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In the end, widespread popular resistance beats military force. Two things are thus required. 1) Ongoing protest. Moreover, growing protest. If you can join them, do so. 2) Exposing and publicizing these fascist thugs’ brutality so as to erode support and increase public anger.

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.

submitted 18 hours ago • 992 comments

"everything here was pretty chill today, not sure what all the fuss was about, we don't particularly see any need for escalation" --literally the LAPD

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Welcome to America's Reichstag Fire.

submitted 17 hours ago • 36 comments

repeat after me: no matter how funny this feud gets we still do not nor will we ever support elon musk, amen

submitted 2 days ago • 58 comments

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

submitted 2 days ago • 1700 comments

I’m sure this is all just more of that high-level chess I’ve been hearing about. ♟️🙄

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

We did not have any of this drama when Joe Biden’s clone was president.

submitted 3 days ago • 30 comments

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

It's important to challenge this in the courts. It's also important to understand that Trump engages in performative behavior when he wants you to ignore something else he's doing. Don't look away.

submitted 3 days ago • 139 comments

NYT, Page One: “Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.” @nytimes.com

submitted 4 days ago • 412 comments

“…an inspector noted in the report that the person in charge of the club’s food and beverage service “fails to demonstrate knowledge of food safety…” Well, at least the ineptitude is consistent.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This is beautiful.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A ‘snafu’ is a situation marked by errors or confusion. ‘Snafu’ comes from WW2 and is an acronym for “Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.” Yes, really.

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

Finally watched the Joni Ernst videos and… I mean, I…. It’s just infuriating how much they think they can get away with. They truly believe the the voters are so beaten down and so disengaged and so hopeless that they can do That to you, and still draw a salary from your money

submitted 7 days ago • 434 comments

DOGE was never about savings or actual efficiency. It’s about an administrative authoritarian takeover of our republic. It's hard to overstate how insane it is that Republicans let a drug-fueled narcissist destroy our government for the past three months. Read more here: bit.ly/4kRzaHl

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

Is this why we’ve been seeing so many masked, unidentified ICE agents? As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE. DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers. ☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121

submitted 7 days ago • 442 comments

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

really distressing videos from Antonio Guillén @uninoticias.bsky.social outside the San Antonio courthouse yesterday, showing mothers & kids loaded into an ICE truck. You can see one child physically hold up his mother as she begins panic, before agents step in www.univision.com/local/san-an...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

submitted 8 days ago • 183 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 34 comments

Feckless cowards!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

US government spending since Jan. 21 “is up 8.7% over the equivalent period in 2024 .. “.. 7.2% over 2023.” 🇺🇸 @jesskarl.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

submitted 9 days ago • 248 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 611 comments

Of COURSE he does. Shortsighted vindictiveness is the WisGOP way! www.wpr.org/news/derrick...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I’m going to guess that all of the shipping/tariff surcharges that American small businesses have incurred these past few months are going to stand. 🫠 Huzzah. #somuchwinning

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submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

We are like six months from them outlawing seatbelts.

submitted 11 days ago • 338 comments