What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
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What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
16.01.2026 20:07 β π 16345 π 5843 π¬ 689 π 409βIf you can beat the oligarchs hereβ¦that will send a message to every community in America that real change is possible.β
More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.
When architect Moseley Putney took down a wall in a mixed-use development in Louisville, he revealed a 1985 David Wojnarowicz mural. βI popped a hole in the drywall and ripped enough out that I could put a flashlight on it. And there it was,β Putney said. βIt was like looking into a freakinβ tomb.β
14.08.2025 19:28 β π 24 π 8 π¬ 0 π 2Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
Brad Lander is shown being detained by federal agents in a courthouse. Lander wears a dark blue suit, blue shirt and blue striped tie. The agents wear sweatshirts and blue jeans. A headline reads: "Brad Lander Is Detained By ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse." Photo by Olga Fedorova/Associated Press.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
17.06.2025 17:13 β π 2912 π 1135 π¬ 728 π 521NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trumpβs ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
"Because we see our democracy's in real trouble. We see a president who has made himself a king and dictator."
"We're disgusted and we're scared, and we know the only way to fight this now is for the people to come together." - @markruffalo.bsky.social on why he's at the #NoKings event in NYC
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.
David Hume βOf Public Creditβ in Essays Moral, Political and Literary (1758)
#nokings
Like the great Lou Reed said,
"Americans don't care too much for beauty
They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
Complain if they can't swim"
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