need an immediate laugh, this is it. youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?...

House Judiciary Democrats are launching a new investigation into Trump son-in-law — and Iran ceasefire negotiator — Jared Kushner, citing his "glaring and incurable conflict of interest." "To whom do your professional obligations and fiduciary duties belong?"

DOGE turbocharged the deficit. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...

My mom, who lived to be 101, was an ornery southern woman. She used to say, “Most of the problems in this world are caused by people who never had to clean up their own messes.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.

“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town...“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers... And they’re all about to get f*cked” Damon Lindelof Reveals Reason He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Missive

There appears to be a pattern of sorts happening in the U.S. The national media isn’t covering many of these fires happening across the country. However, local media networks are and you have to search for them. This is what I’ve found so far.

It is not a conspiracy anymore.

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department moves to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in major Jan. 6 cases.

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” government workers are getting inundated with religion in the office -- read @telliotter.bsky.social:

"For sixteen years, casting a vote against Viktor Orbán in a rural Hungarian town felt secretive...But yesterday, [with] a fearless youth movement chanting 'Vége van' (It's over), and the collapse of the regime's rural firewall, Hungary voted the old guard out." open.substack.com/pub/museonad...

Still happening.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

JFC!!

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

Orwell: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one.

Transgender children are not questioning their gender. Recent research shows that transgender children have a stable gender identity from childhood into adulthood which is consistent with social imprinting of gender rather than gender being modifiable as claimed by Cass.

NEW: Kansas lawmakers override governor's veto to enact SAVE Kansas Act, which will make it more difficult to register to vote, but easier to get purged. This makes Kansas just the latest state to pass its own version of Trump’s agenda of restricting ballot access and suppressing voter turnout.

Magyar is here! Huge hit for Putin Trump Vance and all the right-wing nut jobs. 1

Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country. Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.

TISZA ON 135 SEATS HUNGARIAN DEMOCRACY IS GOOD AGAIN AWOOOO

Last week I wrote about the Justice Department’s effort to declare the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. The head of the National Archives administers be Act. This is a must read thread about Trump‘s nominee for the job.

These are the scenes outside polling stations in Budapest today as national voter turnout hits 54.14% by 1pm (vs 40.01% in 2022). I'm feeling hopeful for all my Hungarian friends today who've waited a long time to oust their authoritarian Putin-puppet autocrat.

🧵ICE has not just murdered people - in corporation run ICE detention facilities, 48 have died since Trump took office and many survivors have received negligent care. This deep dive by the @sfchronicle.com will hurt your heart & enrage you. 39 yo Ismael Alaya-Uribe, car wash worker, beloved..

"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."

The order comes as the Trump administration challenges a lower court ruling that the estimated $300-million project requires congressional approval.

i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years

Nigerian airstrike leaves 200 feared dead in Yobe, councillor and residents say reut.rs/4sxWBbP

DeSantis belongs in prison for life 👇 apple.news/AJSc1m9rmQ_G...

1/2 Trump sells the Islamabad talks with Iran as a sequel to his supposed India‑Pakistan peace. Once again, Trump the savior, staying up all night, trying to prevent nuclear catastrophe.

Reminder

I’m so glad they are safe.

We live in the weirdest time line.

This isn’t uncommon. Paramedics will sometimes show up to an emergency with a trans person and just *not treat them* Social murder is, in fact, real murder

Some people are convinced this is all evidence of a big space alien and/or zero point energy UFO coverup conspiracy but that's probably cuz the real conspiracy is how getting murdered is a leading cause of death of US troops right there after suicide and "accidents" and "sickness"