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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online Review shows that Desmond Holly also posted online about Columbine shooting and a picture of a revolver

The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content

Just awful to see violence at a hate rally.

ICE Agents Forced To Leave After Nearly 100 People Protest Attempted Arrest Of Rooftop Workers The operation took one man into custody, according to local outlet WXXI.

Masked ICE agents pulled back from a raid in Rochester, N.Y. on Tuesday as about 100 protesters crowded the street outside the location shouting “shame” and “Gestapo." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...

You can't even send a birthday card to the most notorious paedophile of all time and call him your best pal anymore because of woke

Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s attack on speed cameras shows how good politics can make for lousy public policy The premier’s comments on Tuesday should be a moment for Ontarians to think whether the province is a place of law and order or where vigilantes can influence government policy.

This, exactly. We have more in common with blue citires in red states than most people realize. Horrifying. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

I get that the Air Show debate is pointless, never-ending and tedious but do we really have to have the US Air Force terrorizing pets and refugees from above when their "leader" is threatening our sovereignty? @mayoroliviachow.ca

Hey Air Canada : Why can't you pay your staff a proper salary?
Air Canada's CEO, Michael Rousseau, received a total compensation package of $12.43 million in 2022. This included a salary of $1.3 million and a bonus of $2.6 million, with the remainder coming from Options
(How much this year???)

It can be difficult to not give in to despair, but revolutions aren't built on "we're fucked."

*This* is why they are freaking out about Zohran Mamdani.

one eyed cat in black and white on an 8x11 "The Wrong Amazon Is Burning" "The Wrong Ice Is Melting"

Santa Cruz has message / art expertise <3

100%

Summer is the worst.

Brutal.

HOLY SHIT.

That's one of every 15 residents of the city, btw.

Los Angeles. Just wow.

RFK Jr. ousts all members of CDC vaccine advisory panel Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.

The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:

1-877-447-4487

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Folks, @wired.com is winning the media war.

Not that there is a media war, but if there were…..

is that bad? Seems bad

Joe Rogan says he won't travel to Canada for a UFC fight. I'm getting tired of all this winning.

Fly them or defund them.

These are so goddamn good.

Enjoy free speech while we have it, people.

I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.