Also - lawsuits take incredible amounts of time/money/other resources. The state will do everything in its power to sap those from you.
On top of that, the actual perpetrators often face zero repercussions.
Don't mean to be a doomer here, but it's important to know how the deck is stacked.
I don’t want to discourage the brave people doing this work but this is really lacking:
do you have the right? absolutely yes
if an ICE agent says fuck you and beats you to within an inch of your life, can you file a lawsuit for damages? basically no
Worth adding here that the FBI waited *years* to declare open war on the Black Panther Party, assassinating & incarcerating its leaders en masse. The thing that tipped the balance wasn't the guns, but the free breakfasts, groceries, & clinics that represented a genuine threat to state power.
Why is my city out of money can someone who is good at the economy please help me
is there a nobel prize for lack of self-awareness
Zines, signal chats, jail support... all things the government is using as examples of "antifa materials" & "domestic terrorism"
Prairieland is very important to pay attention to because it will impact all of us.
Good point: declaring "no quarter" is bad *for our troops*
Chicago wind gauge
When you’re watching news, please make note on who they decide to interview in person and who they interview via phone or Zoom. This glowing piece on autonomous freight trucks spends 90% of the time with the the truck company in person and 15secs with a safety expert over a blurry zoom call.
Rantoul, IL will never succumb to sharia law
hahahahahah - this is all quite bleak but dang that’s on the nose.
“Fabricating a violent terrorist invasion of America’s third-largest city to justify suppression of First Amendment rights is not aggressive advocacy, but an effort to subvert the rule of law,” @freedom.press' Seth Stern wrote in our bar complaint.
In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.
These are the people who decide for governments whose door gets kicked down and which children get dragged off to camps.
The implication here is that a year of secret police crackdowns fueled by racial profiling have left thousands of sleeper agents unmolested, great stuff.
*FOX NEWS RADIO AIRS TRUMP INTERVIEW RECORDED ON THURSDAY
*TRUMP ON IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS: THERE COULD BE MORE THAN 1,700
I think it’s cool that some people focus on curing disease and some people focus on understanding what animals are up to and some people think about our place in the universe and how things came to be the way they are. People are driven by curiosity and I promise you you don’t want it any other way
I applied for SNAP, provided the proof of income, and they said they’d load emergency funds onto the card while my application processes. A month later, the card’s still empty and, after calling every day and not once getting through, they’ve denied my application without explanation.
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. This kid wants to get out of detention in time for his school spelling bee. What the fuck are we doing.
Okay, some British editor is DEFINITELY trolling us here.
Breathtaking, depraved cruelty.
here at OSU you can now be expelled for putting chalk on the sidewalk lol
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
seriously: if we don't elect only Democrats who possess a hot-iron will to Purge Fascism, things can & will get much worse, within the next cycle or two
one of the most baffling and awful lessons of the 21st century is that, if you're an american, there's so much insulation between your life and the rest of the world that you have to go out of your way to be aware of the awful things happening in wars your government is waging
I used to back when I was young even through my 30s (depending on how traffic was), but between some of the vision issues and extreme anxiety I have these days, I'll take every opportunity to not be in a car.
It is the job of political candidates to win votes. To blame people who were horrified by a genocide and didn't want to bow to a candidate who supported its continuance for what we have today is a sick inversion of how power actually works in the world.
Also they know that if you attempt to gain his favor/ear with actual in person face time, you are going to have to do it in clown shoes and contend with the man's odor
Trains: A superior mode of transportation.
I very much remember this from my youth as well. I didn't even experience public transit much (if at all until) I was at least 18. I feel like that has a profound effect on people and it's tough to realize there are other ways.
I feel like strides have been made in recent years in some places that at least increase the availability of alternative modes of transportation, but it's an uphill battle because the mere existence of alternatives becomes an existential threat to the drivers who are the loudest reactionaries
