This just in: on 22 May 1856, pro-slavery Senator Preston Brooks (SC), savagely beat abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner (MA) with his walking cane on the floor of the US Senate. Sumner nearly died. Right-wing violence against people who disagree with them is not exactly new.

NYTimes won’t bite the hand they want to feed from

Weird how they don’t mention the threats in both those cases came from deranged right wing freaks.

The print edition: It’s happening to both Republicans and Democrats.

Also not mentioned in the piece: Republicans joking about the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, the blanket pardon of January 6th participants, no matter how violent their crimes. This dark atmosphere didn't just suddenly manifest of bipartisan causes.

He’s already faced multiple legal complaints over his conduct. Yet he’s still a supervisor on ICE's National Fugitive Operations team.

SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW THIS MAN STILL HAS A JOB? Brenden Cuni, the same ICE agent seen on video brandishing a rifle at the scene of the shooting in NY, where officers shot an unarmed man in front of his 5-year-old child, was also filmed kneeling on a pregnant woman in Minneapolis last December.

Select Bill Bramhall cartoon

I think a lot about how "awareness" became the key currency of a lot of advocacy and protest in the era of social media and how much that has actually been awful for affecting change

Must be Sunday because Donald Trump is front running the oil market opening with more of his patented manipulation. They should impeach him for this stuff too!

They always were with 🍊

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."

Oh, my! She opposes protestors throwing bottles and rocks at LE? What did she think of January 6th?

Why is there an ice black site in New York? People aren’t allowed to see their lawyers. Children are being sent to immigration court without representation.

Mamdani: "What you could see in the videos is bystanders outside unsure as to what they were even seeing. Because in that imagery, it feels as if you’re almost looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who’s purportedly representing a federal agency."

We shouldn't have to hide who we are and who we love just to make ignorant bigots more comfortable. The closet can feel safe in an environment where being openly LGBTQ+ can be dangerous. But it's suffocating. Damaging. We should be as free to be ourselves as any cis straight person. Let us be.