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The private sector should be allowed to build mega-prisons on the islands of K2-18b. by Elon Musk and Marco Rubio

My critique of RFK Jr’s first press conference as HHS Secretary, and there is no surprise here - he spreads more disinformation regarding autism spectrum disorder. drrubin.substack.com/p/autism-and...

Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.

NY Times Pitchbot: Scientists believe they have detected signs of life on the distant exoplanet K2-18b. Here's why Elon Musk wants to deport people there.

Opining about how autistic people have such limited futures is pretty rich from a guy whose biggest achievement in life was being born a Kennedy.

Even if Bondi is right (she’s not), it doesn’t change the facts: • he was deported to El Salvador erroneously and in violation of a judge’s order • SCOTUS has ordered that the administration facilitate his return • they’re ignoring that order • one phone call to Bukele and he’s on the next plane

The way the MAGA rhetoric is escalating, they'll be claiming Abrego Garcia is the founder and secret criminal mastermind behind MS-13 and that he personally caused the high price of eggs by next week. Not. One. Shred. Of. Evidence was offered before these people were put in a foreign prison.

Even when I already KNOW that I want to put them in jail? Seriously? EVERY time? Ugh!

He’s SO close…

Correct. Stop letting Donald Trump set his own norms, as he has gotten away with his entire life, and don't just expect him to obey the laws he swore to uphold — demand it!

The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.

Feel this in my very bones. You don't get to dictate who or what your child can be. You guide them and bring them up as best you can, but they make their own choices and that's as it should be. No parent should judge, reject, gaslight, bully or seek to control their child. it's just that simple.

In this article Musk mentions "declining population" and "civilization crumbling" due to "low birth-rates" multiple times and not once does the article note that the only way his comments make any sense is if you add "white" to all of them. (Also, DAMN is Musk creepy.)

MAGNETO WAS RIGHT

This is where your Harry Potter money goes

Trans people have exist, have always existed, and will always exist, no matter what any court or any President or any billionaire or any uneditable novelist might say.

Sending love to my trans sisters and siblings across the pond and everywhere today: I see you, you are valid, and who you are is not determined by legislation. You are who you are and always have been and always will be, and one day, everyone will recognize that. Transphobia is not feminism. 🏳️‍⚧️

Listen, we have no power over the concentration camps we fund in El Salvador, but unlimited power to dictate the repeal of civil rights laws everywhere.

This is STRAIGHT UP jackbooted fascist thug shit.

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

Super important 🧵 to keep in mind as the deluge of just plain wrong info about autism begins.

Donald Trump continues to put the "ass" in class.

I know there's a focus on how many of the people kidnapped to El Salvador didn't have criminal records or gang affiliations, but that doesn't matter: Even criminals receive due process under our Constitution. That's how the system is supposed to work.

HAPPENING NOW: At the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis is set to begin a hearing on the government’s efforts – or lack thereof – to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly removed to El Salvador. Follow along for updates ⬇️

“Could you imagine if our prisons were like the one in El Salvador where you’re in shackles?" She might as well have gone on to say "Is anyone else incredibly HORNY for fascist brutality, or is it just me...?" This is what the MAGA crowd craves: "those people" brutally "put in their place."

"Efficiency!"

Two large national organizing calls coming this week WEDNESDAY: #HandsOff coalition talks about next steps, 8PM Eastern. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve... THURSDAY: A couple of national organizations prepare to organize mass actions for May Day, 7PM Eastern. Sign up:

One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse

The only reason the Trump regime isn’t loading people onto train-cars is there are no trains from the U.S. to El Salvador or Guantanamo Bay and infrastructure projects seem kind of woke.

If you don’t have fresh horrors, store bought is fine.

Today's Bluesky recommendation is "Mid-Century Modern" on Hulu: I was honestly a touch dubious about a "gay Golden Girls" (redundant?) but the show is charming, funny, and unabashedly queer and the cast is brilliant. Deliciously bingeable.

"[N]o solid ideas for a post-liberal society — it was all just aesthetics, resentments and vibes. “And now the vibes have knocked into reality."

Really, AP? Does it present a sticky legal wicket? Your article spends numerous paragraphs explaining immigration law without talking about how the regime is flouting it and then many more explaining all of the legal reasons why they can't do what Trump has outright said he wants to do.

I hugely appreciate the work of Indivisible, 50501, and other civic groups and officials like AOC and Bernie Sanders but EVERY high-ranking Democrat or elected official who has not sold out to the Trump regime should be the ones calling for mass protests to support them in STOPPING this.

Fear is contagious, but so is courage. #HandsOff

Yes, more of this.