JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

Last night I rewatched “Hot Fuzz” and holy cow. It’s a portrayal of Minneapolis’ wealthy DFL and Republican business interests.

‘Chiraq Team 2’: Oak Park attorney catches glimpse of federal agents’ group chat during arrest • The TRiiBE Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

NEW — Oak Park attorney Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent.

Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

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'Deeply Un-American': Trump Tells Generals to Use US Cities as Military 'Training Grounds' | Common Dreams "Wake up, people, the US is fast approaching a point of no return," warned one critic, who said the president's alarming rhetoric "comes right out of the fascism playbook."

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The NFL says “Football is America.”For many in Ireland today, that’s not a selling point. Here’s a photo of the scene outside Croke Park where the Steelers & Vikings (owned by Jewish Agency for Israel chairman & anti-Palestinian zealot Mark Wilf, hence the flags) are playing.

With disrespect Speaker,

dead people don’t need healthcare.

Things today's White House autism announcement did not do:

-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

It was heading west over South Minneapolis around 6:00.

You may notice the car is sitting where a front porch used to be. I understand why it’s still missing.

George Floyd was a father too and Charlie Kirk called him a “scumbag.”

Eric Chastain: The patrol that haunts me wasn’t in Baghdad; it was in Dupont Circle “I do not question the courage or commitment of these Guardsmen. I’ve fought beside them in combat and know their grit. But I also know their limits. Asking them to police a city is unfair — …

Gift link: "While no doubt Guardsmen are proud patriots, they aren’t seasoned veterans. Most are teenagers trained for battle but not the unpredictable realities of a major city...you don’t just encounter commuters. You encounter people in crisis — homelessness, addiction, untreated mental illness."

I cut up 15 bike locks to find the best in the US. Here are my favorites From U-locks and folding locks to heavy-duty chains, we tested 15 bicycle locks – with an angle grinder! – to find out which offer real protection

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A guide to how many abrasive discs are needed to cut different locks.

Driving transphobes out is a benefit, not a cost.

23% of high schools educating 12% of children in the US lack a sports program outside of generic phys ed. You want to talk about school sports? Let’s talk about that 12% of kids— that’s OVER 2 MILLION KIDS— who have no access to an athletic program (or the attendant college scholarships) at all.

incredible, they cop-tensed the possible beginning of the next world war

Anyone want to ask @repangiecraig.bsky.social if she still commends ICE for their bravery?

Image text: “justice for Isa: banner making June 10, 7pm, 2482 University Ave.; public show up June 11, 11am sherburne county jail; donate to indigenous roots- add dedication note to fund legal fees.” Plus a photo of Isa wearing an "indigenous protector movement" shirt.

A developing situation here in MN: lots of people talking about it over on IG but not seeing it on here: looks like local poet and activist Isa Lopez got snatched by federal agents. Georgia Fort is reporting on it too. For now, just re-sharing the call(s) to action that Jeremiah Ellison shared:

Primary everybody

Searching for Bobbie Gentry America’s culture of cruelty and those who dare to notice.

"American cruelty masquerading as respectability is timeless."
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YouTube video by Nick Shirley America Erupts… ICE Raids Takeover The Streets

I was wondering who this guy was today. Clearly had a weird vibe and after looking up who he is, I recommend not giving him interviews if you see him around in the future

Started his last video in MPLS with “I’m here in the home of tampon Tim”

Jose Chung's Ethnic Cleansing

MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.

40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood

They don't need a warrant A federal kidnapping in Worcester

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

there is no fact-based evaluation that does not hold George W. Bush and Barack Obama partly responsible for where we are with Trump. For decades we let these guys extend the power of the executive and no one with power ever pushed back. We are reaping those consequences now.

trump’s cronies are grabbing UMN grad students out of their apartments.

That's Bait Kristi Noem and fascism's sadistic eroticization of power

I expanded my thread on the Kristi Noem video into an essay here. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/thats-bait (And yes, I know substack is a problem. Migrating soon.)

“What if we added a woman with a facelift to holocaust footage” is truly the Trump aesthetic.