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#FreePalestine šŸ‰ #AntiRacist #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrison If you think the Democratic Party will save us, you are a fool.
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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

As Germany heads to the polls, we take a look at Alice Weidel, the politician cultivating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) party's ā€˜image of competenceā€™ ā¤µļø

My open letter to Elon Musk.šŸ‘‡ Mr. Musk, You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

Black officers were also not permitted to refer to themselves as policemen, but rather as patrolmen. To read the full story about how Miamiā€™s Black police officers had to follow a different set of rules, click the link ā¤µļø

i am once again saying that defining discrimination as noting any distinction between groups guts the concept, and it is a longterm FedSoc project to define down discrimination until it's a useless concept.

im just gonna say it: the quality of replies on this app are Subpar

It's a shameful reflection on both this editorial board and this whole country that a headline of "Who Will Stand Up to Biden on Gaza?" was inconceivable.

ā€œim taking heat from the left and the right therefore i must be correctā€ is exactly the kind of empty headed response i expected from the author of that exercise in abject make-em-ups

On this day in 1898, a white mob attacked Frazier Baker, the first Black postmaster of Lake City, SC, and his family. Both Mr. Baker and his infant daughter were killed in the attack.

If youā€™re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you havenā€™t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

When disenfranchised young people are excluded for the system, it's not really a big deal to burn it all down.

A must read by my friend and comrade Lewis

Today @polphilpod.bsky.social argues that Trump's brand of Christianity is not a deviation but within the norm of the American Christian tradition.

Canā€™t help but worry that the people who spent the last 16 months smearing, silencing, and blacklisting anyone who complained about their genocide may not have what it takes to fight fascism.

Happy Black History Month

The Senate voted 51-49 Thursday to confirm election denier Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. During a confirmation hearing, Patel repeatedly refused to say that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Let's get real. We know what needs to happen. People need to step up and do it.

UVA has spent years attacking the first amendment rights of its students. Respect to this student for standing up to the administration. Thank you for calling attention to the fact that students are terrified to speak out or protest for fear of state violence. reason.com/2025/02/20/t...

U.S. Marshals Service deputized Elon Muskā€™s private security, granting them federal law enforcement protections. The beginning of the American SS. Watch it grow exponentially.

Iā€™ve been warning that the Tech Bros want the S.F. Presidio for a ā€œfreedom cityā€. Now this. šŸ‘‡ 1/

šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„ Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public libraryā€¦..thatā€™s whatā€™s upā€¦.every wordšŸ‘‡

ProPublica found that some of the largest health insurers have created a playbook that prevents people from getting the mental health care they need. Join us tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation as we discuss barriers to care. RSVP: https://propub.li/4k4GYWm

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.