To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Good on Kenny.

And if we're going to profile mass shooters, start with straight white cis men, median age in their 30s.

Yep.

CDC Director Susan Monarez was Trump's hand-picked nominee for this job, but I guess even basic integrity is out the door.

I recognize this is an exceedingly difficult time and for many of you this is a crisis on several levels. I respect those challenges and I don't consider press rights superior to the rights of others. However, all other rights depend on press rights. We cannot allow them to be chilled. This was explained by civil rights icon and longtime congressmember John Lewis: "If it hadn't been for the media, for brave, courageous journalists, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings." Democracy cannot function without an informed public. The public cannot be informed without a free press. It is your shared responsibility to ensure press are able to do their job. Several of you have been supportive over the years and I thank you for that. But your support is now needed more than ever. Please ensure your teams are aware of these egregious violations and ensure you take all possible steps to protect the press, and thereby the public and our country itself. Sincerely, Adam Rose Press Rights Chair Los Angeles Press Club

Dozens of journalists were assaulted by law enforcement in Los Angeles this weekend.

The press were just doing their job -- a sacred one explicitly protected by law.

Press rights orgs will follow up collectively tomorrow.

Tonight, I emailed evidence to local/state/federal officials. My sign off:

If recording is survival, you’re not free. If freedom needs proof, it was never real.

The system doesn’t want justice—it wants silence.

Fuck Around & Find Out is a resistance manual for the unheard, the erased, the defiant.

📕 Don’t wait. Read. Share. Act: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

Why fire the reporter? You could learn the same thing by listening to Stephen himself!

🎯🎯🎯

Don’t drink and text.

Oooh, be careful, family...

Image of text in a book that reads: For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break.

Kurt Vonnegut writing about the hypocrisy of so-called Christians.

#Vonnegut #Writing

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

— James Baldwin

I'm writing an evil religious oligarchy for my dark fantasy story and I keep getting outdone by reality and I'm like "you are really sucking the fun out of making a dystopia"

YouTube video by Andrew Weissmann Eric Adams' Indictment: What's Really Going On?

The Eric Adams criminal case raises significant concerns about the independence of the Justice Department and the role of political influence in prosecutions.

💡 The key question: Was there an improper quid pro quo—and if so, will the Court do anything about it?

except from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT on how it's a coup

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

Hey there, good to see you over here!

Reminds me to check on my membership.