The ADL finally chimes in… with one very short post:
"The term 'Shylock' is rooted in a longstanding antisemitic stereotype. Regardless of intent, its use can reinforce harmful tropes about Jews and normalize language that has long been used to target the Jewish community."
I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.
I don’t think DOJ should hand the president a multi-billion dollar slush fund he can divvy up between criminals he likes and his private bank account, nor that he should be able to buy stock then use taxpayer funds to boost that company. It’s corrupt.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.
"I hate Netanyahu, I just agree with almost everything he does," is the most infuriating position among liberal pro-Israel folks.
It is essentially an escape valve to still consider themselves liberal while still supporting far right nationalism. The illusion is essential to solve the dissonance.
if you find yourself appalled that RFK Jr is able to make this claim but you don’t wear a mask in, at the very least, public indoor spaces, you are acting in precisely the way that allows him to say that covid is gone.
Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3
To talk vaguely and theoretically about a "Jewish State" is irresponsible. People talk about their fuzzy vision of what a benevolent "Jewish state" could mean in an alternate universe. But that's meaningless. The question is what Jewish State actually means in 2026 Israel: a Kahanist state.
All of these are policies they're already supposed to be following. So why would anyone believe they'll start following them in exchange for DHS funding.
I mean, come on. The proper response to "We won't deport U.S. citizens if you fund DHS" is, "Are you fucking kidding me?"
The White House sent Sens. Collins and Britt this letter detailing the immigration enforcement changes they are willing to make to fund DHS
-body cameras
-limit enforcement at sensitive locations
-oversight
-visible officer identification
-no deporting US citizens
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President Donald Trump honored six US servicemembers killed in Kuwait during the war with Iran, attending a solemn ceremony as their remains returned to home soil.
Here is Trump's new pick to be Secty of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin getting so rattled in a Senate hearing by union leader Sean O'Brien that he threatens to fight him. Imagine how much Mullin would freak out in a real crisis?!!
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
Tulsi Gabbard: "A war with Iran would make the war in Iraq look like a cakewalk. The devastation and the costs would be far greater than anything we've ever experienced before."
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
it used to be normal to breathe cigarette smoke any time you went out. we changed that via education and public policy. it doesnt have to be normal to breathe covid.
I mean the proper answer is doing to air quality what we've done to water quality over the past two centuries, filtration/exchange. Tackling all airborne diseases/pollutants in one fell swoop. But I ain't seeing that either.
Just got off the phone with the President of Antifa. They said they have a cell in Florida that set up a fake tailoring shop, where they created this custom garment to humiliate Michael Flynn.
I know there’s someone who will say much wiser things than me on this, but we need to talk about how many of these ICE fascist goons are Latino men. We know all too well these “Bro” types—they are doing the white supremacist empire’s killing field’s work.
Mi gente, we need to reckon with this.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Okay troublemakers, punks, antifa supervillains, and anyone who just enjoys being a petty little shitbird while they fuck up the algorithm of a massive media corp. Here's your assignment for the weekend. Get on it and spread the word.
"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
This is not about Bovino or Noem. They need to go.
This is about Stephen Miller - he has been masterminding and leading Trump's immigration regime of terror. Until Miller is gone from the White House, nothing will change.
As long as Miller is there - he will run the show as the de facto POTUS.
Speaking with the two men, I noted the proclivity of rightwing media to point to armed leftists as evidence of seeking violence.
Comrade Loon explained: We are here to keep people safe and to remind people that we can and should arm ourselves.
He added a message to any conservative viewers:
I just want to say that 1) AltWatcher is doing the lord's work and 2) the altnps account, in my opinion, needs to be outright banned - and I don't say that merely because I loathe it, but because it's unbelievably unhealthy for this fake, plagiarizing, qanon-lite account to have this influence.
AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
It is important to read writers like M. Gessen. They teach Americans what many are still having trouble grasping.
This is not just an unhinged president and untrained agency. Not “bad politics.” Not random.
It is a systemic approach followed by authoritarians the world over as they grasp power.