GAVIN NEWSOM: So, again, you were talking about the importance of-

EDGAR THE BUG WEARING HUMAN SKIN FROM MEN IN BLACK: SUGAR WATER

GAVIN NEWSOM: Yes, sugar water. And my party hasn't acknowledged how much people love sugar and water. My son was shouting SUGAR WATER at me the other day on xbox.

He still thinks people seeking “asylum” were released from “insane asylums.” Incredible.

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

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New rule: Don’t vote for people unless they’re willing to punch a Nazi.

It won’t stop with people living here without proper documentation. And by the time it comes for you, whatever is holding you back from standing up now will seem microscopic compared to the problem you’ve enabled.

If you’ve been on the fence about getting involved, about publicly condemning this ongoing attack, about doing, saying, feeling something - get off the fence. Because this lawless, bigoted administration won’t stop with trans kids.

Here’s the latest; it’s a mandate from the federal government that K-12 teachers bully their students. If they don’t? Jail. There is no policy aim here. The cruelty is the point. Now is the time to listen, learn, and get engaged.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Per a source (my brain): If any single person involved in public planning, policy or politics would just grow a single vertebrae in their spinal column, that would be a great start.

My strongest hopes for the Biden Administration were that he would:
- Commit to being a one-term president
- Work across the aisle to roll back the imperial presidency
- SCOTUS reform

“A counter to his mother, and general reality.”

Sickening

And you’ll be able to precisely demonstrate his moves in your old age.

Won’t hear this from Rep. Mike Thompson.

Massachusetts’ 2nd Congressional District is just 3 points more liberal than California’s 4th. Where is Mike Thompson?

I hear there are stories coming, but putting the brakes on our country’s world-leading medical research system feels like a five alarm fire and I don’t see a newspaper that even has it on the front page yet

postcard: Report Illegal Aliens At schools At work At church At restaurants In your neighborhood THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE

back of a postcard, address obscured by pixels, sent from Oakland, CA sender name is "Trumps Coming"

back of a postcard, address obscured by pixels, sent from Oakland, CA sender name is "Trumps Coming"

Multiple UFW union offices received this in the mail this week. Thanks for reaching out!

A waking nightmare.

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump? The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term.

Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

The White House ordering DOJ to drop pending prosecutions is a breach of the department’s traditional independence that would be an earthshaking scandal under ordinary circumstances.

Wait until you have a second kid.

a qualification that’s not in the social copy they use here or in the body of the article; it’s just a sloppy newspaper

Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

At RFK Jr.-led environmental group, insiders questioned how he spent $67 million Kennedy sent millions to the Bahamas. Did it help a billionaire pal?

SCOOP: Insiders at a RFK Jr.-led nonprofit protested $67 million to a small environmental group he & a hedge-fund billionaire helped set up in Bahamas. A board member resigned over it. By @davidcorn.bsky.social @dfriedman.bsky.social @russchoma.bsky.social

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

…and I think this passage from a Raleigh News & Observer editorial applies as much now as ever. Those “who propose abandonment of the schools is to pose something behind secession from the Union. They urge secession from civilization.”

I don’t remember it being taught in school, but a big part of the school integration fight that followed Brown was the rash of states that chose to close schools rather than integrate.
It’s the same calculus conservatives use today in cutting off benefits or anything that might help a minority.

But parts of the operation are becoming clear: Many of the executives involved are expecting to do six-month voluntary stints inside the federal government before returning to their high-paying jobs. Mr. Musk has said they will not be paid — a nonstarter for some originally interested tech executives - and have been asked by him to work 80-hour weeks. Some, including possibly Mr. Musk, will be so-called special government employees, a specific category of temporary workers who can only work for the federal government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period. The representatives will largely be stationed inside federal agencies. After some consideration by top officials, DOGE itself is now unlikely to incorporate as an organized outside entity or nonprofit. Instead, it is likely to exist as more of a brand for an interlinked group of aspirational leaders who are on joint group chats and share a loyalty to Mr. Musk or Mr. Ramaswamy.

The plan is for a cohort of unpaid, unofficial volunteers to live within federal agencies for six months, working 80 hours per week on undefined tasks, conspire with one another on Signal, and get nearly everyone around them fired. It doesn’t sound fully baked to me. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...