Jason Sheridan Brown

"There is not bigger set of snowflakes than Republicans in power" –Roxane Gay

Noam Chomsky

A new bill backed by Rubio would allow the Secretary of State to revoke U.S. citizens’ passports over political speech without any legal due process. truthout.org/articles/new...

New director of Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office takes the helm Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the office in July. The MMIR office was established in 2021 and seeks to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous ...

Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office has a new leader. Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the office in July. The MMIR office seeks to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing or are murdered.

It has become that time of evening
When people sit on their porches,
Rocking gently and talking gently
And watching the street
And the standing up into their sphere
Of possession of the trees,
Of birds’ hung havens, hangars.
People go by; things go by

“Knoxville: Summer of 1915” excerpt James Agee

Chicago Mayor Deploys Salt Trucks as Mobile Barricades to Block ICE Operations

Artists facing '80% empty seats' or more at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover: report The death spiral is continuing for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts since Donald Trump’s takeover with ticket sales in free-fall, artist cancellations and now artists who ar...

Trump is going to run the Kennedy Center in the ground just like he did Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Mortgage Co, Trump Vodka, Trump Airline, etc.

I bet he eventually tears it down and builds condos or a gold-filled Trump museum.

Four Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to 'bully the institution' Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

This is somehow too complex for a lot of people: If you take away due process for someone, then you take away due process for everyone. It only works as a universal right. Otherwise, they can just say you're part of an excluded group and you have no ability to prove you're not.

A hoard of people march in the streets with protest signs. Even in heels, I am too short to properly show the massive scale of the crowd.

The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.

Join us.

Policing Has Always Been a Tool to Repress the Working Class Modern policing was born out of a series of transatlantic ruling class experiments to repress radical rebellion.

There is no origin story of the police without the story of the reorganization of human society by the birth, expansion, and dominance of the system of capitalism.

UPDATE: @GovBillLee is joining 18 other governors in sending Tennessee National Guard troops to help Trump’s authoritarian show of force in American cities, using soldiers for pure politics.

We have heard from multiple soldiers who say this isn’t what they signed up for.

Trump Targets LGBTQ+ History, Migrants, and More in Chilling Smithsonian Hit List The White House's 26-point bulleted memo includes Amy Sherald's painting of a transgender woman and an animation of Anthony Fauci.

In the wake of Trump’s accusation that the Smithsonian focuses too much on “how bad slavery was,” the White House released a list targeting “divisive” exhibitions and artworks to purge from the institution.

On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump’s Whitewashing of History By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Yes, slavery was bad, President Trump. It was evil and remains a stain on this country. We should never stop talking about it.

On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump’s Whitewashing of History

RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME (AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL NEAR YOU)! - SEPT. 1ST, 2025

Charlotte knows what's up.

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

Right there! Arrest them all!

I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More The museum suspended its Independent Study Program, a space of collective thought and political solidarity, during a time when it is most needed.

If the Whitney, unlike the Smithsonian, is so anti-censorship, how come they suspended their Independent Study Program over pro-Palestinian content? Former Associate Director Sara Nadal-Melsió examines this dissonance and the resulting impact on the arts community.

Miccosukee Tribe challenges ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ The tribe, whose territory is near the immigration detention center, joined a lawsuit against the state and federal governments on July 14

“It’s purely driven by our need to protect & save what protected & saved us.” The Miccosukee Tribe joined a lawsuit against the state & federal governments for the secrecy & environmental harm in constructing “Alligator Alcatraz,” Alexandra Martinez reports.
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Quarry Gardens in Schuyler, Virginia
reclaimed soapstone quarry
quarrygardensatschuyler.org

ICYMI — COLBERT CLOWNS BURCHETT: “You can’t folksy your way out of this one.”

Colbert rips Rep. Burchett for hopping on TV to downplay Trump’s Epstein cover-up, and feigning ignorance about how bad it all looks.

Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship of Trans Artwork The artist said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing the painting after Trump issued anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.

The painter Amy Sherald canceled her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery after learning that her portrait of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to keep in line with Trump’s anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.

Science and Democracy Under Siege Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.

Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience

Honoring US Freedoms Through Dissent: Interview with Dread Scott The artist discusses his desire to engage, America’s relationship to freedom of expression today, nationalism, and the lack of critical discourse around his work.

“I believe that the main thing that is stifling dissent is not repression or threats to freedom of expression but rather that far too many people continue to place their hope in this government and this system.” — artist Dread Scott in a 2010 interview with Hyperallergic

WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social clowns 🤡 attention-starved Burchett for selling out his constituents for some signed Trump merch and a pat on the head. #BumblinBurchett

Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30R-...