Helen Graves
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Thank you, Representative Castro!
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Thank you, Representative Castro!
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This is deeply tragic — and beautiful.
"We rollerbladed and had sleepovers, excitedly dragging our sleeping bags across the street … Lawn sprinklers in summers became portals to different realms and time periods; we ran through the strands of water with towels tied around our necks as capes."
"We rollerbladed and had sleepovers, excitedly dragging our sleeping bags across the street … Lawn sprinklers in summers became portals to different realms and time periods; we ran through the strands of water with towels tied around our necks as capes."
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This is deeply tragic — and beautiful.
"We rollerbladed and had sleepovers, excitedly dragging our sleeping bags across the street … Lawn sprinklers in summers became portals to different realms and time periods; we ran through the strands of water with towels tied around our necks as capes."
"We rollerbladed and had sleepovers, excitedly dragging our sleeping bags across the street … Lawn sprinklers in summers became portals to different realms and time periods; we ran through the strands of water with towels tied around our necks as capes."
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
OK @schumer.senate.gov it is time for you to step aside. I have voted for you in the past, but I won't again.
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
OK @schumer.senate.gov it is time for you to step aside. I have voted for you in the past, but I won't again.
Am watching, with joy and frightened hope, the inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York. It's lovely. It's also adorable that the big banner that says N.Y.C. INAUGURATION 2026 is in the goofiest font possible. Not everything has to be slick!
January 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Am watching, with joy and frightened hope, the inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York. It's lovely. It's also adorable that the big banner that says N.Y.C. INAUGURATION 2026 is in the goofiest font possible. Not everything has to be slick!
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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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what the fuck are you talking about man
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
what the fuck are you talking about man
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Great look at Zohran’s ground game. Worth a read.
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate.
I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
August 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Great look at Zohran’s ground game. Worth a read.
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
www.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
In non-US news, excavations have finally begun to unearth the nearly 800 children secretly buried in Tuam, Ireland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7em...
'Worse than murder': Ireland's dark history of criminalisation and diabolisation of unwed mothers
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In non-US news, excavations have finally begun to unearth the nearly 800 children secretly buried in Tuam, Ireland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7em...
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
July 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
My go-to on this day for too many years now.
Reflecting on Frederick Douglass’ ‘The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.’ One paragraph in particular (see below) continues to hit home that begins: ‘Fellow citizens, I will not enlarge further on your national inconsistencies.’
Full speech available here: masshumanities.org/files/progra...
Full speech available here: masshumanities.org/files/progra...
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My go-to on this day for too many years now.
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
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If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
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It's a remarkable passage, worth quoting in full.
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
June 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's a remarkable passage, worth quoting in full.
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
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this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’
April 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’