Slavery in the Americas did not emerge wholly formed in all its horrors, but rather developed - in the worst possible ways - out of traditions and markets long pre-dating colonialism.

But this isn't exculpatory for American slavery.

A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.

1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this' Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restrictio...

State-sponsored terrorism

America giving more value and money to masked gestapo who kidnap people off the streets in broad daylight than… heroic firefighters

Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex

This is perfectly written. I am crying from laughing so hard. Thank you.

this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card

They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?

Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy

Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.

“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.

It’s a genocide.

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Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians

If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.

My latest

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

SCOTUS Rules Against Trans People's Passport Gender Markers In Shadow Docket Ruling The administration has previously indicated it could revoke some trans people's passports if it got this ruling.

6 Nov 2025 -- In a ruling from its shadow docket, an unsigned Supreme Ct decision backs Trump emergency request to force passport for trans people to record their bio-sex, finds it does not constitute differential treatment.
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if the leftists win they will destroy our way of life (constant unnecessary suffering)

oh my god they actually did it lmao

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Jonathan Greenblatt @JGreenblattADL Follow • • • In light of Mayor-elect Mamdani's long, disturbing record on issues of deep concern to the Jewish community, we will approach the next four years with resolve. That's why I would like to say: pee pee poo poo. Doo doo fart shit. Blah blah wah wah I am a baby. A bloo-bla-blooooooo. In the months ahead, we will hold the Mamdani administration in openly racist and Islamophobic contempt. In conclusion: I am a pinecone-brain who can't find my way out of a paper bag without the advice of my donors. 9:46 PM • Nov 4, 2025 • 116.1K Views

Wow, this statement from Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL really speaks to me, as a Jew

He finally nailed it

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Oh so Thanksgiving meals could have been $20 this whole time?? Food prices didn’t need to be so high?

A list of races in which Republicans won. Two of the races listed were from NH.

NH, you fucking embarrassment.

This is huge — and in general it was a blue wave here. Also kicked our ICE-loving sheriff to the curb!

We did it for you Dick Cheney

This person took this when they called the race

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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My takeaway from the elections yesterday is that it’s one thing to be unpopular and have a large portion of the media apparatus desperate to pretend that’s not the case but it’s another thing to be unpopular and have that be an undeniable fact

There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.

Once more, for old times’ sake

Cuomo already working up a resume to become an opinion writer at the Times. NYT pitchbot is simply not gonna be able to parody this shit.

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often