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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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The reality is that protest in the U.S. has never been peaceful or lawful. In fact, a “founding father”, Thomas Jefferson, explicitly said rebellion (even if could become violent) was not threatening and actually a good and necessary thing. /1

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NEW: A data broker owned by major airlines sold domestic US flight data to DHS, telling the dept. not to disclose that, according to records obtained by @404media.co—copublished in partnership with @wired.com. No paywall bc FOIA @josephcox.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/airlin...

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

Airlines sell passenger data to the feds through a separate data broker they spun up and put in the contract that DHS is not allowed to tell anyone that it comes from the airlines: www.404media.co/airlines-don...

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Our new IMR paper on the great replacement theory is now open-access. We find that about 20% (!) of German adults believe that white majorities are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants in a secretive attempt by malevolent elites to undermine their own country. doi.org/10.1177/0197...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

So anyway what yall gon do for lunch today? Im thinking a bento box from this local joint

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

I would expect we start to see a wave of peaceful protest and broken windows accounts show up to try and demotivate people from acting out against the accelerating attacks by governmental forces in LA here very shortly.

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

Peaceful protest doesn't negate the need for tactical protective gear. Highly recommend protesters and potential protesters get what you may need now. Head gear, eye protection, body armor, etc.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12

submitted 5 days ago • 136 comments

Here's a list of recommended reads: www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

submitted 5 days ago • 789 comments

Don't wear goggles to a protest unless they're rated shatter resistant. You're better off with NO eye protection than eyewear that will send shards of plastic into your eye. If you can't find shatterproof goggles, get lacrosse goggles. Cheap and effective eye protection from larger munitions.

submitted 5 days ago • 27 comments

Just FYI to LA folks: If you see ICE in your community, call the LA Rapid Response Network Hotline at 1-888-624-4752 to report it.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Tomorrow is LA Pride, it is a very colorful and incredible celebration.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

This is excellent news! Hopefully universities are investing in their liberal arts departments to meet this demand. But before I check, let me take this big sip of water.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

gag order is more like it

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

yeah, and this goes well beyond health. the govt told a lot of people they could live here legally and it's now incarcerating them. last year, the fbi told the public it didn't need warrants for a surveillance program that wiretaps americans b/c it was policing itself. and it just fired the police.

submitted 23 days ago • 7 comments

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

submitted 23 days ago • 560 comments

“Trump has long planned to use government agencies to constrain his opponents’ political activities, and that’s now underway.” Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker newrepublic.com/article/1955... via @newrepublic.com

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND YOUR SOULMATE ON A DATING APP! You need to run away from home chasing rumors of your martyred sister, only to get captured by slavers, until the most feared pirate queen of the south sea raids the ship, and together you feed the slavers to the sea 🌊🙌🏽🔥

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

We need to talk about “researchers.”

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

"Financial-aid offices are reporting delays, breakdowns, and deteriorating communication from the Education Department" www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Trump and MAGA knew the Democrats were weak fucks and would bow to any sort of "norms" conversation in the press because they're marks and not cut out to represent the people of this country. They are soft, selfish, old dicks.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

‘Shari Redstone, wants to clear a path for her big media merger. Apparently she’s willing to sacrifice the network’s journalistic integrity and credibility to do so.’ Via @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-sha...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Whew. The progressive DA candidate won his primary. He was running against a more conservative candidate who brought in a bunch of money from outside Philly. He was supported by trade unions and the more conservative ward leaders (including my ward leader, yuck!). Relieved at this result!

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

We can’t fully fight Trump because a lot of people like him because they think “immigrants/ Blacks / LGBTQ+” got too much And are enjoying the way Trump resets expectations

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Yup. I continue to say that AI is for those who fetishize THE IDEA and dismiss THE WORK. It's for those people who come up to writers and say, "I got a great idea for a book, I'll give it to you, you write it, and we'll split the profits 50/50," as if the idea is the hardest and most important part.

submitted 23 days ago • 74 comments

This is actually the nut of it: Leadership (elected or otherwise) is not about YOU - it's about your goals and your team. It's about them. Too many have forgotten that.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

no. stop. don't. so sad. how could this happen? the tragedy, the horror, noooooo 🥰

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Straight-up misogyny is the explanation for 2024 that accords best with the actual vote shifts. But for some reason if you mention it a ton of people rush out of the woodwork to go “no no no! it’s inflation and Harris’s policy choices! Which for some reason only men cared about!”

submitted 23 days ago • 83 comments

"Revolt" is an odd choice to describe a peaceful boycott led by black ministers. We're consumers, not subjects or employees. Target has never had a right to our dollar.

submitted 23 days ago • 30 comments

These goons want a filibuster exception but only for when the Senate wants to nuke an agency's rules.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy. This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

submitted 23 days ago • 1177 comments

The thing about for-profit mass incarceration is that they will keep widening the net of people to feed into the machine as long as it keeps printing money

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Both parties are not the same.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Infuriating to see over and over that being a Democratic president, member of Congress, or Supreme Court justice are the only jobs in America where it’s considered gauche to suggest that it might be good for everyone if an elderly and/or sick person were to retire

submitted 23 days ago • 18 comments

Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman welcomed to Columbia College's graduation ceremony with sustained jeers and boos. Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":

submitted 24 days ago • 112 comments