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"A sharp-witted shield-warrior who thinks well must be able to judge each of the two things, words and works."
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Jeffries should have been out there IMMEDIATELY saying that his entire caucus was filing articles of impeachment against Noem. These people LOVE to issue letters. Think of this as a souped up letter and then BASH HER WITH IT DAILY. Every time you can start a sentence with: "NOEM must be impeached"

Losing Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in a 48-hour span, just brutal. That’s an immense amount of music history and creative brainpower gone. Arguably two of the greatest artistic peaks we’ve ever seen in American music post-WW2.

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

I agree with Greta.

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The LA Times put out an edition of the official Watts Riots report, illustrated with their own photos, and my mother got a copy. This is the photo they used for the section on "Gang Violence". It's one if my oldest memories and I tip my cap to the editorial team there.

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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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At no point in this entire article of 16 paragraphs does ABC mention that another cop killed this cop by shooting her in the back. Nor does it mention the name of the cop who killed this cop. Nor does it mention that the civilians involved never fired at them. ABC might as well be state media.

I've been assuming that ICE was padding out their numbers by sending out all their own wannabes with big racism hard-ons. They don't need training or proper kit to stand around as extras fondling their guns.

Trump: LAPD isn't brutal enough. Send the National Guard! LAPD horse: Hold my feedbag.

I suggest DC-style gogo for protests, like Chuck Brown and Experience Unlimited (aka EU). That could turn any event into a block party. youtu.be/Cvmtx5wMayM?...

What the fuck is the point of paying money to a police department if they won’t protect people from hostile masked kidnappers?

Bananas and coffee can be grown on US territory, but not in useful quantities. (Bananas are why Dole sponsored grabbing Hawaii.) I don't think we can grow tea or chocolate, though. It's dismaying that the regime's tariff explainers aren't prepared to discuss any of this.

My very hot take: CBO is basically the most functional component of the legislative branch. The staff are super smart, non-partisan (their analysis annoys both Ds and Rs), and prolific--putting out incredibly helpful public materials and backup data. It's Congress's jewel.

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

Too funny, NOT!!!

This is very dangerous for all city employees and people who might need their help.

The ACLU has information on this, including a map. "Border" includes coasts! www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Warren's report is here: www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do... - It's 14 pages and could likely be turned into a 5 page artful zine that can be printed and distributed across the country.

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I've been thinking about Pol Pot lately. I suppose the Khmer Rouge are just old-people history now. Watch "The Killing Fields" if you have the stomach to see how "Good Old Days" nationalism plays out for regular people. Or "Swimming to Cambodia" if you can only manage a witty white guy explaining.

As @chucktingle.bsky.social wrote, "PROVING LOVE is about taking it where it is needed most, taking COMPASSION AND LOVE AND TRUTH INTO BATTLE. it is so easy to tell my fellow buckaroos that love is real but there is WORK to be done as well". What is our next level of work to stop this evil crap?

The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

I keep thinking about all the dedicated prayer warriors, on their knees to help God fight off Satan and his demons, who so far have managed a couple million friendly-fire casualties and uncountable misery.

The Black Panthers have always been my heros. I didn't understand how smart their tactics and strategy were was until I was older. Now I've learned enough to admire the depth of their moral position.

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