Rachel (loves LA, always will)
@rachelpowers.myatproto.social
~writer, mom, teacher, ✡️, spouse to @grumpykelson.bsky.social~
There’s no one to blame but the voters.
There’s no one to blame but the voters.
Pinned
If there’s any consolation it’s that when Miller dies we will probably get to watch as the snarling, stinking, razor-fingered demons drag him down under the ground into the lowest pits of Hell…?
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Trump and his band of racists must be forcibly removed. Peter Thiel, listen up bitch. We’re not going back, no matter how bad you want it. We will rise up. There are more of us than you lowlifes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump and his band of racists must be forcibly removed. Peter Thiel, listen up bitch. We’re not going back, no matter how bad you want it. We will rise up. There are more of us than you lowlifes.
😂😂😂
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
😂😂😂
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
Such good, sad, important news.
If they need funds for its constant protection they need to put out the call, because the current administration will not help.
If they need funds for its constant protection they need to put out the call, because the current administration will not help.
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased and protected the barn near Drew, MS, where Emmett Till was brutally beaten and murdered. It will be preserved not merely as a structure, but as sacred ground. Read our open letter here: www.emmett-till.org/barn
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Such good, sad, important news.
If they need funds for its constant protection they need to put out the call, because the current administration will not help.
If they need funds for its constant protection they need to put out the call, because the current administration will not help.
This entire lawbreaking, pussy-grabbing administration is trying to tell us that *decorum* is what honors our country?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This entire lawbreaking, pussy-grabbing administration is trying to tell us that *decorum* is what honors our country?
Two apes taking forever to express the most basic concepts.
Seriously. Over a minute and a half, and see how many ideas are exchanged:
Seriously. Over a minute and a half, and see how many ideas are exchanged:
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Two apes taking forever to express the most basic concepts.
Seriously. Over a minute and a half, and see how many ideas are exchanged:
Seriously. Over a minute and a half, and see how many ideas are exchanged:
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This is hot garbage, Atlantic. From Ed Yong to THIS?
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is hot garbage, Atlantic. From Ed Yong to THIS?
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"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
RIP, Jimmy Cliff 💙
Such a beautiful voice.
Such a beautiful voice.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP, Jimmy Cliff 💙
Such a beautiful voice.
Such a beautiful voice.
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Zelensky:
“We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now.”
“We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Because this line of thinking has NEVER gotten us in any kind of trouble before 🙄
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Because this line of thinking has NEVER gotten us in any kind of trouble before 🙄
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These same folks extremely committed to fighting antisemitism in universities
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
These same folks extremely committed to fighting antisemitism in universities
I’d like to strangle everyone who said that both parties were the same.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’d like to strangle everyone who said that both parties were the same.
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“It comes shortly after a secret memo from the Department of Justice green-lighting the strikes revealed that the justification for such force was based entirely on assertions made by the president.”
I hope we recognize the danger in this with the President calling on Congressmembers to be killed.
I hope we recognize the danger in this with the President calling on Congressmembers to be killed.
When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Top military lawyer concerned about Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes was ignored: report
The senior judge advocate general reportedly raised concerns that the airstrikes against the alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ could amount to extrajudicial killings
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“It comes shortly after a secret memo from the Department of Justice green-lighting the strikes revealed that the justification for such force was based entirely on assertions made by the president.”
I hope we recognize the danger in this with the President calling on Congressmembers to be killed.
I hope we recognize the danger in this with the President calling on Congressmembers to be killed.
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
What the fucking fuck?
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What the fucking fuck?
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White Jews need to stop with this stuff.
*If you were a Freedom Rider then you get ALL THE RESPECT.*
But if you weren’t, then this is our assignment: We need more Heschels, and we need them in every decade. No more resting on laurels.
*If you were a Freedom Rider then you get ALL THE RESPECT.*
But if you weren’t, then this is our assignment: We need more Heschels, and we need them in every decade. No more resting on laurels.
today's least surprising data:
"62% of [Black Jewish] respondents reported “increased marginalization” in a Jewish community or space after Oct. 7"
"62% of [Black Jewish] respondents reported “increased marginalization” in a Jewish community or space after Oct. 7"
Some Black Jews feel more ostracized from Jewish communities post-Oct. 7, survey finds
In a survey of 104 Black Jews, 62% of respondents reported “increased marginalization” in a Jewish community or space after Oct. 7.
forward.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
White Jews need to stop with this stuff.
*If you were a Freedom Rider then you get ALL THE RESPECT.*
But if you weren’t, then this is our assignment: We need more Heschels, and we need them in every decade. No more resting on laurels.
*If you were a Freedom Rider then you get ALL THE RESPECT.*
But if you weren’t, then this is our assignment: We need more Heschels, and we need them in every decade. No more resting on laurels.
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
This is the party that claims to monitor and surveille women out of an *excess* of love and respect.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This is the party that claims to monitor and surveille women out of an *excess* of love and respect.
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They don't even have to listen to us--they can listen to another renowned Harvard economist:
bsky.app/profile/dyna...
bsky.app/profile/dyna...
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
They don't even have to listen to us--they can listen to another renowned Harvard economist:
bsky.app/profile/dyna...
bsky.app/profile/dyna...
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The NY Times will stay true to form though, critiquing the tone and civility of those on the correct side of history.
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The NY Times will stay true to form though, critiquing the tone and civility of those on the correct side of history.
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