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Associate Professor, Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher @astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @[email protected] @rerutled at Threads. he/him
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What did “Couch Fucker” Vance call Padilla?

Fucking finally! h/t @rerutled.bsky.social

Just a reminder that the guy who fretted “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats!” live on National TV Is the same one Republicans in Congress trust to make a decision about sinking us into a — what, twenty year? — war with Iran over fake WMDs.

Mostly the Senate, but yeah. In fact, it’s the only way this might reasonably come to a stop.

Clean energy idea: attach the eyes of every woman in America to a dynamo on one side, and this idea in the other and as they roll them it can power over half a million homes for a year.

That’s surprising because that guy has a healthy running habit.

I don't think we're in a democracy anymore. Unmarked secret police kidnapping people off the street? A dictator mobilizing the military against civilians? Defying court orders? Ignoring due process? Arresting political opponents? Democracy has left the building. We CAN & MUST get it back, though.

I’m sorry is he taking about enslavement here? Because it sounds like enslavement.

I was wondering who would be this administration’s Dupe — their Colin Powell for selling the lie of WMDs. The Dupe is Trump. Trump is the Dupe.

This is Kevin Schulte, CEO of GreenSpark Solar—one of the fastest growing companies in Rochester, NY. Because the Republican Big, Ugly Bill is threatening to end the clean energy tax credits that we delivered: GreenSpark Solar is being forced to lay off staff. Watch his story:

“In April, I resigned from my position at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division for a simple reason: The department’s leadership is directing attorneys to use antisemitism as a pretext to undermine free speech.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

👀 NEW nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the Trump regime "is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind" - 65% had no criminal convictions - 93% never convicted of violent offenses This is all from a right leaning org - CATO

The Holocaust killed lots of people using neglect.

"Wars and invasions do not liberate women. Ask the women of Afghanistan today." - @monaeltahawy.bsky.social, "Netanyahu is using Muslim women’s ‘rights’ to justify his war. What hideous, hollow hypocrisy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stonewall was a riot.

Oh god. Now you’ve done it. Wait until they hear about “Let’s do lunch sometime.” And “I’ll have my wife call and set it up.”

HAPPENING NOW: Protesters in NYC march through the streets of the Bronx to protest against the kidnappings being carried out by ICE (Video: @peterhvideo.bsky.social)

It escaped no journalist’s attention that in spite of today being a federal holiday Karoline Leavitt held her ~weekly press briefing today. The entire executive branch should have the day off — but she made a show of being at work, and required the gaggle of journalists to, too.

Hungarian police said in a statement that they were banning the Budapest Pride march of the LGBTQ+ community planned for June 28.

With this. With the abandonment of Ukraine, after the treaty where the US offered security protection in return for giving up their post-Soviet nukes. Why would anyone enter into a security treaty with the United States? Why? It's atrocious.

Tough, but fair.

Tucker Carlson finally gets revenge for all those times he got pantsed in the junior high school boys locker room, by pantsing Senator Ted Cruz on his TV show. ht @monaeltahawy.bsky.social

BREAKING: What you just witnessed was a state-sanctioned kidnapping. These people aren’t identifying themselves. Citizens can no longer distinguish between state authority & rogue violence. This is not a warning about what might come. We are not watching the start of something. We are living it.

This is unfathomably shameful. How do we even have to debate this? Why would anyone ever again be so foolish as to trust or help the United States if this is how we treat people who risk their lives on our behalf?

Manipulative neocons exploited Trump’s jealous hatred of Obama to convince him to rip up the JCPOA, precisely so we’d arrive at the crossroads we’ve reached today. He’s giving them what they used him for, because he’s exactly the mark they thought he was. www.offmessage.net/p/18-thought...

Pete Hegseth is a metrosexual pass it on.

What's up with Josh Hawley these days - first the minimum wage bill, now this? He's not up for re-election until 2030.

A crowd of around 600 is in Foley Square, protesting for the release of the second most powerful NYC official, Comptroller Brad Lander — arrested today by ICE as he attempted to stop them from arresting someone in the NYC Courthouse. Shameful bastards, ICE!

. @rerutled.bsky.social is at the Foley Square protest in NYC calling for the release of Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander who ICE arrested at an immigration hearing today

Head to Broadway and Duane if you can - no signs, no campaign swag please.

Padilla: The President, VP, and their allies have continued to call all the protesters out there insurrectionists. Yes, this is the same man who provoked an actual insurrection at our capitol on January 6.

That sounds bad.

NYC comptroller Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained at a Manhattan immigration court today. We should know there is a process of normalization occurring.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.