@emajerus
Teacher, poet, punk, feminist; author of Songs Are Like Tattoos, co-editor of Can I Teach That; anti-white-supremacy; pro-climate action, -reproductive justice, and -preserving democracy; 1/3 of Motes; private citizen, She/her, opinions my own
Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wall art at Union Market in DC reads, “OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY.”
Look closer. Fallen soldiers’ names: Nicole Amor, Declan Coady, Noah Tietjens. Each marked, “DID NOT HAVE TO DIE.”
And at the bottom, the gut punch: “FIGHTING IRAN FOR THE EPSTEIN CLASS.”
Brand new letter campaign! 🚨
Tell your representatives: Impeach Pam Bondi!
Ready? Go!
No one has explained to me why we’re in this war in the first place
Ossoff: "When American service members are returning in flag-draped coffins... this White House treats war like a [videogame].
It's a disgrace... it speaks to the moral rot of this administration."
It's a shame this is where we are as a country.
This time 3 months ago we were a bunch of wankers whose war dead weren’t worth a squirt of piss.
Now he needs us.
The bloke’s a fucking clown.
Iranians turn against Trump who presented himself as their saviour just a month ago.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...
Ladies & gentleman:
May I introduce to you, the Secretary of Health & Human Services.
It seems implausible. How could such an imbecile be put in such an important position?
Hegseth is an unqualified, know-nothing cartoon cowboy. “Defense Secretary Hegseth has made contempt for what he calls ‘stupid rules of engagement’—limits meant to reduce risks to civilians—central to his political identity: ‘Our rules are… unleash American power, not shackle it.’” NYT, 3/13/26
The Trump regime's quiet reinstatement of a sweeping abortion ban across the Veteran Affairs healthcare system has sparked outrage and warnings about the policy’s devastating human toll on veterans.
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
The Senate must reject this bill.
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
Not surprisingly, *most* Americans oppose the war on Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
'On weekends, Stanford University professor Adam Banks flies from the California campus to Cleveland, on a mission to teach a college-level African American studies class to the Black community — for free.'
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““It’s almost as if public libraries are home to democracy’s last stand,” said Peters.”
wordinblack.com/2026/03/publ...
We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by.
Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.
It’s amazing how much money we have to fund deportation flights for the (not) worst of the worst…
But lack the capability and funding to safely transport, American citizens, including children, back home out of a war zone of our own creation.
“Even amidst death, these poems find joy...”
The Inheritance of Grief and Work: @medenkuyatt.bsky.social reviews @abbiekiefer.bsky.social’s Certain Shelter (@juneroadpress.bsky.social).
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Trump is walking back the walk back
A picture of the book I have never wanted another life next to an orchid with white flowers
Happy book birthday to my first child! In one year, this book has...
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
(Published Jan. 2026)
Republican Senator Thom Tillis is now openly calling for Stephen Miller to be removed.
✊👏 Yes!! 👏
After slashing SNAP & Medicaid, Trump is using his Iran War to line the pockets of military contractors.
I'm reminded of the words of MLK:
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."
More ICE human rights violations.
People, including children and the elderly, were held for weeks in Colorado ICE hold rooms, without beds, in clear violation of ICE regulations.
And it gets worse…
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Investigators say there are undisclosed detention sites scattered around Colorado, hidden in plain sight between strip malls and office parks.
Secret detention centers. In the United States.
