lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

I am bound by the ancient contract of the internet to repost this.

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.” Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

When are we going to say enough?

Today in 2019, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when a neighbor called a non-emergency number to report that her front door was open. A white police officer shot & killed Atatiana through her window while responding. The officer was found guilty of manslaughter.

Sunday reading: I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves. This week’s piece:

We are ruled by a group of billionaires who are all somehow the most annoying and least knowledgeable guy in your freshman literature class

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

Many Republicans quietly agree that something needs to be done about the Trump-led healthcare cost crisis, and we need to get them on the record to pressure GOP leadership into negotiating an end to the shutdown. Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

this headline, so calm and informative and straightforward, is one of the most chilling things I've read all year

LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

There are no good billionaires and yes, I am including that person you think is likable. Their panic is a balm to my soul.

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This is the clearest sign yet that Democrats are winning this argument. Nobody is going to buy this desperate B.S. I’m honestly surprised, but the Democrats have managed to back Johnson into a corner.

And the longer it goes on, the worse the final consequences. Just ask Gaddafi.

Miami, Oklahoma. Chickasha

The modern GOP is just bad at running things. Modern conservatism as a whole - you can’t put a party that doesn’t believe in the very concept of a public good in charge of public goods.

@amiberger.bsky.social What if we’ve had media training?

Ok, this is just funny. isportlandburning.com

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago. ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

Look at what we could have. look at what our tax dollars could pay for. Instead we’re paying to have ICE pepper spray directly into the air hole of a guy in an inflatable frog costume

I know we’re going in circles but it is abundantly clear that they have literally no idea, let alone a plan, to fix their own mess. Nobody is at the wheel, it is the first social media AI presidency and they drove themselves into a blind alley.

Look, conservatism in the US is paired at the DNA level with abuse culture, that runs in every direction. They not only don’t see us as people, they don’t see each other as people.

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

my friend’s mid-60s yr old mother is chasing ICE in WalMart with her cane in a hyper conservative section of [state redacted], I have to laugh at everyone making excuses to not be doing more

A lot of libertarians who have been screaming in my replies about "authoritarianism" and "tyranny" for the last four years are conspicuously quiet right now. Curious.

Yeah, her. It was that or eject OVER BAGHDAD. youtu.be/gSBKeMnTtkM?...

Hey, go look up who the only pilot to dead stick an A-10 home was, Pete.

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military. They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

It’s crucial to understand the degree to which this is the result of a fanatical belief system, not random opportunity. At its base, the Network State is a cult of billionaires who believe they have enough money to sway education, media, politics and—therefore—reality.

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

Stasi. The American Stasi. I wish that weren't hyperbole.

Like what the hell else do you call this but terrorism. This is right next to an elementary school

That red brick building is Funston Elementary. They are gassing kids in their classrooms

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AI isn’t about the accuracy of the computing. It’s about finding the minimum people will accept

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors. This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

Hey, that chatbot’s not going to sext your kids without the juice, people.

Also, give MONEY to your local food bank. They have connections they can use to make your dollar go a lot, lot further than it will at your local retail grocer.

This is a terrific idea: figure out where your local food bank is, they often need some items more than others, so see if there’s something special. Baby formula, shelf stable milk, and canned goods with pop tops that don’t take a can opener, for a start.

People ask me all the time what they can do and broadly: 1) Organize and join protests 2) Support media that isn't backing down 3) Give to ACLU and others taking on the illegal actions in court 4) Give to food banks :(

Please join me in enjoying the video of AN ENTIRE PSYCH CLASS at the University of Washington chasing down the Nazi that interrupted their lecture: www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...

I would like to know how we can identify the specific persons at CNN who researched, wrote, edited, and approved this and hang it around their necks for the rest of their professional lives.

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory. They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth. But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi. RIP, Jamal. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

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