DOJ’s attempts to charge these cases in DC and LA have been resoundingly unsuccessful. Grand juries have rejected a huge proportion of the attempts to indict. One case in LA that went to trial as a misdemeanor recently ended in acquittal

Here's Michael Knowles a month ago once again calling for the "eradication of transgenderism" and here is a man who threatened to shoot up a gay bar because he wanted to "eradicate transgenderism." This was retweeted by prominent conservatives such as Chris Rufo. This is stochastic terrorism.

I also joined because of poverty in a way. My family wasn’t necessarily poor but they wouldn’t pay for me to go to college. So I left home via the only method I saw available to me. He’s completely correct on all points here and I wish there were more white vets that spoke out about this. 👏👏👏

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

Senator Chris Murphy reminds Democrats and concerned Republicans: "we have no moral obligation to pay the bills for democracy's destruction" We need a #FightingCR that safeguards our democracy and protects the balance of power! @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Very worried about this.

This is 100% correct. If you don’t have documents proving legal status, we don’t issue an SSN. No SSN, no benefits. And we don’t just assume the documents are valid. Every applicant’s status is verified with immigration. Every. Single. Time. Period. Don’t believe their lies. Tell your friends.

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty. Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities. "What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say. If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court. I do not say this lightly.

just in case we are tracking this kind of thing- sending the military somewhere is political violence.

Yup. This is the time to use our privilege. This administration is fascist at every level, the MAGA movement is an explicitly fascist ideology, and I am proud to follow the long American tradition of being anti-fascist and anti-tyrant. You want to come after antifa? I’m right here.

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave. The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values." www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department. Violent crime is at a 50-year low. This is amazing. www.inquirer.com/news/camden-...

With ICE/CBP still firing into the lot from the west gate, agents then *also* come up along the side fence and fire directly at two journalists clearly not interfering with their activities in any way, sheltering themselves from munitions

This is exactly backwards. From the beginning, Kirk was the beneficiary of a large and highly organized network of dark money donors who were looking for a spokesman. No way he would have done what he did without patrons like Montgomery and Uihlein. Kirk didn't make money - money made Kirk.

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

People on the right and left are sick of big corporations - like media companies - having become such a dominant force in our economy and our culture. Whichever party offers a vision to break up concentrated economic power has the potential to capture a new alignment of voters.

While ppl are boycotting Disney a reminder that Sinclair and Nexstar are also the problem. They started this. Canceling Disney subscriptions hurts Disney but does nothing to Sinclair/Nexstar. We also need to boycott companies that advertise on Nexstar and Sinclair stations.

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Violence is never justice. I condemn it without caveat. But condemning an act of violence does not mean canonizing the person who was killed. Compassion for the family does not mean sainthood for the father. Mourning does not mean whitewashing the movement he built. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

I hope recruitment is hurt by outlawing face coverings, because we shouldn’t want people in law enforcement who need to hide behind a shield of anonymity as cover for their actions.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

*Reads #1stAmendment and decades of case law* Yep. They are literally allowed to do that. Also worth noting that if a station hitting a president constantly equals it being an arm of a political party and subject to license revocation…I have some unfortunate news for you about FoxNews and Newsmax

Now that was good cross.

Read/watch the full conversation at @thenation.com

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this? PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information? KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

But I thought that the argument is also that anyone who says things in any way remotely attached to a violent outcome needs to be prosecuted? 🤔

bruh John Yoo drafted the memos to give the Bush administration legal cover for torturing people John Yoo said the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to "terrorists" and even he is like 'yikes Trump is crossing a line'

Anyone who remembers Wells Fargo employees opening bogus accounts for their customers in order to meet quota will not be surprised. Repeatedly, managers rediscover that "you get what you measure" has a "for better and for worse" corollary.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., talks about the cancel culture that has followed Charlie Kirk's assassination and what it means for free speech.

Krash Patel bounced off of even more lies, decorum, etiquette, & ethics - all at once - when addressing Schiff. This video should be played every time someone tells you that women are too emotional to lead. Patel has no business leading the bureau. None.

This is a questionable cause fallacy. MPD says one was narcotics related, the other was a dispute between parties who knew each other. NEITHER involved someone from elsewhere driving in to shoot them up like a pizza shop. This is the algorithm getting you, liberals.

Anyone could put a SpaceX brand on that cocaine, but the crashing is what proves it is legit SpaceX

This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.

This is extremely dangerous and arguably negligent whitewashing or sanewashing. He’s saying “be tolerant of those intolerant of you,” with the implied promise that those intolerant of you will somehow show you the same respect you’re showing them. Hogwash. This is how people die.

Judges can be grownups.

Ominous

9/ I hope I'm wrong. But we need to be prepared if I'm right. That means everyone who cares about democracy has to join the fight - right now. Join a mobilization or protest group. Start showing up to actions more. Write a check to a progressive media operation.

8/ That's why it was so important for Trump sycophants to take over the DoJ and FBI, so that if a pretext arose, Trump could orchestrate a dizzying campaign to shut down political opposition groups and lock up or harass its leaders. This is what could be coming - now.

Reminds me when I saw Martha Dimick’s name pop up among the Feminist Caucus misgendering faction that she once referred to us new Senior Caucus members as “infiltrators.” It’s all about keeping the party clubs small. We eventually won leadership and increased the tent size.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Molly. Tommy Robinson. Loomer. We're being ruled by freaks whose relevance is entirely tied to what may be the decisive event in modern American history: Elon buying Twitter. archive.ph/wip/ZX0p4

I've worked on the far-right beat for nearly 10 years now, and I've had to handle sorting through a lot of misinformation on politically motivated violence. And this is by far the worst instance of it, including from a lot of people who should really know better.

Of course. The right is behaving like an abusive partner. Whatever good is in there cannot fathom the pain of accountability, and confirmation bias (i chose this in the last, and I’m not dumb so I’ll stick with it) means you double down. Thus abusers escalate over time as they need alternate reality

“At a time when we are all encouraged to tone down the political hate, The Free Press can safely label universities as encouraging terrorism and still claim the mantle of sensible centrist, even though their considered editorial position is no different from that of Fox News.”

Thank you @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social for putting asymmetrical polarization into the conversation! This is an under-understood concept snd it never gets discussed

Time for a defamation suit