Leah Torres, MD

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

I was reading Dead Funny as people were pushing back against Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel on the orders of the Trump administration. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback didn't matter. It did. And it does. And we're going to need more of it because they're not stopping.

Recommended reading: Rudolph Herzog's book about humor — what jokes were allowed, what jokes weren't, what jokes could get you imprisoned, what jokes could get you shot — during the Third Reich. It's sobering reading right now, as Trump attacks comedians, late night talk show hosts, and actors.

AMEN.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

When @fastlerner.bsky.social reported in April that the EPA was going to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters, it wouldn't admit it was eliminating the requirements. Today it announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" & "unleashing American energy."

all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.

I wrote a book proposal about the history of anti-abortion disinformation in the U.S. It starts in the 19th century and explains how anti-abortion disinfo began as a white supremacist project driven by racist anxieties around the end of chattel slavery and rising immigration. Nobody wanted to buy it

Headlines read "RFK Jr faces a grilling"

It's not a grilling... it's just him against reality

please be safe out there friends. i would caution folks not to order delivery if possible while this shit is happening given the fact that they’ve been targeting delivery drivers in dc

Right-wing media insist DC residents “are very happy” with the National Guard deployment Right-wing media, especially Fox News, are pushing the narrative that Washington, D.C., residents “are feeling safe” and “are very happy” with the National Guard’s deployment to the capital while sugg...

Recent polling shows that 8 in 10 DC residents oppose the Trump administration’s actions.

this LLC owner is crying in the club because we have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor to help make our publication sustainable.

Help grow Autonomy News! 💙💚

Tonight in Washington D.C.

The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

Medical debt for over 350,000 Arizonans erased, Governor Hobbs announces Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced that $429 million in medical debt has been erased so far for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans.

An initiative launched last year by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has now erased $429 million in medical debt for 352,000 Arizonans. Elections matter.

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Trump Accountability Tracker | GLAAD GLAAD is monitoring Donald Trump’s LGBTQ record and history including executive orders, legislative support, nominations and statements.

Every so often, I see people argue that Trump hasn't done anything to attack trans people's rights. This is absolutely wild to me because... well, he has.

I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵

Morning Briefing: White Nationalists Building 'Whites Only Community' in Arkansas The Return to the Land, a neo-fascist White Nationalist movement, is building a 'Whites only community' community in Arkansas — with plans to build similar communities in the South and Appalachia.

Morning Briefing: The Return to the Land, a neo-fascist White Nationalist movement, is building a 'Whites only community' community in Arkansas — with plans to build similar communities in the South and Appalachia.

U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’ Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.

Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.

wapo.st/3GZuXCW

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

Billionaires on jets are doing this, not you.

Republican election clerks in Colorado say a GOP strategist claiming to work with the Trump administration asked for insider access to voting systems. They refused. #copolitics

Happening now in Camarillo, protesters are desperately facing off against ICE to try to defend America’s farm workers.

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goodnight, go watch or listen to my podcast because the new york times sucks

primary all of them. fuck this noise

Really can’t shake the feeling that people didn’t talk enough about the fact that the shooting yesterday of firefighters by a sniper In Idaho was on the 24 year anniversary of the Aryan nations compound being burned to the ground.

“So, Maurice, as you can see, this is your spaceship control panel. Upon your arrival in space, you will be henceforth known as ‘the Space Cowboy.’”

Call your dem senators now.

Like many of you, I was horrified and deeply disappointed by Dr. | Serese Marotta Like many of you, I was horrified and deeply disappointed by Dr. Robert Malone’s statement during ACIP that indicated 250 pediatric flu deaths this season were “a modest number.” As a scientist, a pri...

I was horrified and deeply disappointed by Dr. Robert Malone’s statement during ACIP that indicated 250 pediatric flu deaths this season were “a modest number.”

via Serese Marotta of @vaxyourfam.bsky.social -

www.linkedin.com/posts/serese...

If the symbolism was any heavier, it would pull the rest of reality into it like a neutron star