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Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
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These 18 Senate Dems just voted to advance the crypto industry's money laundering bill: Alsobrooks Booker Cortez Masto Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Kelly Kim Lujan Padilla Rosen Schiff Slotkin Warner Warnock

"Internal communications reviewed reveal a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's recent visit, including handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings and physical appearance." Everyone involved in this should resign. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

arguing about Dem messaging is largely beside the point when the right can win with an agenda like this. the info environment is the problem

Yet another reminder that cutting Medicaid is deeply unpopular across the ideological spectrum. Just 10% of Americans (just 18% of Republicans) in the latest Quinnipiac poll want to see Medicaid funding decrease. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

NEW — West coast Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) staff got an email this AM telling them how to deal with ICE protests, including working for home and wearing a disguise. "We will not retreat... this is the land of the free and home of the brave." Full text of email shared w/ me:

GAWKER WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY USEFUL IN SUCH A SITUATION I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO IT

ICE: It is DEEPLY OFFENSIVE and HURTFUL to compare us to the gestapo. Also ICE: Ach, brothers of the soil, please inform on the hidden vermin in our midst.

The “pro-life” presidency in action

"In the video, agents who hid their faces with masks and sunglasses and traveled in marked border patrol vehicles, are informed they were on private property. “Excuse me, ma’am, listen to me, you are interfering with my arrest,” the agent said. “I am doing my job. You don’t have nothing to say.”"

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

Another 10/10 performance by Pam Bondi's Justice Department.

🚨Second poll comes out in as many days showing Trump/Miller's regime's dictatorial tactics targeting LA/CA is backfiring (yesterday YouGov showed double disapproval of deployment of Marines) These polls make the blowhards among East Coast media/pol elites look out of touch w rest of America. (1/2)

Tonight at 7 pm! #mapoli actionnetwork.org/events/ma-fi...

stealing this from @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social for here because I think it's important for us to know

Trump is ripping families apart

Reminder: The correct response to this is to drag his numbers down even more. Always act as though the public is on your side. Because almost always is.

They don’t think kids with asthma are worth anything

Great write-up of a recent forum including quotes from yours truly flipsidenews.net/housing-is-n...

He has no idea.

As someone said prior, the only reason Greta got released is because people were very loud about her specifically. There are still 8 other flotilla members detained, apparently without fresh water in bedbug infested prison. They all deserve to be fought for, too.

I continue to be furious with Congress refusal to regulate technology, doesn’t everyone see where this is going?

rubber bullets fly by my face. tear gas fills my lungs. a line of federal troops is marching toward me. i fire off an email to my focus group asking what i should do as a baton lands cleanly on my skull.

POLITICO: “.. The majority of responders across countries agreed that Trump is ‘dangerous’ and ‘arrogant,’ and few think he is honest. .. In Europe, Hungary is “the only country where majority of respondents are confident in American president.” www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

When you don't defend the innate authenticity of trans identities, everything else goes back up for grabs.

Republicans caving to Trump is the easiest set it and forget it story of the last 10 years.

I've never been to a protest that "turned violent" for any reason other than that the police turned their guns and clubs on unarmed people

This is a meaningless distinction. “Arrest” is from the French “arrêter,” to stop. If they can detain you for however long it takes a cop to show up, that is already functionally an arrest.

Months after arresting dozens of people and accusing them of being in a gang, the Trump Administration has provided no evidence to back up their claims. That’s really dangerous. In America, you’re not allowed to lock people up without proof. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...

" Scaling down the number of independent federal inspectors while increasing line speeds makes it more likely they will miss contaminants, such as feces, sex organs, toenails, bladders, and hair, as well as bacteria such as E.coli, salmonella, and campylobacter." prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

This is the literally the same excuse Maura Healey used to defend the Worcester cops who helped ICE agents abduct a woman. Is Healey prepared to unleash the same police violence on her constituents as the LA mayor if ICE escalates things here? #mapoli newrepublic.com/article/1963...

S/o to Carleigh Beriont for using "Under Pressure" in her campaign launch video. 10/10 song choice www.carleighberiont.com

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Fair Share delivers! 🎒🎓🚍🚇 www.nbcboston.com/news/local/w...

good piece from @jeffhauser.bsky.social. it is maddening that so much discourse ignores that Kamala Harris ran precisely the campaign the "popularist" crowd wanted prospect.org/politics/202...

::screams in strategic game frame:: If the press cannot break their addiction to framing all of politics as a strategy to win, can they at least talking about the strategy of authoritarianism?!

Awful: News orgs are credulously amplifying the ugly idea that sending troops into LA is good politics for Trump. This gives his lawless abuses of power the aura of conventional politics, obscuring how extraordinary and dangerous this moment truly is. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1966...

Do the people complaining about protesters waving Mexican flags complain about Irish flags on St. Patrick’s Day?

Journalistic malpractice/incompetence to not point out clearly and up front that this directly violates a federal statute

Counterpoint: Robert E. Lee was a treasonous loser who gladly slaughtered his fellow Americans in defense of slavery while being a mildly above average military tactician. He should’ve been hanged in Lexington.

The appropriate number of Democrats to join a Republican bill blocking DC from enforcing its own laws should always be zero. medium.com/@jonathancoh...

“The entire content production staff at climate dot gov (including me) were let go from our government contract on 31 May." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

THIS is how Democrats should be communicating about the MAGA Murder Budget instead of saying we shouldn’t pay attention to the ice raids and military being used against American protestors.

Remember, folks: Curfews don't deter crime. They create crime.

"But there is in fact a very easy way to connect Trump’s Beautiful Disaster with his authoritarian orders in Los Angeles: the bill would enable more ICE raids, more provocations, and the opportunity to seize more power." prospect.org/politics/tru...

There are huge opportunities right now for ambitious Democratic governors and legislators to make names for themselves. Don't let Newsom hog all the glory.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.