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Checked in with Tim Walz spokesperson and as of three min ago, President Trump had not called him, according to the governor’s office

submitted 2 hours ago • 81 comments

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

submitted 20 hours ago • 215 comments

i read and learned a lot about melissa hortman today. one thing is clear—she refused to back down from fighting for what’s right, again and again. honoring her life means we don’t back down either. it means we keep going out there, again and again, for as long as it takes.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

youtu.be/17GCBtKYaOg?...

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Queens out here saying NO KINGS can I get a hell yeah

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

the modal protestor is going to be a retired elementary school teacher in a big sun hat who wears her little-old-ladydom like armor. it is true that there are risks but the risks are not especially large.

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Trump and his admin are not acting in any semblance of good faith, but the courts are accustomed to giving the executive branch a presumption of regularity and good faith. The result is a giant loophole that lets Trump flagrantly outside the law while the courts chase down every bad-faith appeal.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

@jeffgerstmann.com

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I'm seeing a lot of stuff from business newsletters and news outlets that Apple "disappointed" by not talking enough about AI at their recent event. Maybe they are just ahead of the curve on this.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax

submitted 3 days ago • 138 comments

I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

submitted 4 days ago • 100 comments

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

submitted 4 days ago • 270 comments

JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins. Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39. Measure to bar privatization up 63/37. That's already with 51K+ ballots counted. Context:

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

How can I sleep with scenes like these in LA?

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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told. “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another. (Published April 2025)

submitted 4 days ago • 50 comments

Woah boy. This regime is really getting in deep! The regime is unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the impending transfers to the infamous military facility, including close U.S. allies such as Britain, Germany and France. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

Trump giving a partisan political speech on a military base to active duty troops, something that George Washington said in his farewell address to the nation that a president should never do. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 5 days ago • 368 comments

It is a disgrace that the Department of Defense continues to post partisan political messages on social media and a disgrace that the DHS Secretary is making political statements about elections from the Oval Office. They piss on this country’s traditions daily. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 5 days ago • 1153 comments

Lots of people seem to think this is bad for red states too but I’m not so sure. Trump says he wants to personally make the disaster relief decisions. He’ll help his cronies and punish those who won’t kiss his ass. That’s life under mob-style governance.

submitted 5 days ago • 242 comments

why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this

submitted 5 days ago • 390 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.

submitted 6 days ago • 52 comments

Them: “LA is a full on insurrection” Us at the protest:

submitted 6 days ago • 163 comments

Me watching "The Fugitive": "I can't believe all this lawless Irishness is allowed in Chicago."

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!” ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you

submitted 103 days ago • 90 comments

Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.

submitted 7 days ago • 445 comments

the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they don’t anticipate pushback and they don’t know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, you’ve lost face. (1/?)

submitted 7 days ago • 171 comments

Hope other countries are excited for the LA Olympics!

submitted 7 days ago • 78 comments

It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian

submitted 8 days ago • 381 comments

I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!

submitted 8 days ago • 210 comments

Fuck Splitgate 2

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Sigh. How? By letting them fight it out yes but also stepping up with bold policy ideas so people know there is a robust alternative. Come on guys. This isn’t complicated and it isn’t punditry.

submitted 9 days ago • 25 comments

We all need to prepare ourselves mentally for when they are all best friends again and do not ever mention any of this again and feel absolutely no cognitive dissonance about it.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Don't think it's entirely kayfabe, but I mostly agree with Elie here:

submitted 10 days ago • 24 comments

it’s incredibly clear that trump has absolutely no idea what his admin is actually doing on basically any front

submitted 10 days ago • 36 comments

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away