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Human torch. Anxious weirdo. Crafter of things. Accumulator of detritus. Listener. Noisemaker. Doofus.
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"'On the Democratic side, this has to be an unapologetic fight for immigrants because it’s a fight for U.S. citizens now, too. This is one of our most vulnerable communities, and we’re being used as a political piñata.'"

Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"

$134M (so far). Fascism ain’t cheap.

Insane scenes in Downtown Los Angeles as the cops open fire indiscriminately on people milling about. The cops shattered a business’s windows while firing on a live-streaming journalist. Keep this in mind when people talk about the protesters causing property destruction. 🎥 : AXN News on YouTube

Yep.

They aren’t arresting dangerous criminals or drug lords, they’re arresting hard working day laborers and nice ladies who have been working in the garment industry for decades. People are outraged and standing up to protect their community members. newrepublic.com/article/1963...

BREAKING: Miller reportedly engineered the raids that sparked the protests that have engulfed the city in recent days—likely because he wanted a pretext to send in federal troops. https://trib.al/oM1280f

It's funny that the way chatgpt obsequiously fawns at the users no matter how delusional they are being, is *exactly* what billionaires consider normal human interaction. To a billionaire, chatgpt just sounds like every single person they speak to.

Putin would never have dared to invade Ukraine under Trump's watch but he's...perfectly happy to bomb civilians and refuse to engage in real diplomacy under Trump? Why would that be?

MAGA: “The 2nd Amendment guarantees a militia to fight tyranny!” Also MAGA: “It’s fine that Trump seized California’s National Guard against the governor’s will.” You can’t have it both ways. Read why this matters. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/a-well-reg...

New in PN: ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller "Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."

Although the Roberts Court will let likely him do whatever he wants, there is supposed to be a process… www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The failure to deploy rural broadband has become synonymous with excessive bureaucracy, Asad Ramzanali and Benjamin Dinovelli write. The real story is more complicated:

He’s a major reason there is a distrust of vaccines. The nonsense this imbalanced, drug addled sociopath believes is going to cause innumerable deaths.

the thing about this is that these guys don’t actually want blunt talk; blunt talk would be things like “you’re a sexist and a bigot whose contributions to culture have been overwhelmingly negative, and you frequently respond to mild criticism like a child”

I have to imagine Trump’s obsession with people spitting on soldiers is tied to that persistent myth about guys coming back from Vietnam in the 1960s.

Mohler said the resolutions reflect a divinely created order that predates the writing of the Scriptures and is affirmed by them. He said the Christian church has always asserted that the created order “is binding on all persons, in all times, everywhere.” apnews.com/article/sout...

open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

Dark days, indeed. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-always...

We’re fighting back. ✊✍️ Shoutout to our brave NIH colleagues behind the “Bethesda Declaration” No, you *cannot* attack medical research. It benefits us all.

ATTN: If you’re a member of the National Guard or you work for ICE and you’re asked to violate the law or your oath, contact Whistleblower Aid to safely, securely, and legally blow the whistle. You can support Whistleblower Aid HERE: whistlebloweraid.org/beans

An Australian journalist was shot with what’s been reported as a rubber bullet while covering immigration protests in LA. 9News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg by a non-lethal round fired by an officer in riot gear. Footage shows the officer turn toward the cameras before firing.

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

It is hard to tell the cynical pandering from the actions of idiotic true believers…

These kingly proclamations are something… who is writing these? He is not this scholarly.

Life imitates Art imitates Life imitates Art imitates Life

There is no universe in which Trump didn’t flood Los Angeles with ICE agents, a city famous for resistance and protest, just as Elon Musk publicly tied him to Epstein. Now he’s sending in the National Guard. This isn’t about immigration. It’s about distraction! krassencast.com/p/los-angele...

"So here's the plan -- we impose massive tariffs on the nations that sell us food." "Hmm." "But it's OK, because we just rely more on states like California that grow a lot of the same things." "Oh, I guess that ..." "And then we go to war with California."

Fucking nazis.

Nazis.

As promised, made this into a shirt. If you want it for next Saturday, I'd recommend express shipping, but I can't guarantee anything there. You are, of course, welcome to save the image and print it out yourself! tomtomorrow.threadless.com/designs/king...

"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."

New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age" "They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social

People keep quoting this and saying "stop using AI!" But this is just a regular Google search. The issue is that Google now shows AI results first. Some people know to scroll past them or click the "Web" tab, but many do not.

We were spared the embarrassment.

The enemy of my enemy still did two Nazi salutes.

This dude. Right?

“Everyone is Paying Attention” Honestly, the middle child in me is so happy right now. But more importantly, help me send Lindsey home. www.glamour.com/story/dr-ann...