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I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfil my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to go unbuild walls.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Four Tet and William Tyler announce collaborative album '41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s' — hear their 11-minute cover of Lyle Lovett's "If I Had A Boat"

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

life is too short to explain that ICE has always been like this

submitted 30 days ago • 5 comments

After many years of reporting and writing, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today. I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.

submitted 76 days ago • 65 comments

How the constitutional order delivered Trump: - Wins control of major party with plurality of vote in 16 primary - Wins electoral college in 16 - Senate refuses to remove 2x - Supreme Court intervenes to prevent prosecution - Senate cripples Biden's BBB agenda - No mechanism to replace Biden

submitted 39 days ago • 23 comments

50 years ago today, the grateful dead work on “blues for allah” at bob weir’s home studio. less than 6 minutes from 2 fragments, but both fascinating/revealing. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

submitted 44 days ago • 444 comments

What is hard is to keep alive on a world you don't belong to.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.

submitted 51 days ago • 95 comments

I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release. Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.

submitted 55 days ago • 662 comments

Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah

submitted 56 days ago • 435 comments

I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won't tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 😻

submitted 62 days ago • 473 comments

As your congresswoman, I will allow transgender for everybody.

submitted 74 days ago • 138 comments

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

submitted 77 days ago • 1823 comments

elon’s real legacy is revealing that being a loser has nothing to do with material success but is instead an energy

submitted 77 days ago • 17 comments