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It’s time. Past time. We need a woman’s strike. Don’t leave your bed or couch…for 7 days. They forget. Make them remember our power. We feed you. We get your groceries. We wash your fucking clothes. We clean your nasty toilets. We raise you , sometimes, misogynist boys

The Financial Times editorial board calls on all members of the European Union to -Ban trade with Israeli settlements -Sanction settlers and settler organizations -Suspend offensive weapon exports to Israel -Sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir -Recognize the State of Palestine

And it took them how long to figure that out?

That lady is an actual hero

Pam Bondi is a "disgusting abomination", to borrow a recent phrase from US headlines.

I am so sick of the average stupid America who believes Crypto is the end all and be all..the next great thing..it's a Scam..a ponzi..a Wall Street fake Pump & Dump..and people are buying this crap..it's based only what the next guy will pay for it.

A part of history I never knew, the persecution of Chinese people in Nazi Germany. Because China and Germany were such large trading partners, there were Chinatowns in Hamburg, Berlin, and Bremen. Until 1944 when the Gestapo rounded up all Chinese people and sent them to work camps.

Pedocon theory is so real we should start calling it pedocon law

For now!

David Huerta, the president of SEIU California, was just injured and detained by ICE for exercising his First Amendment rights. This is immoral and un-American. Here’s the thing about the labor movement—when you come after one of us, you’re coming after all of us.

"A miracle. This film is a balm for your soul." THE LIFE OF CHUCK. In Select Cities Friday, Everywhere 6.13. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlN1...

Two weeks ago, Ben Schrader - the highly respected chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville - announced he had resigned. According to LinkedIn data, that was May 21 - the same day as Abrego Garcia's indictment. 1/2

FEDS RUN OVER PROTESTER IN STREETS Live on ABC 7 - federal agents in a white van ran over a protester, leaving them injured in the streets, and sped away.

They are just randomly arresting brown people and don’t give a fuck who it is.

“Harvard University’s $120B endowment is ammunition for our enemies, & we can’t let the enemy have that much ammunition or we’re gonna lose” - JD Vance, May 2021, at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life (Vance launched his US Senate campaign less than 2 months later. 1/

This FBI isn't there to protect the country, they're there to protect Donald Trump and advance his racist agenda.

The fact that the person who was head of intelligence for the MPD was working giving information to the head of the Proud Boys as they were running around trying to menace people around the city has only merited the most cursory of attention is frankly amazing to me.

Not gonna lie, I'm framing a screenshot of this post & hanging it on my wall. #TheLifeOfChuck

They'll settle for $50M and your tax money will go to pay Enrique Tarrio and his family.

UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI

If you had important information for voters, and kept it to yourself to sell books after it was too late, you’re not a hero. You’re an asshole.

Working day and night posting for Elon for less than minimum wage without even knowing how much money you’re actually going to get paid every two weeks cause your self-esteem is so low you value yourself by being able to court the hatred of successful people. Huge loser.

Remember that Republicans are not against government spending; they are against government spending only on the selected programs they hate, and just fine with bloated spending on those programs they like.

Sorry I’m a broken record about this. Republican-appointed federal judges in the circuit and district courts are better than everyone says. Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices are even worse than everyone says.

These two orders combine to provide DOGE with both access to extremely sensitive information and protections against accountability. 1. Access: bsky.app/profile/chri...

Sad but true

Every white American should take Harvard’s implicit racial bias test.

Authoritarianism thrives on despair and isolation. But becoming involved with collective decision-making and action is a crucial part of sustaining our sense of agency and democracy. Here are some ideas on how to start building community, locally: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...

This.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court *limits* discovery into the Department of Government Efficiency’s internal workings in a dispute that asks if the initiative must comply with public records requests, and orders D.C. Circuit to narrow requests for info. Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson dissent. #SCOTUS

Slava Ukraini

"The decision lets DOGE have full access to personally identifiable information in the Social Security Administration database while the case proceeds on appeal."

Why Is Pete Hegseth Going to War Against Harvey Milk, 48 Years After He Was Assassinated? talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/pete-he...

The arbitrary exercise of power against political opponents is the signature move of authoritarian leaders

Huge swath of Northern California to be preserved by the largest-ever land transfer to a tribal nation in the state. The Yurok Tribe has regained 47,000 acres in the Blue Creek watershed area. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

History doesn't repeat itself. Big Balls has never destroyed Social Security before, Kekius Maximus hasn't released the Epstein files to take down the President before the President nukes Starlink (literally or metaphorical), we've never had all of this transmitted by screenshots of Tweets.