Herded by Cats

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

transphobic democratic senate candidates i want to see fail: * Mary Peltola * Josh Turek * Sherrod Brown * Annie Andrews * James Talarico "but six, that will cost us the senate!" if dem voters were as mad at these candidates as get when a trans woman who says that, we wouldn't be in this position

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Fuck this slimey weasel in particular. Prop 42 protects billionaires and reduces benefits for Californians by protecting billionaires. #WealthTax #YESon40 #NOon41 #NOon42 calmatters.org/politics/202...

-That "area" was not "restricted" to Lander, he had a US passport (+ is presumably not an Israeli citizen.) -What authorization should a person need in order to help people harvest their own olives with their consent, mmm? -Injured by whom? Settler terrorists acting with impunity + IDF protection?

In a lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Maryland on October 15, a coalition of immigration advocates and legal aid providers say the administration has ignored federal law to create a “deportation assembly line” for unaccompanied children and undocumented minors.

Periodic reminder: Love ballot selfies, but please check what's allowable in your state. Don't get your ballot invalidated accidentally.

The tweet below describes perfectly Jan Crawford's knowingly false and racist commentary, and how Crawford even lied while trying to appear to take accountability for it. The only reason Jan Crawford has not be fired by @cbsnews.com is because that company, like her, is now thoroughly corrupt.

She was murdered by transphobia 😥😥😥

that's murder

Unpopularity alone does not bring down authoritarians. This is the part where they make desperate plays to maintain their power, and those moves are either successfully resisted or not.

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

Meta is a fascist enterprise.

Call Chuck Schumer and tell him to defend Ilhan Omar publicly or resign. (202) 224-6542

In yet another stunning display of ICE cruelty, Oscar Belgal is still being held in solitary confinement (with a bullet still in his neck) at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center.

As a reminder, the most dangerous period in the tenure of any dictator or would-be dictator is often the stretch of time when their regime is imploding but hasn't been removed from power yet.

It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.

Still thinking about this comment from @nbedera.bsky.social, and remembering being frustrated sitting through "consent" trainings in college because I already knew it to be true.

Multiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money.

Trans people, consider this is a useful source of info any time you need someone to realize how the NYT threatens our existence. Cis people, consider this a wake up call. We welcome individuals and groups to join this call for boycott, or launch their own. Not One Dime to the New York Times!

"The investigation, nicknamed 'World War Eleven' within the administration because of the uproar it could cause, has accelerated in recent weeks, the senior official said." wapo.st/4hTG5zP

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

📚 One of the Nazis’ first major book burnings targeted the world’s first Trans+ clinic, where more than 20,000 books and pieces of research into Trans+ lives were erased. For #BannedBooksWeek, from our archive with @smartypantsmarty.com 👇

So, the reason we mock horrible fascists is not to make fascists change their minds. It is to show they are mockable. It breaks the veneer of respectability and power. It gives others social permission to mock them. Satire is poisonous to power because it makes opposition both fun and collaborative.

Haven't been outside yet to look at the repaved street, but I asked the bird who's always chirping in the tree next to my window how it looked. He said it looks cheap.

Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY I wrote the book I wanted to write! Maybe it will be the book you would like to read! :D Contains: demons, sentient streetlights, a seven foot-tall bare-knuckle lady boxer (former), the full-course dinner at The Wretched Dragon, a museum exhibit full of tiny dragons, and spies!

Your reminder that ICE should be presumed lying when it claims someone "weaponized their vehicle" against them. It's never true. It never happens. It's always a lie.

last night eyewitnesses saw Oscar Belgal — the man shot by ICE with his 5 year old in the car — discharged from the hospital into ICE custody, with feds speeding off as NYPD cleared the roads for them of protesters. his attorneys don't know where he is; he's seemingly been taken out of NY state.

"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban.