Masked, armed cowards wearing protective gear bullied and abused a couple unarmed women before ~6 of them attacked the man who fearlessly filmed their behavior and tried to help the women. Then the candy-a$$ feds murdered the man. I guess we really do have a crisis in masculinity in this country.

What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

This was the first thing I saw when I opened Instagram today

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability. But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down. They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.

Dude this is why you can't let lesser programs like those from the SEC get into the college playoff. It's a safety issue.

The Contrarian

Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University. We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish

My 2 year old son, a few weeks into potty training:

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

one of the interesting thing i have seen in the platner discourse is a refusal to confront a thing on its own terms. to his pundit supporters, platner isn’t a novice candidate with perhaps questionable judgment to be evaluated on his ability to win, but a symbol to wield against rivals

when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign

Two things can be — and are — true here: Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag. A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.

BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.

#NationalGuard #WashingtonDC #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Trump

I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.

DC is beautiful. #FreeDC

"The fact that huge mine-resistant vehicles are being driven aimlessly around a city that is notably not littered with IEDs tends to indicate that their presence is meant for intimidation, as the same kind of vehicle was used during South African apartheid."

Mike Fanone Calls Out DC Police Officers

Take it from the citizens of DC. This is all a distraction, and another power grab that threatens the health of our democracy. op: @washingtonpost.com

Full series of events

For Micah Parsons, Terry McLaurin, Trey Hendrickson, and other players in contract years, there's a powerful piece of leverage lurking in plain sight. They can make it clear now that, when the postseason rolls around, they will not be playing. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Good morning to everyone who thinks today would be a good day to pay Terry McLaurin.

Some of my fellow Jews think a college kid wearing a kaffiyeh is a greater threat to their personal safety than an authoritarian government rounding up people to send to torture camps and the world's richest man who made a Nazi AI, and I'm really not sure what to say to them anymore.

Here's how Lisa Murkowski's vote is playing atop the site for her state's biggest newspaper.

Dear God, watch this ad to the end. Then share, and tell Congress to stop the abductions this Father's Day. www.nea.org/advocating-f...

USMC Ret. Lt. Colonel Joe Plenzler deployed with the same Marine battalion now heading to Los Angeles. Marines training for war are now being deployed against American citizens. This crosses a dangerous line. Brothers, remember your ethos, #RememberYourOath.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn:

A reminder that DC Statehood is one of the most fundamental civil rights fights of our time. Sick of Democrats in Congress who refuse to treat it that way. 700,000 Americans are being disenfranchised for blatantly partisan reasons. It’s despicable, and long past time to fix it.

OMG this motion 🔥🔥🔥—"This chaos has rendered the environment in which defense counsel must operate so unpredictable that the accused's const'l & statutory rights to effective representation have been irreparably compromised.... Moreover, DOGE's campaign of administrative arson is unlawful influence"

Düsseldorf, Germany.

Might frame this.

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment