Here we go. RFK Jr has fired the entire advisory committee on vaccines. He will pack it with his anti-vaccine pseudoscientists. His plan to destroy the entire vaccine program has begun. A dangerous lunatic.
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09.06.2025 22:54 β π 197 π 67 π¬ 4 π 3
The Dangerous Truth About the βNonlethalβ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters
While they can cause serious injuries, βnonlethalβ weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, including at the recent ICE protests in Los Angeles.
In LA, protesters have come face-to-face in recent days with members of law enforcement wielding βnonlethalβ weapons. While these are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, they can cause serious injuries.
09.06.2025 23:05 β π 434 π 158 π¬ 19 π 8
RFK Jr for the win.
09.06.2025 22:26 β π 253 π 61 π¬ 16 π 0
"Violence" in Social Movements β’ 111
They Will Call You Violent
If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent.
Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.
for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"β¦
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"Harvard University has spent the last year slowly dismantling a religious-studies program that critics said was biased against Israel." www.chronicle.com/article/in-p...
09.06.2025 22:55 β π 161 π 54 π¬ 5 π 5
No, @npr.org. Heβs booting them to make room for his chosen replacements, who will be antivax.
Your headline sucks.
09.06.2025 22:25 β π 107 π 28 π¬ 5 π 0
It's quite possible that Whiskey Pete 1) is too stupid and 2) has no aides to figure out he needs to coordinate with LAPD, in which case this will become a clusterfuck very quickly.
is he going to feed the Marines? Or are they supposed to live off the land?
09.06.2025 23:03 β π 3399 π 982 π¬ 274 π 54
Blood on his hands
09.06.2025 23:08 β π 327 π 54 π¬ 9 π 0
First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now theyβve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.
This ainβt about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
08.06.2025 17:29 β π 12039 π 3602 π¬ 413 π 133
Mark Green is a combat vet.
Now would be a fantastic time for him to condemn the use of the military against civilians.
Iβm sure heβs too much of a coward to call out Trump directly, but give him a call & make his remaining time in Congress fun anyway: (202) 225-2811
09.06.2025 22:34 β π 71 π 21 π¬ 2 π 0
a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
ALT: a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
LA PROTESTERS: How to annoy ICE, cops, Guardsmen & Marines βpatrollingβ the streets?
Blast βIN THE NAVYβ, follow & dance party around them with BIG Pride flags, glitter bomb them & shout βHappy Pride Monthβ.
Believe me, the ridicule theyβll get will make them LOATHE being in LA.
#NotJoking
09.06.2025 22:54 β π 4384 π 1263 π¬ 186 π 123
Morale must be sky high!
09.06.2025 19:25 β π 2011 π 299 π¬ 79 π 11
On Trumpβs birthday, tell him: βNo Kingsβ
Major peaceful protests are planned across the country on Saturday, June 14.
Attend a #NoKings protest this Saturday to take a stand against fascism and wake up the mainstream media.
My latest Stop the Presses newsletter. Spread the word.
09.06.2025 16:44 β π 764 π 252 π¬ 23 π 9
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Deploying Marines to LA isnβt normal. Itβs a gross abuse of power similar to what we see from dictators around the world, setting the stage for martial law or full-on authoritarianism.
09.06.2025 21:46 β π 9363 π 2346 π¬ 374 π 80
RFK Jr.βs plan was always to undermine the vaccine regimen as much as he can. Bill Cassidy and other Republican senators were fools to believe anything else. They have enabled a profound threat to the health and well-being of millions of Americans.
09.06.2025 21:46 β π 546 π 145 π¬ 30 π 9
RFK Jr. promised under oath not to take away vaccine access. He broke that promise again today.
ACIP determines which vaccines are covered by major insurers. Replacing career civil servants w/political appointees (or disbanding ACIP altogether) will reduce access for *millions of Americans*
09.06.2025 21:48 β π 556 π 200 π¬ 21 π 9
When Senator Bill Cassidy announced he would vote to confirm RFK Jr, he included this in his statement:
βIf confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionβs Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.β
WITHOUT CHANGES.
09.06.2025 21:49 β π 2476 π 707 π¬ 103 π 50
My friend was going to come over today. She called to tell me she can't in tears.
She said ICE was at the intersections by her house. She can't leave because she's undocumented. Her kids are citizens. She's afraid to let them out of the house because she's afraid they'll be targeted regardless.
09.06.2025 21:35 β π 1196 π 438 π¬ 48 π 11
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
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Anyway I keep trying to come up with something useful to say about how incredibly desperate the corporate media is to extinguish even the most basic, milquetoast speech against fascism, but I simply have nothing
08.06.2025 17:44 β π 244 π 54 π¬ 2 π 1
Let me be exceedingly clear here: The government is trying to manufacture a crisis to justify violence against its own citizens.
Thereβs no ifs or buts β the Trump Administration is trying to provoke a violent response. They want a fight. They want an excuse to fire and terrorize.
08.06.2025 17:44 β π 261 π 92 π¬ 9 π 4
I am not joking AT ALL. This man understands the world and how it works and is able to clearly describe it in a way almost every mainstream media pundit seems to be absolutely incapable of.
08.06.2025 14:47 β π 175 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
The country would be immeasurably better off if the NYT permanently replaced David Brooks with this guy.
08.06.2025 14:45 β π 475 π 144 π¬ 4 π 1
I wanted to share this so that people know how dangerous these less lethal munitions are. I left the protest early last night to take my friend and coworker, Nick Stern, to the ER. He is having surgery this morning to remove embedded shrapnel. These protesters came to his rescue when he went down β€οΈ.
08.06.2025 16:11 β π 1124 π 503 π¬ 22 π 25
This is epic. I hope everyoneβs taking notes.
08.06.2025 17:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Patty you are a hero ππ€©
08.06.2025 17:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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