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Leftist (both cultural and economic). Born in Texas and still stuck here. I work in a bookstore and can't believe this is reality. It just gets worse.
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Has anybody even asked him why there are no tariffs on Russia?

Laying in bed sick. Can't find anything to watch. Hit the Live TV button on my stupid smart TV and there is Columbo. Actual Columbo. And this one has Shatner as a right wing radio host? Perfection.

I want to write a report fully detailing the conditions in CECOT via curatorial journalism—there is so much people don't know—but I'll tell you honestly that writing my last three reports on this subject has broken my spirit. My health has been affected. This is the worst topic I've ever written on.

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

Now discussing a bill to allow voters in Texas to carry guns in voting locations: house.texas.gov/videos/21767 #txlege

if you are not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart, and if you are not a communist when old, you have no brain

also it’s obvious but it needs stating: the idea of turning into salvador into a giant lawless zone of gulags for americans who displease the administration is not authoritarian: this is one of the first major acts by MAGA that id classify as literally arendt-style totalitarianism

Again, if the idea is that when someone in custody leaves the nation’s airspace there’s no way for a court to compel the state to return them—or exert any jurisdiction at all—then you’re simply saying whoever’s in power can fly people 100 miles offshore and push them out of helicopters into the sea.

All functions of the state can and should, be worked at a workman's wage. We should have the ability to recall at once ANY public servant.

Portishead played Coachella in 2008 and last night Beth Gibbons returned to the desert as part of her first US solo tour. Watch her fantastic performance of "Glory Box" at the fest, the second time she'd included the Portishead classic in a solo set: www.stereogum.com/2304123/watc...

I'm an agnostic at best, but all this Trump worship, this idolatry, I do not understand. It alarms me. They all just want to bow to him.

You don’t have to be particularly sharp to decipher the code here. But if you need someone to say it, this is a major technology company and a sizable defense and intelligence contractor publicly declaring, with only the thinnest patina of deniability, that its cause is white nationalism.

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

Being sick sucks. Been in bed all day. Only eaten some peanut butter crackers. No energy. No focus. Mostly lay around and moan.

At this point, Judge Xinis should order the immediate return under threat of contempt and let the Supreme Court tell the Administration otherwise.

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Ended up with a few free months of Apple TV+. Checking out The Studio. Uneven, but good. Seeing Catherine O'Hara is always a treat.

“What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' is out this Friday on Nonesuch Records! To celebrate, Justin Robinson and I are sharing a new tune from the album each day this week, along with a video captured by Alexei Mejouev at the recording.

One of the reasons I’m struggling to inhabit the current historical era is that I along with many others have been saying that US prisons are torture chambers for decades and most people don’t mind this in the least. I’m not sure who will be moved to close prisons now.

Been sick since at least Saturday but it hit hard today - congested, headache, soar throat. Yay.

Pretty soon we're going to be passing around banned studies and books like samizdat in the Soviet Union

This is why organized crime finds root among immigrant communities.

if you’re thinking about visiting the US, DONT. all our food is overpriced and our national monuments aren’t even that impressive. also i think there’s something going on with the government

Hey MSM – here's a career-making question for you to point blank ask RFKjr: "Please give the American public a succinct summary of the scientific method." He can't answer it.

Homeless workers now have to submit *proof of employment* to be allowed to sleep in their cars in one of the richest counties in the U.S. Welcome to America: people shivering overnight in subzero temperatures, steps from luxury ski resorts, for the privilege of keeping the local economy booming.

BREAKING: Days before she was detained by ICE, the State Department had determined Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk did NOT engage in antisemitic or terrorist activities. Rubio revoked her visa anyhow. Gift article: wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

China has cut off shipment of all Rare Earth Materials to the USA. This will slow semiconductor and electronics production by 90%. Art of the Deal.

Ok, so I am 5 eps into Elsbeth. It is a less elegant Columbo. I wish everyone was 1 degree more clever. Still, it's fun and doesn't make me think too hard. Which, yes, right now is in fact what I need from TV occasionally.

This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail. Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.

For RFKjr to be in the position to be any kind of a decision maker for the healthcare for any human being is insanity. It's an ethical crime and a complete abdication of critical thinking.

It would be funny if we weren't all going to suffer. newrepublic.com/post/193930/...

Abrego-Garcia’s lawyers have asked for expedited discovery from US officials with knowledge of the terms of any deal with El Salvador and of A-G’s whereabouts. Expect Judge Xinis to grant it over howling objection, and for 4th Cir to deny US emergency appeal.

Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.

Anyway china plz sell off the us bonds Doesnt have to be all just enough 💅

looks like we are doing line go down tomorrow

Setting fire to anyone's home during a religious holiday is abhorrent. That's why what happened to Governor Shapiro is repugnant. It's also why Shapiro's support for Israel as its military and settlers firebomb Palestinians during THEIR holidays is unforgivable. Hopefully he now realizes that.