Phoenix Bryan

The system is rigged — and Trump wants to keep it that way because his own power depends on it.

What drives Trump is simple: he cares more about protecting the interests of those with power than those with none.

So when he and his regime lash out about Epstein, understand why.

When I was in high school it was framed as, "We needed unions in the old days, but now things are better and we don't need them anymore because they are actually bad." The way this parallels the current line on measles vaccines is very telling.

Union elections plummeted last year after Trump gutted the NLRB — while the cost of living soars and corporate profits hit record highs.

Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.

No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.

Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.

DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.

She went to court to get the body cam footage released.

It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.

Saying “do something b*tch”.

Ramming her car.

Shooting her.

It shows DHS lied.

OUR ENTIRE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS GUILTY
OF OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE FOR FUCKS SAKE.

The NYT fired everyone who knew that sugar cane is kinda important to Puerto Rico.

They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.

do you know how much of a shithead you have to be to get booted from a bar on the las vegas strip

I suck at pottery! yet I do it! the point is to get into my body and do something different with my mind! also it means 3 hours of not being on soul destroying technology! husbs and family members love my disgusting pots! I even gave some terrible but lovingly made items to my students!

Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.

A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID

Our case now moves into discovery

As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN

What the fuck kind of tortured phrasing is "causes me to feel hostility," he sounds like that comic where the pro-life millennial aliens talk about how adulting is hard

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

I'm both delighted and sad that this sold out in minutes before I could buy one.

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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look

death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026. 7um Jing FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35 There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

YouTube video by Dimension 20 Shorts Laws Are Threats #shorts

Just thinking about this Dimension 20 quote for no reason in particular www.youtube.com/shorts/bmaoN...

Scott Hechinger on Instagram: "Shut the fuck up." 370K likes, 3,866 comments - scotthechinger on February 22, 2025: "Shut the fuck up.".

The most charming delivery of this message:

This story is people telling their stories in their own words and it's really great. I finally took the time to read the whole thing late last night and had a good cry. Anyway. No paywall on it today. Read it if you want to know what things are like here through the eyes of people living it. ❤️

My favorite Bob Kane story:

This sleek look would be even better with ear protection and a piercing whistle.

sure, when you put it that way (or literally any other way) it sounds bad!

A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars