Lucas Thornton

Semantically “history making” and “historymaking” are exactly the same, I say go for it.

the massachusetts state court records website is down for maintenance. the screenshot is of the error message which says 'the public is currently deactivated. please try again later.'

the public is currently deactivated.

A man with a canvas on an easel, protesters in background.

A man paints a scene of the protest at Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Thursday, Oct. 23

A woman in colorful clothing and clown makeup standing on a man's shoulder, her arms outstretched with bowling pins turning through the air.

Woman dressed in colorful clothing and clown makeup juggling pins.

East Bay based clown Kendra Ferguson performs at the Coast Guard Island protest against federal deployment.

At least two cars attempting to enter turned around

Organizer states that two demonstrators have sustained injuries

Early demonstration in front of Coast Guard Island in response to federal forces deployment. Several cars belonging to agents have already entered the island.

*to the tune of Gonna Make You Sweat*: everyone is twelve now

Local man undercuts health benefits of walk to library by munching candy on the way back. More on this story at 11.

a hot dog grill, surrounded by a crowd of demonstrators

A vendor sells hot dogs at UN Plaza near the end of the #NoKings rally in San Francisco.

Nancy Pelosi, arm linked around SEIU representative, surrounded by other demonstrators.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by local SEIU leader, joins the No Kings protest in San Francisco on its way to UN Plaza.

A crowd watches Angela Davis speak from a screen at the end of the #NoKings rally at UN Plaza in San Francisco.

A man wearing an American flag bandana over his hair.

Two fire escapes with banners reading "Not Today" and "Fascist", framed by American flags in the foreground.

#NoKings San Francisco

No Kings march on Market/Stockton. Gotta say the energy of this one is unlike anything I’ve felt before in a protest.

Pleased to announce that ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER kicks ass. Beautiful looking and sounding and has a lot to say about politics and movies, and as a bonus is absolutely hilarious.

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

Federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against New York Times A federal judge in Florida has tossed President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against New York Times.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Florida tosses President Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

ACLU sues ICE in S.F. to stop courthouse arrests, ‘inhumane’ detention The ACLU's class-action lawsuit, which cites Mission Local's reporting, comes as ICE faces national scrutiny over detention conditions.

The ACLU has sued ICE in San Francisco, saying its practice of courthouse arrests is illegal & that conditions at 630 Sansome, the ICE HQ, are unconstitutional.

Plaintiffs are three asylum-seekers kept at the ICE holding cells in downtown San Francisco.

missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-a...

Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse than You Think It Is Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that her boss’ move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.

NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.

That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...

I wish I had any national platform at all I long to be Cancelled

they should invent logging on that is good for you

Live updates: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at Utah college event Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.

BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

Three cormorants sitting on the branches of a bare tree

A cormorant sitting on the branch of a tree, facing towards the moon

Sounds like one of those spam bot-generated clickbait websites

This sent me down a rabbit hole this morning. Amazing a guy this dedicated to self-promotion also somehow has almost no evidence of his existence past 2009.

Never in a million years would I think I’d ever type these two words together