So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
I found that this is wrong. Democracy actually is a powerful motivating force for a critical slice of the population *if they perceive a real threat*.
I call this the "legibility" theory of democratic backsliding: the more legible the threat, the more likely it is to prompt effective pushback.
Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
A compilation of stills of schitts creek with Moira rose and several of her eccentric wigs
Starting a rewatch of Schitts Creek
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
A young Claudette Colvin circa 1950s
A photo of Claudette Colvin in her 80s in black and a vibrant lime green and black floral top
"I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did."
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
the top few contains only eccentrics, known homosexuals and the oldest person alive.... LOVE that
We need a John Brown biopic like yesterday, so that yt ppl can stop acting brand new.
A response to the "we don't have the votes to impeach" crowd.
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Dick Cheney brought the U.S. to war based on lies and intel they knew was bad. Do not believe anyone who whitewashes that.
For all the “evidence” they brought forth there was plenty of independent reporting refuting it in real time. And it later proved right.
Black people always vote like our lives depend on it because we know it does. I love us.
Can’t wait for the corporate media to call sweeping dem election results a “problem for the left.”
just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
dula peep yay!!!!!!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-23/the-disaster-industrial-complex-is-driving-us-economic-growth
"The disaster industrial complex, it turns out, is a network of supply chains that help people and governments reboot after catastrophes."
Maybe climate change could be good for growth after all 🫣
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
yep, also i think reminding her that she hates women would work. trans women are women and TERF rhetoric fails feminism 101. go away joanne take your money and SHUT UP
could do with a lot less open advocacy for ethnic cleansing in global politics tbh
Minit-thread: Bears repeating daily at this point: There were no immigration laws at all until white people on the West Coat began to fear the dreaded Yellow Peril of Chinese immigration in the 1880s. That's right. While these people were building railroads across mountain and plain...
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
These people are sadistic wannabe dictators who enjoy other people dying, and I’m tired of people not saying what they are happy to admit
The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
yeah the final counts will eventually come in, but everything about it screamed biggest protest in the country's history tbh
The *how* of #NoKings is impeachment.
Don't just say No Kings. Say how to get there.
Impeach, convict, remove.
There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
