You can't vote out the mafia. But you could at least try not voting them IN. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/heat-exhaust…

Today, of course Gaza is under assault, and the people of Gaza are clinging on, threatened with both starvation and expulsion. This is a part of the world that dominates our front pages and yet about which we learn remarkably little at school and college: the history of Gaza

In some ways an oddly upbeat vibe for a musical rundown of the #freespeech situation developing in the US ... but this is our 🎵 parody "Freedom of Speech" to the tune of #Disney's "Under the Sea" (by the fantastic Alan Menken) - with some familiar faces cut in. #Kimmel #Colbert 😎

Cats teach science.

A rock came flying down from the sky and broke my gotdang windshield! I'm going to have to pay for this out of pocket, so now is the time to order some customs 🙏 Support your local Succubus Among Us!!

You can cynically obsess over this guy's refusal to condemn a political slogan he never used himself. Or you can appreciate a beautiful and heartfelt video he made for his Jewish brothers and sisters. Your choice.

Bunch of VIPs about to find out the hard way how utterly rotten our criminal justice system is. It doesn’t matter what you did or what govt can prove—all that matters is what they can get you to plead guilty to. Innocent people plead guilty all the time. guiltypleaproblem.org

“The cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made him seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” -Assata Shakur

Delia Derbyshire: the radical genius who built electronic music by hand dlvr.it/TNKWZ3

South Carolina Freedom Caucus Founder, MAGA Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material 1/3: RJ May built his political identity on demagoguery, stoking voters’ fears and anxieties to divide communities and consolidate power. As co-founder of South

2/3: The collapse of his carefully staged persona is grotesque in its hypocrisy yet grimly familiar: sanctimony performed as theater, fear exploited as strategy, morality worn as costume. His downfall crystallizes a deeper inversion in American politics—where those who claim

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shawn Arieh Kovler I read the full CSIS study - attacks are classified based on the target, not motivation expressed by shooter. here are the summary stats

If you're looking for institutions that radicalize Americans toward acts of terrorism, don't look at mosques or Antifa or trans rights activists, look at the US military.

"Israel decries Hollywood boycott — while silencing its own critical filmmakers: Films challenging dominant Zionist narratives have long faced bans, funding cuts, and smear campaigns from Israeli officials and right-wing activists alike." 972mag.com/israel-silenci…

In the fourth paragraph you learn that the protest was against a real estate event selling homes in illegal West Bank settlements.

I am often asked what the first sign is that tells me I might be dealing with a narcissist/psychopath (human predator). The first indicator is polarisation. When there are a group of people who are steadfastly against a person while another group speaks highly of them, that is

Republicans against Trump Hope those men & what few women (if any) remain still in command, that are in that room, are using this clearly dangerous/ignorant rhetoric to cement their allegiance to this below from West Point As they may well be our last defense against what is happening to our Democracy