New Orleans folks: Our cleaning lady and her husband, both of whom had been working and living here for over a decade, were taken while visiting the Tall Ships last month and have been in detention since, likely facing deportation. Remind your people that there's still danger out there.
They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
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Fighting for kids to receive state-mandated Bible instruction while fighting against those same kids receiving free lunch is exactly the kind of religious hypocrisy Christians should stand against. This is what it looks like to take the Lord’s name in vain. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/23/t...
Animated stones, chalk and scrap. This is Machini -- an incredible film by two artists from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We've loved Machini for years. It's our honor to premiere it online for the next two weeks, and to tell its story: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/congolese-...
This is Arlo. He was on a walk when he found a missing and injured dog by following a trail of blood. We're awarding Arlo and his keen nose with our highest honor, a 15/10.
WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment is On
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👀 "more black voters (41 percent) now identify the Supreme Court as the top threat to their community than the Trump presidency (39 percent). In June 2024, just 26 percent said the Court was the top threat." The word is getting out re John Roberts MAGA #SCOTUS.
Dems See a Major Black Voter Backlash to SCOTUS
The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act unleashed a wave of redistricting. Did it unleash a wave of voter anger too?
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Free Speech Champion(tm) Bari Weiss demanding CBS News smear an American executed by her government for protesting bsky.app/profile/elio...
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2mo agoBari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:
This is Ramsey. He is a mail delivery dog. Shipping is free, and while packages might not be handled with care, they are handled with enthusiasm. 14/10 (TT: rhiannoninthe904)
This is Maple. She closes her eyes while enjoying ice cream in order to really savor the moment. Also believes it prevents brain freeze. Just can't prove it yet. 12/10 (TT: maplethechocolatesausage)
Would Paulina like to take over the DNC from Ken Martin
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2mo agoPaulina Mangubat stands by the "ugly f--k" tweet: “All we did was say what everyone else is thinking, which is, ‘Shut up—that’s not what people care about right now," she tells me: newrepublic.com/article/2111...
This is my shocked face.
Science Magazine@science.org · 2mo agoIn the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, books and media editor Valerie Thompson interviews student and author Theo Baker about his new book, How to Rule the World, which reveals Silicon Valley secrets and revisits his efforts to expose a shocking breach of research integrity. 🎧: https://scim.ag/4fKkXfJ
In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, books and media editor Valerie Thompson interviews student and author Theo Baker about his new book, How to Rule the World, which reveals Silicon Valley secrets and revisits his efforts to expose a shocking breach of research integrity. 🎧: https://scim.ag/4fKkXfJ
Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.
Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoPope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
Trump has murdered 186 people, most of them fishermen, since September 2025 with no information regarding who they were. He is an evil man.
Democratic Activists@democratswin.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt least 186 people have been killed in U.S. military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking since early September, according to reporting by The Associated Press. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/at-least-1...
Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains those who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple. Marcius Porcius Cato
Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 2mo agoThinking of this Watergate era Doonesbury this morning.
Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P
Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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Microbiologist Jasmine Clark campaigned on her science background--and won. www.science.org/content/arti...
Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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