"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

Hey whoever out there hitting the Rain Everyday button you can stop!!! We are good!!

Too many Democrats spent a good part of last year demonizing campus protesters, refusing to acknowledge Palestinians as humans, and painting people who want an end to Israel's genocidal actions as terrorists.

Trump is pouring on the gas, but Dems lit the match and threw in some logs.

Do we have any theories about why boomer moms want to know weight/height of baby more than anything else?

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

Speaking as a rural Democrat, the strategists’ push to the move Dems to the center is ill-advised.

No one needs Republican lite when there’s a Republican already on the ballot.

Serbian MPs set off flares and smoke grenades inside parliament Injuries reported as opposition MPs disrupt session in show of support for anti-corruption protests Serbian opposition lawmakers have lit flares and discharged tear gas during the opening day of the spring session of parliament, in a sign of support for…

Serbian MPs set off flares and smoke grenades inside parliament

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just weakened the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.

People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there

Inside Higher Ed headline and dek reading “Under Pressure, CUNY Removes Palestine Scholar Job Posting. System leaders took down a job posting for a Palestinian studies professor at Governor Hochul’s insistence. Faculty say it’s an unprecedented breach of academic autonomy. By Liam Knox.”

When the Trump administration escalates its attacks on academic freedom, don’t count on Democrats or university leaders to hold the line. They’re attacking it all on their own. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble? Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.

"Across the country, hospitals are dispensing medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for those very same substances on subsequent drug tests"

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