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“DEI” wth a hard R

submitted 1 hour ago • 22 comments

going to keep saying: a society that would like to maintain its basic functions has really got to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by people in positions of authority

submitted 12 hours ago • 57 comments

What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.

submitted 2 hours ago • 156 comments

lmfao, man

submitted 3 hours ago • 238 comments

I am hearing people on our side describing Brad Lander, Mayor Baraka & Senator Padilla's arrests as "stunts" designed to boost their electoral prospects. First of all, I know that Brad Lander has been quietly accompanying migrants to their appointments for YEARS now, long before he ran for mayor.

submitted 3 hours ago • 19 comments

Reuters: US JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM REQUIRING 20 DEMOCRATIC-LED STATES TO COOPERATE WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO OBTAIN TRANSPORTATION GRANT FUNDING

submitted 4 hours ago • 74 comments

One of these photos is how HBO's The Watchmen depicted a fascist police force back in 2018 The others are real photos of the ICE agents who are rounding people up and disappearing them in Boston, Denver, L.A., and elsewhere

submitted 11 days ago • 66 comments

if you know what "toyotathon" is, you can learn what juneteenth is

submitted 6 hours ago • 5 comments

The protestors I spoke with at Dodger Stadium today are convinced that ICE did this today to intimidate the team to stay silent after the team announced last night it would unveil an initiative to help immigrant communities later today.

submitted 6 hours ago • 15 comments

Interesting, I didn’t realize ICE could just unilaterally disregard a law passed by Congress…

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

You can see the ICE agents in their minivans then the LAPD cars in the back appearing to block the Dodger Stadium parking lot entrance. When I asked an LAPD officer if they are blocking ICE from entering the parking lot she said “put it this way. The Dodgers don’t want them coming in.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 204 comments

when you’re so racist you don’t let your workers have a day off for a holiday recognizing the end of slavery

submitted 9 hours ago • 157 comments

the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

submitted 10 hours ago • 162 comments

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

submitted 12 hours ago • 160 comments

y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI

submitted 10 hours ago • 100 comments

This administration really is just a war on a free and open society

submitted 23 hours ago • 53 comments

Congrats, Senate Dems. Trump loves the crypto bill so many of you voted for

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

Hey @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov congrats for not falling for this fucking nonsense. Maybe both of you can have a chat with the approx 15 of your fellow Senate Dems why their YES votes were so goddamn dangerous.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

I have my issues with this site but it’s cool that my account automatically blocked JD vance when he showed up here. that’s a good feature. wish I could block him in real life

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Gore winning 2000 means no Alito or Roberts. Clinton winning 2016 means no Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, or Barrett. A few thousand votes' difference means misery and terror for millions.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

Vance is here to grab content he can post on X, using your replies. Starve the beast.

submitted 1 day ago • 226 comments

the Senate Democratic Caucus group chat is a dangerously out of touch online bubble

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Jamelle reinforces what I always think is a vital point here: the Jim Crow South was a deeply authoritarian society even beyond its racism. They were literally one-party states where no organised opposition to the Dixiecrats was permitted, even by Whites!

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Who could have known she would have been terrible other than anyone paying attention?

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

we can't curfew and police our way out of having few safe, fun, and social activities or spaces for teenagers in their neighborhoods when they're not in school

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

While everyone else is worried about what new fascist horrors the federal government will unleash on the people of Chicago, our City Council decided to give police greater powers to disperse & arrest people based on whatever vibes Snelling feels 🆒

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

One month apart.

submitted 2 days ago • 24 comments

This sucks

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What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.

submitted 1 day ago • 284 comments

BREAKING @prri.org poll. My disturbing take: It’s virtually impossible to write a survey question about the treatment of immigrants that is too brutal for Republicans to support. 1) 8 in 10 Republicans support renditions of immigrants to foreign prisons without due process. prri.org/spotlight/ne...

submitted 6 days ago • 65 comments

did a video on jim crow as part of my american history series on youtube youtu.be/FdCf0rQmY-s

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

Plessy v. Ferguson for trans people

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

submitted 1 day ago • 173 comments

thinking today of a friend here in rural tennessee — older, white, christian, blue-collar, the picture of who you'd assume is a trump guy — who has stood by his trans kid every step of the way. the freaks pushing these laws don’t speak for families like his, no matter how loudly they pretend to.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

what a fucking piece of shit

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

submitted 2 days ago • 73 comments