The GOP will claim that political violence is a result of “democratic rhetoric” such as describing the administration’s actions as fascist, while the president tells the military that they half to “take care of” the democrats.

Recently I was asked where this all ends, and I told them that based on recent history, the admin will fuck things up so badly that the Dems retake Congress and the presidency; then will spend all their time trying to undo the worst of the damage that the Trump admin did. Jesus that’s depressing.

Infuriatingly evergreen.

50% feels unreasonable to me, but I’m pretty sure Kavanaugh will claim that breaching and clearing an entire apartment building, then detaining all residents and separating, then zip tying their kids for hours is “a minor inconvenience.”

They should have just appointed him weird high school recruiter that everyone knows to stay away from… fits the bill perfectly.

Request for #AfghanEvac help. One of my interpreters is in bureaucratic limbo with his SIV to enter the US. I'm running the traps on that. Where he needs help: Organizations that fund the execution of leaving the country - medical exams, visas to get his family to Pakistan, etc. Any ideas?

Hell yeah

Authoritarians fear ridicule above everything. It's a weapon we all possess, costs nothing, but absolutely enrages them. We should never have stopped calling them #weird.

Everybody wants to be pro states rights until it’s time to do states rights shit.

Me trying to get my kid to swim lessons on a cold morning

Once again, the right would (correctly) be going absolutely bananas over this if there was a democratic president in office...

The Right will reframe this, and the best thing we can do is not let them. They are actively cheering the fact that federal agents are rounding law abiding people up from their homes, and demanding to see their papers.

It's funny, but one refrain I've heard from the Dems since the inauguration is "we can't do anything until we take back congress," and here Madeleine Dean is, making Johnson really uncomfortable on camera. 1/2

It’s wild to me that the right considers the current Democratic Party the RaDiCaL lEfT.

There are few charlatans I despise more than medical charlatans. Y’all are terrible people, and I hope you slam your hand in the car door, and catch yourself on your zippers, every day for the rest of your life.

TFW you accidentally refer to your gang as a gang, and then just repeat that your actually the "good guy gang" as you turn into a corncob.

AT SOME POINT, THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN TALK, AND WE'RE CLOSER TO THAT TODAY THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY.

Conservatives lost their collective mind over JadeHelm15, the threat of which they entirely made up in their heads, however they're cheering the president on as he tells the military to use American cities that are not politically loyal to him personally as "training grounds."

If you haven’t yet, you should absolutely be emailing your congress members with links to these videos and asking them what they’re doing it about it other than fundraising.

Naked and Afraid, classic A Team

Pete doesn’t have the slightest idea what it takes to run the DOD, and it shows.

A lesson I’ve tried to teach each of my kids is to never pretend to get along with a bully hoping they won’t get to you… eventually, they will.

At this point, I think everybody who’s unhappy with how things are and who’s able should be calling / emailing / writing Congress every week, and this is absolutely one of the things you should be talking about.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

I continue to believe that the GOP likes the idea of running the country, but lacks the competence, interest, or even the understanding that governance is anything more than a horse race to see who can gerrymander their way into winning a popularity contest.

The framing that a shutdown is on the democrats when the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the Presidency is absolutely, completely, and totally absurd. Like, the GOP is in charge of all bodies responsible for passing a budget... it's literally their JOB to get it done, and they can't do it.

When you get to a new company, it's great to build a long term security strategy... but always make sure that you save some time/space on your roadmap for opportunistic wins that aren't your highest priority, but move the needle. Stacking a few wins like that can *really* move the needle.

'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' is surprisingly self-aware for TFG.

I for one am interested to hear what the FBI is going to do with this now that Trump’s Executive Order is calling for federal prosecution of people encouraging political violence.

Pregnant Women, DON'T LISTEN TO THE BLEACH GUY WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING IMPORTANT. Er, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.

The best way I can reduce the threat environment to my life is to defeat the Trumpist political project and restore rule of law to the United States of America. Being vocally and publicly opposed to fascists is not a risk free proposition, but it is necessary to overwhelm them with targets.

JFC, came in to check if my youngest had gone to sleep and him and his older brother were *blasting* Pink Floyd and talking about his moon nightlight. #LearningToFly

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

Worth noting that Tennessee has been a target of extremely aggressive voter disenfranchisement campaigns. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...

“Water fishing”… the man actually said “water fishing.”

This is false. For example, the libertarian @cato.org breaks down the numbers, showing about 6 deaths from right-wing politically motivated attackers for every 1 from left-wing attackers. Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.

The worst crime against the discourse that mainstream outlets like the New York Times have committed is making it sound like people who think certain groups shouldn’t have rights (immigrants, minorities, trans people, women, etc) have “controversial” opinions like it’s pineapple on pizza not bigotry

Waiting for a flight to PDX and I’m hearing what sounds like Washed Out playing on the PA.

I teach classes on disinformation / misinformation and one thing that I’ve learned is that you can do a great service to those around you by not posting rumors as facts, and just, sort of holding off to form an opinion for a bit.

Most political violence in America is right wing violence and that includes violence against right wing figures.

It’s interesting that you didn’t have any concern raised by these people when MN democratic lawmakers were killed a few months ago.

People thinking being quiet & civil is how you stop right wingers from attempting to murder anyone they disagree with. Because this somehow worked for Gabby Giffords, Representative Nancy Pelosi & husband Paul, Senator Mellissa Hortman & husband Mark, Senator John Hoffman & wife Yvette…

Sounds like a bad setup for a joke, TBH

“If they’re picking up trash, they’re not here for a security emergency. There’s no clearer metric than that.” @jkdemp.bsky.social

An impulsive liar very obviously lied again and we’re going full CSI on his signature like he hasn’t been impulsively lying for literally decades.

Putin showing the world that Trump is too afraid of him to do anything.