Paul in Philly

“We are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family.”

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

The Pain and Glory of My Football-Loving Life A comic about the Eagles, fathers, incarceration, and the holes that sports can't fill.

The Super Bowl may be over but you can still read my comic with Chris Blackwell about football and the complicated role it plays in our relationships in @thenation.com, supported by @economichardship.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

User @backintimeag: The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

Our Democratic senator is out to lunch.

Another murder- recorded on video. This fascism must end.

Go Minnesota

Here’s what the #PHLed closing proposal looked like in 2013. The SRC had used its authority to waive the requirement that it hold individual hearings on closings 3 months before a final decision. Less than 3 months after the plan was announced, the SRC voted to close 23 schools and relocate 5 others

Shades of 2013. But the timeline this time at least could provide for a little more thoughtful deliberation and revision. #PHLed

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.

"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." - @radleybalko.bsky.social

And it’s coming soon to a theater/bakery/gas station near you

Go earn the hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars you receive for salary, benefits, and staff.

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

What will become of Keaton Anthony?

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

#Philly folks at the polls – send your voter counts to 66 wards for their turnout tracker. Turnout so far doesn’t look bad.

www.jonathantannen.com/turnout_trac...

Thought this must be The Onion.
🤯

Rob earned this. Smile!
#Phillies

Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth

The takedown of Stonewall Jackson has taken an interesting and dramatic turn. Kudos to Walker and Walker.

"Minutes after right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at an event in Utah on Wednesday, far-right influencers and extremist communities lit up social media with calls for violence against the left."

Trump: fascism time

Bmore Mayor: fuck off

Md Governor: fuck off

DC Mayor: “DC Mayor Bowser on Wednesday credited President Trump's directed surge of fed. law enforcement. ‘We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city.’”

We have a Vichy mayor

"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social

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Land of the free?

A US Teenager Has Been Locked in an Israeli Prison, With No Trial, for 6 Months. Where’s the Outrage? The family of 16-year-old Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, who was taken by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night, says they feel abandoned by the Trump administration.

6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds.

Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.

Much voter education needed in PA this fall.

ground avelo

Avelo Airlines has a contract with ICE to fly deportation flights for profit.

Join the Hell No, Avelo campaign.

Avelo is expanding. Their "Philadelphia" flights operate out of Wilmington.

Sign the pledge. Spread the word. This must stop. Hell no, Avelo. #OneMillionRising

www.GroundAvelo.org

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Israel's massacre of Palestinian journalists has been unconscionable.

And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Tracking Senate Votes 2025

This is an interesting spreadsheet that @maggiekat.bsky.social shared. It’s the work of @jonathancohn.bsky.social and it shows the percentage of times Democratic Senators voted against Trump. Senator Ed Markey is the winner!

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