Betsy Humphrey

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

First time on Bluesky since Election Day - I was on a full media blackout for a month or so, and am still limiting news access due to wanting to save my mental health! I apologize to all the people who responded to my posts for disappearing; thanks for the likes and follows.

This morning I realized that if Harris wins, there is absolutely going to be a legacy Supreme Court pundit who writes a take that’s like, John Roberts Kept Trump on the Ballot Because He Had Faith That the American People Would Reject Him, and I’m gonna lose my shit

Aussies don't hold punches

It’s a very big and very weird tent, but I’ll take it: LeBron James, Bad Bunny, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Liz and Dick Cheney and Angela Davis endorse Kamala Harris.

Put another way, the Trumpers calling for violence and genocide shouldn’t fear they’ll be in danger in the street. They should fear they’ll never be safe in an airport or an elevator or a dry cleaners or a Starbucks ever again.

I loved it too - I'm from Boston's North Shore and was living in SF at the time and appreciated Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg bring out those accents. I had to explain to (West Coast) friends I was with that I grew up around people who really speak like that. (Scorcese should have won for "Casino"!)

wow and you’re telling me she did this *without* threatening to hang mike pence?

I loved her Letterman appearances! She was so vibrant and charming.

Played for Rep. Byron Donald's walkout! Whoever planned the music must have thought it was a "joke".

I'm actually more Social Democrat, so it is easier to say "liberal". Bernie Sanders is one of my Senators, so it is a bit easier, even though I live in a fairly MAGA area.

Everyone gets the difference between (1) political opponents comparing a politician to Hitler, and (2) top national security officials who were appointed by and worked closely with a president comparing him to Hitler.

But some who want it and can't defend it on the merits try pretending otherwise.

The haters said there was no way I could get through this election with my sanity intact. And they were absolutely right, honestly great call by the haters.

This post rhymes with Letter From Birmingham Jail yes indeed

I say this all the time: the only useful framework to analyze white people’s self-perception of racism:
1) Racists are Bad People
2) I am a Good Person
3) Good People cannot be Bad People, therefore:
4) I cannot be a Racist, QED

It’s remarkable how, contra to The Narrative, NYC is significantly safer than basically everywhere

It’s so funny and noticeable how only left leaning spaces get called “echo chambers.” Only left wing people get told we need to learn to see other people’s perspectives and understand their motivations. Do conservatives want to be understood, or do they want to dominate conversations?

Frozen waffles sold at Target, Walmart and other major retailers recalled over listeria risk The frozen waffles, made by Treehouse Foods, were sold under store brands including Walmart's Great Value and Target's Good and Gather.

Donald John Trump, Sr.'s policies and Supreme Court Justices actively dismantled the food safety inspection apparatus and now we deal with goddam food recalls literally every week and some people out here want to RE-ELECT that man? I mean come the fuck on.
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Essential “stares in Hispanic” coursework.

By the way, I hope all the people who were yelling “THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO STOP AND PUNISH FALSE SPEECH, IT’S SIMPLE” will read this, but realistically, they won’t.

one underrated difference between this trump run and his previous two is that the sense that he is having any fun whatsoever is almost nonexistent this time around

Angela Davis and Dick Cheney are voting for the same person.

If you're feeling anxious about the election, it's because the stakes are very high, and the historical inflection point is getting closer.
It's not because the odds have worsened. If you feel like they have, the main factor is your social media feed, not anything concrete.
I strongly second this👇