Gavin Brennan

I’m always heartened to see fair critiques of leftist politicians in office from the left, because the actual embrace of democratic values like holding people in office accountable is one of the key differences between the right and the left

In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

Wow.

Chronic pain is disability. So to everybody out there in pain all the time, you're disabled. I know we keep our chronic pain to ourselves because no one wants to hear about it & do our best to manage. But if it affects your day to day functionality, you're a disabled person.

"And is this burning city in the room with us now, congressman?"

My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me

I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building

There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results

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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

We cannot ask survivors to speak out about sexual violence while simultaneously punishing them for it. We cannot hold survivors responsible for their own justice while refusing to give it to them. We cannot expect survivors to come forward while making it impossible for them to do so.

cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox

Stop saying the conspiracy theorists were right

The conspiracy theorists were such hateful, ignorant, chan-brainwashed fucks that they gobbled up anything the shadowy powers they claimed to reject fed them & dutifully barked HILLARY! DEMONRATS! to get their little treats from the dopamine dispenser

Every American needs to watch this:

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

It’s really weird for some corners of the media to do a whole “the Epstein files are a moral panic that has gone too far” thing when no one has faced any sort of punishment and doesn’t sound like they’re going to.

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
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State Knew ICE Plans for Merrimack As Early As Jan. 12 Documents obtained by the New Hampshire ACLU show state officials have known for weeks that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn a Merrimack warehouse into a prison.

WOW: State leaders say NH Governor Kelly Ayotte lied about her knowledge of ICE's plan to build a giant human warehouse in the state.

Documents obtained by @aclu-nh.bsky.social show the state government has known for weeks about the Merrimack facility bc ICE is actively pursuing legal approval.

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

Asking around the internet for a copy of a cassette tape that was released to readers of a small-time Beck zine in 1994

It contains an interview with Beck's mom that has some crucial info on it

If I manage to track down this tape, I will be ELATED

I spent the morning at the San Antonio immigration court. It’s out of control.

Crawling with ICE - arresting legal immigrants showing up for court appearances.

I asked one officer who they are prioritizing. His answer: everyone.

I need to share with you what I saw.

Two now 😎

As a bicycle messenger in Boston (long before gps), I learned that the Boston street layout was a multidimensional maze with two of the dimensions being anger and despair.

Does Tidal treat you better?

All real estate ads should be this good

It is impossible at the moment for me to determine how much of my exhaustion is from grinding at work all week and how much is from the events of the week.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s being scared and doing it anyway

It is extremely fucked up that the US only participates in the International Court in so far as it punishes anyone who does participate. That’s opposition to justice, not just avoidance.

LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:

It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.

I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.

But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.

The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?

FYI This was David French’s critique of Helen Andrew’s’ viral essay. Made famous by Douthat’s podcast.
Gift:
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