this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks 2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

“Buried in a footnote of Ghislaine Maxwell’s court filing, she makes the bombshell claim that there are twenty-five accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein who entered into secret settlements and that there are four unnamed employee co-conspirators of Epstein.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota. This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats. They hate the helpers. Which is why must keep helping.

ICE was flawed from day one... born out of post-9/11 fear and built on policies that blurred national security with domestic control. Some systems don’t need reform. They need to be abolished. #AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT

Biden's DOJ opened a sprawling investigation into the Epstein co-conspirators. Trump shut it down in January 2025, stole the files, and fired the prosecutors.

In the historically anti-union South, the UAW just secured a landmark contract with Volkswagen. The workers won major wage increases, job security against outsourcing, and higher-quality healthcare. Congratulations to these workers, and remember: there is always hope in labor.

NEW: Trump's plan to steal the Midterms. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-pla...

Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver

very excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

Truth!

Ok, spoiler alert: I’m one of the editors of this cheeky bit of scholarship.

Did you know that during the collapse of the Soviet Union, its treasury was looted of billions? The funny part is, those Soviets who ran off with the money all somehow ended up in Israel and New York. Some even bailed out a certain someone when his casinos were failing.

Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans, according to Pew. Trump’s approval rating has dropped from 40% in the fall to 37% today.

Lots of teargas at ICE tonight in Portland. People were just standing and chanting.

this is what you call "making it happen" what a breath of fresh air

Trump says he has the power to seize ballots — and now his spy chief is joining FBI raids of election offices. But guess what? I co-wrote the order he’s talking about. He’s lying. And a crime might be in progress. www.defiance.news/p/why-we-sho...

Spanish colonization of Florida, starting in 1526 also "Slave raids by Spaniards into what became Texas began in the 16th century and created an atmosphere of antagonism with Native Americans" (Wikipedia) floridahumanities.org/blog/setting...

someone make a fed group chat and just add them all in by themselves and have them entrap each other

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

If only there were some sort of institution that could look into it and figure out who's got it right.

Long time Vikings fan here, mourned for years over the quarterback curse, tore my hair out when they let Darnold go, so I’ve been rooting for the Seahawks. But damn, Matthew Stafford is freaking amazing.

It was always going to end this way once Bezos threw away his relationship with the paper’s subscribers but that doesn’t make it any less tragic

Witnesses who risk their lives to get video are afraid to go home for fear of being arrested. Stay strong Minneapolis. The #resistance is proud of you.

Trump isn't joking about another term. We must defend the Constitution.

Alex Pretti served as a nurse in the intensive care unit of the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. He cared for the most vulnerable patients in the veteran population. I've been thinking the veterans who received care from him. Some homeless, some without family. He was there for them.

IRAQ WAR VETERAN: “I wouldn’t do that in a war. There are no rules of engagement I’ve ever had that would justify shooting someone in that situation… and he shot an American citizen. This should scare the shit out of everyone.” (From Louis Laurant)

Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE. They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon. They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times. He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”. A 🧵 of ICE abuse

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

Possible new ICE tactic to watch out for: a friend who has a foreign-born US citizen wife says while he was out a man in civilian clothes came to the door, told his wife, whose name he knew, that he was “from the government,” and asked about her voting history. Remember, don’t open the door!

Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.

Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Exactly.

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon publicly urged Trump to arrest Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, bring him to DC, put him on trial, and hang him, saying it would “honor Christ” and “save the country.” This is a fascist call for political violence.

The icing on the cake is that it was a no-bid contract.

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Michael Rosen devised an annual series of ten lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, on the origins, history and theory of children’s literature. Adventures in Wonderland brings these lectures together, with the addition of three ‘interludes’

Hey now, this is tradition! We also failed to hold anyone accountable for Native American genocides, boarding schools, and land theft, the Civil War, Jim Crow, red lining, or 99% of police brutality for the last 150 years.

Just gonna throw this out there that no book is more prescient for the times we face. It’s not hyperbole to say that the similarities to right now are chilling. You won’t vote your way out of this with a spineless opposition party and this is going to end very badly for many, many people.

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

OK, have to admit – – I’m not much of a Gavin Newsom fan, but whoever’s running his social media is a motherfucking genius.

OUT: Helping you pay for health care. IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.