John Nichols

To which I will reply “sorry, all of my donation money will now be going to my healthcare premiums”

Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.

It's resegregation in real time.

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

Big Bird in Vincent van Gogh’s series called Sunflowers.

muppetized works of art: thread

seeing even more discourse yet again about "defund the police" and people yapping again about how it's a Bad Slogan and i think part of the problem here is people imagine themselves and their votes as The most important thing, the only thing, to think about.

and it's not. this is about power.

This administration commits libel and defamation on a daily basis. I'm not one to pin my hopes on corporate America but you'd think one of these companies would grow a spine after watching their stock price tank.

I seriously hope Tylenol sues the crap out of all the officials spreading this BS.

Zendaria

Uncle Fester in a yellow sweater and red and white heart apron.

A yellow smiley emoji hugging a heart.

idk which one is the emoji: thread

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

Second look, needs another coat when dry

My response to President trump’s assertion that our flag stands for violence

you cant really say much to how obvious the hypocrisy is everywhere without driving yourself mad, so you don't have to talk about it. just remember that you don't ever have to forgive them when the tide turns and they try to ask for it. they'll whine like they always do about unreasonable leftists

Everyone who thinks "if I was in power I could do it differently" on some level rejects the fundamental anarchist insight that there is no way to come to power in this system without being or becoming the kind of person who reproduces it

My advice for today:

You do not need to give even a single second of your heart or mind or tongue to any aspect of the lives of evil men.

It is sufficient repudiation of their evil to live well and free in spite of it.

Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.

YouTube video by Pete Seeger - Topic Step by Step

This is one of my favorites; I wish it was better known. youtu.be/Fcw-Dgjid20?...

An image with four panels of a man on a bus who says to Zohran, “How do you navigate making it free and also not being seen as a socialist?” “Well, I’m not really worried about that part.”

Most gigantic worms would be scary but Slimey as the Sandworm from Beetlejuice is a little less scary I’d guess.

making movies better with muppets: thread

Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great.

Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.

He's my favorite one of the weird townspeople, played by Sean Gunn. He's hilarious. Thanks to various partners over the years, I've watched the whole show multiple times and his scenes stand the test of time better than anything else.

Kirk.

If they think Superman is woke, wait until they learn about Jesus.

X-Files!

Fozzie the Bear as Captain Kirk with Lieutenant Uhura on the bridge of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series.

star trek but with muppets: thread

Can confirm that's compass plant on the right and center of the last photo. Looks like rosin weed on the left. Love that bee on the clover shot!

What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.

As Trump heads to the so-called “grand opening” of the Florida migrant facility, this definition - from the Holocaust Memorial Museum - needs to be widely shared and understood.