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The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.

Bonhoeffer was an anti-Nazi Lutheran theologian, executed in 1945 by the Nazis. Brandon Gill, man of the people, is a Dartmouth grad with a history degree. Oopsie.

Wow.

Holy shit.

this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time? Really American FB

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. Accountability now. Open link next skeet. "It's a killing field," one soldier said....no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire w/ machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then.. the shooting stops, they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire."

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Federal agents used explosives to enter a U.S. citizen’s home and entered — guns drawn — on a baby, a 6-year-old, and their mother. She believes it’s because her boyfriend attended an ICE protest where he accidentally hit a cop car (and was released by cops). www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...

🚨🚨🚨 WOW! This video needs to be seen by EVERYONE. If you think this can’t happen to you or someone in your life, you’re delusional. #MAGAKidnappers Use this toolkit to spread the word about the MAGA Kidnappers. ➡️ social.demcast.com/toolkit/MAGA...

When non-citizens reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. Rather, the non-citizens who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were non-citizens in the land of Egypt: I God am your God. Leviticus 19:33-34

ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX. He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Brutal WSJ cover

happy bday Spanish saint/mystic Teresa of Ávila, b.1515. “It is love alone that gives worth to all things.” “The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.” “Be gentle to all"

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The school shooter’s radicalization was due to far-right figures: “Candace Owens has influenced me above all each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights & her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/01/22/a...

Here's a piece @ddayen.bsky.social did after Bondi was nominated. So far no question on her role in helping banks get away with mortgage fraud, harming millions of Floridians. prospect.org/justice/2024...

My president.

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Hegseth: Typical Trump. All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. This is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments