figleaf.bsky.social

Big milestone! Congrats!

Very “master race”-y

I don't know the author of this storybook about the Portland Frog but it's hilarious and I'd gladly have it read to me every night. 🐸😆

Every single day I share at least 5 concrete actions people are taking and someone always asks: "but what can I do?"

I don't really know what to tell you at this point. I really don't.

Screenshot of court order, which reads in part: “A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion land a trial on the meries under Rule 65(al(2) is set for October 29, 2025l before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.”

While we were sleeping:

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from deploying any federalized National Guard—Texas, California, the state’s own—in Oregon.

That’s big news. Even bigger: She’s decided to hold a trial on the merits. That is: She’s putting people under oath.

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

Watch ICE illegally arrested Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency room—simply for asking them to show a warrant for a man they detained.

My fucking god

The thing about Charlie Kirk is that Trump is in the Epstein files.

Screen snapshot of Twitter post by Donald Trump Jr showing a hammer and pair of men’s underwear with the text “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween consume ready.” A distasteful reference to a rightwinger’s vicious attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at their house in the middle of the night while Me. Pelosi was wearing only underwear.

How about those who celebrate violence on the other side?

GAZA: 20,000 CHILDREN KILLED IN 23 MONTHS OF WAR - MORE THAN ONE CHILD KILLED EVERY HOUR At least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces in Gaza over nearly 23 months of war, with the number of children killed now surpassing 20,000, Save the Children...

A child every hour for nearly two years.

Can you link to the source? I couldn’t find any such Forbes article. There odd something about the photo caption that does not ring authentic to me.

Can you link to the source? I couldn’t find any such Forbes article.

🤮 Billionaires billionairing.

Community rallies around Oakland cafe owner targeted by DOJ The Trump administration sued the Palestinian-owned Jerusalem Coffee House in June, accusing it of antisemitism. Attorneys for the cafe’s owner say it’s a bad-faith attempt to silence dissent.

The Trump administration sued the Palestinian-owned Jerusalem Coffee House in June, accusing it of antisemitism. Attorneys for the cafe’s owner say it’s a bad-faith attempt to silence dissent.

Said by someone who platforms fascists on his podcast, while nodding and saying, “you make a good point.”

GOP Texas Rep. Capriglione drops re-election bid after reported affair, allegations he funded abortions An exotic dancer alleges the anti-choice Republican paid for her abortions and shared disturbing fantasies about children.

Giovanni Capriglione, a right wing state rep in Texas who had an affair with a stripper, reportedly told his mistress that he wanted to ejaculate into batter for cookies that would be sold at his daughter's bake sale.

www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-tex...

The Oklahoma Schools Superintendent, a religious extremist, is in hot water after having porn on a screen during a meeting.

I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'

He got busted with porn on his screen during a work meeting.

City Commissioner arrested after alleged inappropriate relationship with teen girl Fort Pierce City Commissioner James Taylor arrested; 'nobody is above the law'

Police arrested a Florida Republican city commissioner for soliciting a 13-year-old girl and two counts of solicitation of transmission of child pornography by electronic device or equipment. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Yeah, James would like those episodes for sure.

James, you seem to care about immigration issues. You should check out this cool podcast called It Could Happen Here. They have some decent coverage.

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.

A reminder that the Fox News Cinematic Universe only focuses on black officials when they can tear them down.

They used to mock Baltimore's Brandon Scott as a "DEI mayor" but now that homicide rates have plummeted they're just pretending he doesn't exist.

The article seems to posit that this is good news — a Trump fail. What if it’s actually the plan? Rather than deport a cheap labor force that is the backbone of a bunch of critical industries, they can now have incarcerated labor in labor camps and/or leased labor as in the chain gangs of yore.

If you’re tempted by Prime Day, just remember Bezos virtually rented the city of Venice for his wedding. And remember how he wanted to dismantle a historic bridge in the Netherlands to accommodate his super-yacht.

@isabelwilkerson.bsky.social , I hope you start posting soon. These are times when I’d really like to hear your voice.

Oh, you’re right. Democrats should keep doing the same thing they’ve always been doing. Losing.