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submitted 7 days ago • 731 comments

The Trump administration fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla D. Hayden as part of their sweeping book ban efforts. One of the titles removed? Freckleface Strawberry, a children’s book about self-acceptance. Seriously, who gets offended by that?

submitted 8 days ago • 228 comments

Yesterday, Robert Prevost asked everyone to start calling him by a different name. And they did. No outrage or shaming over this request. See how easy it is to honor other people's benign wishes?

submitted 8 days ago • 271 comments

"What is your preferred mode of transportation?" Me:

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

iykyk

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Unearthed video: Minnesota Republican state senate candidate Keri Heintzeman speaking out against condoms, IUDs, and birth control implants. The special election is Tuesday.

submitted 20 days ago • 165 comments

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

No song for this shit show.

submitted 21 days ago • 304 comments

Didn’t think they’d be coming for you? They are now deporting 2 year old american citizens without due process. No one is safe. No one. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

Don’t only focus solely on the harm this administration is doing, but find the heroes. The lawyers preparing the cases. The educators & administrators protecting their schools. The journalists writing the stories. The whistleblowers who alert the public. The community members serving at the pantry.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From Adam Zygus)

submitted 23 days ago • 70 comments

The Interior Department announced late yesterday that it will fast-track approvals for coal, gas, oil, and mineral projects on public lands.

submitted 23 days ago • 700 comments

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

submitted 24 days ago • 2123 comments

BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands. It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.

submitted 23 days ago • 1314 comments

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

submitted 23 days ago • 860 comments

Another finished quilt on the books!

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Do you guys remember how a group of people were loudly proclaiming “all lives matter” in response to the Black Lives Matter movement? Turns out they weren’t being truthful because it’s the same group supporting this administration’s concentration camps. Shocking, I know. 🙄

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments

The best list

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

Good morning Bluesky !

submitted 35 days ago • 264 comments

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.

submitted 36 days ago • 1088 comments

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

submitted 37 days ago • 860 comments

Taking a break from the news leads to quilting 🧵 🪡

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

We just want to say—we’re sorry. We know how emotionally exhausting all of this is, and we truly understand. But you’re not alone. We’re in this together.

submitted 42 days ago • 363 comments

Remember, the point isn't just to parade as "good people", the point is to BE good TO people.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Over 400 million likes on the live stream at the end of the historic 25hours 5 minutes speech by Sen Booker 👏

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

This is what corruption looks like.

submitted 47 days ago • 2819 comments

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

submitted 50 days ago • 359 comments

History books won’t make sense of this either. It will be up to psychology studies.

submitted 50 days ago • 460 comments

Fixed

submitted 50 days ago • 263 comments

On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! app.sosha.ai/s/k9lzzTs0

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Wait for it from Hamilton is playing in my head on repeat Wish I knew what I was waiting for. I do know that: I am the one thing in life I can control.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA. In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.

submitted 63 days ago • 482 comments

My latest: www.joyannreid.com/p/a-saturday...

submitted 63 days ago • 320 comments

Relatable

submitted 64 days ago • 26 comments

Trump ran for president to stay out of jail, personally profit, and go after those who tried to finally hold him accountable. Every Republican in Congress is following his lead. Nobody will stand up for what’s right because they could lose their seat.

submitted 63 days ago • 12 comments

The VA has removed discrimination protections from transgender vets, dishonoring their service. www.advocate.com/news/transge...

submitted 63 days ago • 21 comments

MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant. This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech. @nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social

submitted 63 days ago • 253 comments

President Trump can't punish and deport someone for their political beliefs. Mahmoud Khalil has not been charged with a crime — he must be released immediately.

submitted 63 days ago • 22 comments

Wait. Schumer is starting a BOOK TOUR THIS WEEK?!? Is that why he rolled over so fast?!? I’m done.

submitted 63 days ago • 1722 comments

Justice for Emily Pike. Justice for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. This is a crisis. The murder rate is ten times higher than the US national average for women living on reservations. Murder is the third leading cause of death for Native women. Emily Pike. Say her name. #MMIW

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

What a different world we could have.

submitted 69 days ago • 799 comments

Tell me again how brilliant he is: www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...

submitted 71 days ago • 815 comments

BREAKING: The guy who bankrupted six companies is now tanking the American economy. Who could’ve seen this coming. thehill.com/business/517...

submitted 72 days ago • 277 comments

Thou shalt not claim to be improving efficiency when all you do is fire people and then beg them to come back.

submitted 71 days ago • 412 comments