You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
12.02.2026 16:33 β π 506 π 320 π¬ 7 π 20
This is a bad-faith, goading line of questioning, and Ellison had already answered the substance of the question. Good on him for calling out Moreno's bullshit.
12.02.2026 16:37 β π 159 π 10 π¬ 2 π 0
Bernie Moreno is an insult to this institution.
12.02.2026 16:33 β π 271 π 30 π¬ 17 π 1
As always, every accusation from the reactionary βfree speechβ scolds was a confession.
12.02.2026 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
the modern right is pathologically obsessed with gender in a way that has absolutely no analogue on our side
12.02.2026 16:06 β π 580 π 79 π¬ 9 π 4
Trans people aren't obsessed with trans people, TERFs are obsessed with trans people.
12.02.2026 15:20 β π 104 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
will not get over that the people that backed biden right up until the end were most of the squad, handful of progressives, motherfucking joe manchin, and like half the cbc, and they were also the ones quickest to back harris instead of doing an insane primary
12.02.2026 05:49 β π 343 π 41 π¬ 7 π 1
"will you vote for newsom in the general" is designed to undermine the left opposition to him *in the primary.* it's meant to show that the left can be ignored because they'll come around or that they can be ignored because they're a lost cause. the mission *now* is to make newsom lose the primary.
11.02.2026 16:57 β π 662 π 119 π¬ 7 π 6
plus, the left has shown much better "party loyalty" and harm-reduction instincts in the actual voting booth than the center has. PUMA democrats bail to support the right when a more progressive candidate is on the ballot far more than leftists do when the usual centrist is.
11.02.2026 16:51 β π 744 π 90 π¬ 1 π 14
tbh nobody should be asking leftists if they'll support newsom and leftists should mostly brush off the question. it's a divisive trap that serves *only* newsom's personal interests. he isn't the candidate, he's a shithead and nominating him would be a bad idea. useless hypothetical.
11.02.2026 16:48 β π 1774 π 225 π¬ 22 π 28
Also sheng wang then?
12.02.2026 05:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens β NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were βsortedβ at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
12.02.2026 01:35 β π 6864 π 3632 π¬ 214 π 574
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
12.02.2026 02:26 β π 14816 π 7363 π¬ 504 π 281
United B Workers
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The courtesans at Sheriβs Ranch are the first group of legally licensed sex workers to unionize in U.S. history (!!!). Their new union website states their demands as βsafety on the job, better working conditions, and control over their own futures.β unitedbworkers.com
12.02.2026 03:35 β π 670 π 118 π¬ 8 π 6
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
π Sex workers at Sheriβs Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workersβincluding the unionβs primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
12.02.2026 03:33 β π 1724 π 472 π¬ 31 π 69
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
12.02.2026 02:45 β π 6163 π 1405 π¬ 68 π 70
Iβve got to imagine at some point theyβre going to notice that people stopped clicking? (I mean, I hope people stop clicking)
11.02.2026 20:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood
11.02.2026 14:12 β π 7502 π 1208 π¬ 67 π 53
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
07.02.2026 14:35 β π 10446 π 1749 π¬ 224 π 166
Taking on the Annoyance Economy - Groundwork Collaborative
New from @groundwork.bsky.social: Hard-to-cancel subscriptions boost corporate profits 200%+ and cost families $165B a year. The Annoyance Economy shouldnβt exist. groundworkcollaborative.org/work/taking-...
11.02.2026 05:12 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
10.02.2026 22:54 β π 26990 π 9600 π¬ 56 π 358
we're so far into the god damn poem now
11.02.2026 01:23 β π 97 π 23 π¬ 0 π 0
Our futures are intertwined here in the US as wellβwhere Congress continues to be complicit in Israel's destruction of Gaza, providing unconditional support for Netanyahu's unchecked aggression. American working families struggle to understand why their tax dollars are paying for the 2,000-pound bombs that have leveled the hospitals and schools of Gaza, when there isn't sufficient funding for affordable healthcare, better schools, or affordable housing here at home.
That is why, as a candidate for New York's 10th Congressional District, I am announcing my support for HR 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, sponsored by Representative Delia Ramirez. This bill bans the Defense Department from selling Netanyahu's government the catastrophic weaponry it has used to commit a genocide in Gaza (and yes, after spending a lot of time with the words of Raphael Lemkin, the Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor who developed the term, I am quite sure he would consider it one).
"I am announcing my support for HR 3565, the Block the Bombs Act . This bill bans the Defense Department from selling Netanyahuβs government the catastrophic weaponry it has used to commit a genocide in Gaza"
11.02.2026 03:22 β π 220 π 22 π¬ 3 π 3
Brad Lander commits to cosponsoring the Block The Bombs Act if elected, which would ban the US government from transferring cluster bombs, JDAMs, artillery and tank shells, and other munitions to the Israeli government.
11.02.2026 03:21 β π 1883 π 353 π¬ 12 π 6
The problem with them choosing this as their primary talking point is that nearly every in Minnesota personally knows someone who has been taken by ICE. And they all had either a spotless criminal record or an entirely non-violent one.
These are lies. They are going to lose. MN will not quit.
10.02.2026 22:46 β π 2621 π 603 π¬ 122 π 12
To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs
Brad Lander in The Nation: βWhen I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.β
Brad Lander: To build a just and safe future for Israelis and Palestinians, and to move toward a US foreign policy that aligns with our principles and our interests, itβs time to block the bombs.
https://bit.ly/3LZNZfe
10.02.2026 20:26 β π 223 π 42 π¬ 3 π 6
Who could have seen this coming? Oh wait. Everybody.
09.02.2026 14:32 β π 255 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
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