This is awful, but also “woman murdered by ICE correctly perceived ICE as a threat” is not the gotcha they think it is

Good thread.

MAGA is indeed a serious problem, but the existence of the institution is also a serious problem. We should not abide the existence of a "law enforcement" department which kidnaps US citizens because they're brown or have accents. We should not abide the existence of those who say "papers please"

Elon thirstmachine "stillgray" moved so fast he sprained a wrist firing up his Tor Onion browser for something other than [redacted] today.

There really WAS a time when information outlets of all kinds felt like they had to present real verifiable facts to the public lest they lose market share and lose income. Journalists could spin like mad, but large outlets considered fabrication an existential risk. 1/n

If Obama has any sense of responsibility for the country he once led, he should pull a John Quincy Adams, land a House seat with the intention of becoming Speaker, and as a leader less naive in 2026 than in 2008, reassert legislative branch power. Opposition to MAGA needs a charismatic leader.

Is Jerome Powell the only person in a position of power over an independent company or institution with a fucking spine?

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Another day, another impeachable offense.

The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.

ICE Confirms Agents Do Not Have Faces Beneath Masks https://theonion.com/ice-confirms-agents-do-not-have-faces-beneath-masks/

I've seen the future, brother

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Your periodic reminder that all law enforcement press releases should be required by law to be under oath with penalty of perjury, with any purported facts later proven to be misleading or fabricated against a defendant resulting in dismissal of defendants' criminal charges with prejudice.

We don't have to live like this.

America is the failing state that it has become because a large majority of Americans are either on board with the lawlessness of the regime, or, because they're not impacted severely and RIGHT NOW, don't really care. I expect there will be only one way to escape. A comprehensive general strike.

Question: You know what's worse than what Edolf has done to Twitter/X? Answer: That some of you see what he's done and are still there.

"Today we’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue. It was their last act of patriotism." This is tragic:

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

What do the markets say the over/under is on Greenland being next now?

The lawless regime attacked another country and abducted its dictator without congressional authorization. Impeachable war crimes continue, the "Peace With Trump or War With Harris" mouthpieces are chuckling in their coffees this morning; they knew it was a joke all along. Why did anyone buy it?

And the thread's punchline:

Thread, and a demonstration why it's a shame that short form content won out.

looking forward to the scolding we're all going to get for calling this guy a piece of shit after he dies

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

"...standing for liberal democracy" is an interesting way to phrase "aided, abetted, supported, and likely *participated* in a coup attempt, and has never repented nor been held accountable for that crime." Guess The Bulwark thinks treason is OK now so long as the traitor has a spat with Trump.

To everyone who refused to vote for Harris, Bibi "War Crimes All The Times" Netanyahu thanks you. It doesn't fucking matter one bit what you *meant* to do. What's happening was predictable and was predicted to be worse than anything a Harris administration would've done.

And every time you visit the website some random pop up shows up with an audio track you cannot skip

The reason so many are surprised to find that Bardot was a POS is that the French took a novel approach. Instead of giving a racist old has-been's views the oxygen of outrage, they largely shunned her. We could all learn something here.

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that. We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs. Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.

“it is illegal for you not to like me”

Antivax is morally equivalent to intentional drunk driving and claiming drunk drivers do nothing wrong, and it should be treated the same way.

"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."

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The conviction I will take to my grave - however prematurely - is that evil can be eloquent but it cannot be intelligent. Evil shits where it eats. Evil overextends itself. Evil wages war on reality. Good luck with that. This is going to end, and then - as ever - young people will dance and build

Spiking a news story the day before publication to protect an authoritarian regime is like stuffing ballot boxes after the polls close to rig an election. It's not how the pros do it; if you waited that long, you're already in trouble; and you're not fooling anyone.