How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s: "I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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I miss the wheel of time 😭

TLDR: Judge Immergut GRANTS a 2nd TRO blocking the Trump admin from sending ANY federalized troops from ANY state into Oregon/Portland. (Full hearing thread below)

Jane Goodall, from an interview she knew would be released posthumously

There are a lot of important posts quoting images of government officials saying horrid things, but they don't have ALT text. C'mon folks, it's easy when you're posting a screencapped tweet; just copy and paste the text from the tweet itself!

But this isn’t just about the law. It’s about who we are as a country. In the land of the free, presidents don’t turn the military against Americans who protest their policies. No matter how frequent these abuses are becoming, we must not let them start to feel normal. 5/5

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

randomly thinking about having a president that looked at things this way p.s. if you've misunderstood this as the place to vent at me about some other decision he made during his 8 years or you feel he hasn't said the right thing about since just block me nothing of value from my life will be lost

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

So if Lews Therin is a blue whale, Sammael is definitely a fin whale, the second largest whale. Still very big, but not as big as a blue. They also have asymmetrical colored jaws, which in a way could also be like Sammael’s scar, I guess. They stun fish with the lighter side!

Repost with #AltText #GRAMMYs #TheWheelOfTime

I was just outside and I did what I always do: I looked up. Vega caught my eye, and after a moment I had this odd feeling that the only thing separating me and that powerful, brilliant star is our atmosphere. Get past that and it's a straight line through 250 trillion km of literally nothing.

Millennials are the chosen people, the only ones who can redeem the world

there is something so disorienting about living in a world with miraculous progress in all kinds of stuff, including an Industrial Revolution-scale transformation of industry and energy, while US politics is *consumed* with the dumbest, most pointlessly awful shit imaginable bsky.app/profile/ryan...

Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.

Remember the West Wing episode after Bartlett was shot and CJ listed *all the other people* shot that day and closed with “lest anybody think a gun would have prevented these crimes, let’s remember that the President was shot while surrounded by the best armed bodyguards known to man.”

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Enough.

a friend and I went downtown this evening to scream in the streets with thousands of our neighbors. @theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches

I went away to write for a few hours and when I came back the [checks notes] United States Justice Department had oosted the equivalent of a notes app apology on 30% battery in airplane mode like a B-list celebrity circa 2016, what else did I miss??

It makes me emotional to see Judge Sooknanan showing that she values each individual child’s life at a moment when this administration is doing exactly the opposite

And, it shouldn't go unnoted that Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who has done her job at all hours today over a holiday weekend, was one of the final Biden appointees confirmed to the bench. Each one of those lame-duck confirmations very much matter.

This was incredible, important lawyering from National Immigration Law Center (@nilc.org) over the past 24 hours. Here's their case page: www.nilc.org/litigation/l... Here was the statement from Efrén Olivares, NILC VP of litigation, from earlier today regarding the TRO:

this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups

I see and I hear and I speak no evil; I carry no malice within my breast; yet quite without wishing a man to the Devil one may be permitted to hope for the best. -“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein

If it should happen before I wake, I pray the Lord the news ain't fake.

Ok I'm going to sleep but if it happens anyone who has my phone number better fucking call me and wake me up. 😂

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Gavin Newsom will be interviewing the old Cracker Barrel logo on his podcast.

The Steve Files drops now. Huge thanks to everyone who helped solve the most important mystery of our time. After 5 years, Steve can finally rest. Share if #Steve still lives rent-free in your heart. #wotskies #thewheeloftime youtu.be/bwpp4nqODUI?...

The only thing to understand about the pronoun thing is that just because something is outside of your lived experience doesn’t mean it’s not real or the person telling you is mistaken or you are being inconvenienced

The #WhoIsSteve mystery of the The Wheel of Time fandom is close to being laid to rest. This is real. This is not a test. I’m hoping to have the final pieces ready this weekend before I head out on vacation 🤞🏼 stay tuned. #wotskies

In response to White House staffer Stephen Miller’s comments, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said: “If we wanted a white supremacist’s opinion, we’d ask. But we don’t. So we won’t. Also, Minneapolis is great.”

I would call myself a professional pessimist and "extremely depressed about the future" but god, please stop going into people's mentions to tell them that the law/courts no longer matter or post "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED???" at them, especially so if they are actively engaged in making the world better

Reading the wheel of time and realm of the elderlings / farseer at the same time...

this could mean so many things but feels right welakai? welakai. #SaveWOT

this is the exact reason I love the idea of Ranked Choice voting. Instead of trying to destroy people you 75% agree with in a way that clears the way for a guy you 2% agree with, you can form Team Anyone But That Fucker. And being shitty enough to be That Fucker can end you.

If Aaron, who is the most reasonable, measured person on social media and who I know IRL, get this mad, you should too. This decision is in contravention of every American ideal, law, and policy, and it violates every sense of morality and decency.

I'm down there now!

I have spoken to rooms full of nondisabled people and heard this ripple of tense laughter. I have told my own story of flipping a car on black ice and people straight up told me they would just drive more carefully. They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.

Amazon Executive: Hey guys, this show has become critically acclaimed despite our lack of promotional support and best efforts to bury it in our borderline non-functioning platform interface. What should we do? Other Amazon Executive: Cancel it! Cancel it now! #WoTSkies #SaveWoT #TheWheelofTime

Just a reminder that if you don't use ALT text in a pic I am very likely not going to repost it, no matter how cool/fun/amazing it is. Please use it; it helps people who are sight impaired, or who maybe don't know what celeb or movie you're talking about, or whatever. It just helps.

Stay safe everyone. And know your rights www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

BREAKING: Rafe Judkins speaks for the first time since the show's cancellation. The decision to cancel seems to be beyond the control of anyone who's worked creatively on the show. This has always been a studio/streamer play. #SaveWOT #TheWheelOfTime ❤️📖📺🤞

The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins doesn't know why the show was cancelled, but has a message that is honest, realistic, and surprisingly hopeful for fans.