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Dear Democratic Leaders,

If you won’t stand up for trans people and their rights, you’re tellling me you won’t stand up for *anyone* or *any rights* the second they come under attack.

You’re telling me you don’t stand for anything at all.

Also, they’re *people*.

Grow a spine or get out the way.

There are too many mosquitoes

Understand that Israel assassinated Anas Al-Sharif after approving the plan to invade Gaza City.

They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.

One of my fav things about living in Canada (besides being able to see a doctor, which absolutely fucks) is saying "zed." My only gripe is that it's fun and it's how we should pronounce all consonants, not just the one. J? "Jay?" Nah dude that's "jed." A bed ced ded e fed jed hed i jed ked and so on

I used to be able to say shit like this on twitter dot com and get like 6 likes. Now I just do it for the love of the game.

Obvs I’m in a Lyft rn

How the f does anyone see Elon musk’s take on a door handle and then be like, “yeah that guy knows what’s up?”

I think the really important thing about the "trans sports debate" is that it's NOT REAL, the things that people are fearmongering about are NOT REAL and are NOT HAPPENING. Cis women are not competing at a disadvantage against trans women, cis men aren't transitioning to win at sports, IT'S NOT REAL

Drunk at the Kesha show lmao

All my jeans are being washed except for these old skinny jeans but I’m going to see Kesha and scissor sisters so fuck it let’s party like it’s 2010

I can’t believe it and yet here’s the proof.

Shame on all cowards taking a stronger stance against a punk band’s words than against an ongoing genocide. I’d say history will vindicate bob vylan, but they’re vindicated in real time everyday with every war crime the IDF commits broadcast for the world to see.

Possibly The Needling’s sharpest satire yet. And it won’t change anytime soon. Not with factors like a state law requiring state agencies to buy office furniture made with prison labor and the governor slashing state agency budgets but refusing a wealth tax and budgeting $100 million to hire police.

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I know that many don't want to hear this but we've been moving towards this current state of affairs over the past 65 years. And it's really been a bipartisan project. The expansion of the carceral state is the fuel for fascism. Folks have been trying to make this case for a long time.

It's extraordinary how brutal police are willing to be, the lengths to which they are willing to go, the internal solidarity they are willing to show, in order to deliver to U.S. citizens—the protection of whom is their ostensible jobs—the clear message, "we are at war with you."

They don’t show up like this for school shootings.

People ask how the public knows ICE is there? This is how. Nothing covert about it. They do it this way to make sure the entire world knows they’re coming. A full display of terror on our streets. To instill fear in America.

hey. happy pride. fuck terfs

free mass public transit should be a climate policy supported by anyone who claims to care about the problem

reduce miles driven by those most in need and you reduce emissions while also reducing income inequality

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill

the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now

but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely

please read on

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ICE expands detention capacity with Delaney Hall Facility in New Jersey The facility will expand ICE’s detention capacity in the Northeast, enhancing the agency’s ability to manage the region’s growing enforcement and removal operations.

I’m not seeing enough stories note Mayor Baraka was protesting bc a for-profit prison contracted by ICE was operating without complying with local permitting requirements.
Federal agents arrested a mayor doing his job in order to help Geo Group Inc profits.

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ICE needs to be abolished. This shouldn’t be some fringe left-wing position anymore. It was created in my lifetime, and now it’s being used as the president’s personal gestapo. #AbolishICE

Push notification from Bands In Town that reads “James Brown sent you a message.”

I’m almost certain he did not.

Fucked up but Tums might be my favorite candy

Black and white etching-style triptych showing 8 hours for work on the left, 8 hours for rest in the middle, and 8 hours for “what we will” on the right

Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?

139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.

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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates

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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight

every person involved in this needs to be in prison