Glen Gordon (he/him)

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.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

If you have a problem with ABC's Jimmy Kimmel *correctly observing* that the guy who fired at Charlie Kirk was raised his whole life in a far-right—and eventually MAGA—family, but have no problem with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade saying that all homeless people should "just be killed," FUUUUUUUUUCK YOU.

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a rancid bigot.

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism

“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'

*More of this, please*"

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Full emails below

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Hmmmm . . . I wonder how the Minnesota assassin might have had access to a police uniform, a police badge, and a police cruiser. Are we *sure* he was "impersonating" a police officer?

US Military Detains American for First Time Ever Without Insurrection Act in Los Angeles What just happened?

BREAKING: I feel sick!
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Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

The Thousand After many years of writing and performing multiple genres of music, Sams is now exploring synthpop, hyperpop, and other indie, bedroom sounds.

Added a groove, then remixed and remastered this one. It’s picking up. Just some background vocals left to add to give it a kick. Enjoy!

Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: ‘Color of our skin has become a crime’ He said when he tried to record the incident, the agents knocked his phone out of his hand.

“A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.” www.al.com/news/mobile/...

Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

Supreme Court Seems Likely To Let Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Restriction Go Into Effect For Now The arguments hinged on a procedural question about the powers of lower courts, but one that could create a patchwork of access to rights across the country.

JUST IN: At least five conservative Supreme Court justices appeared ready to rule that Trump’s birthright citizenship restriction may go into effect.

Granted, I'm no history teacher, but I'm fairly certain that the last time masked thugs were arresting elected officials, they weren't the good guys.

Or the time before that. Or the time before that. Or the...

Deeply grateful to hear Rümeysa Öztürk was released but we cannot stop until every political prisoner is released and the kidnapping of people is stopped. Just look at the video. She was literally disappeared in broad daylight.

Let's start a movement to rename this day of the week from Wednesday to Weirdnesday to celebrate all the wonderfully weird people in the world once a week. Our first task is to figure out how to pronounce it! #weirdnesday

“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.

Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

This. It can be done.

Despite repeated warnings from critics, another study finds that basic income does not reduce work effort.

Germany's Grundeinkommen study found recipients maintained full-time work, averaging 40 hours a week—matching the control group.

100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises.

But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.

It's up to us to demand something better.

The phrase ‘just deserts’ has only one S.

It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️.

The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁.

It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.”

The fuck?

This is untenable. Dude is a walking security threat.

I want politics to be about a better everyday life.

Here's what that can look like: