As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/

I don’t think people realize how insane it is that the government sent this random guy to a torture prison in El Salvador, admitted they fucked up, fired the guy who admitted they fucked up, and now rather than just drop it they’re sending him to Uganda.

a major Australian poet/writer has been denied a visa to the US to lecture/give readings; probably because he is outspoken politically, a pacifist. but friends are assuring him that he is much better off not stepping on US soil. with his reputation, however low-keyed, he could

Are we ever going to get to a point in this country when we understand that the man below has an entirely distinct reality he's created in his head that has no connection to the one we live in, but that every fake emergency he declares to expand his powers draws exclusively from?

There are people like this, the best of humanity, and then there are the people who kill them

Members of DOGE uploaded a copy of a crucial Social Security database to a vulnerable cloud server, putting the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked, according to a whistle-blower complaint. nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/…

So this woman is brought to the US when she's eight years old, becomes a scholarship university student to become a nurse... and is then seized by ICE, and kept in harsh captivity for six months - which wouldn't happen to most actual criminals. Why do this? Who was she hurting

People saying flag burning is "clearly constitutional" have not met this Republican Supreme Court, which changes the rules of the game every day so Trump can "win." If they want to make it "un"consitutional, they certianly can. My latest in The Nation thenation.com/article/societ…

Our children deserve a better country than this.

My inner life is on a constant cycle where I slowly fall deeper and deeper into cynicism or despair, and then (for some reason) have to return to reading Simone Weil and become almost instantly cured. Repeat, ad infinitum.

it's easier to buy a gun in the united states than high-rise trousers

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Top CDC leaders leave as the director is pushed out. They say RFK Jr. and the Trump regime are “weaponizing public health” and “generating materials that do not reflect scientific reality” nbcnews.com/health/health-…

NEW: After reports surfaced that she had been fired, lawyers for CDC Director Susan Monarez say she "has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign."

(🧵) Major media should be ashamed. The manifesto of the Minnesota shooter has been translated—and it's all about his hatred of Jews, Blacks, Mexicans, illegal immigrants, Somalis... none of this had to do with him being trans and major media *knows* it. So why won't it say so?

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

Trans people commit violent crime at rates similar to non trans people. They commit mass shootings less often. Trans people are 4x more likely to be victims of violent crime. This is an evil genocidal lie.

A shooting during a Catholic school Mass left two children dead and seventeen more injured. Today, top U.S. bishops went beyond thoughts and prayers. They’re demanding Congress act. Here’s what they said — and what they want passed. 👇

Horrific: Per Univision, guards @ Alligator Alcatraz went on a brutal rampage against detainees last night, beating them, using teargas & deploying helicopters after a detainee started crying/begging for release after learning that a loved one died. Many bloody. Per detainee:🧵

i believe in the power of prayer. will you join me? 🙏 i pray that yesterday's mass shooting will not be quietly dropped by our politicians, like so many mass shootings before it, and that some sort of legislation is introduced to address gun violence in this country. 🙏