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They are HAPPY that a far-right Christian nationalist preacher who preaches transphobia, homophobia, and anti-abortion killed Democrats in Minnesota. They're mocking it. Remember that.

A 17 year old transgender man in New Zealand died after extreme family rejection. Now, Radio New Zealand and the far right is deadnaming him and trying to use his case to advocate AGAINST gender affirming care. It's shameful. Read Alex's story, in his own words: www.webworm.co/p/lifeanddea...

Has @kuer.org, ‪@sltrib.com‬ or any other Utah media outlet reported how Sen. Mike Lee is pretending that a right-wing Trump-voting anti-abortion activist who targeted Democrats is somehow a "Marxist"? Public officials are being assassinated and Utah's shameless senator is pouring gas on the fire.

Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.

one disgusting thing fox news does constantly is lead jihads to try to get other journalists fired, like they're currently doing to Kimes. Story after story until they draw blood. If you work for Fox or defend them, you are a traitor to your fellow journalists.

Correct. This was an easy test for media outlets and many of them failed horribly. No need to give them yet another chance.

Tear gas, arrests, and police-instigated violence at the Chamblee/Atlanta protest in Georgia. www.tiktok.com/@cecymaldona...

I will say for the umpteenth time that the Democratic establishment is terrible at understanding enthusiasm math. An energized base is crucial to winning fights-- electoral and otherwise-- because they will drag the low info folks out to vote and protest and engage. You NEED that energy.

Not to get too hopeful on main but fascism hinges on the projection of strongman invincibility and every ding and crack in that image is a win for resistance. And boy howdy was there some good dinging and cracking delivered today

Folks keep asking what it will take for everyday cult members to realize they've been played. This is from a first hand journalist's account of Berlin on the night before the Red Army showed up. We're so far gone now that anyone who still believes will remain a true believer until the bitter end

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

UPDATE: Minnesota authorities have identified Vance Boelter (57) as the alleged murderer. The kill list recovered from his car also targets Gov Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, several Democratic lawmakers, & abortion-care providers. If you know where Boelter is call MN state tip line at (651) 555-TIPS.

-Note that the far-right & Republicans are spreading disinfo about the shooting in MN, despite the fact that the shooter is at large -Note they did this during hurricane disaster response, too -Note that all of this comes after the spread of disinfo during COVID + vaccination

I wonder what percentage of our fellow Americans hard-support* the assassination. 10%? 15%? (Hard-support vs. soft-support, e.g. “well Democrats have to understand how they have raised anxieties by attacking values” etc. I’d say another 20% soft-support, at least).

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

Four Trump NatSec officials. None mention that the victims are Democrats.

This holds true for events in Minnesota today. Violence against legislators is a clarion call of weakness. It advertises the fact that the attackers are weak, desperate, and in the minority. It is an open attack on democratic governance, grounded on free and fair elections by We the People.

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

These are relatively low risk protests in a lot of places AND gentle reminder to everyone that it is the cops that decide whether protests will be safe and/or peaceful, not protesters

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

Let's all be very clear that ICE *and* regular cops refusing to identify themselves in any official or legible way is creating a situation that allows murderers and non-state kidnappers to successfully impersonate law enforcement. We had kidnappers do this in Philly this week in ICE costumes, too.

If what happened this morning frustrates and scares you, go to a protest. We are not alone. We are stronger together. And we are safer in numbers. Join the wall.

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

Showing up matters, being there matters, but what matters most of all is that you BE SAFE. This is a dangerous weekend, and protesting is both brave and necessary but please don't take any uncalled for risks. Showing up matters. Coming home matters more. LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER PLEASE.

🧵 1/4 This video was too long & needed to be broken into 4 sections Despite that, this Southern man’s message to his fellow southern men & “not the politicians & bootlickers pretending to know bourbon from Boone’s Farm, the good ol’ boys that can bait a hook & throw a punch” is worth the listen!

Calling people like JD Vance and Tom Cotton "simpering little power fetishists in tailored camouflage" makes this a great listen.

Proud Boys are your prototypical fash cowards. They cannot fight a fair fight, and won't. When they hurt someone successfully it's usually because they ganged up and ambushed, or because the police protected them. And that latter part is where they really pose a serious threat, actually.

Yesterday Trump’s Secretary of Homeland Security threatened to “liberate” Los Angeles from its own freely elected officials. Kristi Noem must resign.

Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment Very protect. Much serve. Cops are great

Terrible Gallup poll today. Lots of bad anti-trans sentiment, but this one really blew my mind and should be VERY eye opening to our LGB folks: America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)

Coupled with the savaging of NOAA & NWS, this means states are going to be caught unprepared when hurricanes strike, resulting in more damage that they’ll be even less capable of cleaning up. A disaster on top of a disaster.

i just think if you’re pro kidnapping you should be politically untouchable

Lots going on, but this is big. White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...

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