I support Somali-Americans

adamrothman.bsky.social

20 April 2025 14:57

After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

David Sirota

davidsirota.com

16 April 2025 18:50

🚨BREAKING: Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have business before the tax agency he’d lead, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. If confirmed, Long would be able to do favors for the donors. www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...

Dystopos

dystopos.bsky.social

16 April 2025 12:59

I’m wondering if the “legion”reference isn’t to Roman military organization but to the unclean spirit that Christ expelled from a man who could not be chained and transferred to a herd of swine.

Josh Marshall

joshtpm.bsky.social

16 April 2025 12:58

5/ full Mars Branch Davidian shit here

Josh Marshall

joshtpm.bsky.social

16 April 2025 12:57

Among other things in this insane wsj article, Elon hits up women on DMs to have his babies, of which he seems to have dozens. He sets them up with money partly structured as loans. He has a compound in TX where he wants each mom/kids to live in separate residences. Kids are called his “legion”.