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All across America, if you look like you might not belong according to the rightwing extremist regime’s conception of “real America,” you are now at constant risk of being assaulted by these masked thugs tasked with purging the nation. Whatever you want to call this, democracy it definitely ain’t.

submitted 22 hours ago • 36 comments

Look, Britain is always going to support the US but this is an absolutely nonsense statement. Iran didn't leave the negotiation table. Israel launched an unprovoked attack which America has now joined.

submitted 6 hours ago • 109 comments

I just want to be able to eat and drink like a normal person. Will that ever happen again? I don’t know. Some people never get it back. Taste buds die and never come back. Swallowing is hard to impossible. Cancer is still ruling my life even now treatment is over

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

What have the Saxons and Normans ever done for us? Oh ...

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Today I rang the bell to signify the end of my cancer treatment. Now the long road to recovery begins. Pray for me, but also celebrate with me - this is a milestone no matter how much farther I have to go until I reclaim my life!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

For all the talk about Tucker Carlson and Rand Paul, progressives and Squad members are the ones backing Thomas Massie’s resolution. Hell, moderate suburban dad Tim Kaine is leading the war powers resolution and Bernie Sanders signed on.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Last night’s #bbcqt is one of the best ever. Very thoughtful conversation on A.I., social media, and the impact on young people

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Ummmmmm no. The American worker has pitifully few holidays compared to the rest of the developed world I can’t believe people voted for this

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“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 691 comments

Notice how George W. Bush, a man who went AWOL, and Donald Trump, a man who dodged the draft five times, are so eager to send your children to die in wholly unnecessary wars?

submitted 2 days ago • 99 comments

Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. If that offends you, it says more about you than it does about the holiday. Outrage at Juneteenth is itself an outrage.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, concluding that it does NOT discriminate on the basis of sex, is not subject to heightened scrutiny, and survives rational basis review. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

submitted 3 days ago • 90 comments

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

submitted 4 days ago • 739 comments

If they’re going to charge municipal officials with assault for requesting to see a warrant, I don’t see the benefit of ensuring all anti-ICE actions are orderly or “peaceful.” You can be an elected official calmly invoking procedural norms, they don’t care.

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

This is the last thing the BBC needs

submitted 5 days ago • 183 comments

#booksky #writingcommunity

submitted 4 days ago • 177 comments

Masked federal agents drag off / arrest yet another elected official from the opposition party - what would you say if you saw it in another country? www.amny.com/news/brad-la... Authoritarianism is on the march

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

VIDEO: Armed man arrested at Nashville's 'No Kings' protest had long fascination with Nazis, mass murder (More details in link below.) vimeo.com/1094091104?s...

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

AOC says she’s joining Republican Rep. Massie in prohibiting 🇺🇸 involvement in Israel’s war with Iran

submitted 5 days ago • 221 comments

British multiculturalism - day to day, on the ground - is a successful experiment. The UK enjoys a shared set of political facts, as represented by the non-tribal backlash over Partygate/Truss. The British obsession with irony & suspicion of sincerity provides some protection against demagoguery.

submitted 5 days ago • 28 comments

Having my final chemo treatment!!!

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Chicago ✊

submitted 7 days ago • 722 comments

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

submitted 8 days ago • 425 comments

Chicago showed the fuck up!

submitted 7 days ago • 563 comments

just watched this netflix documentary on the oklahoma city bombing and once again i'm struck by how so many of the popular media takes on this event just avoid entirely the connection to organized white supremacism

submitted 7 days ago • 593 comments

RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines. He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing. He says they “dysregulate the immune system”. Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive” Eugenics.

submitted 8 days ago • 502 comments

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

submitted 7 days ago • 409 comments

Shameful.

submitted 8 days ago • 645 comments

We are the true patriots Reclaim our flag 🇺🇸 #NoKings #NoKingsDay

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

submitted 7 days ago • 139 comments

Any person in uniform wearing a mask and refusing to be properly and reliably identified should be assumed to be the same kind of murderer we’ve seen in Minnesota.

submitted 7 days ago • 74 comments

Seen in #Shirlington today. #SouthArlington Fuck his parade.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

I also realized that ICE are just pure uncut Slave Patrols. Snatching people off the street who then go work in private prisons for a dollar a day.

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

The assassin posed as law enforcement. As we can no longer tell the difference between civilians and law enforcement thanks to the ICE, I would expect the reforms to start regarding officers having to stop hiding their faces and clearly identify themselves. That won't happen but one can dream.

submitted 7 days ago • 48 comments

Forty minutes into Nashville's No Kings event: even with some rain, there are thousands of people in the amphitheater at Bicentennial Mall alone. Everything is orderly; no issues.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I, like many of you, am not only devastated but furious at the assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers this morning. This isn’t some isolated tragedy. It’s extremism, it’s fascist violence, and we have to treat it that way. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 7 days ago • 279 comments

I would say he follows her around like a puppy dog but so far he has survived.

submitted 8 days ago • 914 comments

BREAKING from @cnn.com Minnesota lawmakers targeted in overnight shootings outside Minneapolis, officials say www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Classic example of wagging the dog. A war will raise Trump’s approval rating at least in the near term and distract from his nefarious and corrupt actions at home So transparent, these people

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The only king I recognise is His Majesty Charles III, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 🇬🇧 So unless we’re rejoining the British empire I support #NoKingsDay 🇺🇸

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

An Army vet heading to the VA took a wrong turn—and was detained by Marines in LA. While they acted professionally, their detaining him was likely illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act. It’s another line being crossed—and it puts our Marines in a bad spot. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

submitted 8 days ago • 84 comments

Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war. These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack. We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.

submitted 8 days ago • 406 comments

I don’t know what to make of Gavin Newsom. On the one hand he strikes me as smarmy and I couldn’t stand his chumminess with Charlie Kirk. On the other hand, he’s got stones. It’s good to see a Democrat fighting back like this He’s gone from “never” to “watching with interest” in my estimation

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"Kristi Noem needs to...answer questions. ICE needs to show their faces - no more masks like 1800's bank robbers or Russian KGB agents in the streets..." - @RepSwalwell Join the #NoKingsProtest on Saturday. If we don't show up, Democracy dies. www.nokings.org

submitted 8 days ago • 36 comments

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”. This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

submitted 9 days ago • 1265 comments

One thing I know for sure is you are not going to get me to cheer on Iran just because Israel is attacking it. I can think both governments are deplorable and recognise scenarios exist where there are no good guys

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Israel aggressively bombing Iran—unlike two incidents of strikes in 2024, which followed Iranian missiles launches against Israel—is in part another consequence of a weak, chaotic US president. Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.

submitted 9 days ago • 83 comments