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#June14th-ObamaAppreciationDay

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My 76 year old mother (not pictured) attended a #nokings protest in Green Valley, Arizona, a sleepy little retirement community outside of Tucson. 850 attended, they were told. 850! As I told her, for GV, that is brag worthy! #resist (watch till the end for the best sign ever!)

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

submitted 7 days ago • 424 comments

If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU. Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.

submitted 7 days ago • 91 comments

In 1872, formerly enslaved people purchased what is now Emancipation Park in Houston’s Third Ward. It remains one of many historic landmarks deeply rooted in Black resistance, resilience, and the pursuit of freedom. 70 Days til Slavery Remembrance Day #CountdowntoSRD

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Hamilton Nolan is always on point, but today he is especially on point. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/youre-a-bu...

submitted 11 days ago • 17 comments

How did bromance turn so quickly into breakup? What's Trump's rebound play? Who gets custody of JD Vance? @rbreich.bsky.social & Michael Lahanas-Calderón discuss The Donald's latest divorce on today's Coffee Klatch.

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

This needs to happen in every neighborhood in America

submitted 18 days ago • 78 comments

Standing up instead of standing by.

submitted 52 days ago • 49 comments

What’s better for a gamer than watching #thelastofus come to life on HBO? Having a wife who loves the show and knows NOTHING about the games or the story they tell. This week’s episode blew her away.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

On April 21, 1865, the train carrying Pres. Lincoln’s body for public mourning left Washington, D.C., becoming a historic event as crowds gathered to pay respects. His leadership helped end slavery, forever changing the nation. 121 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 60 days ago • 13 comments

What RFK Jr. said was reprehensible. He should be ashamed of himself and step down.

submitted 63 days ago • 810 comments

Never forget.

submitted 65 days ago • 74 comments

On April 16, 1862, Lincoln signed the DC Compensated Emancipation Act, ending slavery in the capital & freeing 3,000+ people, months before the Emancipation Proclamation. It paid slaveholders for the slaves that were freed. 126 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 65 days ago • 25 comments

On April 15, 1848, 77 enslaved men, women & children boarded The Pearl in the single largest recorded escape attempt in U.S. history. Despite being captured, their resilience & fight for freedom fueled the abolitionist cause. 127 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 66 days ago • 14 comments

AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.

submitted 69 days ago • 268 comments

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, launching the four-year Civil War—a national conflict that would ultimately force the abolition of slavery in the United States. 130 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD

submitted 69 days ago • 67 comments

On April 11, 1865, Pres. Lincoln gave his final speech on record. He praised Louisiana for ending slavery, urged Black voting rights, & called for seceded states to be restored to the Union—just days before he was assassinated. 131 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdownToSRD

submitted 70 days ago • 29 comments

Born April 10, 1822, James Monroe Whitfield was a fearless abolitionist who used poetry to expose the hypocrisy of a nation built on slavery. His words had the power to influence, and his legacy is being etched across the pages of time. 132 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 71 days ago • 19 comments

On April 9, 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This historic moment marked the closing of the Civil War to end slavery. 133 Days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 72 days ago • 49 comments

On Apr. 8, 1864, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery passed the U.S. Senate with a 38-6 vote. Though the amendment would not pass the House of Reps. until January 1865, the Senate’s vote was a major step in banning slavery. 134 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD

submitted 73 days ago • 55 comments

Booker T. Washington, born into slavery on April 5, 1856, rose from bondage to become a powerful voice for Black education and progress. He founded Tuskegee Institute. 137 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdownToSRD

submitted 76 days ago • 23 comments

NEWS: Whirlpool Corp. announces Iowa's largest layoff of 2025 in Amana manufacturing facility. Nearly 1/3 of the company’s workforce in the Iowa facility will be let go due to current market conditions.

submitted 79 days ago • 930 comments

But if you want some good news on this day that promises to be pretty dark, this happened in the wee hours of the morning. NO PRIDE FLAG BAN IN ALISO VIEJO

submitted 79 days ago • 32 comments

Do NOT yield for Schumer! C’mon, Senator Booker, he is not a fighter!

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Still watching @booker.senate.gov own the Senate floor and speak truth to power. I’m not shutting it off until Senator Booker yields the floor.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

A real, rolling filibuster is a thing of beauty.

submitted 81 days ago • 254 comments

I didn’t know there was a livestream. I’m not turning it off until the man is done. Thank you for the repost @therickwilson.bsky.social

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

boingboing.net/2025/03/28/t... When Nazi officials opened their "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Trump's order targeting the Smithsonian uses similar language about "improper ideology" and "divisive narratives."

submitted 85 days ago • 16 comments

Wikler: Musk deleted that tweet because he knows that that tweet was a crime, and it's still a crime in Wisconsin law. It is plain as day. You cannot promise something of value in order to induce someone to vote or refrain from voting. This is Wisconsin statute, and it's a felony to cross that line.

submitted 84 days ago • 701 comments

We’re in an era of unbelievable headlines.

submitted 86 days ago • 238 comments

It is fascism, 100%. Far too many people are staying silent and doing nothing, most notably people with voices and positions that could have a real impact (looking at YOU, Schumer and Carville, to name two of many). Now is not the time for a passive ‘thoughts and prayers’ strategy.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Remember when student debt forgiveness was attacked as "buying votes"?

submitted 86 days ago • 91 comments

Trump is conducting an authoritarian witch hunt against foreign students here legally, simply because they’ve engaged in free speech that his regime doesn’t like. This is modern-day McCarthyism and an attack on the First Amendment. We must all stand up against it.

submitted 87 days ago • 68 comments

Perfection.

submitted 86 days ago • 10 comments

Love the Star Wars prequels or hate them, the rise of Palpatine from senator to emperor is sure looking more like an educational storyline than a fictional one. If Palpatine had been portrayed as a Monty Python character, that is.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite. My full interview here:

submitted 88 days ago • 386 comments

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

submitted 88 days ago • 329 comments