Hoping that @johnfugelsang.bsky.social has seen this cuz… what? #SeparationOfChurchAndHate

Interesting. Where did the markets go? What caused them to no longer be available to these farmers?

My god today. These people. Sir, you were one of the first to capitulate.

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record. I just don't know what to say anymore.

These people hate what America is. They do not want to make it great. They want to burn it down and remake it in their own image.

If you’ve ever wondered why crime is higher in majority-Black, Democrat-controlled cities, you can just look at the data. Spoiler alert: it’s not.

So. Colbert. Dowd. Attiah. Kimmel. Who's next?

We're just days away from the start of general election voting for this fall. Early voting in Virginia starts... on Friday.

Amid the angst about the state of the media, a reminder that Bolts and our ability to produce the work you love thrives on your support. (And if Bolts is not your cup of tea... find another independent media to support!)

Last November I wrote that Republicans wanted to “socialize the means of cancellation” through the creation of a “Snitch State.” Feels relevant now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

So important to read this move for what it is. It is about accelerating their re-segregation project. Period.

#OTD in 1963: Four Black girls — Denise McNair, 11, Addie Mae Collins, 14, Carole Robertson, 14, and Cynthia Wesley, 14 — were murdered when a bomb placed by white supremacists exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Are these the hardened criminals? Their crime was making snack bars?

1/ Let's break down what the Supreme Court just did today in the Perdomo v. United States case. In short: the Court green-lit racial profiling in Los Angeles, and the consequences will ripple far beyond.

Chicagoans have made it clear that President Donald Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard won’t be taken lightly. Grassroots organizations and activists are providing Chicago-area residents with information on how to stay safe during these times. thetriibe.com/2025/09/we-k...

NEW — As hundreds of federal agents assemble just outside of Chicago at the Naval Station Great Lakes, organizers have already begun their resistance to President Donald Trump’s desire for a federal takeover. thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...

All of us want to be safe from crime. The Trump administration sends masked men who won’t identify themselves into our communities and claims it’s about crime. It’s an act of aggression against local leaders and against the hard working people who are now less safe. That is criminal!

Support independent news platforms. @rolandsmartin.bsky.social is the hardest working man in media and he brings unique, important news and commentary.

This is blatantly illegal.

ICYMI: @johnfugelsang.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social discussing feminism in the bible and how Jesus broke laws pertaining to talking with and educating women.

NEW — Are you looking for ways to resist? In preparation for whatever Trump sends to Chicago, several nonprofits, grassroots organizations and activists are providing Chicago-area residents with information on how to stay safe during these times. thetriibe.com/2025/09/we-k...

Good times

Trump's policies are harming over 84,000 student borrowers in my district by eliminating the Graduate PLUS program and the SAVE plan. Please contact my office to discuss your student loan options as these harmful changes take effect.

“We know that President Trump has been talking about Chicago. He’s been making sensationalized racist threats about our city since at least he first ran for president in 2015, and that’s not right, that’s not us, and his military threats are not welcome in our city.” thetriibe.com/2025/08/blac...

Trump is defunding public safety: $158 million cut from gun-violence prevention grants $300 million cut from Community Violence Intervention grants. Over $800 million cut in total from DOJ programs funding more than 500 organizations nationwide substack.com/@karenfinney...

I decided to look at all 66 prosecutor elections this fall. Why? Prosecutors have huge power over sentencing, charging, second chances, and even immigration implications. Here's everything you need to know, from East to West Coast. New from me:

NEW: “I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.” Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

The humiliation being endured by the United States of America is unbearable.

Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—

Beta behavior

I would like to amplify this post by 1000x because Reuters f'd up this story to start with -- by falsely reporting that Costco would no longer carry mifepristone, when it never did -- and other news outlets ran with it and far-right legal groups are taking credit for something that didn't happen.

It’s a sick, twisted game.

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ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices. It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season. With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...

A friendly amendment. He is trying to take us back to pre-1870s America.

“The mayors of those cities — all of whom are Black…” Trump has a political enemies list and Black people as a whole - federal employees, young people, mayors, members of Congress, and the laws and institutions that serve us - are at the top of that list.

Armed law enforcement officicials providing safe passage to children going to schools. Hmmm, where have we seen this before?

I asked a retired Oxford historian about the most catastrophic historical event in his lifetime; he said Munich. He then added that the election of Donald Trump in 2024 will be even worse.

Black people living in cities run by Black mayors know exactly what this is about.

holy shit

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

He wants his own CECOT

“…the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats.” Runaways. Federal agents, going into states to locate… runaways. This language is intentional. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

READ: “It is universal suffrage or autocracy”. There is no other choice.

I am begging y’all. Please, go gather your relatives.

The historical cognate for what is happening in the United States right now is the period known as the Redemption. And the restoration of Confederate iconography, just like when they were originally installed, is to signal to the nation the return of white power.

This is an SNL skit, right? It’s very funny.

Not sure I’m buying the “coding error” excuse for removing parts of the constitution from the websites.

Partial results in Seattle, with roughly 100K ballots counted: —Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell will move on to November's general election. (Right now, Wilson is up 46/45.) —Erika Evans and Ann Davison (the GOP incumbent) will advance for city attorney. (Right now, Evans up 51% to 37%).

People will die for no reason other than cruelty and arrogance.