"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed." -Proverbs 31:8
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin
An absolutely terrifying look into how the Trump administration is destroying our country. www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
big mad that exercise endorphins will probably help combat The Bleakness, am I becoming a Gym People?
Entire order for those who want to read it: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hon. Biery spits fire from the bench.
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
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Absolute garbage.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
www.instagram.com/reel/DTOUfF3... for anyone needing to keep their parks pass safe and valid (we are still in the dumbest timeline, good lord)
😠 me when @donoteat.bsky.social says “we have to ask, what is Space” and it takes a full two minutes to get a “the final frontier“ I THOUGHT THIS WAS A NERD PODCAST
Libya. Iraq. Iran. Afghanistan. Laos. Vietnam. Haiti. Hawaii. Puerto Rico. Panama. Cuba. Guatemala. The Philippines. El Salvador. Bolivia. Mexico. Ecuador. Honduras. Nicaragua. Chile. Venezuela. I could go on and on.
What do these nations have in common?
The abduction of a head of state and the unprovoked attack on Venezuela are extremely dangerous. This is the most naked form of imperialism, which - if unopposed and unresisted - puts every country and government at the mercy of the US, and any other powerful country that tries to copy it.
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Whoever does it, I need it to be on PBS and also uploaded directly into my brain.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Senator Kim on Twitter: “This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. This is a dangerous escalation, and this administration must come before Congress for public hearings and explain to the American people why they are risking pulling us into another torever war.”
House Democrats have introduced War Powers Resolutions to block further military assaults on Venezuela. We’re expecting a House vote this week, so call your representative ASAP and demand that they vote YES to check the regime’s lawless violence: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Hot take: if you’re singing Ellington as a paid gig you should be able to SWING YOUR FUCKING EIGHTHS.
For anyone interested in informing the entities that might be able to force a retraction:
thetolkienestate@curtisbrown.co.uk
clipandstilldept@wbd.com
julie.heath@wbd.com
Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City. “Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” said Attorney General James. “If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.” Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney General’s new online portal.
The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.
"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.
Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
C.S. Lewis with a pragmatic and courageous perspective for us all.
The victory isn’t in getting the donor to stop contributing. The victory is saying “We see you.”
You think you don’t matter because you’re not rich? That’s exactly why this works. Political donors expect calls from lobbyists, not from nurses and teachers in their own community.
So who’s responsible for dispensing absolution when circumstances force me to wear black shoes with a navy blazer and what evidence do I have to present?
"The Trump Regime’s occupation of DC is designed to give them plenty of red meat to throw at the MAGA base ... They know MAGA won’t be able to get enough of a liberal city under occupation," writes @melissaryan.bsky.social in this week's Ctrl Alt Right Delete.
Needed this on what feels like an extra-bleak Monday, especially since I’m hoping to move up there in the near future. Many thanks.
10/10 no notes
Breonna Taylor should still be here today. Her life mattered.
Trump’s DOJ has asked that an officer charged in her murder spend just one day in jail. One day. This is atrocious—it is what injustice and systemic racism looks like.
“To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.” www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan." -Isaiah 10:1-2
Book cover. (Red background.)
Here's a free PDF copy of Lundy Bancroft's essential book Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.
tinyurl.com/bancroftpdf
Please repost. You never know who might need to read this. (Or reread it.)