The regime's desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their capacity is not. Not even close. They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say. Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:

Comics/graphic novels aren’t recognized or taken seriously as literature in the publishing industry, despite taking twice as much work to create as prose novels, and it just breaks my heart. That’s it, that’s the take. Please read more comics.

Two people killed in this hateful attack on Jewish people on Yom Kippur. Monstrous.

But also we’re terrified of the subway

sincerely, though, this actually does sum up the issue, which is that "intellectual diversity" is a code word for "willing to play along with Trumpist consolidation of power"

Ghastly news from a ghastly nation.

Hawkworld.org Collection #aviary

I think this is my favorite one that they've ever done. Not just because it's typically well made and informative, but because it's explicitly political and also sheds light on the work of an underrated artist in Albert Pyun, who is something of a maestro of low budget trash. Always. Punch. Nazis.

One way to stop being compared to “secret police” would be to … make any effort, literally any, to have ICE act LESS like secret police! We know how to have standard uniforms and identifiable insignia. ICE chooses to not use those, refuses public requests to identify themselves—and wears masks!

One might refer Vance to a mirror. trib.al/DV9pD5X

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Incredible that they have the most open and shut lawsuit in the history of lawsuits and instead they're rolling over because their executives are in a Twitter bubble

This escalator thing that I just learned about might be the thing that breaks me. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

Trump today: youtu.be/K5hy5XDL-r4?...

remember when comedy used to be completely legal but rightwingers started a full on assault on the entire US media apparatus to “legalize comedy”

This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...

but really - the way that the fourth estate is going out of their way to get on their knees for Trump is nauseating. This obsequiousness in advance for a wannabe dictator who is losing his marbles driving this country into the ground... the leaders of these corporations should be exiled from society

“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first ... And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Everybody gamely says “Vance hosted Kirk’s podcast” instead of “the regime officially turned the major channel into state-controlled media just as it began its violent crackdown on any opposition or dissident messages.”

what the fuck, BlueSky

"Charlie Kirk should have been murdered privately" girl what

I am appalled that so many people are questioning the ability of this man to efficiently and wisely lead the FBI.

@danlarson.bsky.social when we needed him the most he shows up as always youtu.be/-0oDAG1sy9c?...

For the people in the back, bigotry is not an opinion…

The guy who instigated January 6th and pardoned the low level thugs who actually faced a consequence for treason once he got back in office decrying "political violence" is pretty fuckin rich

Charlie Kirk: “God’s perfect law says gays should be stoned to death.” Liberals: “This is an honorable man who did politics the right way. Through debate, not calls to violence.”

We have to stop this refusal to live in reality bullshit, using the mans own words to show what type of person he was isnt cosigning murder.

Remember when the Governor of Pennsylvania's home was lit on fire with his family inside?

The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.

this is soft, dude. this is really, really soft. a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology. C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.

well??

I sure can, we just called them forums.

it sure does seem to me like the problem with the response so far is too many people pretending Kirk was not immensely, unspeakably evil, and not too many people defending murder evil people can get murdered and murder remains bad and evil remains bad what are we doing

Charlie Kirk wasn't from New York. He didn't live in New York. The shooting didn't happen in New York. In July he Tweeted "Was just in NYC all weekend with our family. Never felt safe. So many people in the city who don’t belong." Why did the New York Yankees have a moment of silence for him?

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad

Just a reminder that there was also a multiple-person shooting at a high school in Denver today. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

Curious! 🤔

Turning Point USA made a literal watch list of professors, primarily women, queer folks and people of color, and made us targets of political violence. I’ve received hate mail and harassment and death threats off and on for nearly a decade in part due to that man’s organization so 🤷🏽‍♀️

As someone with 20 years reporting on right wing and fascist movements, you should goddamn know well that it doesn't matter what anyone says or does, they're going to use this as an excuse for authoritarian crackdowns with little to no relevance to the actual crime.

There's an important lesson to be learned here. If you are a stupid piece of shit who dedicates their life to making the world worse people will recreate the ewoks celebration when you die so don't be a giant asshole

You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.

“I strongly condemn this incident that I have devoted myself to facilitating. It is an unacceptable tragedy, and I will continue to do absolutely nothing to prevent future similar events.”