"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

Walz on Trump saying he's not familiar with Melissa Hortman's assassination: "Nothing surprises me. There's no compassion, there's no empathy in this man, and there's no sense of governing for the whole country ... he's doing nothing to improve people's lives."

Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.

From just over a year ago. A real flyer I got in my mailbox. This did not age well.

The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.

#FreeDC!

NEW: Epstein wired huge amounts of money to two people, and Trump and Bondi want to keep their names secret. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

the irony of an Apocalypse Now reference from a megalomaniac president who has gone off the rails is just too rich

Here’s the headline ICE is walking by to get into their concentration camp just outside Chicago.

NEW: A devastating before and after montage of Rasheed Street in Gaza City. Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)

I've been trying to determine how to thread out the absurdity of Trump's announcement about moving Space Command from CO to AL. @charlotteclymer.bsky.social to the rescue. We are more vulnerable, less ready, & at the continued mercy of a drifting partisan who will always put himself before you.

That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.

👍👍👏 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.

🔥 Philly D.A. Krasner says they have decades-low homicide rates AND incarceration rates––because they’ve invested in youth. “Whoever told you that locking people up made you safe, it didn't. Investing in people & their basic needs is what makes you safe." “It’s time to stand up––or get trampled."🔥

I was already pretty done with the news media but seeing clips yesterday from the Sunday shows where an anchor is like “but what if living in a Police State does reduce car jackings? Why would you be against that?” probably was the end

History shows us the opposite: Undermining and censoring scientists and experts is a central feature of authoritarianism.

“Thoughts and prayers.” “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf

JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }

Republicans are hoping that the American people will forget about Trump’s Epstein cover-up. But we’re keeping the pressure on the GOP and demanding the release of ALL the Epstein files. Help us put these billboards up in Republican districts across the country: secure.actblue.com/donate/epste...

Exactly. A central component of present-day American Christianity is a backlash to the kindness, tolerance, and pluralism taught by Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Nothing worse than helping a stranger in need or having Black neighbors who you treat as people.

Kid is horrified to learn Donald Trump is real. (Not just a horrific TV bad guy). 🫣 Similarly, I wake from my dreams and am horrified to re-learn he's our actual president every single morning.

Efficiency…

New book alert! I’m proud to have contributed the Foreword to this breakthrough book full essays by those targeted by White Christian Nationalism. 10% of royalties go to @FreedomRoadRoad.us This is more than a book—it’s a call to justice. #FreedomRoad #QuoirPublishing #ResistChristianNationalism

Courage is contagious! 💙 Kamala Harris calls Nicole Collier to tell her she's a courageous fighter. Keep fighting... because when other people see you fighting, they know THEY can fight too. 💙

Trump attacked the Smithsonian for depicting "how bad slavery was." Meanwhile, he's pushing schools to partner with PragerU, which tells children the evils of slavery are exaggerated. I've been sounding the alarm on them for years.

In good news, Palantir’s stock is plummeting. Maybe we can speed up the crash of this dystopian company…? By exposing it and its fascist founder—Peter Thiel—so everyone knows they power ICE, fund genocide, and run the surveillance state… Find protests on 8/22 & 8/23 by @purgepalantir.bsky.social.

A new UC Riverside report sounds the alarm: brutal immigration enforcement is fueling a public health crisis for kids in mixed-status families. Detention, deportation & raids are leaving children, immigrant and US-born, traumatized w/anxiety, disrupted development, and fear of losing their parents.

We all know he isn’t perfect, but he is MEETING YHE MOMENT It’s all the rage and oh so fashionable to bash Newsom r n All the cool kids are doing it The angry throng is loud Could we be any more self-sabotaging? Can we please support him when he’s right?

Added note: impacts from lack of fire-specific meteorologists (NOAA) and predictive services employees has exacerbated the problems. Imagine how important weather (wind, temperature, humidity— and overnight recovery) are to successful efforts to combat a wildfire. Many of these positions are vacant.

Okay, friends this book is really *incredible*! I spent the last week devouring all 500 pages. I couldn’t put it down. I hardly knew anything of Sumner but the caning & am now convinced he deserves a prized place in our histories. Ahead of his time, principled & unafraid to speak unpopular truths.

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

How many euphemistic headlines and ledes have we seen like this: "pushes the bounds" - vague suggestion of stretching limits of power "a debate has emerged" - passive voice, unclear on who is objecting or the merits of those objections (suggests 50/50)

Controversial opinion: When it comes to US presidents, "blatantly breaking laws and violently violating people's rights" is a bigger deal than "is old," meriting greater public concern and a higher percentage of attention.

"And if we don’t demand that our Democratic state officials gerrymander, purge, publicize, litigate, and employ every other legal method to counter this GOP assault on democracy, we may wake up one day soon and find that, like in Russia and Hungary, the ballot has become meaningless."

the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies

The Israeli military announced Saturday that it would begin airdrops of aid and open more humanitarian corridors to bring in food as deaths from hunger rise in Gaza.

Jewish values compel us to act when lives are in jeopardy. That is what’s happening in Gaza — a humanitarian catastrophe. It doesn’t matter who’s to blame for the conflict. It doesn’t take away from the horrors of 10/7 and the hostages. These people need aid. www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

I can't let the mention of Dante pass without showing a mapping I did of Trump's old criminal and civil court cases to the various levels of hell. Trump should hope there's no hell.😈

Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man. Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Major media seem flummoxed about what to do when Trump shares a fake video of Obama getting arrested. Maybe they think the options are A) take the bait, or B) ignore it. But there's a 3rd option: Gather all the crazy examples and write big, loud stories about how the president is mentally unhinged.

“Today, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, he’s the only reporter in the United States sleeping in a prison cell for doing his job” The ‘free speech’ ‘anti cancel culture!’ party did this. Hypocrites. All of them.

I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...

Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say. “If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.” By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social