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"we are hearing [ICE] aren't getting the numbers they want" maybe it's bc of this lmao

To perpetrate mass violence, you actually don't need to be evil and you definitely don't need to be a genius. All you need is power. Disregard is much more common, much more insidious, and therefore much more dangerous than malice.

This isn’t Nazi shit. This is straight up slave shit . It’s deeper in America than Nazis

Dawg, the official White House account is tweeting out pure fascism. What in the actual fuck.

My sister got me a custom cheese board.

If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this. Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.” What?! 👀

Something something "monitoring his own conflicts of interest"...

Today it's over "the Gulf of America." What state-mandated language or positions will the White House require reporters to parrot to retain access to events in the future?

in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

donald trump talks about JD vance in a way that someone who had a gifted kid that ended up flaming out

Greatest moment in football history and it is not close.

Sudan and Palestine at the halftime show. I don't watch this sport but now I'm interested

With Trump + the NFL likely to turn today’s Super Bowl into at least some degree of fascist spectacle, it’s worth remembering Colin Kaepernick (@kaepernick7.bsky.social) literally gave up his career to challenge the regime’s white supremacist project the first time around. Solidarity to the GOAT.

Leavitt says they’ve begun flying deportees to Guantanamo Bay. This is functionally disappearing human beings. There is no consular access to Guantanamo, making it nearly impossible for those held there to be represented by their governments. There is virtually no media access, either.

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

Something about begging the governor to veto one bill that the utah leg passed despite being vehemently opposed by a broad coalition of utahns while the executive branch unilaterally disembowels the federal government..

In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials buff.ly/4hPuTSX A version of the vaccine has been available in India since 2022 through a licensing agreement between WashU and the Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech. #medsky #idsky 😷🧪

there are people out there who are going about their lives thinking severance is "just a show about being able to turn your brain off at work"

This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.

Very unwelcome news! H5N1 genotype D1.1 6 identified in 6 Nevada dairy herds. This is NOT the strain that's been circulating on farms so far. It's the strain that sent a 13yo girl in Canada to ICU, and that killed a man in Louisiana. Very bad time for a public health comms blackout.

"The store was full of people eager to put up with the inconvenience and invasion of privacy if only they could buy the things they needed in peace." (Butler)

Yes thehill.com/homenews/sen...

In this News Brief, "Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith 'Cost-Cutting Effort,'" we detail how NYT, WaPo, CNN and others continue to treat Musk's 'DOGE' committee as an aw shucks effort to "reduce waste" and "find savings" in our government.

He did not get the idea to do a coup after purchasing Twitter. He purchased Twitter to secure ownership of the public square in order to execute his coup without interference.

DHS and DOD lawyers are struggling to find legal authority for the president to fly migrants to Gitmo because none exists. These are illegal removal flights without the permission of the country of removal and unauthorized detentions post-removal. www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...

Trans folks, if any of these new orders are impacting your life, we at @19thnews.org want to know. DM me. Tell me if your medical appointments are canceled. If your documents are seized. Help us find the news