YouTube video by The Bulwark He Sang Rod Stewart—Then ICE Opened Fire

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BALOR (planet)

I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Inside Trump's Unprecedented Power Grab | Marina Jenkins

Republicans are redrawing congressional maps to lock in their power for years to come. Executive Director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee Marina Jenkins explains how these redistricting moves threaten fair elections and what’s at stake for American democracy. youtu.be/5zBAgwoRiE8

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Journalist on Gaza Flotilla Describes “Torturous Conditions” in Israeli Custody “They were throwing people’s medicine in the bin in front of them and laughing in their faces,” says Kieran Andrieu.

Global condemnation is mounting as hundreds of international activists remain in Israeli prison days after the military raided and captured dozens of boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla. Greta Thunberg told Swedish officials she was held in a cell infested with bedbugs and deprived of food and water.

Government Shutdown Gives Trump Yet Another Opportunity to Expand His Power Project 2025 architect Russell Vought wants to seize the shutdown to further slash spending with mass federal layoffs.

As crucial services grind to a halt and federal workers go without pay, Donald Trump is using the ongoing government shutdown to do what he does best: grab more power.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

That last line is MASSIVE. #uplifting

#horror #memes

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

DOJ Urges SCOTUS to End Key VRA Protection for Minority Voters Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief Wednesday in a redistricting case, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should significantly weaken the power of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to block racial gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

How many placebos can I fit into my psychic dormitory?

“If you read this, you are gay, lmao.”

Charlie Kirk’s murderer, Tyler Robinson, on a shell casing.

Yeah, totally sounds like a far-left radicalized Democrat.

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Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

Our TV president is avoiding the TV.

Suspicious AF

There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?

Arizona Court Rejects GOP Lawsuit Targeting Mail Voting Read more here.

VICTORY: In a major victory for voting rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit brought by right-wing groups and the Arizona Republican Party that sought to limit how election officials verify mail-in ballot signatures. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Today, the Republican Party is pushing a judge to jail Fulton County commissioners.

Why? They refuse to vote to appoint two far-right election denial activists to the Fulton County Election Board who have a history of undermining elections.

Here's what they had to say – video thread. ⬇️

food insecurity … housing insecurity … person who immigrated … birthing person … cisgender … deadnaming … heteronormative … patriarchy … LGBTQIA+ … BIPOC … allyship … incarcerated people … involuntary confinement.

privilege. violence (as in “environmental violence”) … dialoguing. triggering. othering. microaggression … holding space .body shaming .subverting norms .systems of oppression. cultural appropriation. Overton window. existential threat. radical transparency. stakeholders. the unhoused.

If Joe Biden’s hand had looked like it was covered in grey scale Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7.

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Dem pols in MN were assassinated in their homes weeks ago. That anyone is still being flippant is beyond disqualifying. They must be publicly shamed, humiliated, ostracized and driven from office immediately.

i dont have a single theory to explain all politics but one i am sure of vis-a-vis democrats: most are scared shitless things can and will get worse a/f/a how insane rank-and-file conservative citizens are and dems studious avoidance of confrontation w/republicans is how that fear manifests itself.

Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.