Claire Slesinski

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

I really hope somebody gets video of Megyn Kelly finding out the pope is Black

Meme from Stranger Things with Robin dressed in her Scoops Ahoy uniform holding a sign. On the sign is a tweet from Francesca Fiorentini, @franifio: "Let's not equate left and right wing rage. Right-wing rage gave us the KKK, left-wing rage gave us the weekend."

We've almost made it to another weekend, brought to you by left-wing rage.

(Credit: @classwar.memes on IG)

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care?

There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.

crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable

Whoooooo is going to do the necessary research to develop these treatments?? Since they don’t fund research anymore?

MTP @tsengputterman It's wild how so many Americans view the outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China over the past 25 years as some devious Chinese plan for domination rather than a strategy by which the American ruling class exploded its profit margin by exploiting global inequality

finally a politician i can get behind

Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion.

But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings.

That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025.

We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.

This is straight authoritarianism!

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days

An American citizen from Albuquerque NM was detained by ICE in Tucson Arizona for 10 days for not having his immigration papers.

Which, as an American citizen born in the United States, he would never be carrying.

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Chris Van Hollen flying down to El Salvador and refusing to leave until he got in a room with Kilmar Abrego Garcia blows up every other “well what do you expect them to do?” defense for elected Democrats

The story keeps getting more indefensible as they peel back the onion

24 years ago, in the days after 9/11 I remember leftists screaming that any civil liberty we gave up for anyone “because terrorism” would be used broadly against the left in years to come.
At the time it felt hyperbolic.
Today, it feels prescient. Terrorist just seems to be “POC I disagree with”

From The Onion: Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society

Autistic kids:

State Terror A brief guide for Americans

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

someone has likely pointed this put but auschwitz wasn't in germany either

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

DJT on Truth Social, April 12, 2025 6:35 PM: Looking forward to seeing President Bukele, of El Salvador, on Monday! Our Nations are working closely together to eradicate terrorist organizations, and build a future of Prosperity. President Bukele has graciously accepted into his Nation’s custody some of the most violent alien enemies of the World and, in particular, the United States. These barbarians are now in the sole custody of El Salvador, a proud and sovereign Nation, and their future is up to President B and his Government. They will never threaten or menace our Citizens again!

If you are non-white tattooed male in US, citizen or not, you may be categorized as "most violent alien enemies of the World and, in particular, the United States" without due process, at the sole discretion of an ICE agent.

Who is the "barbarian", the accuser or the accused?

#Immigration

Have received this question many times over the last few weeks, so addressing here: flu vaccines are thankfully on track for the 2025-2026 flu season in the US!

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

I am literally begging #episky and #publichealthsky to stop referring to BMI and obesity as “behavioral and lifestyle factors” or “behaviors.” If you are confused just ask literally any endocrinologist

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—