EIGHT CHILDREN DIED in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana this weekend.
Eight children.
A critically important reminder from @citizencohn.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Working in my university library, as an undergrad was hugely helpful. Since a big part of my job was manually re-shelving books, I learned Library of Congress numbers, at least well enough to expedite my research when I became a graduate student.
NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel.
Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
Rewind July 2019 >> The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged;
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/u...
Hiding declassified files and presidential records is yet another way for the administration to dodge accountability. The authoritarian always seeks to limit your access to information.
Totally
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
This really sounds like my apartment complex
Cartoon
The revolution will be choreographed.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski: "Americans should always be concerned about our democracy...Right now, I think it's dangerous for us in the legislative branch when we are not standing up for our roles under the Constitution and effectively cede to the Executive."
just watched this netflix documentary on the oklahoma city bombing and once again i'm struck by how so many of the popular media takes on this event just avoid entirely the connection to organized white supremacism
Mike Pence: "The president was wrong to pardon people who assaulted police officers on January 6...Anyone who would ever use violence, whether it be against law enforcement of political violence, must be condemned universally."
Poster from the No Kings protests, in Philadelphia. Sign has a picture of a Smokey The Bear (head of a bear wearing a hat that says "Smokey" on it). The text on the poster reads "Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars"
While our president has his North Korean-style parade, there will be protests across the country. This is when optics are crucial. To juxtapose large peaceful protests with the military playthings of a wannabe-be tough guy. Violent protests play into his narrative. Please. Do not do that.
New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...
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Apple/EU tariffs, attacks on Harvard…all purposeful mis-directs, that will not stand, from the following:
—GOP tax bill is largest transfer of wealth from poor to rich in history.
Democrats/media being played.
A bad President, for instance, has the power to do what? What can he not do? If he wanted to revolutionize this government, he could easily do it with this ponderous power; it would be an auxiliary power. He could cry “havoc, and let slip the dogs of war,”29 and say to the conspirators: “I am with you. If you succeed, all is well. If you fail, I will interpose the shield of my pardon, and you are safe. If your property is taken away from you by Congress, I will pardon and restore your property. Go on and revolutionize the government; I will stand by you.” The bad man will say or might say this. I am not sure but we have got a man now who comes very near saying it. Let us have done with this pardoning power. We have had enough of this. Pardoning! How inexpressibly base have been the uses made by this power—this beneficent power. It has been that with which a treacherous President has trafficked. He has made it the means of securing adherents to himself instead of securing allegiance to the government.
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
Omfg... They've outdumbfucked themselves.
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
