"This isn't unprecedented American darkness.
This IS America.
It always has been. The question is whether the people who've been insulated from it will finally pay attention."
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"This isn't unprecedented American darkness.
This IS America.
It always has been. The question is whether the people who've been insulated from it will finally pay attention."
#injustice #racism #socialmedia #grief @lisaframe.bsky.social
Things are so bad I’m reposting Rand Paul
28.01.2026 22:09 — 👍 401 🔁 83 💬 9 📌 2#ProudBlue #Resist
And then there’s Hegseth, who just authorized the use of a local military base as a “staging site.”
Don’t listen to Homan or Trump. This administration only knows how to lie.
THERE IS NO PIVOT
Make sure to leave their address if constiuents, otherwise they do not have to tally the call as part of the official record.
28.01.2026 21:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maryland Democrats moved closer to redrawing the state’s congressional map Tuesday, as a key House committee approved legislation that would eliminate the state’s last GOP-held U.S. House seat and position Maryland as a counterweight to Republican gerrymanders nationwide.
28.01.2026 02:44 — 👍 1724 🔁 383 💬 35 📌 11Once again proving why he is the Boss.
28.01.2026 21:19 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0I made a promise to Alex’s parents to continue to tell his story.
An ICU nurse at the VA, an outdoorsman, a deeply generous, compassionate friend and family member, and a true son of Minnesota. Rest in peace, Alex.
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
28.01.2026 15:02 — 👍 28672 🔁 8441 💬 1173 📌 355Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
23.01.2026 14:01 — 👍 4109 🔁 1609 💬 575 📌 153Picking up grocery order and it is pure freaking chaos. Welcome to NC winter storm warning weather.
21.01.2026 23:44 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is what they're doing to our sons, our daughters, our children.
21.01.2026 23:25 — 👍 41 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1Bipartisan negotiators released a DHS funding bill that does not significantly reduce ICE and CBP’s funding nor rein in the agencies’ abuses of power.
Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.
Grow a spine and vote no.
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
17.01.2026 11:59 — 👍 6247 🔁 2925 💬 311 📌 163BREAKING: Man Dies in ICE Custody After Being Choked, Medical Examiner Rules Death a Homicide
open.substack.com/pub/centered...
Here is what we know:
1) the IRS DOES use AI for some things
2) It’s true some lawmakers are raising concerns and investigating possible overreach.
3 )It’s not verified that the IRS is actively using AI to access every citizen’s bank account without a search warrant or legal process.🧵
What Morbidity Hath Secretary Kennedy Wrought? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
14.01.2026 16:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One of the best movie scenes ever.
07.01.2026 17:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0OK all you romance writers - pay attention. Lovely thread. Thx gentlemen. 💜
07.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
22.12.2025 19:29 — 👍 2242 🔁 507 💬 30 📌 31The American people have been loud and clear: don't allow health care premiums to skyrocket.
Speaker Johnson must immediately schedule the vote.
These mutherfuckers want you to purchase your healthcare from Amazon and WalMart.
Still you sleep on what’s going on around you.
If Obama was doing this shit, there’d be a ground swell so tremendous there’d probably be a public lynching.
Tell me I’m wrong.
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
My late husband was an economist, and I feel this deep in my bones and can read the writing. It's going to be ugly.
16.12.2025 20:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0AI and crypto have created the illusion that all is well with the economy — even as Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it.
When the AI and crypto bubbles burst, we’ll likely see the damage Trump’s wrecking ball has done.
Be warned.
Donald Trump’s day so far:
- Slammed for Rob Reiner remarks
- Economy in toilet
- Trump’s own current White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says he has an alcoholic personality
- Senile Trump says he agrees with Wiles
- WTF?
- Trump is going to hell
It’s still only 3:30pm
There's a real crisis out there, and people need to know that their public lands are at risk.
16.12.2025 20:34 — 👍 64 🔁 35 💬 4 📌 1median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
apnews.com/article/brow...
Brown University junior Mia Tretta’s phone began buzzing with an emergency alert during finals week, she tried to convince herself it couldn’t be happening again.
In 2019, Tretta had been shot in the abdomen during a mass shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita.