In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.

ive talked about this a little but it's been kind of crazy-making to watch testosterone and hormone therapy blow up and become a big body-hacking craze at the exact same time that it's being rolled back for trans people

And they will also have to eat the still-beating heart of an Ox.

New from @josephinelee.bsky.social, in our magazine: Districts across the state are arresting and citing young children children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.

for years the right has shared memes/fantasies about running leftists over with cars, GOP even passed state legislation allowing it against protesters notable ICE now using clearly fake narrative of immigrants/protesters (Renee Good) trying to run agents over as justification for murder

it has not even been seven days since the last time ICE agents killed someone, then claimed without evidence that the person had "weaponized" their car, and also were not wearing body cameras

They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...

New video from Houston TV station KHOU appears to show ICE cutting off Lorenzo Salgado's car minutes before an agent killed him: www.khou.com/article/news...

“A simple data-entry error, magnified and broadcast nationwide by a growing surveillance network operated through an opaque partnership between a private company and public agencies, led police to identify me as a car thief and set up a sting to take me down.”

“We're not Dallas, we're not Tanglewood; there's real interesting people that live here, and you should get to know your neighbors.’” New @thebarbedwire.com: Through their 'Weird Mom Prom,' Youth LGBTQ+ prom, and mutual aid, this nonprofit builds community for progressive oddballs in North Texas.

Far-right Islamophobe Aaron Reitz is expected to be named US attorney for the Southern District of Texas, which includes Houston. Reitz has called Islam "incompatible" with the West and as a recent candidate for Texas AG vowed to use "lawfare" to "destroy the left."

Prairieland AMA starts at 2 pm ET!

Does anyone seriously believe the FBI is going to meaningfully investigate the ICE-perpetrated killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston while agents are clearly more busy knocking the doors of leftists in DFW? www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

NEW — The sentencing of the Prairieland demonstrators shows the brutality of Trump's war on dissent, but it's not without precedent, @kimkelly.bsky.social writes. History shows us the government has always punished anti-fascism. But this time we can change the narrative in real time. Read here:

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

one thing i try to convey in this story is that the specific loose association of friends and acquaintances now sentenced to 30-100 years in prison were being targeted and harassed by the state for YEARS before the july 4 noise demo at prairieland.

I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.

So far I've only seen Rashida Tlaib take a stand. Andy Ngo gave a snarky reply and his minions are following it up w a ratio. FOX News reported her statement in shocked tones.

Dems could be capitalizing on the oil price shock and data center backlash by running on a platform of *FREE* energy.

from my own perspective this is one of the greatest harms done by this government and plotting a course to reverse this damage is must be a very priority in our speech and our activism

We've updated this story to reflect today's shocking sentencing hearing, with many defendants receiving the maximum sentence for their charges.

You know you live in a dystopia when using fracking waste water is considered a serious solution to data center water strain by your state natural resource committee.

(NEW!) As America celebrates it's 250th bday, I decided to take a closer look at the plight of transgender veterans & their ability to access healthcare through the VA. Spoiler: It wasn't good before, now they're under direct attack under Hegseth. My latest for Big & Bright @thebarbedwire.com:

Follow the Prairieland case here and at @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social, and give what you can to their defense: prairielanddefendants.com

Opposing fascism will earn you a longer prison sentence than perpetuating fascism via an attempted constitutional coup. That's where we're at.

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

The judge is openly declaring that the fascism is the point.

the best chance the Prairieland anti-ICE protesters have is that we keep their names and their case on our lips as we eventually move to a post-Trump era, that we fight for their pardon as an essential part of departing from fascism.

The First Amendment is effectively dead until the Prairieland political prisoners are fully exonerated and freed.

As @ryanlcooper.com points out, it's a particularly bizarre time for self-styled moderates & centrists to be arguing for Dems to support oil & gas -- cheap electricity is cheaper than ever & winning everywhere! The argument for getting off fossil fuels has never been stronger.

BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz has quashed several DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they were part of a retaliatory effort over their refusal to aid Trumpa dmin immigration enforcement efforts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I wrote about the astounding indictment of 15 people in Minnesota now charged with an alleged criminal conspiracy against ICE, and what federal prosecutors’ wild “who posted what on Signal when,” “who said what on the ‘Anarchist Speaking Tour’” claims are meant to do:

@bekahbot.bsky.social has done so much. It’s truly inspiring.

In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

vouched fundraiser for the Minneapolis defendants chuffed.org/project/1865...

NEWS: San Marcos appears to have become the first Texas city to permanently ban data centers within all zoning districts in a 4-3 vote last night. This W wouldn't have been possible without organizing by the Data Center Action Coalition. san-marcos-tx.granicus.com/player/clip/... (2:46-2:53)

More from Candice on the Corpus Christi water crisis and crypto:

It's ya girl on @texasstandard.bsky.social high-key warning of the water and financial costs of local cryptomine in Corpus Christi. texasstandard.org/stories/toda...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an anti-fascist German Lutheran pastor who opposed Hitler and the Nazi Party so effectively that they murdered him in 1945. He is only a bad guy if you literally spend all your time on far-right, neo-Nazi websites and have pickled your brain in fascist group chats.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except dishes and laundry.

Here's some of Candice's reporting on the data center boom:

I spoke with @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social about Texas' AI data center boom on @podcastgreenred.bsky.social. Listen here: greenandredpodcast.org/2026/06/15/a...

I keep seeing liberals talk as if Trump getting a “bad deal” with Iran is a bad thing. It is in fact a good thing. The worse the deal the better. We just killed a bunch of their civilians and screwed up their economy for no reason. Reparations should be in order.

NEW: Texas middle schoolers could be taught about a Christian revolutionary war movement that never existed. The so-called “Black Robe Regiment” is a favorite myth of David Barton and other Christian nationalists who are leading massive revisions of Texas curricula to focus on US “exceptionalism.”

moving the nuclear war probability meter from yellow to orange because the presidents birthday party was canceled and hes probably mad

Uncle Fester's First Communion

Outrageous @candicebernd.bsky.social story here - the water consumption of a massive Texas crypto data centre is being kept secret. All of these operations have A LOT to hide www.texasobserver.org/corpus-chris...

Obviously, this is great to see, but it isn’t a surprise. The fascists were able to go on their racist rampage not because their community broadly wanted it, but because a small minority called “police” allowed it.

elon musk becoming a trillionaire the same day the DOJ approves the paramount/warner brothers merger is too much. only one sign of the apocalypse per day, thanks.

Leave the fucking elephants alone though.