Glitter Grrl

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.

Horrific

Elizabeth Warren: "This one is to me not even open or arguable. How would the US government keep money that the Supreme Court said it did not legally collect from American businesses, that it did not legally take away from American families that ultimately paid this?"

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

What Democrats Can Learn from the Struggles of Britain's Labor Party | Right Now With Perry Bacon In the latest episode, Perry speaks with US & UK politics writer, podcast host, and TNR contributor Toby Buckle.

abandoning immigrants & trans people won't save centre left parties

i chatted with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social on how uk labour proves appeasement is a dead-end

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RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this.

MAHA was always a con.

Started / Going

Ugh

Sports lens to view power, race, gender, nationalism, and community.

It’s mind boggling that places like the Washington Post and the New School are shutting down their journalism and education on soccer, ahead of the World Cup.

We will teach anyway!

www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...

The New School Cancelled Their Class on Global Soccer and World Politics. We Are Going To Teach it Anyway. When institutions abandon critical thinking, we build our own classrooms.

NEW:

One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.

They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."

We are going to teach it anyway.

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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

“After years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship & bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”

Yes.

Current mood. I love Winter and snow, but this ice everywhere is not it.

Trump’s New Tax Law Saved Amazon Billions Breaks for investment and research lowered the company’s payments to the U.S. government.

Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos.

Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.

This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.

Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

John Roberts Does Not Want You Finding Out How the Supreme Court Actually Works The six-justice conservative supermajority is taking aggressive steps to ensure that the public remains in the dark about how the Supreme Court functions.

John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements

Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'

To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge

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Imogen Heap
Tori Amos
Janelle Monae
Rachael Yamagata
Garbage

Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

If you read one thing today, it should be this

Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’

www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says

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Doc. (loading) Isaac Sanders on Instagram: "If surviving right now feels impossible, it’s not because you’re failing. We’re living inside systems that were never designed for collective well-being — ... alltimeisaac on January 6, 2026: "If surviving right now feels impossible, it’s not because you’re failing. We’re living inside systems that were never designed for collective well-being — and resear...

I know it’s on IG and many are not using that platform at all, but I really like the message of this video, so I’m sharing it for those who don’t mind watching things there occasionally. www.instagram.com/reel/DTLnH1N...

"The cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

"AOC exposes Trump's ICE funding scheme.

At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.

Ooh I’ve been meaning to do some collage in my journal! I’m going to try to do it today. Thanks for the inspiration!

Practical Ways to Support Minneapolis if you live Outside Minneapolis a hastily written announcement + a call to resist white saviorism narratives

An important read with some local support options from @thegenerouspine.blacksky.app: sorrelvirginiahester.substack.com/p/practical-...

How are you taking some time for self care today? I’m having my coffee and peanut butter toast with a cat on my lap, then I’m going to take an everything shower, then I’m going to meditate, then wash my sheets. Need to not fall into despair, so I can keep my strength up. Don’t forget to recharge.

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids? The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.

Number of people shot by Trump's secret police so far: 43. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
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Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.

“Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:

When Democratic Senators repeatedly vote to confirm Trump’s Cabinet picks, they are telling you that they do not care about our democracy or their constituents.

They are on the side of the wealthy corporations & the pedophiles who are destroying our country.

Vote accordingly.