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Retired from Dept. of English at Eastern Oregon University. Author of “Sailor” and “The Book of Sympathetic Magic.” Navy vet, and unapologetic liberal. Please, no DMs
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One of my many fears is that the next Democratic president will spend too much time talking about "the importance of not dwelling on the past" instead of prosecuting every single one of the people responsible for this nightmare.

submitted 12 hours ago • 547 comments

WTAF? I just turned on the TV for the first time today and the puppy killing witch has had my senator dragged out of a presser in handcuffs for asking a question?! What is happening?!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

Senator Alex Padilla was fulfilling his Congressional oversight duties when he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration. There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.

submitted 1 day ago • 251 comments

What kind of world do we live in where a sitting Senator can’t ask a question of a public official without being dragged away and handcuffed? This footage is outrageous — it’s something I’d expect out of an authoritarian nation, not the United States of America.

submitted 1 day ago • 160 comments

The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem. Right fucking now.

submitted 1 day ago • 256 comments

This certainly violates to going-and-coming clause of the Constitution.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Never trust a man who does not wear socks with a suit.

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submitted 4 days ago • 185 comments

Ferlinghetti for the win.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I'm originally from Kent, Ohio. Nothing good will come from pitting the National Guard against civilians. #4DeadinOhio

submitted 5 days ago • 57 comments

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did 🚨🚨🚨

submitted 5 days ago • 102 comments

⚠️ Warning: The Trump administration is circulating footage from 2020 to make the situation in L.A. appear more chaotic than it is. This is an intentional effort to manufacture a larger crisis. Stay alert. Pay attention. The propaganda machine is in overdrive.

submitted 5 days ago • 123 comments

The best place to get coverage of the protests in LA is from video from individuals on the scene. The totalitarian government is lying about them and the traditional media is largely unreliable — complicit or fatuously both-sidesey.

submitted 6 days ago • 74 comments

Thank you!! 💚✊ We asked you to record everything, photos, videos, all of it, and you showed up. You helped us capture the truth. So proud of every one of you. Tomorrow, there will be more of us. We love you all!

submitted 5 days ago • 70 comments

Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse. Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse. A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse. Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

submitted 5 days ago • 544 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

What’s unlawful about it?

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

They keep saying this administration is the most transparent ever, which is true if they mean the most transparently corrupt.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Great suggestion. I hope it catches on. 🤣🤣

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Elon should explain to us exactly how he won the election for Trump.

submitted 8 days ago • 427 comments

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

submitted 8 days ago • 725 comments

Ecosystems are unhealthy when they stay insulated from the outside. Truth Social is a death cult. I don’t want Bluesky to be the same thing in the opposite direction. So diverse opinions are welcome on my feed. Just be ready to back them up…respectfully.

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

I hate what our government is doing. Hate it.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

submitted 11 days ago • 344 comments

🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Mike Johnson’s smirk colors everything he says. It feels smug, not sincere—and when the topic is public health...that delivery doesn’t just distract...it disqualifies. It drains trust and diminishes the gravity of serious issues. When you remember, they don't care...you realize they're mocking us.

submitted 12 days ago • 564 comments

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

submitted 13 days ago • 194 comments

The reality that masked men without proper identification are confronting and arresting and taking away people should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.

submitted 15 days ago • 558 comments

I was going to argue in favor of joy from the film “Yesterday,” but there’s a too-strong current of sadness even there.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Or when they gutted the VRA. Or when they overturned Roe v Wade. There is a pretty long list from the Roberts court to choose from.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

How “close” exactly?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Exactly. Why talk about the end of democracy when there’s a tan suit to focus on.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I stopped watching much earlier than that. In fact, almost all big media is unwatchable.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Harvard's Sidechat. Who agrees?

submitted 21 days ago • 1328 comments

All the time.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

submitted 28 days ago • 94 comments