cristy, obviously

If the symbolism was any heavier, it would pull the rest of reality into it like a neutron star

Trump forces the U. of Virginia president to resign rather than endanger UVa’s funding.
The New York Times weakly describes it as “Trump’s success in harnessing the investigative powers of the federal government to accomplish his administration’s policy goals.”
I call it “fascist strong-arming.”

Federal agent “I will fucking shoot you” to a man in a car as another agent, wearing an FBI vest and mask covering his face, grabs a woman. According to eyewitness, no warrant was shown or probable cause given.

If so, it is time to start crafting some cool-ass laws. What a time to be a state legislator or an AG in a blue state. The Supreme Court just said you no longer have a boss. It's the last day of school, Democratic state majorities and AGs! Time to abuse some power.

Repealing Birthright Citizenship Would Significantly Increase the Size of the U.S. Unauthorized Population Repealing birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to unauthorized immigrants or temporary visa holders would have a contrary result from its stated aim of reducing the unauthorized immigra...

Horrifying to see SCOTUS limit the power of the lower courts and of people to sue today.

And just a reminder, if this Birthright Citizenship EO goes through it will create millions more undocumented people in the US

www.migrationpolicy.org/news/birthri....

quaker here. do i now have a right to have my children opt out of seeing any school books that relate to war?

Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith

Because their campaigns aren’t entirely built on the legacy of their last name

Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million.

If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.

Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct

publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

ICE is monstrous. Where are the Congressional investigations? The press investigations? Who will hold them accountable?

I love that neighbors rallied as I read it and called 911 on those terrorists. We can never just stand by.

Every single time an attempted ICE kidnapping occurs we MUST rally around the victim, bully the perpetrators, and call 911 and MAKE THEM RESPOND. Wanna not be bastards? Wanna be one of the good guys? Show up and cuff the terrorists!

Following this has been a journey. I hope that above all you are safe and annoyed but taking notes for a future meet cute scene in a movie or novel that will result in millions in residuals.

This is the best thing I have read in some time. It focuses the mind and heart.

Politico: Republicans are racing to make Zohran Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party

oh no! don't do it!

It’s also necessary to note how the Trump administration‘s destruction of IMLS threatens interlibrary loan:

www.slj.com/story/Cost-L...

action.everylibrary.org/imlsill

Had @librarypolicy.bsky.social put a call out today I’d answer for Colorado. There are MANY stories that haven’t been shared because people have been I instructed not to.

Let’s be real: this ain’t about “protecting life.” It’s about weaponizing poverty and race to strip away care, choice, and dignity from communities that dare to seek basic care in a system already built to fail them. (2/2)

This is how speakers against police-ICE collaboration at the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting were treated this morning.

Dude yes. 100%. That’s small. I can celebrate that and I will. And maybe those bigots can’t deal and have wiped him for something so largely innocuous.

$3 million from Colorado's opioid settlement haul will be used to buy overdose reversal kits as federal funding dries up Colorado is facing the loss of federal public health funding because of cuts announced by the Trump administration

Coloradans will continue to have access statewide to a key medication that reverses overdoses — thanks to a $3 million grant.

coloradosun.com/2025/06/25/c...

New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It’s so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.

Behold, Planet Earth’s largest digital camera—and its first shots. Here’s what the Vera Rubin Observatory’s images of swirling galaxies, sparkling stars, and sherbet-colored nebulae reveal about the cosmos.

Direct File is the kind of forthright, straightforward, unapologetic make-government-work-for-you kitchen table pitch that Dems who are looking for national analogues to Mamdani's winning platform should be grasping with both hands.

This is great …but there’s something going on there. That gun store owner quote is ominous. Can’t wait for the gossip - I hope it’s petty shit. Petty shit beats big horrible thing.

Reading alone won't save democracy but you can't have a democracy if people don't read

The GOP cuts to healthcare coverage will likely add another $50B in medical debt to the $340B in debt Americans owe.

We should be helping bring relief to ordinary Americans, not punishing them for seeking care. Let’s pass my bill with
@sanders.senate.gov to erase medical debt.