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Once again, the Irish get it right.

submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990. In fact, it would be the largest transfer ever. Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.

submitted 3 hours ago • 22 comments

Despite Bluesky silencing these Gaza accounts, I'll continue to post for my friend Tasneem and her family. All of her accounts are now deleted, but she relies on direct donations to survive and feed her children in the face of an aid blockade. The available food is costly and scarce. Please give. ♥️🙏

submitted 5 hours ago • 6 comments

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

submitted 19 hours ago • 84 comments

every time I have said this on here I have had people [usually the same ones who cite Chenoweth's 3.5% statistic (which she points out isn't to be interpreted in the way many people interpret it)] screaming that this isn't true. It isn't true 2 them because it doesn't FEEL like people are protesting

submitted 6 hours ago • 7 comments

A man with a green card said ICE agents arrested him in #Lynn, Mass then took him to a detention facility—but first made a detour to a cemetery, where they took him out of their vehicle and beat him. #mapoli #Massachusetts

submitted 20 hours ago • 150 comments

Whatever you are feeling, whatever fear or anger or sadness or exhaustion or rage of your colonized ancestors, channel it into action. Even one single act a day b/c thousands, millions of us each doing our part, that's how we defeat fascists. Get loud. Show them they have a fight on their hands.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace. And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

submitted 20 hours ago • 543 comments

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

submitted 18 hours ago • 953 comments

Yes, this is the way. Tell them exactly who they are.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 18 hours ago • 48 comments

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 22 hours ago • 2675 comments

Say it to their face!

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Let's be absolutely clear: physically assaulting a US Senator for simply asking a question is disgraceful. We stand with Senator Padilla and all those peacefully defending working people against this administration's attacks.

submitted 23 hours ago • 122 comments

“If you spit on us, you are going to the hospital….” Free to forecast your intent to engage in police brutality in the state of Florida, & w/this DOJ.

submitted 21 hours ago • 117 comments

"How could you say that you did not know who he was?" L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks out on the forced removal of California Sen. Alex Padilla from a DHS press conference. DHS claimed the senator "interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself."

submitted 21 hours ago • 107 comments

as always, @ legacy media

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

This is chilling to watch and utterly unacceptable in the United States of America. As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.

submitted 22 hours ago • 311 comments

A great way for Senate Democrats to protest what’s going on is to not have almost 40% of the caucus keep voting to advance a money laundering bill.

submitted 23 hours ago • 40 comments

This is grotesque. Embarrassing to be an authoritarian's lap dog.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Ever since MOC should be doing this. Stop all work in Congress. Noem should be impeached.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

And if you're worried about violence this weekend, imagine how much worse it'll be if there's no immediate action to hold these assholes accountable. If they get away with roughing up a senator at a press conference, then protesters will be killed. It's a straight line.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

submitted 1 day ago • 687 comments

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

submitted 1 day ago • 556 comments

A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference. But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.

submitted 1 day ago • 1487 comments

Make them hear us everywhere. Make this day so loud it will be etched in history. No Kings in America.

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Where are all the far right state's rights advocates now??

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This country does not arrest cops. The way you know this is true is that on the off chance they are in fact arrested, it's news.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 1 day ago • 553 comments

C'mon, New York!!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

this is not intended as a substitute for trained medical professionals but if you also saw some of the footage going around and thought 'wtf do i even do if i or somewhere near me gets hurt at a protest' here is a guide specifically for first aid at protests activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

This is how you normalize authoritarianism.

submitted 1 day ago • 1113 comments

i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone

submitted 2 days ago • 246 comments

This is illegal. This is illegal. Did I mention this is illegal?

submitted 2 days ago • 87 comments

ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. But advocates warn such agreements come at a high cost to communities. With @azluminaria.org

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax

submitted 1 day ago • 137 comments

Here is a short script you can use to call your representatives and tell them to demand RFKJ’s resignation.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Banger of an essay from @katherinelocke.bsky.social!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This is massively illegal, these munitions should not be pointed directly at individuals.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Reverse Cassandraing, whispering, “Everybody predicted all of this.”

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

We feed you. They hunt us.

submitted 2 days ago • 1244 comments

He was also a committed slaveowner who brutalized the human beings he owned. He didn’t fight for honor.

submitted 2 days ago • 177 comments

These students - and these parents - and their librarians and educators - SO proud of how hard they've worked for the Freedom to Read. And what a win this is. cc @authorsabb.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @sbintegrityproject.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social pen.org/press-releas...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

anyway I’m going out to protest this weekend because we haven’t been beaten yet, and I suggest you do the same it’ll make you feel better than reading an endless stream of posts about how we’re all doomed and we might as well offer ourselves up to be processed into slurry for the MAGA AI mines now

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

You can see why MARINES are necessary.

submitted 3 days ago • 99 comments

So the National Guard is to protect the ICE officers from protestors and observers. Occupying communities.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments