This is a credible allegation. The victim sued Jeffrey Epstein and received a settlement. Pam Bondi was lying when she said there is no evidence Trump did anything wrong.

Open source research can be intense — and sometimes overwhelming. Mental hygiene isn’t optional. From setting boundaries to managing stress, this is one of our most shared guides on looking after yourself while doing this work: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

The period between the end of the civil war and the beginning of WW I is often skipped over in high school, in part because that period saw a massive and successful rolling back of civil rights. It's one of the most disgraceful periods in a pretty disgraceful history. 1

Trump is a grown man and is responsible for his actions, but he's also cotton-candy headed nincompoop who knows almost nothing about history, economics, or policy. He is, however, a useful wrecking ball for a far right project that's been percolating for decades. bsky.app/profile/seth...

George Wallace in 1962: "I started off talking about schools and highways and prisons and taxes and I couldn't make them listen. Then I began talking about n**rs and they stomped the floor." Donald Trump in 2023⬇️

Here's ANOTHER horror story: How a Disney World vacation turned into 4 months in immigration detention www.newsfromthestates.com/article/how-...

No offense, but why would any of my international friends want to come to @laworldcon.bsky.social . It pains me to say it, especially since I am on the staff as the head of photography, but why would any Non-American want to come here under this regime?

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"What? Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

"We are advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding onto anything -- except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose, and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time, and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose!"

I’ll miss all their self-congratulatory press releases about how great they are

“I will scale the building myself to tear that shit down in three years," says a former J6 prosecutor. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

They're quite literally pillaging the government.

“The architect of the current Court — the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo — was behind the litigation that undid the tariffs. That tells you all you need to know.”

Thanks, Jonathon! Really proud of our big win in this first-in-the nation case to challenge involuntary servitude inside prison walls.

I am emphatically not ready for this.

Charming. TW homophobia.

Golly. Afrofuturism.

Well now.

Shiiit. Phil Specer (head of Xbox) is "retiring"... "effective Monday." Sarah Bond (Xbox #2 and heir apparent) is resigning. Asha Sharma --"President of Microsoft’s CoreAI product"-- is taking over. Xbox is dead. Skynet is taking over. www.ign.com/articles/phi...

This is a good idea, but since Trump and MAGA are closely allied with Russia and Putin it won't happen until there's a regime change in the USA.

Toxoplasmosis, my Pazuzu, part one million. news.ucr.edu/articles/202...

Standing on a stepladder to replace some smoke alarms; an encounter with lowriders & skateboarders in a motel parking lot; my Superman father’s dementia; a mercantile misunderstanding among firefighters; getting lost riding in a storm in San Francisco with Rusty Foster; Karen Carpenter & nostalgia.

Left, my story about how the right wing ex-Honduran president was given special treatment after he was pardoned for drug trafficking - and had his ICE detainer dropped. Right, a story about a man who spent 43 yrs in prison for a wrongful conviction & was deported once his convicted was overturned

"Vietnam, run!" - overnight, drones from the Special Operations Center "Alpha" of the Security Service of Ukraine successfully struck the Velikolukskaya oil depot. A large fire broke out at the site. Anti-drone nets had been stretched over the fuel storage tanks, but they did not help.

Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...

Savin Hill is part of the neighborhood of Dorchester, in Boston, MA. 1/2

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

If they force me to chose between Randy Fine and a steaming pile of dog shit, I'm choosing the steaming pile of dog shit.

Fuck you Kansas www.yahoo.com/news/article...

People who don’t know the legislature mostly meets in the first half of the year *by law* are irate that it didn’t meet in the second half of last year. The anger is way out ahead of the knowledge, so often. (3/3)

The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

About a week ago the hard-wired smoke detector with battery backup in my attic office started chirping. I could just about get to it with my rickety 4' stepladder. Swapping battery did no good. Then another detector, even harder to reach, started. Figured out they were end-of-life. 1/3

Same. Also, techbros & technocracy.

While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.

This, basically:

American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders. Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.

Out driving just now and saw this giant mural of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who got stabbed on a bus. Despite the fact that her family has asked them not to use her death for political reasons, Elon Musk has been funding these murals all over the country.

news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/18/m... NO HE CAN'T Elections Colorado & Washington conduct their elections totally by mail CA, CO, HI, NV, OR, UT, VT, & WA all have universal mail-in voting that Trump wants banned Here in AZ over 80% vote by mail Call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop SAVE ACT

I'm not trying to add snark. I keep hearing versions of this and think it's useful to consider. Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +

That explanation miiight apply to Platner's histrionic anti-fascist posts like “an armed working class is a requirement for economic justice.” But being "disillusioned with our government" doesn't explain why he posted racist and rape-minimizing bullshit.

People are getting rich off this evil

Alas.

George Washington required his troops be inoculated against smallpox — that decision helped win the Revolution! This Presidents’ Day, we honor the Father of Our Country. 🦅🇺🇸 #WeThePeopleVax

Declaring the era of decolonization as a “foolish mistake” is also a manifestation of the racism at the heart of the Trump era.

Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution. Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

important not to underestimate the visceral discomfort of this: having something personal and unique stolen, copied, and exploited for money.