Make the shift. @booksplainer.bsky.social

It’s not strange. Grown Americans in positions of power & authority called the police on to campuses, and threatened the future work and livelihood of 20 year olds because they dared to stand against the mass bombing of women and children. And they will never forget it.

If the amount of Americans who protest this coming Saturday also went on general strike, perhaps we’d see Congress do something productive like impeaching the president.

End citizens united and tax billionaires out of existence.

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......

🚨BREAKING: An exclusive Democracy Docket investigation shows that California sheriff who seized ballots once wrote "Some people should never be allowed to vote." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

this goes for so much of the right wing ecosystem. the same guys who scream “DEI hire” would sink to the ocean if they weren’t kept afloat by their far right sugar daddies

“The Sheriff’s assertion that his deputies know how to count is admirable. The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials.” Bianco’s ballot seizure is “the sort of thing that should not happen in a healthy democracy...” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Read between the lines: they won’t raise taxes on the RICH to fund the war.

Punchbowl confirms what I suspected in a post last night. Thune reached a deal with Dems to fund DHS except for ICE and Trump rejected it. DONALD TRUMP is to blame for airport chaos - not Democrats.

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

Right now, Trump in a press gaggle again said that if he had not launched his war on Iran, Tehran would have a nuclear bomb within two weeks to a month. That is a big lie. And none of the reporters so far are calling him on it.

Are you guys aware that ICE is funded through September 2029? That’s why a partial government shut down won’t affect them and why they’ll now be doing domestic terrorism at airports. None of this stuff is legitimate. It’s all illegal and unconstitutional. Don’t ever get confused about it.

He sexually assaulted/raped women & young girls He incited a violent and deadly insurrection against our government and democracy He allowed many ppl to needlessly die of COVID He continues to make Americans hate other Americans If you’re ok with this, there’s something profoundly wrong w/you

TACO: imma destroy your oil fields! Iran: ok, we’ll destroy everyone’s oil fields TACO: 😭

So much shit is happening that every day there is less and less talk about the Epstein files. He raped and beat little girls, ffs.

Record deaths in U.S. concentration camps.

Someday, Trump will die as we all must, and on that day, his knuckle-dragging fanbase will be scandalized and aggrieved that anyone would breath a negative word about him upon his death. Remind them of days like today when Trump said he's "glad" that Robert Mueller died.

new episode of the politics pod where me and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social have a very spirited discussion of the war in Iran. www.patreon.com/posts/unclea...

"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola

State-sponsored propaganda

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What’s it going to take for people to realize we’ve got Biff Tanner in the White House?

Thank Goodness For Bernie.......

4 months ago.

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” — Tupac said it years ago… and here we are. The Pentagon is now asking for an additional $200 BILLION for this war. We always find the money for war. But when it comes to housing, healthcare, or feeding people? Suddenly it’s crickets.

Interesting. Kent resigns from NCTC

If you're a service member being ordered to prep for deployment for the War in Iran and you have moral and/or ethical misgivings on all this, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the G.I. Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan. Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

This is about the population of Iowa. Imagine every resident of Iowa being displaced within the span of a few weeks.

If you lost your job because of DOGE, this will enrage you. They built a whole-ass crusade around “DEI,” then sent a staffer into a deposition who couldn’t even define it. Justin Fox’s and his assignment was to help flag grants for elimination based on a term he struggled to explain under oath. 🥴

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As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

"The Price of Safety: Stories of Abortions Denied, Careers Disrupted, and States Left Behind" details the human and economic toll of abortion bans. The anthology uses stories from patients, doctors, business leaders, and others to show the real-world consequences of abortion bans.

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Current updates on war with Iran. I’m going to try and post links from outside news sources if/when I can. aje.news/r4whut

Well, no shit. I’ve been raising the alarm on this for years now

Yesterday, the White House used Call of Duty frames in their Iran war hype video. They are hyping the prospect of war like an exciting video game. Yes, I know this administration has no bottom. No class, no integrity, no honor, no decency. Yet they never cease to shock me.

I feel like I’m in an ep. of The Twilight Zone - news media, politicians, pundits speak and behave as if this is just another normal election cycle. What makes you think everything is just going to be OK come Nov? We need to do something NOW! No more waiting to see how bad it’s going to get!

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran. And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program? This is incompetence. Plain and simple.