"I want to remind us all that art is dangerous... You have to know it before you start, and do it under those circumstances, because it is one of the most important things that human beings do." — Toni Morrison

San Diego will always have a piece of my heart.

Nearly 7 million people at more than 2,700 events in all 50 states, which police said were peaceful. Large cities reporting no protest-related incidents or arrests. Key themes: Anti-Trump, threats to democracy, ICE raids and troop deployments in US cities, cuts to federal programs & health care.

Breaking Trump orders disgraced former congressman George Santos released from prison Gift article wapo.st/495TcuP

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command." NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Judge Goodstein issued a TRO on September 3 blocking the State of South Carolina from handing over its full voter registration database. I'm sure that's coincidence, though.

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

Until Trump speaks publicly, I’m going to assume he’s incapable.

Way to rise up San Diego Labor Day ✊

JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan ordered the government to file a status report by 4 pm to address whether the children have been deplaned. DOJ blew the deadline. Now she orders them to show cause why they didn’t file the report in time — and sets new 6:30 pm deadline.

I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump: Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...

If I were an American dictator worried that Congress might do something silly like vote in favor of releasing a bunch of documents that implicated me as a child sex trafficker, it would be super advantageous to fill D.C. with loyal military officers the week before

Presidents don’t own the country. It doesn’t belong to them. It’s ours. Never forget this basic fact. It’s ours. Never normalize dictatorial power grabs. They’re NOT normal.

Predator-in-chief says what.

"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!' He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

*This* is why they are freaking out about Zohran Mamdani.

Republicans suddenly care about #NYC like they suddenly care about women in Iran, like they suddenly cared about women's sports, like they suddenly cared about antisemitism. The only use they have for humanity is to weaponize it.

Elon Musk is one of the worst mass murderers of the 21st Century.

Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Continue Thread. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social

I do love that we’re just re-using plots from the Bush administration now. “We have to stop Iran from getting WMDs” bro you changed like one letter

Happy Fathers Day. There is deep love & humanity in caretaking. Tenderness, strength, dignity & empathy. To celebrate it, you must strive to be it. Sending love & gratitude to the men who love life—who nourish the world—who create hope & dreams & wrap their arms around us. Keep families together.❤️‍🩹

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

1 in 12 Americans live in California. 1 in 35 Americans live in LA County. LA is America

ATTN: If you’re a member of the National Guard or you work for ICE and you’re asked to violate the law or your oath, contact Whistleblower Aid to safely, securely, and legally blow the whistle. You can support Whistleblower Aid HERE: whistlebloweraid.org/beans

Thank you, #losangeles! No fascism in the USA.

It's no longer protest. It's counter-terrorism.

"I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving." — Frida Kahlo

USAID cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished. (Gift Link in ALT)

INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”: “.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

"As history has shown, the art that challenges and confronts is often the art that changes how we see the world.” #NYC #ART Article in ALT

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...

just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

“Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge’s order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans.” aviationsourcenews.com/anonymous-ha...

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

Pseudo-Christian Nazi nationalists in ill-fitting suits trying to bend a 390-year arc of justice into a Trump-brand paperclip. But this isn’t a barroom brawl in Boca. This is Harvard Law. And Harvard doesn’t forget. Harvard produces assassins in Armani. billkingpiano.substack.com/p/you-want-t...

Capitalism is also anti-humanity, in case you were wondering.

"Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end." —Gabriel García Márquez

Don't forget—The top marginal tax rate in the 50's was 90%. You know, the time when everyone says we were most prosperous. #bringitback 🌱

This is how to lead by example. Each one of us must do everything in our power to fight. Big or small. Fight for our freedom. Fight for our humanity.

My 14yo just told me that I remind them of a genderbent Trent Crimm. So things are looking up.

Nevermind nice. Try being actively anti-racist. 🖤

April's full Pink Moon, the smallest of 2025, rises on April 12. This full moon holds a special distinction—it's the smallest full moon of the year, also known as a micromoon. This is bc it occurs when the moon is farthest from Earth in its orbit (known as apogee). 🌸

“Never before has an hour of Presidential rhetoric cost so many people so much. The best estimate of the loss from tariff policy is now [close] to $30 trillion or $300,000 per family of four.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social link in ALT

So are we still having the kids say "...with liberty & justice for all" with their little hands on their hearts or nah?

The 1st amendment is dead. Peel those ugly vinyl stickers off your your trucks & book a tattoo cover-up appointment. "Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the US since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations." #nyt #giftarticle