Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

everybody dance ♥️

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

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I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Every day is worse than the day before

literally anyone who has done abortion rights work in the last 30+ years could tell you that "destroy science by any means necessary" was the only thing on the bingo card

Someone got fired for saying some tame stuff like maybe if you spew hate, hate will be come back to you. But this guy? He won't be fired because there are no standards for conservatives

My take-home message is that mainstream white America doesn’t think white supremacy makes him an awful person

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Why are these morons acting like he was their MLK

if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless

what a fucking way to find out magic is real

Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfil my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to go unbuild walls.

the ai bubble is bursting soon thank god

Nah, he's a hugely influential right wing troll who was elevated as a liberal by centrists and right wingers in the mid-2000s to mid-2010s and if anything is not criticized enough. I wouldn't call him a neoconservative because neoconservatives have beliefs.

you’re telling me the trump administration was lenient toward someone accused of sex crimes against children? crazy

Hold up: if I read this right, Texas Republicans expect a serving representative and Black woman to … accept being shadowed by a police minder? To go to the bathroom?

One thing I know for sure is that if *I* called the cops and said “some guy just threw a sandwich at me” they would consider me to be a huge baby and think I was wasting their time.