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trying to get involved and be a light ...without utterly collapsing under the weight of the insanity.
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Come on, Alabama, what are you trying be? Florida? #librarians 📚

Bill Owens, executive producer of “60 Minutes”, resigns: “I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for ‘60 Minutes’, right for the audience.” We’re falling into fascism. — Deeper and deeper.

i have no words

What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck. Well… Drumph and his cronies liken anyone w/a liberal bent a “Radical Leftist.” They wanna see radicalized? Keep using eugenics laced talk about folks w/autism.

Things are bad. @kateshaw.bsky.social swore on the most recent @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

My friend Henry (who was also my student) & I decided to create some joy in –20°C weather in the Yukon and share it with you all. He is in grade 5 now. We are sending joy, hope, and positivity. (Share such messages to train your algorithm to bring positive and human-centric stories to your feed)

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.

Today, I went to our Social Security Office to conduct Oversight and was denied access to meet with officials. Instead, we were given a generic phone number in another state and denied entry past the waiting room. Here’s what we found out ⬇️

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

New: DOJ officials investigating the 8 police depts found: • unjustified killings • debtors’ prisons • retaliation against police critics • racial discrimination • unlawful strip searches • undercover officers having sexual contact with sex workers By @tophersanders.bsky.social @propublica.org

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

The attempt to burn down the Pennsylvania Governor's mansion is pretty clearly an assassination attempt, and it's likely an antisemitic hate crime. It should be referred to that way by political media.

On April 26, rural civic leaders, rural organizers, and rural Democrats will gather to develop strategies for opposing Trump and Musk's take-over and outline steps we all can take at the local level to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up. Join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I’m leading a letter with Rep. Terri Sewell and 131 colleagues demanding answers from the White House, USTR, Treasury, Commerce, and the SEC. Who knew about Trump’s tariff reversal? When did they know? How did they know? $300B didn’t move by accident. This is market manipulation.

IDF says it shot 14 Palestinian medics from afar, mistaking them for militants. Our investigation finds: - Shooters were close enough to see the crews: 40m at the start; later, just 12m. - Soldiers said they initially fired on a Hamas vehicle; dispatcher records indicate it was an ambulance.

1. Major ruling: A federal court has ruled, for now, that Trump cannot take away school lunch money from hungry kids over trans students. This is Gov. Janet Mills first victory after telling Trump she would "see you in court." The latest from Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

Israel renders last functioning hospital in northern Gaza non-operational - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-renders-last-functioning-hospital-north-gaza-non-operational

Red Crescent reports paramedic held by Israeli authorities - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/red-crescent-report-paramedic-held-israeli-authorities

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Mahmoud Khalil addressing the judge today: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.

🚨 plans being made to protest Bukele's DC visit on Monday. spread the word.

🚨 UPD: On Palm Sunday, Russia struck downtown Sumy with missiles as people returned from church—21 killed, 83 injured, including 7 children.

isn’t that their job

Reminder: Medication abortion is safe and effective regardless of what Republican politicians say. Science doesn’t give a sh*t about MAGA lies. Learn more here. 👇

more regime bullshit. add it to the pile

Calling land reform in South Africa “genocide” is racist disinformation. 🚨🤥 White South Africans still own 85% of farmland — only 8–9% has been redistributed since 1994. This kind of rhetoric is extremely dangerous. It fuels hate and erases justice. 💔⚖️🕊️ #HumanRights #SouthAfrica #LandJustice

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

owning a small business in 2025…

Voters in the oil-rich Gabon headed to polling stations on Saturday in the first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ended a political dynasty that lasted over 50 years.

“During the investigation, federal authorities found that Alabama’s enforcement of sanitation laws “threatened residents of Lowndes County with criminal penalties and even potential property loss for sanitation conditions they did not have the capacity to alleviate.””

Trans fencer no longer on college team after cis opponent refused to play her

"Hundreds of military children who are students at Defense Department schools across the globe walked out of class to protest book bans, curriculum changes and restrictions on extracurricular activities that have resulted from Trump's crackdown on diversity." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Our local manufacturing capacity is increasing. We’ve produced a similar but sturdier Cybertruck, named the Bergerblock (Left Photo.) We’ve also produced a facsimile of the humans we expect to purchase our Bergerblocks. Our artisan designer named it “Fragilis Masculinis” which is Latin, we think.

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

Let's do this!!! 3.5 percent is all we need!!!!

Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

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