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Next time a publication publishes a piece about "ideological diversity" simply google if they have any trans writers or editors on staff (they don't)

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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

submitted 1 day ago • 325 comments

In Victorian 4ngland people ate all natural food, no pesticides, hormones, or plastic. They got plenty of exercise, and their immune systems got exposed to all sorts of interesting germs. Life expectancy was about 33. Goodness, this is all so stupid. We f'd around, now for the finding out.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

I disagree with this assessment. My understanding is that all attendees had already been checked for weapons before coming in, I.e., there was no credible reason to believe he (even unIDd) was a threat. On top of that he is a U.S. Senator OF THAT STATE w direct oversight authority OVER HER AGENCY 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

submitted 3 days ago • 223 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 2 days ago • 592 comments

That cops are discouraging people from protesting should provide people with a compelling incentive to do precisely that

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.

submitted 2 days ago • 326 comments

I would never answer this question. "Break the rules" what rules? That you can stand up for trans people and still win elections ? Yes. That you can blow off court orders and have your minions tweet smartass cracks with "oops"? No. Stupid fucking question that gives us no information

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Is the NYT on drugs ? Trump is literally the "attack Iran" side, he is an accomplice to Netanyahu in a full blown regime change operation, just like Bush did in Iraq. His various followers are, as always , losers and suckers

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nervous to go to protests? Don’t be. They will be peaceful family affairs. Go with a group, peel off if anything makes you nervous, don’t stay to the bitter end. This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.

submitted 2 days ago • 47 comments

I don’t say this with any disrespect for permitted events, but it’s clear some people don’t understand the difference in what to expect between a permitted event and an unauthorized march, action, or assembly.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest

submitted 3 days ago • 120 comments

Once again, it seems to me that when a court finds the president is doing something wildly unconstitutional, it is dangerous and unhealthy that we default to “but let him keep doing it until multiple layers of review all agree.”

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"

submitted 4 days ago • 156 comments

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

submitted 4 days ago • 709 comments

it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE

submitted 4 days ago • 68 comments

Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.

submitted 4 days ago • 372 comments

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 4 days ago • 2741 comments

Republicans will claim Padilla — one of the kindest people I know — is a menacing man who stormed the briefing with smoke coming out of his ears. But the video doesn't lie. He didn’t lunge. He announced himself. He just wanted answers.

submitted 4 days ago • 114 comments

Everyone is like duurr Schumer, and they're not wrong, fine. But this still looks like a hugely successful punk by Democrats against Noem, who Padilla was shrewd enough to realize shes too stupid to even know who he is

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

In my time in the Senate I've never seen a Senator treated this way. @padilla.senate.gov is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents. Absolutely shocking and disgusting way to handle a sitting member of Congress.

submitted 4 days ago • 199 comments

When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

THIS A UNITED STATES SENATOR ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA BEING PHYSICALLY SHOVED OUT OF A MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THE BIGGEST CITY IN OUR STATE.

submitted 4 days ago • 277 comments

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

submitted 4 days ago • 204 comments

There’s a lot of confusion as to why many Californians aren’t excitedly lining up behind the current version of Gavin Newsom: “Anti-Trump Gavin”. It’s because like a Barbie, we have seen many different versions of Gavin over the years. PRO-LGBTQ+ Gavin, Toxic Bro Gavin, Joe Rogan Gavin, & more.

submitted 4 days ago • 49 comments

Bluesky feels incredibly busy and vibrant to me….becuase I follow a lot of people. Which you have to do here if you want to see a lot of action, because the site has no central algorithm. A startling number of professional tech writers still don’t seem aware of this basic aspect of Bluesky.

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

Yes: our mainstream news writers KNOW this is happening. They SEE the thousands of posts a day screaming slurs, calling for gay people to be executed, for Mexicans to be ethnically cleansed. But they are (in effect if not in intent) engaged in a conspiracy to hide these facts from their audiences.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

They're booing Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center.

submitted 5 days ago • 151 comments

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

submitted 5 days ago • 180 comments

My piece at msnbc has the scariest headline of anything I have ever written www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... CivMilSky

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

My work here is done

submitted 5 days ago • 238 comments

Newsom is doing what almost every Democrat in the country is afraid to do right now and he is going to reap all the rewards if they don’t hurry. As a California voter intimately familiar with Newsom’s actual policy bonafides, I am loudly imploring someone else to do that hurrying.

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