Victor Cruz has a permit to work in the US and has been following the rules. He is a husband, father, grandfather, and pilar of his community. ICE took Victor not because he committed a crime but because he has the same name as someone else. 🧵

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

We absolutely are here now because we didn't hold the guilty accountable then

every single democratic multimillionaire in congress should be on the streets, handing out truckloads of food that they’ve purchased to their constituents who need aid

this. 👇 this right here. 👇

Trump’s govt shutdown is another reminder •We dont have an energy shortage •Or insulin shortage •Or housing shortage •Or teacher shortage •Or labor shortage •Or food shortage We have billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny human rights. We dont suffer from scarcity—but from billionaire greed

can someone please just run this as an ad?

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food. I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

This is your periodic reminder that Republicans in Congress wake up every day and decide to be traitors and bend the knee to King Trump... they could literally stop all of this *at any time* and they choose every day not to.

MAYBE THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE STOPPING TRUMP FROM LITERALLY TEARING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE?!?

Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE re:the horror show demolition of the WH East Wing 🧵 (thx to bsky.app/profile/cali... ) SUMMARY: they rushed through demo during shutdown with zero permits, probably grift for Trump (ofc) but there are two major concerns (beyond obvious horror) & a few actions you can take: 1/n

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

facts matter

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

I honestly think that trying to legislate what was in Platner's heart and what/when he understood is a trap. It doesn't matter to me. It's actually okay to just go, "man I'd love to believe you've changed but I'm going to need to see proof of it in a place with lower stakes than the US Senate"

eloquent thread about the long term power of protests.

it's cool how we have a government that 4chans constantly on twitter and shows off videos of the president shitting on americans while also being like, "make sure nobody sees us destroying the white house" this is super normal stuff for highly stable nations

Couldn’t come up with a better metaphorical picture of what this administration is doing to America if I tried. Sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words.

I think the Plane Pooping President isn't something we should let go of to be honest, I think this is something everyone should bring up on a daily basis. Forever.

Kristi Noem’s jet purchases are the ultimate “Let Them Eat Cake” moment. ✈️

I do not want to hear the real beliefs of a shithead in a rural bar, I want his ass to behave in society

👇 Seriously - listen.

If you want people to do hard things EN MASSE, you must support them when they show up in the MILLIONS to tell the ONE SPECIAL BOY to GTFO.

Notably: every single rally (including in the small towns) was bigger than the surrounding police force available. That kind of image event is VERY IMPORTANT if you're, I dunno, demonstrating social coherence AGAINST a fascist government and it's makeshift gestapo.

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

@theguardian.com Europe/US/International online editions hav live updates of the #NoKings protest

exactly right

They also presume this is your viewpoint expansion location of choice. Which is batshit. I don't have the obligation to listen to anyone in my free time. It's like saying if someone bothers you on the street you can't walk away. You have to listen to everyone. You won't even have time to shit.

Why are these accounts here? They are quote farming. They WANT you to post things like "Fuck you ICE!!!" and "Trump can suck my dick!!!" That gives them fun little posts for Fox News to demonstrate the "angry left." DO NOT give them what they want. Block and be done. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys. "I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man." It's a must-read:

Federal workers told me and @emmarjanssen.bsky.social that they are sick of Trump using them as pawns to destroy the departments and programs they've given their lives to. They called for solidarity and asked for everyone to come out to the No Kings protests tomorrow.

"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."

This is our primary danger.

they always lie

yes. flowers for this woman

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals  You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

This is a key thing to understand and why we MUST mock, shun and shame them everytime they break the social contract.

started / going

THIS

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

The average protester has been doing expert-level escalation management and the average ICE officer is threatening to murder ambulance drivers.