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Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Courtship dance of the peacock spider 📹 Michael Lun / wa_peacock_jumping_spiders

Seems bad

Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:

"My first thought was: Well, the old wretch’s cheese has finally slid off his saltine..." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

Sometimes cute is much needed

January 31, 2025

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

Read, share, act.

“Could we… speak to one another with respect?” Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, joined @maddow.msnbc.com and responded to comments made by President Trump. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: youtu.be/XsKZA0bBNu8?...

Monday morning we are entering a new chapter in this country's history and we are entering it together, with our friends and principles held close and our eyes wide open.