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"last week, the Department of Justice, which is charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), began to rescind key guidance, justifying the move by suggesting that accessibility is the reason for cost-of-living increases." an enraging but important read by @novicsara.bsky.social:

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Tonight an unbelievable 34,000 people gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

submitted 9 days ago • 3525 comments

Academic freedom is absolutely essential in a democratic society and must be protected and encouraged, not surrendered. As a Columbia alum who is now a university professor, I’m stunned and disgusted by what they have done. It sets a terrible precedent.

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

Instead of standing up for academic freedom, Columbia is selling out its students, faculty + mission to bow to Trump’s demands to implement a mask ban, give some campus police new arrest powers + muzzle multiple depts – all w/o a fight – in exchange for the restoration of $400M in federal funds.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

Former Columbia president Lee Bollinger, interviewed by the Chronicle earlier this month, said universities should think in centuries and consider what they might look back on in shame; apparently Columbia’s current leadership considered the question and decided they’re content submitting to a king.

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

M. Gessen on why the fascist attack on trans people isn’t just a return to the bad old days, i’s worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

In this interview Schumer is so delulu and out of touch and wrong. I vote in CA but if you’re a NY voter, I hope you alll can find someone to primary him. He is unfit for the moment as are many of his colleagues.

submitted 14 days ago • 107 comments

Unless one single Democratic senator chooses to throw sand in the gears (which they could), the cloture vote to ratify the Musk coup will take place some time after 1:15, probably around 2.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

oh look y'all… a way to contact Schumer despite the fact he's doing his slimy, wiggly best to dodge the american people: SHARE WIDELY these are schumer's chief of staff and legislative director… two of the most critical staff positions:

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:

submitted 18 days ago • 155 comments

This! This is the energy we need from every single democrat! We need fire, not spineless cowards.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

'Everyone Needs to Call Their Dem Senator Right Now' to Stop Republican Funding Disaster www.commondreams.org/news/call-de...

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Tell your Senators to vote no on cloture. No on cuts to Medicaid. Voting for cloture is effectively voting in the bill.

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

I’m no political expert but if Republicans start gutting social security and any Democrat responds with “I understand the need for reform, but” instead of “Social Security is good and works fine” that Democrat should be exiled like a stupid Napoleon

submitted 18 days ago • 83 comments

This is rare. We legitimately don't know if Senate Dems will stop the GOP bill or not. Normally we know ahead of time if they'll cave or fight. This is in flux. Pressure matters now. If you have a Dem senator, get all your friends in state to call today/tomorrow: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 18 days ago • 40 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 18 days ago • 2707 comments

BREAKING: @schumer.senate.gov is whipping Ds to vote for the Trump-Musk coup continuing resolution.

submitted 18 days ago • 335 comments

I just published story on secretive NYPD unit led by Eric Adams buddies Things they've done: Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop WE HAVE VIDEOS www.propublica.org/article/eric...

submitted 19 days ago • 35 comments

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

submitted 19 days ago • 179 comments

Via @gothamist.com: Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign treasurer worked last year for an anti-trans local ballot initiative campaign that used the slogan “Save Girls’ sports.” gothamist.com/news/cuomos-...

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

There are 100 senators and 435 representatives in the U.S. Congress. 14 of them signed a letter demanding that the Trump regime immediately releases Mahmoud Khalil. 14. A Congress of cowards and capitulator

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

submitted 20 days ago • 707 comments

Let's be really really clear. The Trump admin chose a Palestinian activist as the target of its first lawless political detention precisely BECAUSE they believe that will split the opposition. If you shrug at the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil, or worse, cheer it on, you're following Trump's script.

submitted 21 days ago • 43 comments

The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...

submitted 21 days ago • 40 comments

It’s over a 100 years after the great Jewish crusader for free speech, Emma Goldman, was deported from USA for her speaking out. Yet history repeats itself. People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out. People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out. We mustn’t stay silent.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

submitted 21 days ago • 251 comments

The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights. apnews.com/article/colu...

submitted 21 days ago • 15 comments

This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy. PLEASE READ.

submitted 21 days ago • 31 comments

Al Green was the 1 Democrat who protested enough to get kicked out of Trump's speech. In response: •10 Dems voted with MAGA to censure Green •Dem leadership chastised Dem reps who protested Trump Here's the numbers of those 10 Dems—remind them to stop voting MAGA www.qasimrashid.com/p/10-democra...

submitted 23 days ago • 28 comments

An incredible honor to receive this award 1) curated by indie booksellers (!) and 2) named for the late great Octavia E. Butler (!!). To receive this for such a trans & genderqueer & feminist novel, as our communities fight for survival, means more than I can say. Thank you. Gracias. Venceremos 💜🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills. While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation. Watch their speech. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 24 days ago • 122 comments

Democrats even thinking about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.

submitted 25 days ago • 380 comments

If you are not willing to be embarrassed, be dragged out of a joint session of Congress, be arrested, put your physical body in danger to defend Democracy, those Trump is targeting, and the Constitution, STEP ASIDE AND LET SOMEONE ELSE LEAD.

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

White House identifies the acting DOGE administrator as Amy Gleason. She previously served in the Obama administration. Here’s her LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gleasonamy

submitted 33 days ago • 39 comments

LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 34 days ago • 32 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 36 days ago • 2218 comments

A more effective action would be if everyone with a retirement or investment account makes sure to divest it of all TSLA shares and demands S&P499 index funds or ETFs be offered — i.e. S&P500 minus TSLA — because, as is, if you have S&P you’re an Elon investor.

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 36 days ago • 25 comments