It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

And think The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.

Thread, long but very worth it.

My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it. 6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8: podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...

That's the thing about anxiety and complex trauma, that maybe you don't understand (if you're lucky). We forget to look up and bump into a person. We get frozen, and someone who doesn't know what we have lived through decides we are deliberately being an asshole. It costs nothing to be kind.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again). I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”

👇👇👇👇👇 👇👇 👇 (FUCKING THIS. Especially the last two very important sentences.)

I still don't get why people pay attention to literary awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature. The Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Man Booker Prize. Not one of these have ever honored a book with an illustrated cutaway that tells you what all the parts of a castle are.

These guys: sweaterweatherchicago.bandcamp.com/album/1995-1...

I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison

100% THIS!!!!

I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?

Stopped minding P's & Q's on November 6, 2024 ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

LIFT. THE. CAP.

Jesus Fuck, this is funny.

"During World War II, Ms. Oba’s grandparents were among the more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who were forced by the federal government to live for years in remote, hastily constructed internment camps across the West."

We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality. It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.

> @samsteindc.bsky.social

Once again, if you haven't been convinced by [waves arms at fucking everything], if you do not live in the United States, DO NOT FUCKING VISIT THE UNITED STATES.

Disturbing. Incidentally @rutgerbregman.com has written some interesting books that you might want to read. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY

Every ad I see for fancy cars with "hands-free driving" seem like they should have a robot-voice voiceover that just says "Lazy humans, purchase this aspirational product that makes it super-easy to murder you."

Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else? What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?

It’s not just that capping federal financial aid and limiting tuition reimbursement options will create massive staffing shortages in healthcare, education, and social services. 1/5

This is fine. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...

Science Fiction was invented in 1936 by the National Association of Jumpsuit Manufacturers.

Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it. The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts. Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.

Dear ICE: I live in Charlotte, so let me quote the words you are so fond of: “You don’t belong here. You’re not one of us. Go back to whatever shithole you came from.”

I know many of us hit this moment a lot but still, it is absolutely profound how rich cloistered jagoffs EVERY year just monumentally fuck everything up even worse than they did the previous year and ANYone still says no these jagoffs deserve outsized control of society and to remain alive.

Priorities.

I will continue fighting every single day to protect our kids, our rights, and our history. We should all recommit to honoring Ruby and her bravery by ensuring that all our children, regardless of background, have access to a fair, just, and equal education. (3/3)

Now, we're witnessing an administration attempt to drag us back. Here are the facts: Trump and his billionaire buddies have cut HBCU funding, limited Pell grants, and attacked DEI. (2/3)

It's ONLY been 65 years since six year old Ruby Bridges walked through the halls of William Frantz Elementary as the first Black child to attend an all white school. Met with mobs and hate, her bravery and courage helped change the course of history for this nation. (1/3)

Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court. This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.

The Fash Cope Brigade are just praying to their petulant violent god that Clinton is on the list so it can deflect the sunlight somewhat back upon "tHE LEft!" and we're all 99.9% "haha who gives a lonely shit, burn the fucking lot."

Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map

Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily! If you agree like many others, please repost as well!

Right now, Donald Trump is starving children. Right now, Donald Trump is planning more mass-murders on the high seas. Right now, Donald Trump is selling national secrets to our enemies. Right now, Donald Trump is protecting himself & other pedophiles by obstructing the release of the Epstein files.

I genuinely wonder if there is a single person who works at the Times and has comprehension of the moment and the self-awareness to look in the mirror every morning and correctly hate what they have become.

Precisely linktr.ee/jesseduquette

Somebody blow this up and make it a fucking billboard across from every ICE compound.

THIS.

🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡 I have an even worse feeling about THIS:

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.