“Lorenzo’s not breaking through because there wasn’t video” first of all yes there was you dipshit that’s literally how his son FOUND OUT which is why he’s asked ppl not to circulate second—where’s the video of Laken Riley? JonBenet? Natalie Halloway? IT’S RACISM

doing an incredible job showing that he is a well adjusted man who has appropriate responses to consequences and rejection tbh, really knocking it out of the park

every picture of Lorenzo makes it so obvious he’s someone’s father, if that makes sense? like every picture I feel like my friend is showing me their dad who is proud of his new hat, or his birthday cake, and that’s not a necessary predicate to viewing his murder as tragedy, obviously, but dear god

Huge turnout tonight for a protest over ICE killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on Tuesday Magnolia Park, Houston. Video is from my colleague Macy Meinhardt, who is not on Bluesky but is on the scene.

This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion

BYE BITCH

It's almost like Americans as a whole are desensitized to police violence and our state killing people, what with the whole swimming in it daily thing.

i am so viscerally angry about so many things i don’t even know how to put it into words

Lorenzo. abolition is the centrist position.

NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

no like can we get a drop site investigation into Ryan Grim’s history with women? I’m being so serious

These white men aren't defending another white man. They are defending themselves.

"Ronaldo Salgado, the eldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, said he recognized his dad's voice as he bled out after being shot by an immigration officer in Houston."

ICE Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on a Houston Street yesterday. It's Using the Same Script It Always Uses. migrantinsider.com/p/ice-killed...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

drop site does some good work sometimes but fuck Ryan Grim fr

brain poisoned, gutter misogyny. 1) that there is (thankfully) no norm for releasing the play-by-play of personal messages in cases like this and 2) the detail about being explicitly told not to come over and coming over anyway does not in any way complicate this story

I am very proud of this piece, mostly because of the number of SA survivors who have reached out about it. started it eight months ago and finished it in a 12-hr all nighter last night fueled by rage at comment sections 🫠 open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

there’s so many men dismissing asks for an apology/naming culpability and I think it speaks to a fundamental misunderstanding of why it’s imperative GP drop. they’re acting like they owe an apology for misreading his strength as a candidate. the apology is for propping up an unsafe person, duh.

What we already know is horrific. Imagine how bad discovery would be if the government is willing to pay our fees (something the government doesn’t readily do) just to avoid it.

oh my godddd the Platner (bots? apologists?) are inventing new levels of Lazy Antisemitism. like, it’s not better when it’s high effort I guess but JFC this shit is so annoying. I had someone on IG ask why I never talk abt the genocide with a story up saying “check out this antigenocide candidate!”

I am very proud of this piece, mostly because of the number of SA survivors who have reached out about it. started it eight months ago and finished it in a 12-hr all nighter last night fueled by rage at comment sections 🫠 open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

she is truly so fucking lucky I’m not on x

Bernie is nearly as culpable as Schumer on the Platner nom. endorsed him 11 days in. letting fucking Warren and Emma Vigeland take the heat, fucking pathetic

yeah ok I waited overnight bc somehow people are going to be mad about this take but where the actual fuck is Bernie Sanders on this while the dirtbag left spends 16 straight hours calling a rape survivor an AIPAC plant? fuck you

I couldn’t sleep last night, so I wrote about all of it. open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

midnight alani. Substack doesn’t know what’s coming for it I stg

I do not often ascribe to the UNFOLLOW ME IF vibe bc yeah let’s convince each other and engage etc but I have lost several hundred followers on Instagram today over Platner takes and if you’re doing this rape apologia bullshit get the fuck away from me, truly

Abdul El-Sayed calling on Platner to drop out same-day just made me extremely emotional tbh. not easy as a candidate, especially one counting on much of the same voter demographic.

there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.

i do not believe there is a mythical U.S. center to be won but i do think there are a lot of democratic voters currently dithering about whether or not to reject the corporate establishment and i am extremely concerned that the progressive wing mishandling Platner will lose them

“purity tests are killing the left” - some guy who spent all of 2024 yelling at people for doing GOTV for Kamala Harris because of her genocidal policies when you say credible rape allegations against a Senate candidate are disqualifying

if the “purity test” of “not a rapist” is “killing the left” I’m cool with letting it fucking die, actually. I think what it actually does is sort out the small but vocal minority of people who claim to be on the “left” but think racism is over/will be solved by raising minimum wage.

He needs to drop out today.

the most normal guys you know are logging on to say “let’s put it to the court system,” because if there’s one thing those guys would be normal about, it’s a woman pressing charges against Graham Platner. given how normal they’ve been up to this point

I hope that the survivor has a soft place to land with lots of support.

i am sure Platner takes will be really nuanced and thoughtful and that nothing will require me, a progressive-populist loving, pro-palestine sexual assault survivor who talks about politics on the internet, to brick my phone and take a three hour walk

truly heartbreaking quote from Jenny Racicot. i am so sick of people having to swallow their trauma for political 'harm mitigation' reasons, and if we nominated people who gave a shit about people it wouldn't be necessary

perhaps we should view nazi tattoos as disqualifying from here on out. i kind of assumed we'd already view them as disqualifying but was unpleasantly surprised so maybe from here we could all agree not to downplay nazi tattoos since they seem pretty indicative of broad disregard for human dignity

Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...

without clicking in I’m going to say this was written by Paul Vallas

big props to Mallory McMorrow for suspending her campaign—wayyy more people running as progressives but obviously occupying spoiler roles need to follow her lead

A federal agent fired a pepper ball launcher from the vehicle he was driving, striking a protester in the stomach. This was outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview this afternoon. 📸 Evan Stone www.instagram.com/evan_stone_p...

Don't just talk about doing things, DO THINGS. Start local. But actually take action. It's so much better than being on the sidelines taking no risks and yelling directions at others.

the founding fathers would be like the country compensated the slave owners when the slaves were freed right? (and the answer would be yes)

if I ever run for office and Fox News is reading old social media posts as a gotcha I REALLY want them to include this one

“but what would we do without cops” simple I think bus drivers should be allowed to sideswipe cars parked illegally

I will not be trusting any “reading list for America 250” that does not include parable of the sower

I will have very few TS takes bc let people enjoy things/prioritize energy/coalition building etc but here they are: 1) the energy at Jeff Bezos shutting down Venice should also apply to Taylor (and Dua, frankly)

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