Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”
not a badge in sight, these assholes could be rando citizen's militia cosplayers for all anyone knows
I know Great Barrington well and it is extremely hard to imagine any scenario on this earth in this small town that would require cops to roll out like they're going to war.
Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.
I don’t care what Ozturk wrote. It doesn’t matter. This is America. We’re fucking free to have opinions of all sorts. It doesn’t matter. You don’t get to lock up people for bad thought. That’s against the fucking law and morals and fuck every last person arguing that this is a crime. Fuck all of em
It really is this simple.
#TransRightsAreHumanRightsAllow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
Me, too, Daniel. Me, too...
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
There is no aborted fetus debris in the MMR vaccine, or in any vaccine at all.
It is worth noting that the Catholic Church, one of the most staunch anti-abortion organizations in the world, has a formal policy that encourages all vaccinations.
Country of Three Hundred Million Rugged Individualists Pretty Sure They Can Wing It Without A Federal Government “I mean, I can like, google salmonella,” said a lady in a diner
Not many people can still kick fascist ass AFTER they are buried. That's two Quislings down. Francis was the GOAT.
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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I wish we could have snap elections, and that our general elections were limited to 51 days.
Big fan. Respectfully, please stop using the word "entitlements." That is right-wing framing. Social Security is not an "entitlement." It is an "earned benefit."
JK Rowling has gotten a lot of hate lately, but I think we can give her even more
Look, I know Buster died in the 80s; that’s what made this situation particularly weird, not to mention, again, the TIDDLYWINKS
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
BREAKING: The FDA has officially announced they will be banning artificial dyes in the food supply by the end of 2026
This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3
Centrists want the enthusiasm of the left w/out the message. It's insulting & treats the working class as a commodity. The reason people go out to hear Sanders & AOC is because of the message. "Better things aren't possible" just isn't an energizing slogan. Neither is "let's meet the Nazis halfway."
Why is this 'lazy'? Billionaires are looting the country right now
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SECRET MALL APARTMENT was everything I wanted, leagues beyond what I expected, and the most life-affirming 91 minutes I could have possibly imagined
If it is coming to your city and you can fit it in, go see the Secret Mall Apartment documentary. A fabulous, funny and joyous story about art, public space, and the creative impulse. In a dark time, this movie was laugh out loud funny and inspiring in equal measure.
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“I want you to continue working for the democracy of this country and for humanity,” Mahdawi told supporters.
Day after Sen. Welch visits Mohsen Mahdawi, rally at statehouse calls for his release - VTDigger
“I want you to continue working for the democracy of this country and for humanity,” Mahdawi told supporters.
It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.
With Doctor Who, James Bond and the Pope all about to be recast, is there anyone you think would be ideal in all three roles?
Regardless of one's religious feelings, humanitarians lost a powerful ally in a very dire time
My biggest fear is that someone will etch in Comic Sans on my headstone because I’m not there to stop them
Trump picked Hegseth and 51 Republicans, including Vance, confirmed him. They are all accountable.
I didn’t expect to find out about the pope’s death in a Signal chat with Pete Hegseth
Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism.
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
Let me say, as a DV survivor who isn’t even “healed” enough to wish my former abuser peace and healing, I don’t want him in an offshore torture prison.
I don’t want anyone in an offshore torture prison. Don’t let your pain make you evil.
Let's see what the 'this site sucks folks are up to back on the other site, ah
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year
pro tip: very few people right now want to hear about how your conscience wouldn't let you vote for Kamala. shut the fuck up
something like 75% of the people on that plane were proven to have absolutely zero criminal records, and they ALSO have House reps, and those House reps have offices to picket and phone lines to tie up
"So-and-So just did ____, why can't YOU do that???" is a pretty good attack in these cases!
Chris Van Hollen flying down to El Salvador and refusing to leave until he got in a room with Kilmar Abrego Garcia blows up every other “well what do you expect them to do?” defense for elected Democrats
It’s barbaric and sick.
Good I hope it's 1000% soon.
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
Hey guys! I am in People Magazine! Rambling like a weirdo! And you can see my book cover! I’ve never had an exclusive before! This is so weird and cool tbh
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Out of my way! I’m late!
RFK Jr. is almost 30 minutes late to his own press conference
It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”
If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
In America, you have a right to due process. Without it, the government could arrest or deport you for any reason. That’s what is happening in America right now. That is what dictators do. And that is what we are fighting against.
Karoline Leavitt is a liar, propagandist & accomplice to a criminal regime. “There is never going to be a world in which [Kilmar Abrego Garcia] is going to live a peaceful life in MD because he is a foreign terrorist & MS-13 gang member,” she said w/o evidence about a man who's committed no crime.
Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
