“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Join me today (Saturday, 6/27) at 12 pm in Exeter town hall for the reading of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech.

AOC: The Republican Party’s brand is fear. They constantly want Americans in fear of somebody because, if you are not afraid of someone who is your neighbor, you’re going to realize who’s actually pickpocketing you.

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:

Anthony Fauci should sue Peter Navarro for defamation. I’m not saying this hyperbolically, I mean it.

A woman is not a what. A woman is a who. Creepy fascist Republicans like Ted Cruz want to pretend otherwise.

A billionaire, in other words. We started presuming that billionaires were geniuses when we should have been presuming they were criminal thugs.

The Democratic establishment crash-out is a wonderous thing to see. A bunch of people, their organization named after democracy, unable to handle the results of just a few popular elections, appealing to the unspoken rules of a club they thought belonged exclusively to them. Let's do it everywhere.

Good, get the fuck out you mummy made of crackers.

There are no perfect protestors, no perfect political prisoners, no perfect way to resist fascist violence. The state sees us all the same. Ask the Haymarket martyrs. Ask Fred Hampton. Hold the Prairieland defendants close. Give them your support, your letters, your love. They WILL come home.

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

"Terrorist," as a descriptive category, is bullshit. Don't use it, don't uncritically repeat it. Wide mainstream legitimization of the government's ability to declare foreign people "terrorists" after 9/11 was an enormous mistake by the press and civil society.

On behalf of parents of special needs children everywhere, I would like to invite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to go fuck himself.

Trump pardoned people who literally smeared shit on the capitol walls

I will never understand a woman voting for a Republican. Don’t you understand they would literally sign your death warrant to force you to deliver a pregnancy? They stand with rapists. They stand with domestic abusers. They stand with pedophiles.  Women are second class citizens to Republicans.

Vaccinate your kids.

Because science, mf'ers bbc.com/news/article...

Vaccines are humanity's greatest scientific achievement.

Whoah! This Dietrich Bonhoeffer person sounds horrible. Was there a specific person he tried to kill or something like that?

This is the perfect example of one photo being worth a thousand words.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Not believing in science really comes back to bite you, doesn’t it?

My problem with the White House thunderdome isn’t that it’s “vulgar,” or “tacky,” qualities I often enjoy & terms which are often crudely classist when used pejoratively. My problem, as always, is the fascism. Don’t get distracted by taste, which is deeply subjective; it’s the fascism.

I wrote a piece during Hegseth’s confirmation about how the multiple allegations of SA against multiple Trump cronies is in fact a feature not a bug within the movement. I don’t think I grappled with how much that pattern is (like history tells us) an intentional act of control.

48 years ago Wonderful young ladies at the beginning of their careers 🌹💜 Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson on the night of the first B-52′s gig at CBGB, June 1978 Photo by Bobby Grossman #punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd

I've seen a lot of info for specialized audiences (e.g. scientists, non-profits) on how to comment on the proposed OMB rule change for grants, but less for the general public. So I made this one-pager that can be shared more widely. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Donald Trump is relentlessly trying to settle scores with his enemies. He's in what might be called the "Roy Cohn phase" of his presidency. https://bit.ly/4v9XiKP

39 years ago Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys released in June 1987 through the record label Alternative Tentacles. #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” honoring George Harrison, featured Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, Marc Mann, Steve Ferrone, and a killer closing guitar solo by Prince. (Edited for format)

NEW: Dr. Annie Andrews has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in South Carolina! Congrats, Annie! Together, we will defeat Lindsey Graham and flip the Senate.

Canada confirms opening of Gordie Howe Bridge, despite Trump’s threats https://aje.news/e29btx

Worth a read. Many have taken note of the growing solidarity in the science community in opposition to the OMB proposed rule. But this must be just the start. For an example, we can look to @sekahn.bsky.social, Justin Ryder & co who spoke up at ADA and were removed for it. 🧵

Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were removed by police during the organization's annual meeting, as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research. TAT: [Attacking science | Suppressing dissent]

Released 47 years ago "California Über Alles", a single by the Dead Kennedys Dead Kennedys - "California Über Alles" (Live - 1979 Mabuhay Gardens - San Francisco) #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory

47 years ago "California Über Alles" is a song by Dead Kennedys, released on June 1979 with "The Man with the Dogs" as B-side #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory

This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

A proposed Trump policy would put Russ Vought in charge of American science. Its an example of the slow creep of politicization into processes that both parties traditionally understood as needing nonpartisan and expert guidance. What can you do about it? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-...

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

"We need to think about the consequences of a weakened FDA," says Stephanie Springer: #chemsky 🧪

The absolute bare minimum effort we *should* be seeing from electeds anywhere. “I ran up and put myself between the ICE officers and the crowd, and that’s when they started to shoot at us with the pepper balls — as well as using the pepper spray — and were tackling people."

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

Blood was shed for our rights at so many times and in so many places. If you’ve never seen the film Matewan, it is a worth a watch. I saw it as a junior in college and it has never left me.

Good morning. The 🌱 Soulard Poppy, a name we made up after this bread seed poppy spread by seed throughout the community garden and neighborhood.

The hits just keep on coming. Trump, Vought and RFK Jr. want to be able to fire at will the people at HHS who actually know what they’re talking about. Their revenge on scientists who embarrassed them for their rank stupidity continues.

⭐️ We SPEAK UP: 🐤 Join the calls for RFK Jr to be impeached for his reckless anti-science policies: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr @standupforscience.net 2/4

I’ve reached out to NY AG James’ office and Mayor Mamdani’s office to find out how they plan on responding to this gross overreach.

There is no binding code of conduct and ethics that is independently enforceable against Justices of the United States Supreme Court. That is dead wrong — and I’m working to do something about it in Congress.