You must watch this. You must! A Trump appointee just claimed that “Antifa is their primary concern right now.” Let’s be clear: -The FBI does not rank domestic terrorist groups. -“Antifa” is not an organization. -This is not intelligence. Authoritarians always need an imaginary enemy.👇

Currently, this horror show of a government, (which, in actuality, are a medley of unqualified morons) still has Kilmar Abrego Garcia in ICE Custody. As they mull over sending him to Liberia, Uganda or any other 3rd World Country, a Judge who understands the law, has ordered his immediate release.

⚡️ JUDGE ORDERS KILMAR RELEASED IMMEDIATELY… “A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...

I knew it! Trump wants a company that bows to him to take over CNN so he can control news coverage. This is an incredibly dangerous situation. Without a free press we will lose American democracy. www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/m...

BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”

Nationalist vigilante ‘street patrol’ groups with ties to Reform UK and the far right are falsely claiming to be working with the police, while seeking to infiltrate local school networks in order to “protect” women and children bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...

Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020. This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers. The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.

I think the reason a lot of the chattering class won’t speak directly to Trump’s racism is because racism isn’t an aberration, it is a bipartisan governing ideology.

I've started reading 1984 after reading it in high school. When I read it high school, I can remember thinking that none of this could ever possibly happen. This time around is different. I'm shocked by all the parallels I'm seeing happening today. It's disturbing. Yes, I'm aware it's fiction.

One thing I do not want is for impeachment to just go the way of messaging bills, *just* another bit of theater that people get numb to. Give it teeth and that won't happen www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...

Imagine the hypocrisy of building a career based on attacking migrants, Islam and Sharia law, then migrating to an Islamic country that is governed by Sharia law?

Never before in the history of legal scholarship has there been such deep unhappiness about a case from the party that 'won' it.

Measels, a once eradicated disease, is making a strong comeback thx to the death wishes of RFKjr, his band of lunatics @CDC, & Trump. I may have only been 5 yo at when my twin bro and I contracted this disease, but I vividly remember how sick we were and this rash. Get vaccinated! It saves lives!

🌡️ November 2025 was the third-warmest November on record globally, keeping 2025 on track to be the second- or third-warmest year recorded. The global three-year average temperature for 2023–2025 will likely exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time.  Read more ⬇️

It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath. And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.

"The whole world is an art gallery when you're mindful. There are beautiful things everywhere and they're free." -Charles Tart

Lichens on a stick. Left to right - Vulpicidia, Xanthoria (I think), Physcia, and Hypogymnia. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Cladonia #lichen. Northwest Territories Canada. #fungi #fungifriends The picture covers about 1.5cm left to right.

How to help democracy in a simple way: Peacefully not buying stuff is the safest form of protest imaginable for anyone fearful of retaliation by this regime. U don’t have to risk getting arrested, fired or deported; u don’t even have to wave a placard. #BoycottFelonsDonorsCorporations Thread 4/4🧵

A mix of lichens including a Xanthoria (I think) a couple of Physcia spp, and others. All hanging out on a tree branch. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends while #hiking

1805 years ago, on the 11th of December 220, Emperor Xian of Han was forced to abdicate the throne, ending the Han dynasty, which had been established over 400 years prior, and signalling the Three Kingdoms period. #otd #history 🗃️

As they claim to be *free speech champions* open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

I really wish this surprised me. I'd guess the vast majority of such monsters call themselves 'good Christians'. I seem to remember their favourite book having a lot to say on the treatment of people from other lands - none of it said to exploit them then then throw them out.

There are people exploiting undocumented immigrants by hiring them to do day labour at their homes, and then calling ICE to avoid having to pay them. It’s despicable. Do not be the person who turns in an immigrant friend, neighbour or employee. Do not aid fascists.

Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.” You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.

Another example of the same story, but doesn’t even mention Scottish government involvement. It quotes Labour ministers and UKgov investment of £1.5m but no mention of £8.475m invested by Scottish government, or that they were at Grangemouth today. www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Bernie was right 👇🏽

So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...

Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

Y'know ... Americans could turn Trump's cruelty into a win for the planet if we just stop traveling by air. Let the billionaires use their tax breaks to keep airlines afloat. Trump's economy is forcing most people to choose food and electricity over seeing distant family anyway.

60,000 humans hold 3x as much wealth as 4 billion. The richest countries cause the most harm to our planet. Extreme wealth is the curse of our times. Greed, if left unchecked, will be our undoing as a species, and the pace is picking up speed as I type. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

The DNC needs to thoroughly vet everyone who runs as a Democrat, to ensure they aren't Trump loyalists posing as Democrats. Republicans know they're losing. They'll do anything to avoid loss (and potential criminal charges).

The Turn in the Road at Auvers, 1873 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11731

Landscape. Study after Nature, 1876 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11878

Self-Portrait in a Felt Hat, 1894 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13068

One day if you work hard enough, you'll get to hold the whip. That's what landlording is. Fuck ever being part of that system.

Poverty for profit. Nursing home operators diverted “tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding to themselves and their associates while intentionally understaffing the facilities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

No matter how many times you read this, read it again and again until the hate is gone. Wednesday mood. So much hate, hard to see past it to the good, but there is good, and we must fight for it just as hard if not harder! I refuse to give up on humanity. Be kind and have a wonderful day!!

While the trump day sleeps through meetings, others are in his ears, doing the work they want. He thinks it's his idea's, but he is not smart enough to come up with most of what is happening. They like this feeble old man they can control.

Trump tried to declare the crisis surrounding Hegseth “dead.” @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social explains why Trump may have unintentionally revealed why the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela: “to make sure no one ever sees the vid of the 2nd missile strike.” 📺 youtu.be/f3LgHAUywYU?...

Scotland has more graduates, more patents and more business investment than other parts of the UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/10/s...

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Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State. We haven't skipped a beat since. www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...

Fantastic. Also.. Makes me think of the "I am being silenced!" people who get interviewed all the time on TV and in every newspaper etc about how silenced they are by the establishment.

Christmas CANCELLED in London 💔🎄