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Your regular reminder that §230 protects YOU, the person reading this post, from being sued for reposting things just as much as it protects "Big Tech" from things that still wouldn't be a viable cause of action because your problem is not with §230, it's with the first amendment

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Levon Helm called it the "Gulf of Mexico." It's the fucking Gulf of Mexico. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKu0...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In light of Trump's "long live the king" post, this is a terrible look...you lost my vote, Phil. On a personal note, thanks to CP, this "hardworking NJ commuter" was able to cut my time in a car from 2-3 hrs to 30 min, and was saving 15-30 bucks by eating meals at home.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I feel so much frustration and anger toward the sheer fucking ignorance and stupidity of RFK Jr., the people who voted to confirm him, and the anti-vax mob, who now have the power to inflict their stupidity on the rest of us.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

On thi 15th day of #BlackHistoryMonth, I want to re-introduce you to one of my favorite organizers of the 20th century, Louise Thompson Patterson: prisonculture.substack.com/p/louise-tho...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Fuck these contemptable bastards. So many innocent people are going to die.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

🚨The SAVE Act is in the House. This bill will significantly supress voters🚨 In person registration to vote In person to update voter info like address changes Requires birth certificate/passport Many citizens birth names have changed (marriage, adoption, trans) campaignlegal.org/update/what-...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

submitted 11 days ago • 671 comments

Terrific post today from @davidrlurie.bsky.social on Public Notice ( @atrupar.com ’s newsletter) 👇🏾👇🏻👇🏽👇🏼👇🏿 Trump is assaulting his own legitimacy open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

🧵 Rome wasn’t razed in a day: 🔥 While the US goes to shit on a turd sandwich, it’s hard not to get lost in all the ways US-ians are getting fucked. Let’s reflect back on some of the meaningful ways you can get active & stay active at combating this new regime, and causing a whole lot of trouble.

submitted 13 days ago • 16 comments

New — CFPB employees received an ominous email from Russell Vought a few minutes ago. “Employees should stand down from performing any work task.” Full text:

submitted 12 days ago • 233 comments

The predictable fascist Republican defiance of inconvenient court rulings follows the historical trajectory of white conservatism in the U.S. quite clearly: "something cannot be illegal if those in power carry it out with impunity, regardless of whether or not it is against the law."

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

This Mike Brock piece is extremely illuminating and helpful in connecting the dots between Yarvin, Thiel, Musk and the reckless destruction of democracy and government from the inside.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Have your reps on speed dial. Shy and hate talking on the phone, feel like you can barely put 3 words together in a coherent sentence? Me, too. Find or write a script, speak from the heart, they need to hear from you. It's the most direct thing we can do at this point to effect change.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Cple years ago, I was in D.C. on vacation w/fam. I recalled that the Smithsonian housed the Ellington/Strayhorn papers, and on a whim, called to see if I could get access. W/no letters before or after my name, I was allowed to handle scores, parts, photos-I nearly cried. This is worth fighting for.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi

submitted 14 days ago • 68 comments

🚨NEWS: A temporary order has been issued blocking the Labor Dept. from sharing any data with DOGE, after a group of unions, including AFGE, sued DOGE and held a major protest outside DOL yesterday. Here's the union's email:

submitted 16 days ago • 73 comments

Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day. Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.

submitted 19 days ago • 44 comments

If you're protesting tomorrow: "I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present." MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.

submitted 18 days ago • 189 comments

“The last several days we’ve witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal government by Elon Musk and Donald Trump. They have set their sights on a full purge of anyone in government that doesn’t bend the knee and follow their orders.” - Sen. @wyden.senate.gov

submitted 18 days ago • 122 comments

Thank you, @dell.bsky.social for being on this.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

New ask: If you’re aware of any protests at the offices of Democratic senators, either in DC or locally, I want to hear about it. It can literally be one constituent walking into the office and going, “WTF are you doing? This is a constitutional crisis, act like it!” Please record their response.

submitted 18 days ago • 27 comments

As I recall, the face-eating leopards were explicitly clear about how quickly face-eating would commence. “I don’t think anybody expected things to escalate quite as quickly as this,” said Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees local 1003.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

NJ: Show up at Sen. Booker's office. mobilize.us/s/hTJCH5

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The workers were emailed by a little boy with no legal authority who interns for the richest Nazi in the world. It is an absolutely insane development and the social copy doesn’t come close to conveying it.

submitted 19 days ago • 96 comments

NJ Sen. Booker and Sen. Kim...your voicemails are full, and no staff are available to take a message. What gives? Who do you represent? @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com @kim.senate.gov

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

You've got to read this one. "Personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, and were stopped. The DOGE personnel demanded to be let in and threatened to call US Marshals to be allowed access, two of the sources said."

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 20 days ago • 821 comments