@seriouspod.bsky.social and I had a FANTASTIC convo with @letsgomathias.bsky.social on @wokepod.bsky.social about all things antifa and he has some really inspiring stories to share on the pod AND in his new book, out now! www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Very cool. Very skeptical.

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

I figure I'm shouting into the wind on this platform, but WAKE UP!!!!!! THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!!!!

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

Absolute evil.

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...

Paging Senator Bill Cassidy. Hope you haven't slept well since confirmation hearings, asshole.

As clergy pray, arrests begin

🚨Epstein Files Tracker🚨 Days Late: 35 Percent Released: <1%

Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

This is good news, though I hope there are additional arrests made. The video is just awful. www.kcra.com/article/arre...

For Law'd Awful Movies tomorrow. 😬

Mom of three here and I just have to say that this is a weird graph that the Heritage Foundation put together for their report about why fewer people in America are getting married and having kids. www.heritage.org/marriage-and...

This is necessary reading from the Detention Watch Network's Silky Shah. She'll be joining on tomorrow's show for a great conversation about 23 years of fighting ICE on the ground, what this moment means to her, the tough choices these times require, and imagining life after ICE

Thanks to @silkys13.bsky.social of the Detention Watch Network for a great conversation about the challenges & opportunities of organizing against mass deportation & detention in this moment, how lawyers can (and can't) help, & where she is finding hope right now youtu.be/zonU1PEmrd0?...

@seriouspod.bsky.social's 5-second review of the pro-insurrectionist "The Eastman Dilemma": "it's like someone did 4% of the work on this movie, and then died"

Man, everything is so overwhelming. That's it. That's the post.

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Did you get behind on OA this year? Add this playlist to your Spotify library to catch up on (or revisit) some of our favorite episodes of 2025! open.spotify.com/playlist/12X...

EXCLUSIVE! By special arrangement we now have the ONLY copy of DC sandwich tosser Sean Dunn's federal trial transcript which will ever be produced after his acquittal Look out for professional trial reenactments and analysis re: this extremely serious legal matter, soon only on #GavelGavel!

TODAY ON OA (12/19) -how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism -how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order -a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables

ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s. Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Support your fave independent media because today I had two of our three kids home sick while trying to do a videosode that ended up going twice as long as we normally do. NO DAYS OFF FOR US FOLK. (also there's plenty of other reasons to support us lol, I'm just tired right now)

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.

This week's conversation with author, jorunalist, & convicted murderer John J. Lennon calling in from Sing Sing is one of the most interesting we've ever had. John's new book has so much to say about the true crime industrial complex, and what it is doing to us all www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...

Proud to see that two of our favorite author interviews each made the NYT Best Non-Fiction list this year! Well-deserved congratulations to John J. Lennon (The Tragedy of True Crime, OA1210) and Professor Michelle Adams (The Containment, OA 1198)

I hope Bill Cassidy feels real fucking proud of himself.

I hate this place.

We had a great time with Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social talking about her unique campaign, what ICE is doing to Chicago right now, and what it is going to take for Democrats not to suck. All kinds of hope in here, you won't want to miss this one! youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

I saw a post recently that we should include random questions in elections to get people to vote. I LOVE this, and it could be a surprise question every election. This cycle: what's the best ice cream flavor, next cycle was the dress black/blue or white/gold? Etc etc.

Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk. I had it exactly backward.

There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here Patreon.com/law

Love this community!!!!

COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books

You DON'T want to miss this Sunday's California Freethought Day (livestreamed and at the State Capitol). Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)

This is such a waste of pixels and time. BE BETTER.

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who. Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.

If all of America saw what Stephen Miller has been saying on Fox News in the last few weeks, there would be little doubt about what's going on. But it's unbearable, so who'd seek it out?