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All Eyes on Los Angeles this evening as state and federal forces appear to be firing Tigas and flashbangs into crowds of peaceful protesters in an attempt to escalate. The only people here doing violence are the police and federal forces sent in by the Republicans.

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Trump took Christmas

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Some have been so numbed to the creep of power that they keep asking what if this turns violent. Friends, it is violent.

submitted 146 days ago • 30 comments

50protests.com

submitted 146 days ago • 40 comments

elon: telling ppl who works for me is a crime economic times of india: here is every life detail of the Indian kid

submitted 146 days ago • 70 comments

Passing on a note from a colleague: People with federal student loans should download their files IMMEDIATELY. These files are currently on the studentaid.gov website, which may get deleted if Trump follows through with his EO to shut down DOE

submitted 146 days ago • 92 comments

The thing that pisses me off is that Elon has zero actual power. He can get locked up by any municipal or county prosecutor or sheriff. All it takes is for one to have the goddam stones to enforce the law.

submitted 150 days ago • 4 comments

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

submitted 147 days ago • 723 comments

Today we really need dozens of members of Congress to physically enter buildings that have been commandeered by DOGE interns and refuse to leave until things are fixed, whatever that might mean. I can't think of another option.

submitted 147 days ago • 60 comments

Correction: White House announces 25% tax on US Citizens purchasing items from Mexico and Canada

submitted 150 days ago • 5 comments

If you’re in an institution doing any kind of DEI work, the most important thing to do right now is simply call it something else. Change it to “Community Outreach” & then keep on doing the same important work. When they outlaw Community Outreach rebrand it as “Strategic Partnerships,” rinse/repeat.

submitted 156 days ago • 47 comments

Democrats: How can we go viral? (a pastor goes mega-viral for calling Trump a bigot to his face) Democrats: What if Tim Kaine made a BLT on Instagram Live

submitted 157 days ago • 211 comments

This should go without saying, but if you’re in the US and there’s something you’re planning to do to protest what’s going on that involves anything more than calling your representatives or waving signs in public, don’t post about those plans on social media Make good trouble, but be smart.

submitted 157 days ago • 5 comments

Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked." She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.

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Pete Hegseth honored those who died on 9/11 by showing up to their New York City memorial site in his underwear. Is that the type of decision making we want running the Department of Defense?

submitted 167 days ago • 2029 comments

Now this, this is looting. Ain’t nobody gonna be arrested for it either.

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There's always money to pay executives but never enough to pay for safety inspections and equipment.

submitted 170 days ago • 26 comments

Re-upping this. If you happen to know how to get a hold of Biden, could you let him know?

submitted 169 days ago • 195 comments

Reminder, again, that when current nominee to be Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, was being vetted to be Ambassador to the Netherlands, he told me he had no proof of his naturalization.

submitted 169 days ago • 36 comments

Bezos buying influence with direct bribery of the incoming president’s wife. Perfect .

submitted 174 days ago • 77 comments

some LA country + ways to support musicians in the area www.dontrocktheinbox.com/p/put-a-reco...

submitted 171 days ago • 1 comment

another thing we don't talk about is nestlé "Nestlé has sucked up, on average, 25x as much water as it may have a right to, according to the Story of Stuff Project, an environmental group that has been fighting to stop the bottled water company’s pumping in CA for yrs." www.hcn.org/articles/cli...

submitted 172 days ago • 9 comments

Ladies: If your body is telling you to sleep, you need to sleep. 💤

submitted 172 days ago • 2 comments

While LA firefighters were running out of water… Rick Caruso, the real estate developer and former L.A. mayoral candidate, hired private firefighters to save his upscale shopping center in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday night. The question is: did he use public water for this?

submitted 172 days ago • 1182 comments

Many members of the animation community have suffered unimaginable losses due to the LA wildfires – here is how to help displaced individuals in the animation industry. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY SO WE CAN HELP EVERYONE OUT!

submitted 171 days ago • 41 comments

Get rid of highways and rebuild the cities to reflect human life and foot/no vehicle travel like it was for all of history. The future is what we imagine. We do not need to continue repeating the same mistakes forever. We can and must rebuild and rebuild better.

submitted 171 days ago • 5 comments

This is making rounds. I’ll just drop it right here.

submitted 172 days ago • 204 comments

Planet Fitness locations in Los Angeles are “offering anyone impacted by the fires—first responders and residents—free access to shower, recharge, and relax” No membership is required to take advantage of locker rooms, WiFi, charging stations at any LA County location not impacted by the fires.

submitted 173 days ago • 171 comments

FYI my pal Eva and comrades have been doing the work supporting unhoused people in LA for YEARS and I can 100000000% percent vouch that any funds you send to her will be used for direct aid. Venmo here: venmo.com/u/Catherine-...

submitted 173 days ago • 8 comments

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

submitted 173 days ago • 84 comments

Your Daily Affirmation: Even though everything appears to be on fire, I am chilly. Even though the world is awash in heinous fuckery most foul, I am decent, kind, and thoughtful. Just because this is the current normal, does not mean it's normal, and I can make it better.#chill

submitted 173 days ago • 9 comments

OpenAI’s path to profitability is to rely heavily on government contracts, there’s just not enough revenue in toaster ovens that insult your culinary choices. This is a big reason why so many tech execs are sucking up to the president elect; it also presages a huge transfer of public $ to tech.

submitted 175 days ago • 9 comments

This is the party Elon Musk is endorsing and will have a big streamed interview with their leader next week in X.

submitted 177 days ago • 56 comments

LOOK at who the January 6th terrorists are..👇. Over 800 have pleaded guilty to crimes on January 6th. www.threads.net/@moosedog66/...

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I think journalists, policymakers and good govt types are struggling to understand DOGE because their mental model is that it is a government reform commission, operating like previous ones. Maybe. But it might be better to start thinking about it as a hostile takeover of the govt by oligarchs.

submitted 177 days ago • 411 comments

Don’t gloss over this New Orleans development. “Explosive compound not seen before in the US”: www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

submitted 177 days ago • 76 comments

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

submitted 177 days ago • 893 comments