Lydia Kiesling

Being critical of strategy is not the same as being critical of a diversity of tactics. Some tactics are less strategic, less helpful, and infinitely more dangerous than others.

We cannot afford to be careless right now.

Judge John C. Coughenour, who in February blocked Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, said that he and his wife had been “swatted.”

“The local sheriff's office received a call saying that I had murdered my wife, and they arrived at my house with weapons drawn,” he said.

Genuine answer for genuine curiosity haha. I'm not a "defend Nordstrom" person but it is the last holdout of a specific kind of retail experience that I will miss when it's gone

I'm a normie mom and I go there exclusively to buy bras, which they will actually help you do, sniff perfume I won't buy, used to nurse a baby in the "ladies lounge", and gaze in wonder at dresses that I also won't buy. Bad business but emotionally resonant (in all the obvious fucked-up ways) for me

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

URGENT! This fundraiser is for Khawla Al-Muranekh, a six-year-old girl wounded alongside her father and siblings during the ongoing genocide. I verified this fundraiser myself. Please don't ignore her and her family. Boost and chip in if you can:

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EVs induce more car usage and traffic. We need more bike and transit infrastructure.

Here are when the 17 Dems who voted against the Sanders resolution are up for reelection:

2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner

2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet

2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff

If this is how the IDF treats American citizens traveling with media attention, it brings even more credibility to the reports of their abuses of Palestinian civilians. I stand in solidarity w/ my brother Chris, the civilians in Gaza and all working towards peace and dignity for all. End this horror

Apparently the Arab, Iranian, and European delegations all walked out of the UN parliamentary summit in Geneva after Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana told delegates “the Palestinian state can be established in London or Paris.”

Public Progress Solutions and Zenith Research polling breakdown between Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa, Eric Adams, Jim Walden, and Andrew Cuomo

85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani.
79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani.
67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.

Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?

Thank you!

The time is long overdue for Congress to stop funding Israel’s illegal and horrific war against the Palestinian people.

The U.S. must not support a government which is starving children.

Tomorrow, I will force votes in the Senate to block the sale of weapons to Netanyahu.

My God Green Beret Anthony Agular recounts how a 5-year-old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food Agular gave him Seconds later, Israeli soldiers shot and killed the starving child ISIS prisoners were treated with more dignity than these children, Agular says

It is not possible to find the words for this.

Tomorrow, Senator Bernie Sanders will force the Senate to vote on two resolutions to block weapons sales to Israel:

— Bombs; weapons guidance kits; and other technical tools

— Tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles

Portland is now a place where rich NIMBYs turn on cops when they express a little empathy toward homeless people.

As a workshop leader for @literary-arts.org, as a former Oregon Book Award winner, as a Portlander, and as a Jew, I didn’t hesitate to sign this.

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Open letter to the Portland Book Festival
“We ask you to say ’no’ to sponsorship from banks that profit from and facilitate the destruction of Palestine.”
Consider adding your name:
lithub.com/an-open-lett...

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Hey if you are or have been a participant/attendee/admirer of the Portland Book Festival or other Literary Arts programming please consider signing on to this divestment ask!! lithub.com/an-open-lett...

Flyer announcing a Town Hall to Protect Preschool for All. Wednesday, August 13th, from 4:30 until 6:00pm, at Latino Network's La Plaza Esperanza, 16515 SE Oak Street, Portland, OR 97233

Don't let them get away with it. Join us at our Town Hall to Protect Preschool for All! Food, childcare, and Spanish interpretation provided.

Screenshot of text: [Highlighting begins] But the shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and may lead some to further scrutinize Mr. Mamdani, [Highlighting ends] who has relatively limited experience in government and has not handled a high-profile crisis while in office.

One fascinating thing about the most self-serious newspaper in America with its staff of the winning journalistic meritocrats is that it routinely, institutionally publishes completely made-up bullshit speculation about pure abstractions, based on zero reporting, written as if it were plain facts

Sen. Merkley signs on.

Why hasn’t @wyden.senate.gov ?

[picture] Participants seated aboard 'Handala' with life jackets on and hands raised as they were attacked. [Text] Adalah Update | 27 July 2025, 8 PM Jerusalem time Adalah lawyers have met with 17 of the 21 detained activists, who are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them from international waters. Detainees were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.

[Picture] Antonio, Jacob and Gabrielle holding their respective passports [Text] Being Deported: Antonio Mazzeo (Italy) Gabrielle Cathala (France) Jacob Berger (US)

[Picture] The below participants holding their respective passports [Text] Still Detained: Braedon Peluso (US) Robert Martin (Australia) Tania “Tan” Safi (Australia) Justine Kempf (France) Emma Fourreau (France–Sweden) Antonio La Picirella (Italy) Christian Smalls (US) Chloé Fiona Ludden (UK–France) Sergio Toribio Sanchez (Spain) Vigdis Bjorvand (Norway) Hatem Aouini (Tunisia) Santiago González Vallejo (Spain)

[Picture] Bob and Huwaida holding their respective passports [Text] Interrogated and Released in Adalah Custody: Huwaida Arraf and Bob Suberi (US–Israel dual nationals)

Adalah lawyers have met 17 of 21 detained activists. They are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them in international waters. They were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.

The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy GoFundMe donations, social media posts, and board memberships reveal how a handful of faculty members are backing Zionist doxxing outfits.

NEW: While many academics worried about danger to free speech in higher ed during Trump admin's arrests of students for pro-Palestine speech, some liberal arts professors were supporting the groups looking to detain students...sometimes on their own campuses.

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British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans.

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🚨 Horrifying scenes : Aerial footage shows the complete destruction of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. According to Israeli sources: “We didn’t leave a single stone standing.”

oh my fucking god