Are we proud of ourselves, America? THIS HAS TO STOP

sorry it's just that none of us are used to people with principles so everything feels new and shocking

What’s going on in America? Just watch this video.

Captain Torture

OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.

Thread: Who’s Threatening Who?

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

And on top of everything else, those stupid brown shoes and the top-tight suit.

This is nuts why

Let’s goooooo

This thread. What is happening in America today.

Once, back in the 1970s, Browne introduced him in concert as “the Ernest Hemingway of the 12-string guitar.” Afterward, Zevon corrected him: “No, Jackson — the Charles Bronson of the 12-string guitar.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a... #giftlink

This thread describes something that the US government is doing to its people in 2025.

Can’t get all excited just because some unknown rando says I’M A PROGRESSIVE WITH PROGRESSIVE OPINIONS

Let’s gooooooo

Here is another absolutely spectacular Mexican WWII poster

#Jamaica needs our support more than ever right now and, never ones to shy away from self-reliance, they’ve set up an officially sanctioned website for recovery donations. The footage of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in St. Elizabeth coming in from my family is HARROWING. supportjamaica.gov.jm

Reminds me of the missing person posters in lower Manhattan post-9/11. Except now the terrorists are coming from inside the house.

At last, some good news.

I love the contrast to Canada's approach

Mr Entitlement of 2025

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

Yes! We must demand more than just saying “I’m progressive!” Show you’ve done more than be a loudmouth on the internet!

For shame, America

Every moment spent talking about Plattner’s crappy life choices is a moment stolen from talking about what the Republican Party is doing to the USA and the world. In conclusion, please fuck off Mr Plattner.

Here’s a handy thread

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Look how all 3 have blue ties on. Members of Trump’s cabinet have to wait to be told how to dress when they’re going to the Oval Office. Like children.

Read this thread please, it won’t take long and it contains a world.

IDK what that means going fwd but it is a Very Big Deal that people with a lot of wealth and political power suddenly feel a personal stake in this issue It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/

Zeteo traveled to Chicago for a first-hand look at the president's militarized crackdown on one of America’s great cities. Watch @swin24.bsky.social's report: zeteo.com/p/watch-insi...

I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office

Number 606: a remote your television uses on you

Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country? It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware. When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."

Wait. Has anyone actually checked Janet Mills’s chest?

The hell with this shit

New 20 just dropped to commemorate the Trump presidency

Shithole country

This thread

Friendly reminder that Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops Tuesday and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about those who abused her and the cost of silence. Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.

With alt text. Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

Wish it were millions, but really glad thousands of people are watching this on #NoKings morning.

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

This is what is happening in the USA right now.

Yes.

Alec K is a treasure.

Monsters

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