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50 years ago today

Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.

#punk #punks #protopunk #garagerock #womenofpunk #pattismith #horses #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Will the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? In 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, a local county clerk from Kentucky made national headlines when she refused […]

Justice Alito swears he isn’t trying to overturn marriage equality, while the Supreme Court just so happens to be looking at a case that could do exactly that. Kind of like how Trump totally had no clue about Project 2025, right? 🙄

a fake touristic poster of Portland that says "visit... war-ravaged Portland"

Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga Videos of frontman Ken Casey confronting rightwing provocateurs at the band’s gigs have gone viral, attracting new fans and new safety worries. He wants to lower the temperature – and see other bands speaking out

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga

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Violence of any kind is horrifying, egregious, and absolutely unacceptable in our democracy – especially in today’s heightened political climate. This cannot be the norm in our country.

Here he goes.

Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.

Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"

Me, when it's over 85 degrees outside:

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

From the LosAngeles community on Reddit: Not sure who he is, but the way he spoke to the National Guard really hit .had to share it here. Explore this post and more from the LosAngeles community

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Cities nationwide defy president & GOP by raising Pride flags - LGBTQ Nation From New York to Hawaii, Pride is in the air, despite right-wing efforts to erase LGBTQ+ inclusion.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/citi...

Zelenskyy raises middle finger at Putin

Russia still has the opportunity to surrender and withdraw fully from Ukraine, peace is in their hands if they want it.

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

#pridemonth

The Pain and the God Within You: Carl Jung on the Relationship Between Psychological Suffering and Creativity When AI first began colonizing language — which is still our best instrument for bridging the abyss between us, a container for thought and feeling that shapes the contents — I asked ch…

Maria Popova : “this is reality: Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive — sometimes a cry of exultant astonishment, but often a cry of devastation at the collision between our wishes and the will of the world.”

www.themarginalian.org/2025/05/18/c...

So great to see this amazing poem by Robin Becker in The New Yorker!

The hyper-aggressive, comically loyal government flacks who talk like Trump Spokespeople are defending the administration in a language pioneered by the president.

Welcome to the age of the hyper-aggressive, doggedly loyal flack, who is fluent in one language: Trumpese.

So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.

A clam on a wooden railing with a stormy grey sea in the background

There it is. The clam before the storm.

44 years ago
Adolescents is the debut studio album by American punk rock band  Adolescents, released in April 1981, including "Kids of the Black Hole" and "Amoeba", which became two of the Adolescents' most well-known songs

#punk #punks #punklegends #punkrock #adolescents #history #punkrockhistory

salem, oregon 4.5.25

Today the nation sends a message to Washington DC from Washington DC & cities, towns & villages near you. Find yours here: handsoff2025.com Don’t sit this one out. Solidarity is our strength against authoritarian power grabs. United we are strong. #HandsOff Democracy! #April5