I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

TIME MAG - “The 69-year-old judge had received death threats in the weeks leading up to the fire…” (Stephen miller in particular has been lashing out at judges)

time.com/7323442/sout...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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🚨🚨🚨 Mamdami is not afraid to face the oppressors despite having been threatened to be deported. Where the hell are our elected leaders?!? People are throwing fits for vet (who have already sacrificed themselves, their families, and their health) to fight for the flag. I expect courage from Dems!

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A single X-wing starfighter painted in yellow and blue faces off against a Star Destroyer. The text reads “Resist: Stand with Ukraine”

Ukraine is still fighting.

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It's Worse Than You Think | Common Dreams The 905 billionaires in the United States hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape ...

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It’s Worse Than You Think

The 905 billionaires in the U.S. hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape to get by.

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b

LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

It’s a bad look.

The “Moral Monsters” Among Us Immigrants are dying now. Will people of good conscience speak up?

"We have entered a period in which it is becoming important to ask: What happens when our leaders and the people who work for them see immigrants not as human beings but as scum?" www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Rieckhoff: And if you watched that speech, you'd think that our enemies are fat generals, the city of Portland, Trump's political enemies and DEI

Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS official—you clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, “I am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, I’m going to put him in cuffs.”

Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney General… And who’s that? Todd Blanche.

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1 transgender shooter
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"

47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

“Health care for illegal aliens” is the new “immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield.”

The Republican playbook is simple: make up a baseless lie, repeat it every chance you get, hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats for the crises you created.

Imagine you're a career military general being summoned for a pentagon strategy lecture by a former game show host and a former weekend talk show host.

Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

It’s Not the President’s Military America’s military belongs to the Constitution and the people, not to a would-be tyrant.

Very strong piece by Marine combat veteran Michael Wood.

open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Trumpnomics:

When American taxpayers have to pay farmers because they can’t sell to the Chinese.

America is bailing out Argentina, while Argentine farmers sell soybeans to China instead of American farmers, thereby bankrupting them, which is why America also have to bail out American farmers.

If this is considered winning, I fear what losing looks like.

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

NASA's New Astronaut Class Has More Women Than Men For First Time In History "America is going to put the first woman on the surface of the Moon in the history of mankind...And the first boot that ever sets foot on the surface of the Red Planet will be an American."

I really wish Sally Ride was still with us to see this moment.