Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum (also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)

New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. https://to.pbs.org/4oZRBfu

Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays

White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail

Opinion | How to Replace Christian Nationalism (11/13/2025) f the nyt

this is a worthwhile read. i think it's a sober evaluation of the situation the democrats find themselves in, and it is fuckin bleak, people. 😮‍💨

when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >

getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning

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savages

The newly-released documents show communication between Jeffrey Epstein and numerous high profile individuals, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, and former White House senior counselor Steve Bannon.

MQ-9 PREDATOR DRONES MONITOR US PROTESTERS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2020 The deployment represents a significant departure from longstanding government policy against flying such drones over protests due to First Amendment concerns.

Red alert: The Senate bill allows named Senators like Lady G to sue us over Smith's 1/6 investigation. AND Senate bill bans pot & hemp, even for veteran medical care. Get up stand up! Call every rep you can. Ask Dems to propose to stop this crazy & restore subsidies. www.cato.org/blog/congres...

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

this is an interesting read. the disintegration loops is beautiful somber album. i didn't realize it had this history though.

A recent leak from an ICE detention facility near Houston shows hundreds of detainees packed into a shared room without beds or bathrooms. The footage highlights allegations that the facility's air conditioning is kept on maximum, intentionally subjecting occupants to freezing conditions.

The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said a lot of ridiculous things. After Zohran Mamdani won in NYC, it got worse.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision (11/10/2025) f the nyt

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case (11/10/2025) f the nyt

“It is clear that DHS sees what is in this regulation as a go-ahead to operate well off federal property.”

The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

"They want everyone to know these thugs they’ve deployed to terrorize cities are battle-hardened and impervious to pain. But in court, they're such delicate flowers that if they are, say, lightly grazed by a sandwich, they are entitled to justice because of the horrific assault they have suffered."

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown. The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

Jimmy Wales called Wikipedia’s ‘Gaza genocide’ article a ‘particularly egregious example’ of the site’s neutrality issues.

That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.

“Operation Midway Blitz” will continue in and around Chicago through Halloween weekend.

In Durango, Colorado, ICE GOONS violently assaulted an elderly woman during a peaceful protest. They stole her phone, grabbed her by the hair, and threw her down a hill.

WTF 🤬 A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.

Breaking News: A former Illinois deputy was convicted in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a woman who had called 911. It was a rare instance of an American law enforcement officer being convicted in an on-duty shooting. nyti.ms/3LANx6c

Thugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

The Mamdani Effect? Alabama’s top election official wants to ban naturalized citizens from running for state office.

this is an informative read.

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

What’s sending Border Patrol agents far beyond the assumed border? @timdickinson.bsky.social reports.

We need members of congress to clearly explain the messaging here for non-gamers. How is this not mass dehumanization with intent to kill? The call to action is not to “stop”. It’s not to “deport”. It’s not to “defend against” it’s to destroy.

this is ominous af

After months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.

Birmingham Blue Dot's satirical billboard featuring Trump as Marie Antoinette might cause drivers to do a double take.

Video from December 2023 shows Zohran Mamdani publicly rebuking Hakeem Jeffries at an event where Jeffries was reportedly the chief guest, asking, “How many more Palestinians must be killed before you call for a ceasefire?” Video: Ben Petersen via X (@bennpetersen) x.com/bennpetersen...

"If there were any doubt left, the painful images of the White House literally being torn down have made it crystal clear: The president is not the least concerned about the pretense of propriety."

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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From the people that pretend to be Christian, they hit a clergyman directly while protesting. They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.

Today is the 1st day of Prison Banned Books Week, a week examining the catastrophic impact of censorship on information access in carceral facilities. Go to prisonbannedbooksweek.org for updates & actions this week, and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKS TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS GROUP via books, $, volunteering!

"Because horror is a genre built on excess, it’s also an easy punching bag. Films aren’t doing well? Blame the gore, blame the violence, blame the lack of new ideas. Critics have pronounced the genre dead just as many times as they’ve proclaimed its resurrection as soon as another hit comes along."

He has really added 278.5 years worth to the sovereign debt.