Last month the Japanese American National Museum asked me to deliver a keynote speech on what is necessary to combat authoritarianism and preserve democracy. You can listen to it and the Q&A that followed here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases: "Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"

easily the best-timed divorce in all of history

Another report showing AUKUS is truly f*cked @emmashortis.bsky.social gives you a summary #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au

When Hillary called them a basket of deplorables I didn’t think she meant pedophiles.

grace for the ordinary and wrath for the powerful

i don't particularly disagree with a lot of the critiques of anarchist activism by liberals but I bristle when they act as if their best practices are any wiser. we're here because none of us figured out how to avoid being here. everyone should have some goddamn humility.

🏳️‍🌈 Gay rights: We need to figure it out if *all* Queer people are gonna make it, but the buck starts and ends with Trans people. When they come for us, it affects everyone else - it always does. Trans rights *are* human rights, when we are safe, so is *anyone* under the Queer umbrella.

A story in two pictures

"I begged my wife for the last two months to stop calling me flaccid. That kind of rhetoric needed to stop. I said to her in March--if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be a black eye. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anyone with a black eye. But I warned her."

GOP in 1992: "Clinton will take your guns!" CLINTON: "No, I won't." GOP in 2008: "Obama will take your guns!" OBAMA: "No, I won't." GOP in 2020: "Biden will take your guns!" BIDEN: "No, I won't." GOP in 2024: "Harris will take away your guns!" DONALD TRUMP: "You can't have guns."

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town. In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory

So Aaron, I came across an article from 2014. Between 2010 and 2012 US border agents stepped in front of vehicle 62 times to justify shooting. Guess whose name is mentioned Jon Ross has been under review for repeatedly doing this www.thenation.com/article/arch...

My Love; “How you doing, what with all the US news today?” Me *scooping ice out of the ice machine into a white wine glass with my bare hands* “Yup, good I think… “

There is a strategy in adopting the evangelical group. Their mentality is a hierarchy of: God (head of universe), Man (head of family), Wife, Children. They are loyal to whomever the head is. Trump just sits there currently. If Trump goes, Vance takes the head position. It's a strong strategy.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

The infiltration of the US Army ranks appears to be far advanced, if not already complete. This means the last government firewall against authoritarianism in the USA has fallen. It is now up to us, the people. At the ballot box, in the streets, in front of government offices, and at the economy.

got your nose

Don't overthink the Trump admin's reasoning here. They don't have a grand scheme. They are willing to upend the international order because they think everyone else will be too scared to fuck with them. And whatever terrorist attacks this inspires against us will just help them electorally.

It has been an exhausting year.

In case any of you were wondering why this happening . . .

US political podcasters today 🤦‍♀️

The organized astroturfing and financing of these extreme ideologies is one of the key stories of our time

Full on neo-Nazi conspiracy theories from the president tonight — the very same invasion and replacement conspiracy theories that have fueled a cycle of deadly violence targeting so many communities including immigrants, Jews, Latinos, the Black community, Muslims, and more.

Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate. Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness 😊

Katter's son in law is Robert Nioa of Nioa Munitions - Australian armaments dealer, gun lobbyist and friend of Donald Jnr and I assume a donor to KAP! #auspol

I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury

🤣😆 How can anyone not love Zelenskyy? I will say that it’s pretty sad that the world has become one big troll competition though. Since we have to get through each day now, I guess this helps getting us by.

we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.

IMO a bit of ‘state nannying’ of our kids is part of the social contract. My teen got kicked off social media yesterday; today she got approved for an NDIS package for several thousand $. I *like* living in a country that tries to protect & support its kids - the alternative looks like a nightmare

I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children. They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.

This is fine if u think govt should tell u what u can do based on ur genitals but traditionally & in the recent (some of these same people might say preferable) past that's not worked out great for women's independence Beware the white nationalists coopting feminist terms for very un-feminist aims

So presumably Barnaby Joyce is Islamophobic and racist against our first peoples right? Because he just CHOSE to hitch his caravan to that circus

If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.” johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...

MY WIFE IS ALWAYS OUT WITH HER CHURCH FRIENDS!! #ART

This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

On this day in 2017, Parliament passed the Marriage Amendment Act 2017, legalising marriage equality in Australia. 🌈

i’m feeling very french lately

absolutely incredible stuff on Fox Business as hosts transition from lecturing Americans about personal debt to showing off Kevin O'Leary's $5 million watch *in the same segment*!

This podcast is unbelievably good ~ “The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” 🤘🔥

Adriana was a nurse. She went to ER for severe headaches & they sent her home She was brain dead the next day They turned her into an incubator to gestate a 9 week old fetus. Chance is still hospitalized. The forced birth brigade call it a miracle but won’t support the family.

How is this not just a speed run into a second dark ages? The brain drain must be extraordinary over there right now.

The Pentagon just cratered the White House underbussing of Kegbreath’s War Crime. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson openly confirmed that the strikes that hit survivors to finish them off were “presidentially directed” and fully backed by SecDef (SecWar?) Pete Hegseth.

A U.S. soldier was executed on the streets of the U.S. capital, yet the flags remain at full-staff. But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days. WTH? Tonight...

If you only have time for one podcast today, make it this one. It’s a brilliant explainer on class consciousness and what real community solidarity looks like. Everyday choices either build community or hand more power to the corporatists creating an Australia of haves and have-nots. Bravo! 👏