Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

Remember how Trump said those images of bags being tossed out the window were fake news? I guess they were just getting ready to demolish the east wing and erase the stories of the First Ladies. Trump calls video of bag thrown out of White House fake. - ABC News share.google/9uj7ADrbsB20...

There'll be a sequel to this coming soon on inflatable frogs and other absurdities, but if you don't get why protesters might make a point of dancing in the streets, here's something I wrote back in February. open.substack.com/pub/marthaba...

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

@npr.org Steve In sleep: in your interview with that state rep this morning he stated that people calling Charlie Kirk names like Nazi and other criticism of Kirk's intolerance was the reason for his murder. And you didn't push back at all? Why no follow up with examples of Kirk's hate speech?

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)

Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.

A new immigrant detention center will be opening in Indiana called the “Speedway Slammer,” modeled after Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.” On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly explains why the rhetoric used by the administration to describe these centers is significant. 🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/yY5B50WAzH8

Sloan - I'm Not Through With You Yet [Canada, Indie Rock] (1998) https://redd.it/12bss01 https://youtu.be/fwPzDoTZnfo

Trump’s ICE is NOT going to care that these young men are in uniform when federal agents go to detain their mother. What a travesty that these wonderful young men who are serving our country have to accompany their mother to her immigration hearing.

"Power concedes nothing without a demand... The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress" -Rosa Clemente rosaclemente.net/if-tyranny-i...

Perfect day in #Portland,OR to exercise our right to protest against this corrupt government. Keep your greasy, tiny #HandsOff our democracy, Donald.

Greed for more money or greed for more power. Greed clouds common sense every time. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.