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My favorite poem is called Under the Vulture Tree by David Bottoms

This makes me feel such a strong very particular feeling that as if I was in that moment. Bravo!!

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Daily Beans Fundraiser - Whistleblower Aid Daily Beans Listeners Fundraiser for Whistleblower Aid The American rule of law has survived many challenges, but now faces one of the most serious threats in our history. Checks and balances within o...

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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.

Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

Tell me: if these dudes show up with guns in an unmarked van to grab someone, why don’t the Second Amendment fans think they should be shot?

This is about all of us. Never forget that.

"In Texas, the largest state to ban abortion, the trend is most pronounced: In 2022, the first full year Texas had outlawed most abortions, pregnancy-related deaths went up by 56 percent" #txlege

Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors "The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."

In this Teen Vogue Take, news & politics editor @leximcmenamin.com analyzes the April 17 Florida State University shooting and the politics of the alleged gunman.

Read more here ⤵️

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,

Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.

~ All of Us

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

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Sign: IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? Books include: Erasing History, Autocracy, Inc, Fascism: A Warning, How Democracies Die

Sign: IS THIS JUST FANTASY? Books include; It Can’t Happen Here, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s Tale

Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

Disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support,…

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

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I think one of the best things I’ve learned from the internet is to give something that can be thrown away or used up as kids birthday gifts like art supplies, art project kits, or sticker books. Parents are happy to reduce clutter, kids love them, you get to give a gift.

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

RFK Jr. Orders Removal Of Sinks From HHS Bathrooms WASHINGTON—As part of a sweeping overhaul of the building’s plumbing system, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly ordered the removal of sinks Tuesday from all bathrooms in the Department of Health and Hu...

To show you how insane things are, I thought this was an actual headline until I realized it was from The Onion. lol

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The IRS agreed to share legally protected taxpayer information with DHS and ICE.

Federal law clearly protects taxpayer privacy. This agreement is illegal.

This is an assault on every single taxpayer's rights and will destroy lives.

Holy shit, the last few lines

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Photo of me and my sister (Emily Hummel) at one of the light tables at Walt Disney Animation France. I'm drawing goofy? I think?? With a bunch of model sheets from A Goofy Movie scattered in front of me.

Photo of one of the animators on A Goofy Movie at Walt Disney Animation France.

A collection of original model sheets from A Goofy Movie.

Rough Max poses for A Goofy Movie.

It's been 30 years of A Goofy Movie, and 31 years since we briefly lived in Paris while my dad worked on it! Truly one of the coolest things as a kid, to hang out at the studio or watch pencil tests over dinner.♥️

Also eternally grateful to mom for secreting away a bunch of original model sheets:

The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Moskowitz: He tariffed the penguins. He tariffed Vietnam. Madagascar. I don’t know what the plan is. Is the plan to get people who live in Vietnam to move to Greenland to make the shirts there? Nobody really knows.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Most importantly, if you get arrested or stopped by law informant, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!! Know Your Protest Rights: 1. You don’t need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don’t need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you’re not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. 4. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you’re free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. 5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don’t sign, say, or agree to anything without a lawyer present. 6. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement officer at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you only answer questions in the presence of an attorney-no matter your citizenship or immigration status.

Friendly reminder!!!! Most importantly, if you get arrested or stopped by law enforcement, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! (with alt text)

< Jaime Montana Cook is at Sackets Harbor Central School. 5h • Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly. Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process. They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years. They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe. We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release. We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not "being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims." Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is. We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting. Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center. The wait had already been too long a week ago. I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community. Jaime Cook Prek-12 Principal Sackets Harbor, NY

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

Two cute baby penguins

The year is 2065. Worldwide, young colony members are taking tests.

“In 2025, which of the following did the US Trump Administration not tariff?”

A. The entire EU
B. Peru
C. Russia
D. Penguins

Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top.

#HandsOff2025