If you are in the media or have any sort of platform, and all you have to say, in this moment, is some version of "peacefully comply with the authoritarian takeover" or "collaborate better with fascists," why are you still talking?

War-ravaged Portland

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district. The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps." www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

Y’all remember back in 2018 when 200 newscasters read from an identical right-wing script? That was Sinclair.

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

it is interesting to me... that we have observed in the span of two weeks the remembrances of two lives and the response to those two lives is very different ... what has been left behind polar opposites It's almost as if ... what you do matters

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

“We are grateful to have worked with the Trump Administration, Secretary McMahon, and her Department of Education team in achieving this one-time infusion of grant funding.” I have a feeling a devil’s bargain was made.

What happened ?!? What are they expecting to get from this ? How bad are the polling results

Trans people, Black people, HBCU students, Progressives, Leftists, Democratic Socialists, and Democrats, all looking around right now like:

all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.

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i say this about once every six months but that final A Tribe Called Quest record is truly extraordinary. could make a legitimate case that it is their best record, which by default makes it one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time

A popular white man got killed by another white man while speaking on an overwhelming white campus in an overwhelmingly white state and this is the result. Racism doesn’t need a reason, only an excuse.

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hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

Marvel Studios leaving Georgia and taking all its productions to the UK because they don’t have to pay for employees’ health insurance there due to universal healthcare is a valuable lesson for America. We’ll ignore it but the lesson still stands. Universal healthcare creates jobs.

it’s like actually really uncool, man, that you won’t surrender to authoritarianism. stop being so square, man. you’re really killing the vibes, man.

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We're not getting to the moon 1st, because something else is more important to us: firing all the women, Black folk, trans folk, and anyone that shows empathy towards them.🤷🏿‍♂️ The last time we got to the moon, we did it with Black and white women computer programmers, scientists, and mathematicians.♥️

We’re seeing a return to the arguments of Confederates and slavers.

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"

Crime is down in Chicago, but it’s up 752% in the imaginary Chicago in their heads.

you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later

"The president is sending the military to control American cities if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" please find another line of work where you won't get us all killed" bsky.app/profile/kevi...

The radical leftist commies at <checks notes> Citigroup say the economy has lost *$16 trillion* since 2000 due to discrimination against Black people. They cut off children's cancer research to save $4 million but won't stop being racist no matter how much it costs. www.npr.org/sections/liv...

They wanna meet aliens but hate Black and brown people. Makes no sense.

Me and my sister have this conversation all the time. 🤦🏾‍♀️Folks stay focused on the wrong stuff (because of the racism), and this is why we can't live in our Star Trek future. 🤷🏾‍♀️ No teleportation, no holodeck and chill, nothing.

I’ma keep saying it: Racism is why we don’t have flying cars & hoverboards.

Real talk though: there hasn't been a regular ass day for five years if not 10.

Ah, yes. I remember when Michelle Obama ravaged the NIH and CDC, killed off vital vaccine research and denied inoculations to millions for reasons of pure BS. I remember this because I have Pundit Memory™️, an exciting new product that makes you able to both-sides and whatabout anything!

This is pure BULLSHIT. First Lady Michelle Obama promoted a healthier lifestyle for Americans, especially children. She NEVER said to throw out decades of medical science or that vaccines caused autism. Comparing Michelle Obama to Kennedy is what is wrong with the media today. DO BETTER.

Americans are begging for Democratic leadership to get off the mat and back into the fight. If you’re a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make “good trouble”, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi.

We are living in the upside down because voting eligibility, availability, rules and processes are manipulated until they produce the desired result.

We are living in the upside down all because voting is the most maddening group assignment, and half the country failed. How else do you explain a 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist branding himself "tough on crime" and invading blue cities that are currently experiencing record crime lows?

Landlords say they can’t afford a rent freeze, but have $2.5M to give to Cuomo. Reminds me of corporations that spend millions to bust unions instead of just raising wages and offering benefits. Doing the right thing is always cheaper than the cost to block it.

A word for whenever you’re making moves and somebody wants to chat shit from outside.

It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion… … and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines. Infuriating.

Yep.

I honestly feel that's the reason/endgame to all the "DEI" attacks. In micro, how can they do everything they can to prevent another Barack Obama. In macro, how do they tamp down Black/ brown success in our most elite/ powerful systems.

We’re looking into this with our lawyers but not taking any action either way at this time. This wouldn’t impact PDS hosted accounts. If we make a change it would be to blacksky.community but again we’re not making any changes to block access or require any age verification at this time.

“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:

Sometimes the sheer idiocy of this moment overwhelms me. The idea that our convicted felon POTUS who incited an attack on DC police then pardoned the attackers & who's the most corrupt official in US history is going on an "anti-crime" ride-along in a city w/falling crime rate is...(brain explodes)

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