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Political violence is not an incidental risk which they are merely negligent about managing and policing. It is their Schmittian central premise. Political violence against their enemies *is* the ideology itself. That's what illiberal populism is. There's no such thing as a peaceful form of it.

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

This is more lopsided than I expected it to be bsky.app/profile/fute...

ME: *points at my "World's Greatest Dad" shirt* CO-WORKER: *points at his own "World's Greatest Dad" shirt* ME: *takes a sip from my "World's Greatest Dad" mug* CO-WORKER: *sips from his own "World's Greatest Dad" mug* ME: [eyes narrow] *draws "World's Greatest Dad" sword*

I'm going to restrict myself to one (two part) comment, which is: 1) the entire range runs from execs making 290x what their workers make to execs making 350x what their workers make, and 2) this should frame everything else such execs encourage you to be mad about

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... bsky.app/profile/pear...

(a lot of great kitties in this thread if you need to see some) bsky.app/profile/adam...

how the fuck is it possible to be this bad at drinking coffee

Protests big: defector.com/protests-big

This is huge. The Trump administration wants to vastly expand the practice of shipping people to random countries they have never been to before, and are now making this part of a threat; either the countries accept taking third country nationals, or they get banned from visas.

Good morning. Jimmi Pickles has dark toe beans on her black paw and light toe beans on her orange paw. (She is purring in this pic)

“More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers have no legal immigration status, the Agriculture Department has estimated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

We've updated our story on the alleged Minnesota shooter to include details from anti-abortion and anti-trans sermons he gave in 2023.

My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today. #wipolitics

I thought I was losing my mind when this happened because it was an attempted assassination of a national political leader and it was treated like it was nothing.

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

Israel’s targeting thus far — and it is very early — looks like it is not just about degrading the nuclear program. It seems to be trying to provoke regime collapse in Iran and put an end to the nuclear talks with the US. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/why-did-isra...

Photo/Videos: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...

Infantino and Baggio did not look happy

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

What a juxtaposition. Via Alex Ward.

A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/a...

Millions marched in cities and towns across the U.S. in "No Kings" protests against the Trump administration just hours before Trump's military parade.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

Musk bought Twitter to turn it into a right-wing propaganda network precisely in moments like these.

You have to admire the message discipline involved rote repetition of shameless lies regardless of fact or circumstance (you don't) bsky.app/profile/samd...

Remember, in America only the secret police get to wear masks

Two Minnesota lawmakers are in grave condition following apparent “targeted” shooting, officials say Authorities believe the shooter was impersonating law enforcement

Eggsy and Benne let Jimmi Pickles sleep in bed with them last night which is pretty good progress. (There were some hisses and growls)

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ultras do this to rival soccer clubs in europe bsky.app/profile/moth...

This is insane

How many Trump voters actually listened to the things he said bsky.app/profile/phil...

The Trump tax cut is a massive wealth transfer from the poorest to the wealthiest. Contrast that with Build Back Better, which helped those at the bottom of the income distribution. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Mental health break

he's not there to run the military bureaucracy, he's there to run a political purge. He has no idea what the fuck he's doing bsky.app/profile/verm...

hahah it's 6 am and i'm already furious

"mix it up" bsky.app/profile/adri...