Reminder that fascists are not brave.

Just a warning: The next two months of the mayoral race is going to be the height of intolerable as a bunch of bad faith media outlets try to make the race closer than it is, Cuomo not as awful as he is, and Mamdani more extreme than he is.

NEW: See the dramatic moment when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested Friday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on trespassing charges.

Thanks for showing us the best best time!!!!!

Colin Kaepernick taking a knee.

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

Back view of a crowd of people in a city park, with prominent progress pride and trans pride flags.

Thousands of people showed up in Union Square today in support of trans kids and to put pressure on healthcare providers not to comply with the executive order prohibiting youth gender-affirming care. More info and action items here: linktr.ee/riseup4trans...

Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

The always amazing Judith Butler www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

WIRED has absolutely been killing it on this DOGE reporting and you should support them.

Also, holy hell this is bad:

Plea from a civil servant: Don't look away from Musk's bureaucratic coup A plea from a civil servant: do not let them overwhelm you into apathy. We must stay united, informed, and proactive.

washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.org/ws-articles/...

His administration is literally composed of men who beat and batter women.

the people who are in charge are not successfully navigating you out of the major crises of our era, and existing systems (and even existing methods of resistance) aren’t the answer.

this is the thing -- Trump's press conference (in which he insisted that the previous admin was to blame) just ended. the right time for Democrats to be on the air, including YouTube streams, countering his bullshit is right now. the next best time is about a minute from now.

Some things you can do. No one can do all these things, but most people can do at least one:

Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.

Schumer and everyone else in the Democratic party who wants to Vichy their way through the next four years should just retire and GTFO. The moment is bigger than all of you and you should turn your seat over to a Democrat with a spine.

Day 6 of posting this and telling you that I see you. You matter.

The Sapling Cage — Feminist Press Margaret Killjoy In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention in a powerful story ...

If William Morris and Alphonse Mucha collaborated on the cover of a novel about a trans teen girl joining a coven of witches... And the writing is even more enjoyable than expected.
I've been listening to @margaret.bsky.social podcasts and now I'm relishing a great audiobook version. Recommended!

One does wonder how the US military feels about potentially being asked to battle Canada, Mexico, and NATO at the same time by a gibbering madman who vocally shits on soldiers and veterans all the time

By 51-50, we now have a deeply compromised, unqualified, D-list Fox host running the US military at the command of a convicted felon who once hosted a reality show.

Just as the Founders intended.

The corollary to "don't obey in advance" is "don't obey more than you have to" - do the minimum legally required, and make them fight you for everything else

Nazis are bad. I think we should make that clear.

I almost threw up.

We saw what we saw.

This was such a beautiful read. Thank you.

this week i wrote about the value of escapism and fiction