So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

I wish @amightygirl.com posted here on Bluesky more often. www.facebook.com/share/p/1EuU...

Pro tip: If you are attending a rally or action, wear a N95 mask & bring extras to give to others. High quality masks can serve triple-duty: they prevent you and others from getting sick from airborne viruses, they keep your face warm in the freezing cold, & they can protect against surveillance.

Anyone who says the protesters are “pAiD aGiTaToRs FrOm OtHeR CitiEs” is Full. Of. Shit! Full stop. Those who are hardy enough to be out in -9*F weather this long are people who have adapted to cold like this over many years. These are Minnesotans. We love you! Please be safe! And thank you! 🩵✊🏼🩵

This is what love looks like.

It really is amazing to listen to a guy who faked bone spurs to avoid serving in the military denigrate combat veterans of our allies while also using “we” when referencing the historical sacrifices and bravery of our own soldiers.

Really can't stand the self-abasement of takes posing as the reasonable middle by conceding it'd be a sensible policy to purchase / annex Greenland so long as it wasn't by force, as if any of the nonsense reasons are compelling. Stop it. There is no reasonable version, that would still be idiotic.

"How do you hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope? How do we bring a nation together when we have lost the decorum of civility?" Martin Luther King Jr #MLKDay2026 #CivilDisobedience #StandUpToOppression

Two people you should never trust; A religious leader who tells you how to vote, and a polition who tells you how to pray.

Thank you, Minnesota open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

The Minneapolis mayor and police chief do not get it. By admonishing protesters, they are telling the WRONG PEOPLE to de-escalate and remain peaceful. They literally told everyone to go home tonight. This is not going to solve their problem.

There are people in Minnesota who are violating the law, and it's the people who are flash-banging babies, shooting people who pose no threat, and deploying tear gas against peaceful crowds. The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.

The FBI carried out a disturbing raid on a WaPo reporter, but Jeff Bezos has absolutely nothing to say about it. As one Postie told @nataliekorach.bsky.social, “If there is a moment to stand up for our journalistic values, this would be it.” More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Turns out it is much safer to attack the U.S. Capitol than it is to drive away from ICE. Who knew?

We need less research framing the problem facing our country as "polarization" and more research framing the problem as "anti-democratic radicalization".

As long as federal agents behave in a lawless manner, I'm not sure I see the utility in elected leaders telling residents to remain calm and peaceful. They should be telling *ICE* and *CBP* to remain calm and peaceful. If the feds are unable to control themselves, then whatever happens happens.

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair.” - John Lewis #RIP

trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

What. The. Fuck.!?!

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

I think if you use inside information to bet on military operations on Polymarket you deserve to be flogged and keel hauled.....and then immediately yeeted into the sun.

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

Given that guns are the leading cause of death for children in America, school shootings are rampant, men represent 98% of mass shooters, & white men represent 60%—I have absolutely Zero problem with daycare workers slamming the door on two anonymous angry white men screaming “Where Are The Kids!?!”

Today is also Dies Natalis Solis Invicti ('birthday of the Invincible Sun'), celebrating the Roman sun god Sol Invictus. The christians adopted December 25th to appropriate this day.

Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector. And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector. There is no middle ground. That is who you are.

Watch this. Keep going until 2013.

From The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by Rosemary Sullivan. #booksky

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

Over on the Facebook, you can bet that whether it's ICE brutalizing immigrant toddlers, or the US military mass-murdering civilians in international waters, every person cheering it on makes sure that you know they are a "Christian" in their profile. Every. Single. One.

A masterclass in how to be an honest, no-holds barred journalist. If only we had more like her

“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for. "  — John Brown

When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.

THE ACCURACY

One significant way to fix the federal deficit? Dramatically raise the minimum wage across our country. It will cause an increase in tax collections, much less people on federal assistance, and health outcomes will improve causing less reliance on federal health programs.

The presidency, governorships, and mayors' offices are not entry-level positions.

Immigration raids in Hawaiʻi are especially ironic since the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was illegally overthrown and the Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States against the will of the people.

What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.

Average healthcare costs in the US: Giving birth? $18,000 Cancer treatment? $150,000 One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k. That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through. Cost in Canada? $0. Cost in the UK? $0. Cost in Australia? $0.

On this date in 1898 was the Wilmington insurrection, also known as the Wilmington massacre or the Wilmington coup. It is when a group of white supremacists overthrew the eleced municipal government in NC and killed numerous black citizens.

i don’t play pundit and try to guess how stuff will play to voters whose politics generally make no sense to me, but if ending the shutdown was about the important business of getting SNAP benefits and air travel back online, it also rewards hostage taking in a way that seems pretty ominous to me

omg

As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask: •Did men ruin safe workplaces? •Did men ruin domestic safety? •Did men ruin public safety? •Did men ruin global peace? Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔

This is awful. These Americans deserve to be honored! Restore the monuments and erect more. History is being rewritten and erased and it is fucking wrong!