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In the next civil war, "the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other." - Ulysses S. Grant, 1875

submitted 20 hours ago • 128 comments

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

submitted 2 days ago • 1416 comments

ICE are absolute monsters and so is trump and so is Miller. They all deserve to go to prison

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

New: theonion.com/protesters-u...

submitted 2 days ago • 58 comments

🚫👑 www.nokings.org optimisticsoap Molly Lee: soapmaker | do gooder | ally

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

There's a doc on Kanopy called "Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train" --- fits with this moment.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

🧵1. #BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur HE IS USING HIS ICE ARMY… the same way hitler used his Brown Shirts. The precursor to the SS, they were deployed to instill fear, and create mayhem/violence that hitler could blame on the Jews and Communists.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

I notice people calling what we’re seeing these last couple of days “riots.” I was here during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. That’s not what this is. Local police can handle this, but ICE needs to back off—especially with these amateur hires who don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing.

submitted 3 days ago • 868 comments

Corporate media is cowards all the way down

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Here's what Trump's tax bill is all about: the LARGEST cut to Medicaid in history, just to cut taxes for billionaires who really don't need it.   Hospitals closing. Higher premiums for everyone.   We've got to make sure everyone knows about this bill NOW if we want to stop it.

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

Young Israelis in Jerusalem marched against genocide during their pride parade, police and undercovers tried to take their signs unsuccessfully.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

BREAKING The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.

submitted 5 days ago • 635 comments

This is very bad Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame

submitted 7 days ago • 161 comments

WATCH: “You stand in my church. You promised me.” A Minneapolis pastor confronts the chief of police about helping ICE

submitted 7 days ago • 758 comments

good luck. America needs principled leaders

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments