the cow’s meow

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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter

Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes

My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.

There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.

A reminder:

The Companies Behind ICE Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

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hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca

the lack of follow up questions like “why” is astounding

They don’t care—even if they realize it.

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.

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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

To me, a sports newbie, it’s the same thing as Jays walking Shohei 3 times. Rules are rules, whether you like them or not. 😬

democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.

thank you! i wrote something short and emailed everyone 🫡

What do you usually include in comms to them?

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory.

The suffering of innocents in Gaza has reached a critical point. It is heartbreaking as even people trying to deliver aid — including a Northwest Ohioan — are being turned away. Families, especially women and children, need every bit of help they can get. Humanity must be allowed to prevail.

Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

Y’all. Republicans are FINE with poking holes in the filibuster. They did it ten days ago so they could confirm 48
Trump appointees at once. Don’t let them tell you they can’t pass a CR without Dems. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

I’m just trying to give the critical, independent thinkers a chance…without the worm telling them what to do.

Did we drain the swamp yet? I don’t think this is working…

pics to prove it 🤣

Pritzker seems to be the only one warning about this regularly

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

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two stills of a man in a suit,wearing glasses and smoking a cigarette When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary.

Goodnight.

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret The Justice Department request came after NBC News asked a federal judge to unseal the names of two people Epstein paid and helped protect from prosecution.

NEW: Epstein wired huge amounts of money to two people, and Trump and Bondi want to keep their names secret. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I’m having a hard time trying to stay soft and kind-hearted in a time when people are hellbent on causing pain. Any tips?

Priorities.