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I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

Stated vs revealed preferences

These people *desperately* want to be adored and feted rather than shunned

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

Reuters reporting this blatant crime as if it’s a lunch date is a prime example of the kind of careless, aloof normalization in journalism that has greased the skids of this catastrophic authoritarian power grab.

This is a great thread explaining why mass rallies, like #NoKings, are critically important. Not sufficient on their own, but key to organizing an effective resistance to authoritarianism.

Also: SUPER FUN!

The regime falls falls when the security services have to make a choice about whether or not they want to club Grandma and the normies.

They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.

So, to repeat, what's your plan?

More surprising behavior by a Republican 😑
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes

i genuinely think that it is pretty important to make people like Talia Jane feel wildly unwelcome at protests where the government is itching to roll in the tanks. that prospect needs to remain ridiculous at the point when it inevitably happens.

Iran is launching missiles at Israel literally right now www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

We are on the verge of a medical Golden Age, if we retain the stability and infrastructure to support it.

I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.

Easy money, no risk.

Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.

For the record, the moderate position on trans rights is that we keep them all. Because we already have them. There's nothing more moderate than doing nothing. The only extremists are the ones wanting to CHANGE POLICY so that we LOSE RIGHTS.

Well done.

this is an insane, bizarre state of affairs in which no one knows who's at war with whom, all stemming from the fact that the president is a brain-damaged moron who doesn't know how anything works and lies constantly, which the news refuses to relay and must somehow write around

On Feminism, Creeps, and New York City's Election Tomorrow For a lot of people in public life women's rights are something to make a lot of noise about when it's convenient and sweep aside when it's not. Or so it seems with the rush to forgive and whitewash o...

For a lot of people in public life women's rights are something to make a lot of noise about when it's convenient and sweep aside when it's not. ...“In my mind, I never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn,” Cuomo said at the time.

Holy hell. So much for the meritocracy.

Cuomo spent $452 million on equipment to fight COVID. NY only distributed 3 items. The state comptroller found that New York barely distributed any of the medical equipment it acquired, and left $300,000 worth of credit card transactions unaccounted for.

Spending billions of our taxpayer dollars, on supplies we never got delivered and/or didn’t/couldn’t use.

As a legislator who begged for resources for my community, I will never forget the community support systems we built. Despite him.
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As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.

Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.

Some of them think vaccines cause cancer while others are sure they cause AIDS. Some charge thousands of dollars for a vaccine detox and others believe detox therapy should only cost hundreds. This kind of viewpoint diversity is exactly how we restore trust in public health

NEW AP-NORC POLL: 60% say Trump’s military parade isn’t a good use of taxpayer money. Only 38% think it’s worth it.

Yglesias insisting for years that progressivism is politically toxic and then suggesting Dems team up with an extremely unpopular pseudo-Nazi is a good window into the reality of “popularism”

This is horrifying.

I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.

Mark my words: today will be revealed as a pivot point in the relationship between Trump and Vance. It’ll be recognized as the first moment when Vance did significant bet hedging with his silence and Trump noticed and it became A Thing between them over time.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Hmmmm

The Day That Trump and Musk Torched Their Partnership An afternoon of escalating attacks left the men threatening to wield their power against each other.

What a shame. “DOGE affiliated staff, some of whom were responsible for pushing out thousands of federal workers, texted one another on Thursday about whether they would be fired next, according to administration officials.” www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

The "Epstein Files will destroy our enemies" stuff is maybe my favorite example of how impenetrable the mindset is. Far more photos of Trump w Epstein than any of his political enemies. And yet! Unshakable belief that The Files will take down Hillary or whoever.

Judge halts Trump’s proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after university files amended lawsuit | CNN A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to Harvard University.

A judge has halted a proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after the university filed an amended lawsuit.