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Nerdy academic, queer-identified bisexual, political junkie. Mom of 1 autistic YA and 2 trans YA. No DMs. Cis female; she/her.

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It’s not that Republicans are trying to inspire a campaign of terrorist violence against Democratic lawmakers.

It’s that they already have. With wounded and dead our side, frightened but resilient, and zero accountability for the people behind it.

28.01.2026 02:22 👍 397 🔁 103 💬 4 📌 5

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.

Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

28.01.2026 17:48 👍 3963 🔁 2431 💬 103 📌 141

so it was premeditated murder coooool

28.01.2026 00:34 👍 69 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 0
According to allegations in the lawsuit, brought by Jon Joyner and eventually followed by other CBP employees seeking remedy for discrimination, Bovino canceled a job posting and then surreptitiously hired a white supervisor into the role over a number of other qualified applicants. Court records show that during the hiring process, the man Bovino selected for a senior role, Christopher Bullock, wrote that Bovino was like a confederate general, set to liberate a fort from Black union soldiers.

According to allegations in the lawsuit, brought by Jon Joyner and eventually followed by other CBP employees seeking remedy for discrimination, Bovino canceled a job posting and then surreptitiously hired a white supervisor into the role over a number of other qualified applicants. Court records show that during the hiring process, the man Bovino selected for a senior role, Christopher Bullock, wrote that Bovino was like a confederate general, set to liberate a fort from Black union soldiers.

I remember when Yglesias and others treated @jamellebouie.net like he was being hysterical for saying the administration was seeking to resegregate, but the guy that's been their poster child on the ground already had this on his public record prospect.org/2026/01/27/i...

27.01.2026 15:10 👍 2161 🔁 451 💬 22 📌 12
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Bloomberg Business on TikTok Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company doesn’t plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from US officials. #health #business #medicine #US #government

Moderna CEO says Trump’s policies have so curtailed vaccine market they won’t be investing in new research. So that’s awesome. Good luck when the next pandemic hits. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fWErMy/

26.01.2026 01:55 👍 849 🔁 391 💬 31 📌 52
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant

27.01.2026 22:01 👍 9354 🔁 4194 💬 665 📌 1122

There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done

27.01.2026 23:59 👍 2558 🔁 824 💬 32 📌 19

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

27.01.2026 17:07 👍 4216 🔁 1931 💬 37 📌 86

Oh you just KNOW that Mike Lawler is nervous when he pens a NYT Op-Ed trying to sound ‘moderate’ on immigration AFTER public opinion has turned hard on Trump and ICE.

Meanwhile, this is the same Mike Lawler who just 3 weeks ago was blaming RENEE GOOD for her own murder.

Slimy. Cowardly. Phony.

27.01.2026 17:40 👍 203 🔁 40 💬 9 📌 9

UM... Second Amendment folks. He's coming for your guns!

27.01.2026 17:43 👍 746 🔁 51 💬 18 📌 1

Good morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today:
1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice
2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime.
3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families

27.01.2026 12:53 👍 1040 🔁 430 💬 10 📌 28
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“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!”

(From Somali Snaps)

27.01.2026 17:08 👍 4939 🔁 2603 💬 217 📌 215
White House posting dumb shit on Facebook

White House posting dumb shit on Facebook

This is an actual official White House post over on Facebook.

A copy of this goes into the National Archives.

I remember when the leadership of this country wasn't a fucking travesty.

03.10.2025 18:54 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 👍 26385 🔁 13568 💬 765 📌 525

That red brick building is Funston Elementary. They are gassing kids in their classrooms

03.10.2025 18:17 👍 374 🔁 230 💬 5 📌 3
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

03.10.2025 11:39 👍 10282 🔁 3872 💬 389 📌 513

Remember when it was a national scandal on the right that the White House pushed to take down a few tweets?

03.10.2025 12:09 👍 1085 🔁 289 💬 22 📌 3
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US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.

“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.”

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...

26.08.2025 16:08 👍 1473 🔁 667 💬 118 📌 45
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Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

07.08.2025 16:44 👍 11550 🔁 5236 💬 982 📌 569
ICE is hiring!

US immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for highly motivated, morally indifferent individuals to join our team.

Open positions include:
Senior Goon
Racism Enforcement Office
Unmarked Van Driver (Part-Time)

Experience with children a plus

usajobs.gov

ICE is hiring! US immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for highly motivated, morally indifferent individuals to join our team. Open positions include: Senior Goon Racism Enforcement Office Unmarked Van Driver (Part-Time) Experience with children a plus usajobs.gov

From this month's edition of The Onion.

07.08.2025 16:31 👍 27756 🔁 6129 💬 680 📌 303

Project 2025 literally stated this and queer people were told that we were being hysterical. They want to make the existence of queer people illegal - not just your employment, or who you love, or how you dress - your very existence in the world.

24.07.2025 18:01 👍 446 🔁 154 💬 4 📌 0

Have just realized that the silly “Bezos wants to buy Vogue as a lavish wedding gift for his bride” story that’s been circulating is inaccurate - Bezos wants to buy Condé Nast which owns The New Yorker,Teen Vogue, Wired & Arts Technica because he is an oligarch who wants to crush all dissent.

15.07.2025 00:41 👍 10288 🔁 2779 💬 262 📌 179

I dont think it’s premature or fear-mongery to say this but:

Heed the warnings of black and/or queer educators and academics who are savvy to what goes on around them and in the field because those are the ones they’ll be going after first.

14.07.2025 23:49 👍 991 🔁 333 💬 2 📌 5
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Last night, House Republicans on the Rules Committee blocked a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Do not expect to see coverage of this on Fox News.

15.07.2025 13:37 👍 1581 🔁 652 💬 113 📌 42
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Literal cages — in sweltering, 100 degree temperatures. 🥵

Ron DeSantis should be brought up on criminal charges.

01.07.2025 14:15 👍 12634 🔁 4725 💬 1825 📌 677

Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?

30.06.2025 19:02 👍 6659 🔁 2433 💬 348 📌 85
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As a Brown man who grew up with a family who all eat like this, I can't tell you how deeply this hurts and genuinely cuts. The racism is unbelievable. I eat like this and am proud to do so but it doesn't stop how painful the shock is that someone views you this way.

30.06.2025 16:40 👍 2891 🔁 449 💬 211 📌 164
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Karoline Leavitt indicates the administration is open to a denaturalization-oriented investigation against Zohran Mamdani

30.06.2025 17:37 👍 2437 🔁 870 💬 641 📌 1239
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The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.

Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".

Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.

substack.com/redirect/169...

30.06.2025 17:58 👍 9320 🔁 5036 💬 4 📌 1472