I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

RFK Jr. is a disgrace.

former writer for Charlie Kirk & Tucker Carlson — who was forced to resign from *Fox News* because he was so racist — is really stoked about the direction Bari Weiss is taking CBS - namely that it's reviving Stormfront/4Chan/Daily Stormer "white genocide in South Africa" panic from like 8 years ago

Religious Freedom for Some A coalition of Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and interfaith organizations has filed suit to block Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, arguing the panel violates federal law and is overwhelmingly Christian in...

A coalition of interfaith groups has sued to shut down Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, arguing it violates federal law and excludes minority faiths. The case says the administration is using “religious freedom” to elevate a narrow vision of the U.S. as a Christian nation.

"Without feminism, the sequence of events that led to Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest would never have happened. It’s a reminder that feminism is powerful and important and even transformative, which is why there’s so much pushback..."

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

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Boy with glasses wearing a brown hoodie pulling his fist back preparing to punch

Dude got a two-day suspension.

No criminal charges filed.

(www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/s...)

Iran is going to blow up one of our ships and broadcast video of it to the world. And that’s all Iran has to do to win this war.

Lord, this is terrifying. Thanks to @willbunch.bsky.social for shining a light. We have to find ways to block these horrors.

This would be distressing, alarming, and morally wrong even if we didn't have pedophile sex traffickers running the government.

It’s pretty clear by now that most of the US executive branch *is* the Epstein List.

"Epstein was an expert in money laundering. He also became an expert in reputation laundering for these billionaires, most of which are criminals and some of whom are provably connected to organised crime."
- journalist Whitney Webb

The tragedy of John Fetterman is that he used to dress like a slob but have an encouraging spirt, making him an Oaf of Rugged Individuality, one of America’s great oaf groups. But now he dresses like a slob and whines all the time, making him an Oaf of Misery

Here's an idea: Don't

Must be nice to have a functioning Supreme Court.

Over in the “Bad Place”, MAGA is harassing Senator John Thune in an effort to pressure him to either nuke the filibuster or force Democrats into a talking filibuster of the GOP’s “Save America Act” (which would federalize voter purges) so they can get it passed. It’s reaching a fevered pitch. 1/

"What we need to do, I think right now, is to stand firm on this principle because if we don't, they're just gonna do it again someplace else."

@smith.senate.gov explains to @timmiller.bsky.social why she will vote against every penny of funding for ICE and border protection.

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

The UK arresting Andrew.

South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.

John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour After 3 years of relentless war, Sudan faces world's worst humanitarian crisis

This is the full segment featuring journalist Ann Curry reporting from near an active war zone in Sudan. There is a major humanitarian crisis. I will add a link for anyone who wants to help in the thread.
youtu.be/jRsARZPpyBY?...

Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social, has repeatedly made public statements about his relationship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that have turned out to be misleading, incomplete, or untrue. I'm going to make a thread to compile them all here.

It *literally* does.

Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.

A woman holds a baby and a sign that reads "My Mom is a DREAMER" near the U.S. Capitol. The scene conveys determination and hope.

ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…

And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation

electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...

It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office Welcome The Stranger

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.

youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40

Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court