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Dear Democratic Members of Congress, Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it. Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it! Signed, Americans

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A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.” She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.

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We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 97 comments

ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said. He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen. By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

submitted 7 days ago • 1569 comments

explicitly targeting the undocumented people who file their taxes www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...

submitted 7 days ago • 54 comments

AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together

submitted 8 days ago • 615 comments

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submitted 9 days ago • 213 comments

harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC. time.com/7269604/el-s... www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...

submitted 8 days ago • 297 comments

The Guardian and Yahoo News are reporting this story.

submitted 10 days ago • 40 comments

As Trump attempts to re-segregate America, never lose sight of the fact that Elon Musk stands to financially benefit from the federal government no longer enforcing anti-segregation laws. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

I'm fighting every day to protect Medicaid. But it's going to take all of us. Call your members of Congress. Share your stories. Tell your friends to do the same. We have to stop this GOP attack on our healthcare.

submitted 10 days ago • 336 comments

“Orbán bans Pride in Hungary as polls show rival surging *** Fidesz says it’s trying to prohibit Pride to keep children safe from the so-called LGBTQ+ agenda, but opponents say the prime minister’s party is trying to create a wedge issue.” 3/18/25 www.politico.eu/article/orba...

submitted 11 days ago • 14 comments

After weeks of blocking food, water & fuel, the Israeli govt has resumed its bombing of Gaza—slaughtering over 400 Palestinians & putting the remaining hostages at risk. Unconscionable. The US must stop funding this genocide & use every diplomatic tool to restore the ceasefire.

submitted 11 days ago • 22 comments

These are just a few of the messages I’ve received from New Mexicans about what the Republican plan to cut Medicaid would mean for them and their families. As their Senator, I will fight any cuts to Medicaid, especially when it's to fund tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

The second @genderlib.com mass call is tonight at 7pm ET. If you’re interested in our work, what we’re hearing about the state of gender-based threats, and what’s ahead for Trans Week of Visibility & Action. Register and join us at bit.ly/GLMCALL2

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

They could show this graph on Sesame Street and the 5 year-olds would understand and steer clear.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.

submitted 16 days ago • 832 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 16 days ago • 2345 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 16 days ago • 5246 comments

I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it. When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him. Not without a fight. open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...

submitted 16 days ago • 2744 comments

no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good

submitted 16 days ago • 141 comments

The rarest resource in DC is courage.

submitted 16 days ago • 53 comments

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

submitted 16 days ago • 1511 comments

The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer. Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.

submitted 16 days ago • 586 comments

@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid."

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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

submitted 56 days ago • 1059 comments

Yesterday, Donald Trump signed many executive actions that challenge our fundamental freedoms and hard-won rights. HOWEVER: These orders have yet to be implemented and will face legal challenges — so you are NOT required to comply with them yet. Take action to protect LGBTQ+ rights: hrc.im/100

submitted 67 days ago • 7 comments