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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

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That is the language of a coup. Not a democracy.

submitted 3 days ago • 78 comments

This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.

submitted 3 days ago • 157 comments

"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries, at least five of which required emergency room or urgent care visits..."

submitted 4 days ago • 94 comments

me: in cheers frasier said his dad was dead but then when sam visited him in seattle he had to explain that he was lying because their relationship was strained but to me the weirder thing is he never mentioned niles to anyone at cheers the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok

submitted 5 days ago • 125 comments

New: theonion.com/protesters-u...

submitted 6 days ago • 58 comments

this speaks a bit to my argument about leaving twitter. it's not about ideological purity, it is about the fact that it's been turned into a political weapon for people who wish to use it to harm others. it's not the marketplace of ideas - you do not have to participate in this project! very simple!

submitted 6 days ago • 80 comments

NYT reporting that the White House is pushing for an aggressive mid-decade Texas redistricting to target Democratic-held seats. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...

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Dozens of journalists were assaulted by law enforcement in Los Angeles this weekend. The press were just doing their job -- a sacred one explicitly protected by law. Press rights orgs will follow up collectively tomorrow. Tonight, I emailed evidence to local/state/federal officials. My sign off:

submitted 7 days ago • 213 comments

Polite request to please credit the photographers whose L.A. photos you’re sharing. They’re out there risking getting their shins exploded by police munitions to get those shots.

submitted 7 days ago • 69 comments

has the award show always involved one outfit for the red carpet, one for presenting during the show, a separate one for the performance, and another one for the afterparty? or is that a modern thing

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British photojournalist hit by non lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests. Nick Stern to undergo surgery for wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 8 days ago • 53 comments

Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/c...

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Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.

submitted 10 days ago • 163 comments

Ok. Then let it die. Because theft is theft. And even worse if you’re profiting from the crime.

submitted 20 days ago • 110 comments

the sound I just made

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

My brother and I have been looking for our next watch, but it needs to be something neither of us have seen. Before The Last of Us, it was Severance. Can you jump into Rehearsal Season 2 without ever having watched the first one?

submitted 17 days ago • 22 comments

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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search nationwide for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

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New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

submitted 17 days ago • 55 comments

British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against self styled misogynist influencers, brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault, and human trafficking.

submitted 18 days ago • 84 comments

Not an unexpected take from this portion of the internet, but still actually quite painful. Just so we’re all clear, talking openly about sexual assault is a humiliating experience, even when many people have been kind. www.thefp.com/p/blm-star-j...

submitted 18 days ago • 30 comments

SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:

submitted 19 days ago • 101 comments

During the rollout of the COVID vaccines, the lack of testing - combined with a raft of misinformation - led many pregnant women to not get vaccinated. @propublica.org wrote this in 2022, but it's just as relevant now with RFK Jr's CDC changing recommendations for the vaccine.

submitted 19 days ago • 18 comments

Congestion tolling is helping pay for accessibility upgrades that are long overdue in the NYC subway, so this is a disability win.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

So a respected journalist warned the nation that the Trump administration is a threat to free speech and, true to form, its state media outlet warns that there will now surely be retribution by the administration against that same journalist and his network for his act of free speech.

submitted 19 days ago • 96 comments

Meticulously researched, absolutely damning. And I hope to heaven he doesn’t try to convert this into a “but I wasn’t sober yet” story.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

This is a really meticulous and brutal piece, and anyone who has worked in an industry where superstars harbor power over your future recognizes this behavior. By the end of it, I was so depressed.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

my two cents as someone who ran social accounts for 15 years: that's like 50 percent of the job. that's what you signed up for. someone once threatened to kill me because they got three chicken nuggets in their four piece at wendy's. grow up

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

hey so what does one do about bees

submitted 21 days ago • 60 comments

This is some really good reporting on some really rough shit. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

“I have far more at stake to lose than any other source in this piece” -- Wesley Lowery. If those were the last words he ever gets published this side of a newsletter, they are fitting. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

One thing that’s striking to be about this (excellent) account is that Lowery was confronted privately about how his conduct made his victims feel MULTIPLE times and did not commit to changing his behavior until he started to see professional consequences

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

Something not noted in the CJR piece is that Olivia often reported on the very worst cases of sexual assault for several years at the Daily Beast, including brutal details of mass rapes, cases inside schools and prisons, as well as many lawsuits. I am beyond furious.

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

This was hard to read. Wes was a friend. He supported my career trajectory. He was the moderator at my book launch. But this is devastating. His kindness toward me doesn't negate the harm he did to these women. These are serious allegations and I feel terrible for them.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment