Mickey Hawk

“To labor unions, everywhere.” - Noah Wylie, accepting his Actor award

You gotta tear down the whole damn gambling thing, man. Do you know if you watch tv there are ads for mobile apps that are literally just slot machines where people spend real money for real spins for USD payouts linked to their venmo/cashapp? It's insane

The USA And Israel Have Started Bombing Iran: A Primer What Do We Know, What Should We Be Asking?, For What Should We Be Watching

"The USA And Israel Have Started Bombing Iran: A Primer
What Do We Know, What Should We Be Asking?, For What Should We Be Watching"
From @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-usa-an...

I missed that Konan v. USPS came out yesterday. This is the case where the Post Office refused to deliver mail to a Black woman. Of course Clarence Thomas, 5-4, says it's okay.

Clarence Thomas is the worst thing to happen to Black people since Roger Taney

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

YouTube video by Slate U.S. Olympian Rich Ruohonen Speaks Out on Trump, ICE, and the Curling Drama in Italy

One thing I loved about this convo is about how it went kinda deep on allyship.

This Olympian who made waves for speaking out about Trump did so strategically: as an older white man (and alternate) he felt like he could take the heat for his team. And: he GOT heat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLlV...

First time I went there, I was like “this is all ridiculous and insane”, and then I saw the 36 pack of frappuccino. ❤️☕️🍫

a long tube of pringles containing four individual tubes of Pringles stacked. it is taller than at least one of my children

I am normal and can be trusted with a costco membership

Do Republicans care that this will hurt Republican married women? Married women most likely to keep their own last names — and therefore not face the burdens created by the SAVE Act – are younger, higher educated, and registered Democrats. For example, while 90 percent of conservative Republican women took their husbands’ last name, the comparable rate was 64 percent for liberal Democratic women. Moreover, passport holders are more likely to be higher educated and are more represented in Democratic states and purple states. For example, only 25 percent of those with a high school diploma or less report having a valid passport, compared to well over 60 percent of those with college and post graduate degrees.

What is striking here is that this will not just disproportionately affect women (who mostly support Democrats), but especially Republican women who are more likely to have taken their husbands names. So why are female GOP legislators and supporters going along with imposing burdens on themselves?

The SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in Action Gendered Burdens and the Right to Vote

New from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?:
The SAVE Act is a truly extreme voter suppression bill, but in ways that might surprise you. White Christian Nationalism is driving the bill more than a cynical focus on maximizing GOP vote share. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

theonion.com/this-war-wil...

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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

They are still taking taxes from Minnesota last time I checked.
Also, why sort of regimes involve collective punishment, including punishing the innocent. This is not about fraud, it’s about control.

The secret to higher birth rates? Vigorously opposing authoritarianism

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

Fight authoritarianism:
*meet interesting and idealistic people
*have intense shared emotional experiences
*nature takes care of the rest
*commit to building a better society for your offspring

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No amount of anger is hyperbolic here.

Patel Ousts F.B.I. Personnel Tied to Inquiry Into Trump’s Retained Classified Records

Patel promised Senators in confirmation hearings: “There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken by any FBI.”
He lied. He just fired another 10 agents who served in Jack Smith's investigation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

I hope someone gets these stats to Donald. They will drive him crazy. (Well, crazier.)

Donald Trump’s State of the Union this week drew an audience of 28 million television viewers.

Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union drew an audience of 32.2 million viewers.

So they’re going to cripple healthcare for the poor in Minnesota to make an example of the state. The warning is “don’t resist.”

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

German Jews' Passports Declared Invalid | Holocaust Encyclopedia October 5, 1938. On this date, the Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidated all German Jews' passports and required them to have a "J" stamped on them.

Relevant.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license.

They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group's treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters — especially now.

The rare "Even Alito" in a Chris Geidner report ...

In a Tennessee Town, ICE Is Eyeing a Detention Complex Bigger Than Almost Anything in American History Twice the size of the largest detention facility ICE has already purchased, the complex has been empty since it opened. It may not stay that way.

"Mayor Hutto put the potential detainee population at 14,000 to 16,000 — which would make it the largest immigration detention facility in modern American history — exceeded in scale only by the Japanese American internment camp at Tule Lake Segregation Center in California during World War II."

So...you can do this, but not in MY backyard. MY constituents don't like the idea of throwing humans into black sites, possibly never to be seen again. But, go ahead and put it somewhere else. AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT...maybe it doesn't even exist.

Case 1:25-cV-02942-TJK Document 74 Filed 02/24/26 Page 1 of 17 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA L.G.M.L.., et al., Plaintiffs, V. Case No.: 25-cv-2942-TJK KRISTI NOEM, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE After a temporary restraining order narrowly thwarted the government's secret, middle-of- the-night attempt to expel unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States over Labor Day weekend, this Court certified a provisional class of certain Guatemalan children who are or will be in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Defendants and enjoined Defendants from "transferring, repatriating, removing, or otherwise facilitating the transport" of class members from the United States. Defendants declined to appeal that injunction and it remains in place while this matter proceeds to final judgment. But Plaintiffs have learned that Defendants are engaged in a practice that openly flouts the plain text of the Court's injunction and the statutory protections guaranteed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are returning unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries, including class members, to their home countries within 72 hours of entering government custody, typically before they can be transferred

NEW: Remember when the government rounded up dozens of unaccompanied children in the middle of the night and tried to summarily deport them?

A Trump-appointed judge entered an injunction barring their removal.

But lawyers for the children say the government is trying to circumvent that order.

YouTube video by U2 U2 - Yours Eternally ft. Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia (Documentary Short Film)

Touching to see U2 and Ed Sheeran remember this terrible anniversary in Ukraine and the men and women who are doing what they have to do.
youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?...