Amnesty International: Iran “carried out massacres of protesters, primarily on 8 and 9 January, when the death toll rose into thousands. January 2026 marks the deadliest period of repression by the Iranian authorities in decades of Amnesty’s research.” www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

Or Rick’s Cafe.

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

“…the weekend he met Melania and he kept on coming out of the bedroom saying ' wow what a hot piece of ass' “ 👀

The autopsy showed Mary Kennedy, then going through a messy divorce with estranged husband RFK Jr., had her fingers between her neck and the noose, as if having second thoughts. A former NYC Medical Examiner said: “I have investigated many, many suicides by hanging and I’ve never seen that.” 2/2

Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops” Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops” Follow along this short thread… 1/

Cool physics on display here.

The better analogy to Epstein & his circle of (varying politics! Chomsky was a left darling!) isn't Bannon or HYDRA, it's Polanski. A circle of self proclaimed avante-garde thinkers claiming to be above the very morality they asserted for others, & those who tolerated them as outre thinkers.

Redacted to Epstein: I give you permission to kill him.' He is apparently with Olga. He lied to you and he lied to me. Epstein: whoops Redacted: No one will lie to you and get away with it from me. No one. Whoops is correct.

Nellie Bowles was a New York Times reporter when she swapped talk about her personal life with Epstein.

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Russian propagandist Dmitry Rode has stated that Russia is "at war with Europe" and framed the current conflict as part of what he described as a thousand-year-long confrontation between Russia and European states.

Why does Ukraine continue to engage with Trump when Trump favors Putin and Russia? I asked DW Phillips on this week's podcast.

This judge does the thing quoting the Declaration of Independence at the Trump regime then adds for good measure: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power & the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds & are bereft of human decency."

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

straight up Gestapo shit

This is a great explainer for why it’s, for lack of a better word, dumb, not to be going all in on renewable energy and EVs to displace, ahem, ICE vehicles. Told in a way even a child can understand. Be sure to watch past the credits for additional interesting information. 🙂

#Texas voters have a pretty stark choice this fall.

I think you'll find the answer to Barron's question here is a resounding 'no':

Wild: (Microsoft) Xbox Live banned Epstein for being a sex offender in 2013, but Microsoft founder Bill Gates kept making appointments with him

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

A woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last year will testify before federal lawmakers next week in Washington, DC, at a joint forum examining use of force by DHS. After being shot she was aggressively smeared by DHS. All the claims made against her turned out to be lies.

Think one of the more chilling things I’ve ever seen up close - which made me an early adapter of calling him a fascist - was watching Trump whip a stadium full of supporters in Greenville, North Carolina into a frenzy about Omar, watching a sea of his Red Hats chant “send her back!”

NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school. Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools. “I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

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A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying." "You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"

A little early with this, but posting anyway, because - you never know at my age.🙄 This is a mid-term elections year and, like myself, you probably have to put up with Fox News viewers, so consider this your mid-term Fox boogey man reminder.

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

In case anyone is unclear what this means, it is somewhat likely that the world's richest pedophile, who was blackmailing a rolodex of the world's most powerful people, also had a hand in radicalizing young men to the alt-right during the lead-up to the presidential election his best friend won.

Newly released documents show just how much evidence prosecutors had in Florida before Epstein was handed a sweetheart deal.

Scary thought, if true.

The Catholic Bishop of Little Rock, Anthony Taylor, has published a striking column in which he compares developments under Trump in America, to things that happened in Germany after the Nazis came to power in 1932—he particularly notes the proliferation

Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie write to the deputy AG Todd Blanche: “As the bipartisan lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, we write to formally request access to unredacted documents of the Jeffrey Epstein files…” They outline specific categories of material to review.

Looks like every DOJ lawyer who signed the Don Lemon indictment is a political appointee.

Good advice from an ophthalmologist Dr Glaucoflecken (I know - still not sure it's a real name) on what to do if you get tear-gassed. Looking at you, #Minnesota Warriors for Democracy & Justice! Also #Minneapolis. Y'all know we always got you, right? Peace & love!

Oof. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-...

More accurate headline might be “ICE tells agents to ignore the 4th Amendment and Payton v. New York.”

Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

That look on Kudlow’s face, probably self loathing at what his purpose in life has become - a passive conduit for Republican shit flooding the airwaves.

Getting in touch with their inner nihilist penguin.

"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch

3 things: 1) Tim Pool’s employer, Tenet Media, was indicted by DOJ in 2024 for being a paid front for Russian state media. 2) Patrick Byrne was sleeping with Russian spy Maria Butina from 2015-2018. 3) Emerald is likely some guy sitting in a cubicle at 55 Savushkina Street in St. Peterburg.

You know, Haitians are Catholic, and Springfield, Ohio is part of the Archiodiocese of Cinncinnati. If you live in the region, you might want to give the Archdiocese a buzz to see if they need any volunteers to help protect your brothers and sisters. resources.catholicaoc.org/offices/cath...

The Trump administration has carried out dozens of lethal strikes off the coast of Venezuela killing over 126 people, including Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo. We’re suing this administration to get justice for the families of the people our government murdered.

Epstein was lurking around the /gif/ board back in 2017 apparently because of COURSE he fucking was. For those who don't know the /gif/ board is basically where you go on 4chan if you just want porn gifs of basically any variety and yes it's as degenerate as you think it is.

Do you know how many times this administration has threatened me in the last 365 days? Do you know how many of those threats it has carried out? They are using FEAR AND INTIMIDATION to keep us in line, not actual legal force. We shouldn't fall for it.

This is near white out.