it would be good for the next Democratic President - whoever he or she is - to remember how much power he or she has. Neither Obama nor Biden had the courage to leverage that power. We are going to need to hear from the the next Dem presidential wannabes on how will use their power.

“‘My building is shaking. So, I'm like, “What is that?” Then I look out the window, it's a Blackhawk helicopter,’ said witness Dr. Alii Muhammad.” Raiding a Chicago apartment building from above as if they were on a mission to capture Osama bin Laden. Absolutely demented.

@michael-hoerger.bsky.social any updates on CA Covid?

Let’s replace noisy, wasteful police helicopters with these. @adenaishii.bsky.social @taplinterry.bsky.social @barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social @replsimon.bsky.social @lateefahsimon.bsky.social www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/29/b...

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Would be a technical nightmare because now you’d have two versions of Apple encryption, where the security changes depending on where in the world you are (ie your IP address.) This is so dangerous that it’s tantamount to a global backdoor, including against US citizens.

“The real shortage is of affordable housing, because ownership is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. In… major cities, where the jobs are, land and housing are hoarded by investors, private landlords, and developers.” - @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/p/building-m...

“the relationship between the physical cost of a home and its market value has broken down… the value of bricks and mortar has shrunk relative to the value of land... This matters because it explodes the myth of scarcity.” - @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/p/building-m...

““implicit feudalism”: a bias, both cultural and technical, for generating absolutist fiefdoms. “

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

The good news is this whole stunt must’ve alienated a bunch of military brass pretty deeply.

Photorealistic mural by ‘Smug’

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect

“This guy doesn’t seem to have a clue." @karaswisher.bsky.social explains why Hakeem Jeffries is her fail this week, as she and @profgalloway.com dig into why Jeffries and Chuck Schumer “aren’t the guys for the moment.”

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

AIPAC messes in Dem primaries and also bankrolled 109 GOP election-deniers. No self-respecting Dem candidate should meet with them let alone take their money. If you want a Dem Party that fights back, get AIPAC out of our primaries - and support candidates brave enough to take them on.

Among age 18-29: Provide more economic/military support to Israel: 🟢23% Support 🔴68% Oppose Who do you sympathize with more: 19% Israel 61% Palestinians Should Israel stop/continue military campaign: 🟢19% Continue 🔴69% Stop 66% say Israel's intentionally killing civilians

“You look Mexican so should be arrested” is not *at all* different from “you look Jewish and should be arrested.”

Too often, we talk about homelessness as if it's natural or inevitable. The truth is that it's a political choice. When then-Gov. Cuomo cut the Advantage program rather than tax his wealthy donors, his decision sent thousands of New York families into shelters.

"Construction creates an estimated third of the world's overall waste, and at least 40% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Compare that to the 2-3% caused by aviation, which people fret far more about."

And now Turkey — three NATO forces so far.

What Trump's secret police was up to today: holding a 5 yo autistic girl as bait to catch her father, who's lived in the US for twenty yrs and has an active asylum application. The agents went to his home and kidnapped his daughter. trib.al/VFuC1v3

Islamophobia is a form of hatred. It is no different than anti-semitism. It is racist and xenophobic. I am ashamed that so many Americans, including otherwise smart people here, are so blatantly Islamophobic.

“Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days” It’s a genocide. Daily endless massacres, largely ignored in the West.

stone. cold. and we love to see it.

The thing for me is this isn’t some disaffected unsuccessful radical, this is someone who did everything you said they should do, and even they are saying, “okay, this isn’t going to cut it.”

Tomorrow. Sunday. 3pm at Battleship Memorial, Downtown Portland We stand together. United. Peaceful and Determined. Oregonians from all walks of life coming together in a peaceful demonstration to send a clear message: NO MILITARY TAKEOVER OF PORTLAND. www.mobilize.us/oepindivisib...

The kind of Democratic politics Klein keeps envisioning in which politicians adhere to poll tested positions is not sustainable in today’s world. Bill Clinton model would have been fine in 90s but today we get Starmered. People also keep forgetting the main driver Obama beating Clinton was Iraq.

$20 billion for Argentina. $20 billion for Israel. Medicaid cuts for Americans.

Love a sunflower! Enjoy your Sunday #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers

“I think this book reveals that the truth is that she’s a kind of bog-standard politician who just doesn’t really have a lot of ideas and worked her way up inside the technocratic machine that is the contemporary Democratic Party.” 1/2 - @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...

'Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented a policy of extortion by Israeli forces against families in Gaza, presenting them with catastrophic choice: either collaborate with the Israeli army, or face mass killing, starvation and forcible displacement' euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6...

“The Netanyahu government is committing a genocide on the Palestinian people. This is not a matter of opinion. This is a matter of fact that has been established by the global leaders who study genocide." - Michigan's lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist at the Arab Convention hosted by the ADC.

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Israel is using some of America's most advanced bombs on children hiding in tents. Israel's leadership and much of its public assert that no child in Gaza is innocent. Including this little angel, who was born after Oct 7...

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Disbanding ICE and prosecuting everyone who led and worked for it is, in fact, the moderate position.

A resource worth knowing about notwhatyousignedupfor.org

“Not in spite of our Jewish values, but because of them.”

If rebalancing and reforming this MAGA #SCOTUS is not at the top of the agenda of every Democratic candidates running for federal offices (including the big one) - not sure what are we even doing. And it needs to be more than an issue page - they need to be campaigning on it.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

It's good Microsoft "reviewed" whether it's technology was being used for mass surveillance (and military targeting & genocide). It's good they pulled the plug. Apparently, Israel just moved everything over to AWS. So, Amazon going to host a genocide? Might be good for more companies to "review".

Went under the radar but Italian PM Meloni yesterday said at the UNGA that Italy would back the sanctions proposed against the State of Israel on the EU level, it is now all eyes on Germany

Fucking brilliant.

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On all of us, everywhere.