Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Former cheesemonger and you speaketh the truth here!

"One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring.

"But there were some who resisted."

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

One of the questions: Will the media step up and report as such? Yes, the conservative media owns the modes of mass comms. But ostensibly, large mainstream outlets who purport to speak truth to power etc have leaders who are watching things unfold and understand the stakes. Will they be as honest?

Yes he is. They are trying to end elections by saying our democratic right is dangerous.

wizard frog is insane

Great. He apologized. But the harm he caused as a "journalist"? How is he going to repair that? He needs to never be on the air or given air again.

Do you remember The Chocolate Touch? I adored that book as a kid and this cover reminds me of that. Or How To Eat Fried Worms!

I feel like not enough people understand that Alan Dershowitz is accused by multiple Epstein victims of fully participating in the sexual abuse

Amen

A square pastel drawing of a foggy night scene. The sky is a uniform light grey from the streetlights shining and diffusing through the fog. There is dark foliage framing the top corners of the drawing., and faded trees in the distance.

10:39 PM: the fog rises, real fog that wraps around our legs and trips us when we are not paying attention. With the sky sitting on our shoulders,

I do find it kind of charming that Taylor Swift sings about boners the way Steve Carell talks about boobs in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

Support your community: your neighbors, public schools, libraries, churches, firefighters, public works, small businesses.

Go small to go big.

This is how we survive to thrive.

Unless you are a member of the Jewish community you can’t possibly understand how big this is.

Many of us felt absolutely hopeless about this for a long time.

A LOT of hard work went into changing these hearts and minds.

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

THE TIDES ARE TURNING

61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 39 percent saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians

You’re gonna say this isn’t enough. You’re right. But these numbers were almost unthinkable a year ago.

We have not just the right but the obligation to disagree with the government. It is the essence of what it means to be free.

🚨 Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, claimed in an interview with Al Jazeera that the President is named in Epstein files.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.

State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.

I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois.

None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.

Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart.

This demand follows unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents.

They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.

In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

The South Shore raid and the shooting of Silverio Villegas González show a disturbing and tragic escalation of ICE’s discriminatory tactics.

Black and Brown communities know this story too well. ICE must release the footage and be held accountable for killing Silverio.