Caleb Barrett

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

Let’s also never agree with the framing of bad-faith Republicans.

There is no “terrorist wing”

So is this how President Peace Prize got the ceasefire deal to work?

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

Dear white evangelicals, I was wrong – Baptist News Global This use of force by the government against Christians is exactly what you’ve warned us about for years, Rick Pidcock says.

A powerful opinion piece by @rickpidcock.bsky.social

baptistnews.com/article/dear...

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Yes!
Pages, for the win!

Great win Dodgers!!!

Talk about stating the obvious.

We, as a country, should #StopTheExecution as a rule.
We can’t be trusted with the power of life and death; we’ve misused it WAY too often!

You should read everything @radleybalko.bsky.social writes and listen to this podcast.

The first episode is great!
Everyone should listen to this podcast and have their eyes opened to the way too many (all?) police departments work.

Great job Mookie!

Make him throw strikes!

These umps are really trying to help the Phillies!

This is ridiculous!

I’m laughing uncontrollably

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

“border agents segregated arrested residents by race”

This is, and ought to be, sobering.

I had not thought about it in quite this way.

Day after day the Trump regime continues to act illegally.

Congressional Republicans deserve so much blame for ceding their constitutional role.

Trump continues to show he doesn’t care about his supporters/voters. He only cares about himself and screws over the rest of us.

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Those 34 years would have been 26 years if the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit had cleared Francisco Benitez instead of denying him in 2015. He's one of at least 21 people the group rejected who were later exonerated. You can read about it in my @injusticewatch.org series Denying Innocence.

Oct. 7, 1963 | Alabama Troopers Attack Black People Registering to Vote in Selma Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black Selma residents attempting to register to vote faced state and local officials using violence and intimidation tactics to deny them that right.

Why is The Guardian (from the UK) doing a much better job of actual reporting than American “news” organizations?

(See CBS for why news is in quotes)

The devolution of CBS News A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.

They don’t care.

Like Musk destroying Twitter, they just want control.

But how do you know they’re drug traffickers?!!!!

The Roberts court is trying really hard to get the Worst SCOTUS Award.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

When did “tie goes to the runner” end?