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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

Straight up uncut protection racket. Government as Paulie Walnuts.

Over 2,000,000 jobs at risk from Donald's big dirty bill.

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look closely 🤣😭

When I tell you Los Angeles is an occupied city/county, this is what I mean… Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.

“against President Trump’s policies” feels like a lazy description of nationwide protests against his authoritarian pretensions.

I'm going to repeat something I say endlessly, the media have a huge responsibility for Trumpism because of their lazy, irresponsible reporting on budget numbers.

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.

It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage. Dems need to act like an opposition.

Walmart heiress Christy Walton, one of the wealthiest women in America, paid for this ad in the NY Times. www.wsj.com/politics/a-w...

I just heard a transgender person interviewed on TV say that …when they incite fear, that also incites bravery from me.

Scoop: GitHub code shows Trump administration is building a platform to "accelerate" AI across the government called ai.gov that is supposedly going to launch on the Fourth of July www.404media.co/github-is-le...

A video explaining the terms about federalization of the Guard, the difference between the Guard, Reserves, and Active Duty, and when the guard or active duty can engage in law enforcement. Hint: the guard as activated in Calif cannot. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/video-expl...

I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it

How do cuts to the National Weather Service impact hurricane forecasts? Watch this riveting, straightforward explainer from the great @johnmoralestv.bsky.social

if you withhold medicine from someone knowing they'll die, that's generally considered murder.

if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.

He seems to be totally out of it, with his administration run by advisors.

I love this thread. You go guys!

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

Good cover @economist.com

Must read @jamellebouie.net column today. Here's a gift link. It considers four theaters in which "Trumpism as a reactionary futurist movement" is "waging war on the American future." I reckon another component of this is the tech industry's willingness to choose sides in this war.

Genuinely delighted that @unbreaking.org is now doing our work in public. I cannot tell you what it means to be a part of it, or how much its already helped me. If my Meeting the Moment newsletter has helped you, Unbreaking is going to bowl you over. So much more ambitious and helpful. Join us!

People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

Many National Weather Service offices are being forced to stop 24h alerts and updates due to christian nationalist's Trump Musk cutbacks. Tornadoes, flooding, firestorms, hurricanes… then afterward, no FEMA. Needless suffering and predictable deaths made by hubris for money.

🧵 Tucked inside the House GOP tax bill? A massive national voucher program. $5B/year in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools—$20B over 4 years. Public money, zero oversight. A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.” #DontDefundPublicSchools

New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

What's really wrong with the Qatar plane deal. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The trumpies have no farking idea what's going on, which pretty much explains why they're trumpies. 🧪

I don’t even know what to say about this……

A safe centralized data base for climate research… www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Anyone who thinks that because AI currently has energy use on par with data centers for other sectors we don’t need to worry about environmental impacts should pay attention to what tech people are saying about future energy demand.