Someone needs a picture of this orchid.

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

in which i discuss the reuben, a glorious sandwich and the pride of omaha and the patriarch reuben, disowned by his father for being a slut buttondown.com/theswordandt...

hey want to help people harmed by people like Epstein and Maxwell and Trump and Clinton and Wexner and Chomsky and Gates and Musk and Prince Andrew and Summers and Tisch and Brin and Chopra and and and and all the other perpetrators and complicit motherfuckers this is a good place

just a reminder that I wrote up some readings you might like to help you think about "hope" as a concept - one distinct from optimism. it's an attitude more than an emotion. www.patreon.com/posts/hope-1...

Epstein survivors are sharing the most important ad you’ll see today. Please watch. Trump and his administration are trying to cover up this scandal, but we are not moving on from it.

Re-upping because a bunch of stories broke at the same time, and this one shouldn't get lost in the shuffle. Thread:

BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings It's a 2-1 ruling Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump) Minority: Douglas (Obama) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

it's done, it's up. I decided to go with the silhouette for the shirt design because I think it reads faster. All proceeds benefit MIRAC (Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee) www.bonfire.com/exodus-23-9/

ps if u want a sense of why people seem so zealously to believe themselves to be pure, just, & right while carrying out acts of unimaginable cruelty, do i have a book for you bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

"This goes beyond abolishing ICE.. we must fundamentally overhaul D.H.S... if we are to have just and lasting peace in this country." "The war on terror has become a war against ourselves. That must come to an end. Enough with the military gear and mass surveillance." #NHPolitics

Please, everyone, don't forget about Georgia Fort's arrest. bsky.app/profile/thel...

Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.

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💥Nothing has changed. "A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona on Tuesday, according to a Pima County Sheriff spokeswoman." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

@durbin.senate.gov abolish DHS. There is no reforming it. You have been a senator for longer than DHS existed. You were there when it began and you can end it. Now.

Call Schumer's office today at (202) 224-6542. Then get on the phone to Jeffries at (202) 225-5936. 7/

Like it or not (I don't), they're supposed to work for all of us. Call them and tell them to abolish ICE. 👇

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Does everyone have a warm bed? Does everyone have enough to eat? Does everyone have a place to be safe? Whose getting snatched in the night? - Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"

Consider: What can you offer as resistance? Be creative! Then offer it. This is a great example.

It’s time to defund ICE.

I spent the morning at the San Antonio immigration court. It’s out of control. Crawling with ICE - arresting legal immigrants showing up for court appearances. I asked one officer who they are prioritizing. His answer: everyone. I need to share with you what I saw.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

I might have to share this every day until ICE stops terrorizing this state.

This dude is intense and correct

Off topic, but will you and your colleagues PLEASE start drawing attention to this and providing some answers? Thanks. bsky.app/profile/gott...

My former student Tikia Hamilton, who teaches now at Loyola Chicago, has her first book coming out in March. It's all about the African-American campaign for equal education in Washington DC before Brown. If you're interested, here's a flyer with a 30% off discount QR code.

Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.

The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one For my fellow brokies, though:

Repost if you agree: The Senate should vote TODAY to extend the ACA tax credits. The House already passed a bill with a three-year extension that would bring down premiums for MILLIONS of Americans. Now it’s up to the Senate. Leader Thune: Let the Senate vote ASAP.

A clear-eyed update on events in Iran from Danny Citrinowicz is below. Although Citrinowicz was formerly head of the Iran branch of Israeli defense intelligence, his analysis is remarkably non-idealogical and nuanced. 1/

I wrote about how all the Butt Cracks and Beer Bellies we're seeing in the assault videos has neutralized the fascist porn efforts. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...

It looks ridiculous to put it in writing, but the only way to stop this administration is to stop this administration. It's clear by now you have to say "no" to everything. You cannot compromise with them or hope they will do the right thing if you shame them enough.

You should follow Jeschill if you like cool art.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

This is what happens when you create the fifth largest military in the world and set them to be unfettered law enforcement charged with mass arrests.

This, from @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in 2019, is important background to the congressional discussion we're about to see. www.justsecurity.org/63635/barrs-...

Hey folks, Tomorrow on my live podcast, “History Matters:” Talkin’ About a Revolution: 1776 and Now Man, oh man. What a year to ponder resistance! The past is alive. Join us! Friday 10AM ET On my YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

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ICYMI: The deposition transcript of Former Special Counsel, Jack Smith, has been released by the House Judiciary Committee. (I’ll share my thoughts and observations after I’ve had the chance to review it.) judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

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