I’ve seen a lot of comics mention the Epstein Files and somehow it has felt like society skipped to joking about them instead of taking them very seriously
Anyone else got that impression?
(Tbc I’m not saying it’s the fault of comedians.)
NEW STUDY: Media coverage of violence against women has reached an all-time low — at only 1.3% of total coverage.
This, at the height of the Epstein scandal.
www.akas.london/globalmisogy...
I suppose you could call it an experiment to see how many more trans people are profoundly harmed and perhaps killed in the prison system - Burgart said
The Trump administration aims to withhold gender-affirming care for incarcerated transgender people.
A rumor circulated that it was “medical experimentation,” but the government has no research question.
@raesdeng.bsky.social @snopes.com
The Trump admin has targeted students, faculty, universities, law firms, journalists, newsrooms, protesters -- anyone speaking in even tentatively oppositional ways to those in power. But there's been particular attack on immigrants & Palestinian rights speech. Horrible: apnews.com/article/mahm...
‼️ By refusing to hold officers liable for violating rights unless other officers have previously been held liable in identical circumstances, the Court’s qualified immunity jurisprudence effectively nullifies those rights altogether
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/smith...
Will you? 💕
Did you pay your taxes? Then you gave $4,049 to war and weapons.
According to the Institute for Policy Studies, taxpayers contributed more to Pentagon contractors ($1,870) than to troops' pay ($770), and more to militarism than programs like school lunches ($124) or the Postal Service ($19).
The difference between Democrats and Republicans.
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A few things about the pending execution of Tony Von Carruthers in Tennessee
First, Mr. Carruthers was forced to defend himself in a death-eligible case...think about that for a few seconds
www.aclu.org/cases/tony-v...
I had the pleasure of directing the music video for @awkword.bsky.social‘s latest track: HANDS OFF MELT ICE! I got shot at and tear gassed a lot while filming the anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protests used in the video.
Always stay vigilant and stay organized with your community! We keep us safe!
In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning.
Unless we stop it.
THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE LOUISIANA IS LOOKING TO PUT UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN ICE-STYLE CONCENTRATION CAMPS SOURCE: LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE @AWKWORDISTHIS
NEW: Louisiana is looking to put unhoused people in ICE-style internment camps
🔗 LEGISCAN.COM/LA/BILL/HB211/2026
a group of 6 young anarchists called ‘Black Nightingales’ were arrested in December 2023 & charged with terrorism although they only pasted anti-war & anti-dictatorship flyers & painted graffiti. they were sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, tortured & forced to testify against each other.
My latest for Truthout. Along with reporting on the uptick in troops leaving the military under Trump's administration, I wrote about the longer history of wars abroad forcing troops to think about their role in carrying out state violence.
Are they planning an AI data center near you?
www.instagram.com/p/DW9x2P9iVz...
ORGANIZING WORKS NEARLY HALF OF THE AL DATA CENTERS PLANNED FOR 2026 HAVE BEEN DELAYED OR BLOCKED SOURCE: BLOOMBERG @AWKWORDISTHIS
Nearly HALF of the AI data centers planned for 2026 have been delayed or blocked, according to Bloomberg reports.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
As lawmakers fail to address the Black maternal health crisis, midwives turn to the courts to challenge long-standing restrictions.
atlanta.capitalbnews.org/georgia-midwives-lawsuit...
What Every Activist Needs to Know before hitting the streets in Trump’s America today (based on our conversation at NY Ethical Culture on Monday night, including insights from civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby based on his work): danarfisher.com/2026/04/11/w...
image of a green book titled: "Red Card: The 2026 FIFA World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine." by Jules Boykoff with introduction by Dave Zirin. The cover features a hand wielding a red card.
❗Excited to announce my new book "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine," with an introduction by @edgeofsports.bsky.social. Hope you'll consider pre-ordering (with 15% discount) via @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/red-...
“They are trying to invent antifa as an int'l threat to tie it to groups...in the US...the administration is further down the path of twisting the counterterrorism machinery of the U.S. gov't to going after domestic political opponents than people realize.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
New @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social article by @philmandelbaum.bsky.social on the Prairieland defendants: COMING SOON
Based on conversations with @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social
The image features the words "Free the Prairieland Defendants" interwoven with a barbed wire and vine design. Blue flowers add a hopeful tone.
“It's a blueprint for how the administration intends to quash freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. The goal is to frighten anyone who dissents from organizing, finding community, and spreading knowledge.”
- @iwriteok.bsky.social on the Prairieland 9, convicted of terrorism for being Antifa
Selected Federal Agencies With Budgets Less Than the $117 Billion 2026 Tax Cut for the Richest 1% Table with 2 columns and 15 rows. Agency 2026 spending Department of Agriculture $89.2 billion Department of Education $46.9 billion Department of Transportation $30.3 billion Department of Housing and Urban Development $26.5 billion Department of Labor $22.7 billion Department of Energy $20.0 billion Department of Justice $18.8 billion Department of the Interior $9.6 billion Department of State $8.7 billion National Aeronautics and Space Administration $6.8 billion Department of Commerce $4.5 billion Agency for International Development $3.4 billion Environmental Protection Agency $3.0 billion National Endowment for the Humanities $100 million National Endowment for the Arts $30 million
The richest 1% are set to receive a $117 BILLION tax break next year.
That's more than almost every federal agency receives to serve the public.
Wow.
THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE NEW STUDY FINDS AL IS DESIGNED TO GIVE BAD ADVICE TO KEEP YOU FEELING VALIDATED SOURCE: STANFORD UNIVERSITY @AWKWORDISTHIS
ICYMI: A new study has found that AI is actually *designed* to give us bad advice to keep us content.
“I’m also really offended by the type of Black music that’s coming out of AI. Weird, stereotypical struggle music.”
Yes, and this line gets at the way Black music and expression in general are still read and received the way slave narratives were.
I had to update my standard retainer agreement to include that I'm trans, and that my transness may impact case outcomes, and my clients agree to accept that risk by hiring me, in case you're wondering what it's like being trans these days.
THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TRUMP WANTS TO SPEND $260 BILLION MORE ON MILITARY THAN AT HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR II SOURCE: PROPOSED MILITARY BUDGET, APRIL 4, 2026 @AWKWORDISTHIS
Trump wants to spend $260 billion more on the military than at the peak of World War Il.
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
Remember that time when ICE shot a man as he fled into his home and then claimed he beat an agent with a snowshovel? And we were all like "you're lying"?
They were lying
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...
