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The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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The respectability policing that goes on after cops or federal agents (who are also cops, y'all) kill someone is always unbearable. Dissecting the actions of the victim, putting them on trial when they cannot defend themselves, declaring they should have done this or that. Did they deserve to die?!
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The respectability policing that goes on after cops or federal agents (who are also cops, y'all) kill someone is always unbearable. Dissecting the actions of the victim, putting them on trial when they cannot defend themselves, declaring they should have done this or that. Did they deserve to die?!
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That video shows a murder. Full stop.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
That video shows a murder. Full stop.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
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Tim Walz: "Our administration is going to stop at nothing to seek accountability and justice. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is working on the investigation."
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Tim Walz: "Our administration is going to stop at nothing to seek accountability and justice. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is working on the investigation."
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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What times we live in, folks
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What times we live in, folks
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Say it!
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Say it!
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Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive. n.pr/4nJ98I5
Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award
Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive.
n.pr
October 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive. n.pr/4nJ98I5
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"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
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If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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A Boston University professor estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID grants have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, including 224,575 children. 😰😰
USAID cuts have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, BU professor estimates - The Boston Globe
As USAID offices officially close on Tuesday, Brooke Nichols's research is not alone. An international, 15-member research team also shared its own staggering estimates.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A Boston University professor estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID grants have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, including 224,575 children. 😰😰
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BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
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Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech challenges American freedom by exposing the injustice of slavery on Independence Day. Read more here: http://bit.ly/4nFlQIj
#4thofJuly
#4thofJuly
July 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech challenges American freedom by exposing the injustice of slavery on Independence Day. Read more here: http://bit.ly/4nFlQIj
#4thofJuly
#4thofJuly
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Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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RFK Jr. just said “we will have definite answers (on the causes of autism) within a year…and very good answers within 6 months”.
And then Bhattacharya (NIH) follows that by saying that henceforth all science will be done in a “deep and honest fashion”.
You can’t have both of those things, boys.
And then Bhattacharya (NIH) follows that by saying that henceforth all science will be done in a “deep and honest fashion”.
You can’t have both of those things, boys.
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
RFK Jr. just said “we will have definite answers (on the causes of autism) within a year…and very good answers within 6 months”.
And then Bhattacharya (NIH) follows that by saying that henceforth all science will be done in a “deep and honest fashion”.
You can’t have both of those things, boys.
And then Bhattacharya (NIH) follows that by saying that henceforth all science will be done in a “deep and honest fashion”.
You can’t have both of those things, boys.
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Maine needs to do more to stop hazing in high school sports. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/05/05/m...
www.pressherald.com/2025/05/05/m...
Maine schools and the MPA aren’t doing enough to stop hazing | Column
Officials should send a message and deny the Mt. Ararat boys hockey team's appeal to return to the ice for the 2025-26 season.
www.pressherald.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Maine needs to do more to stop hazing in high school sports. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/05/05/m...
www.pressherald.com/2025/05/05/m...
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Shut down the program. Charge the culprits with assault. Thats the way to stop hazing. #mesports
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/29/h...
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/29/h...
Hazing investigation into Mt. Ararat hockey team found pattern of ‘sexually inappropriate conduct’
A 2-page summary of findings was released Tuesday, more than 3 months after the allegations first surfaced.
www.pressherald.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Shut down the program. Charge the culprits with assault. Thats the way to stop hazing. #mesports
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/29/h...
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/29/h...
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This actually makes me emotional because it simultaneously shows the relevance of critical thinking, the arts, literature, history, and the law—and precisely why Trump is trying to erase all of them.
Fighting back with liberal arts is an actual act of beauty.
Fighting back with liberal arts is an actual act of beauty.
JUST IN: Judge HOWELL rules forcefully in favor of Perkins Coie against Trump's punitive executive order, comparing him to a Shakespearean character who famously called to "kill all the lawyers" in order to amass power.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This actually makes me emotional because it simultaneously shows the relevance of critical thinking, the arts, literature, history, and the law—and precisely why Trump is trying to erase all of them.
Fighting back with liberal arts is an actual act of beauty.
Fighting back with liberal arts is an actual act of beauty.
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The year* in review: parts one and two.
(*year = 93 days)
(*year = 93 days)
Not even 100 days in—and a nonstop comedy of errors—except none of it’s funny.
Some of this you probably didn’t know. And once you do, you’ll wish you didn’t.
Part I
Some of this you probably didn’t know. And once you do, you’ll wish you didn’t.
Part I
April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The year* in review: parts one and two.
(*year = 93 days)
(*year = 93 days)