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Man of Sriracha: Defender of Windmills - Humanist, Feminist, Science-ist, LGBTQist, etc, etc... #ATX 👇 Dignity, Decency, Democracy, for ALL.
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Louisiana legislature just passed a bill banning the release of helium and other lighter than air gas filled balloons but refused to even create a rape and incest exemption to abortion ban.

Gina Ortiz Jones has defeated Republican-backed candidate Rolando Pablos to become the next mayor of San Antonio.

The Abundance Agenda Has Its Own Theory of Power www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

A few thoughts on Trump nationalize state nat guard in LA talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...

the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they don’t anticipate pushback and they don’t know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, you’ve lost face. (1/?)

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Okay there it is.

This was the plan. California was always the target.

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LIVE FEED: L.A. protesters are constructing barricades, dozens arrested, sound of flashbang grenades widespread.

This was their plan. This is what they want. They picked LA on purpose.

How utterly shorn of dignity and self-respect must one be to speak this way about … Donald Trump and Elon Musk? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Fucking despicable. This is not who we are. Thread.👇

It was always about due process. Due process for all, including Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

ICYMI — ICE DIRECTOR: “These are real people with real families you’re hurting.” He says this not about immigrants… but about ICE agents. A record-setting lack of self-awareness.

SHAME ON YOU AMERICA ‼️ A CHILD HANDCUFFED & SEARCHED Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes - Anne Frank, 01/13/1943

Anyway, my newsletter is 4 years old today. I tried putting out a call for new subscribers earlier this week, but that hasn't been successful. So subscribe or not. Whatever. I give up.

what's funny about this is that goldberg can't even accurately render the perspective he is literally staring at. mamdani's says nothing about "recognizing" israel." but asking goldberg to accurately render any idea is like asking a dog to make an omelette

“If you don’t regard what you have as enough, you will never be happy even if you rule the entire world.” – Seneca

The 21-year-old American star battled back over three sets to defeat the world's top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff is the first American to win at Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015.

French Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff reut.rs/3HxiCG7

The people at @msnbc.com helped me make this video

West Virginia is warning that women who have a miscarriage could be charged with a crime unless they contact local police. Every woman in WV should call 911 every time they have a period. Gum up the system with malicious compliance. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/h...

The decision to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia prompted the resignation of the chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division in Nashville, people briefed on the matter told CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...

finally a worthy Alien vs. Predator installment

😕 pretty much

🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin: - Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela - Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard - Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.

This is MAGA.

Nice job!

This Saturday marks the 4th anniversary of the launch of my newsletter The Present Age. Here's a thanks to readers (and a discount for anyone considering becoming a paid subscriber): www.readtpa.com/p/celebratin...

BREAKING: Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages against Alina Habba and Ricky Patel for FALSE ARREST and MALICIOUS PROSECUTION www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Lots of apparent disinformation circulating now about the Crimean Bridge. Videos of naval drones lifted out of the water and smoke rising from the bridge are apparently old footage. Buyer beware.

Our van broke down in Roswell so naturally we wrote a song about the 1947 UFO incident while we were stranded there. Now our song is featured in the latest episode of the Via Podcast. It’s a fun trip through UFO lore and bizarre desert mysteries. Tune in here: mwg.aaa.com/via/podcast/...