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I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

republicans keep making life worse for working people and better for the rich and then we have elections and they’re like no that’s not true! and people believe them and then they just do it all again and it’s enough to make a rational person feel absolutely fucking insane

It's one (bad) thing for Congress to mostly stand aside while the executive intrudes on its power, it's a whole other (worse) thing to actively undercut its own ability to stand up for its own choices by seeking big cuts to GAO's funding and trying to limit the Comptroller General's power to sue.

New — I wrote about the injustice unfolding before our eyes as rich reality stars are pardoned for their crimes while law-abiding immigrants are rounded up and caged by ICE, and the way communities are rising up to say fuck no.

NEW—Rubio issues State Dept. cable instructing enhanced social media vetting for ALL people (students, faculty, etc) seeking travel visas to Harvard under guise of “antisemitism.” All social media profiles must be public, otherwise seen “as an effort to evade or hide certain activity.” Full cable:

Of COURSE Aetna would do this.

Musk is destroying AmeriCorps. It looks like it’s RIP for AmeriCorps. The nonprofit that represents AmeriCorps’ state commissions which organize state-level community service programs funded by the federal agency announced that commissions in all 50 states,

Powerful.

im sorry to be so divisive and partisan but i dont think the government should be inventing a criminal history out of thin air to justify sending someone to a concentration camp in a foreign country

There isn’t enough foul language to react to the sh*t this administration is perpetrating.

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.” African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut

Due process rights are fundamental to our nation–Trump taking them away from one person, is a threat to every one.

We cannot abandon this young man- a gay makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, by a disgraced former Milwaukee cop with major credibility issues He is Andry Hernández Romero. God knows what will happen to him. Call your representatives. Call the WH. We care

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

By design. Via @slate.com

How many hours of pro bono work has he gotten from the law firms so far? What’s the hourly rate for the firms? Or is he going to decide what the rate is too?

The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...

…so he’s saying only dishonest people will speak up when there’s a problem that needs to be fixed, and honest people would just accept the situation? 🧐

Roses are red Violets are blue

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

NEW: Trump is trying to use a long-dormant immigration law associated with the most shameful periods of US history to force undocumented people to register, making it easier to carry out his mass deportations. I’ll be introducing legislation to stop him. Let me explain.🧵

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

Trump, Elon, and Republicans are killing two birds with one stone. The only problem is that the two birds are American farmers and hungry kids. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

That is exactly true.

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

In which we sing happy birthday (and some other things) without singing “Happy Birthday”. Come see us tonight! www.eventbrite.com/e/fit-for-a-...

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Silly me, I thought Paisley Paver was just a cartoon character.