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Lawyer, statistics geek, Vespa rider, Celtics fan, damn good cook, reader, politics junkie, soccer lover. Preparing for the next round of resistance.
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I love Michelle Wu so much & am so proud of her & Boston today. She didn't cower, she didn't pull punches, she didn't hold back. She. Kicked. Their. Asses. A real master class. So many other leaders, politicians and university heads & business execs, meet to watch & learn . . . and then emulate.

So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

American military psychologist who interviewed the Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg: “Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

I still don’t understand why Democrats would negotiate a budget when the Trump administration claims unilateral authority to cancel any spending it dislikes. As long as congressional Republicans endorse that position, they are not legitimate negotiation partners! An agreement with them has no value!

#Emails2DOGE

So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn

Once again librarians for the save!

Please Congressional Dems, start acting like an opposition party, starting with following the advice below.

Meals on Wheels providers don't know whether they should be serving meals today.

Would love to understand why every Democrat is not out there every second of the day explaining in plain English that Donald Trump has declared war on cancer patients.

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

Here a side-to-side comparison between Hitler and Musk and their salute... you decide if this isn't a nazi salute

Not even a concept of a plan.

I’ve been keeping a list since October 15, 1991, which was refreshed Oct 6, 2018. I finally watched Game of Thrones after I said “I have a list,” and got a funny look and question about Arya.

Here's how to cover things that are illegal: (i) this is illegal (ii) they say it's legal (iii) It's not Truth sandwich, extra mustard

Helpful ICE Information from JB Pritzger of Chicago, IL. Please share!

“What’s happening in North Carolina is sinister, and it will have a chilling effect on our democracy and our country if they’re able to get away with what they’re trying to achieve.” - @abreezeclayton.bsky.social

I'm so glad the press is now willing to say this, as opposed to the past 2 straight years its been true.

The real reason why Trump wants to seize the Panama Canal from Panama… it’s always petty revenge with Trump.

Its like Trump and Elon are playing out some kind of cuckold kink with America

Every Democratic lawmaker needs to be on television, radio, and social media hammering the shit out of Trump's embarrassing failure to get a continuing resolution passed with his cruel budget priorities. Make it hurt. Call out their incompetence. Show some goddamn fire.

In 11 days she’ll be my senator. I cannot wait!

Important from Sen Chris Murphy: He says Dems are not functioning as an effective opposition to Trump's accelerating authoritarianism right now, and that this is dangerously complacent. I pushed him on this, and we had a long exchange. In these four screen caps: newrepublic.com/article/1895...

I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read. www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...

If they didn’t have a double standard, they’d have no standards at all. It’s sick to celebrate someone who killed a person, unless the person killed is Black, then killer is a hero? There’s a lot of sickness to go around here.

The piece has tons of devastating details about Hegseth's many, many disqualifying personal traits, but we shouldn't overlook the parts about how he has repeatedly mismanaged every single organization he's led and been driven out of job after job for utter incompetence.

The press treated Michelle Obama pushing vegetables as more politically fraught than RFK Jr anti-vaxxing up the joint.

"A democracy requires an informed citizenry, and the US media over the past eight years in particular created an increasingly misinformed citizenry...the media has failed." - @RebeccaSolnit bluevirginia.us/2024/11/less...

"kamala harris will protect your right to disagree with her" is something i haven't really heard from another surrogate and i find it genuinely compelling?

We got a number of reports of voter intimidation amid early voting in Allegheny County, PA. If you are experiencing voter intimidation wherever you are, the nonpartisan voter protection hotline is 866-OUR-VOTE. And if you in PA, you can also call 833-PA-VOTES

Gwen Walz: Last night, Donald Trump said he'll be our 'protector, whether the women like it or not.' That pretty much says all you need to know about Donald Trump and the agenda he wants to impose on us. He doesn’t trust us. He thinks he can speak for us. He wants power over us

Trump from 2016 to 2024: “I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not.” White women, don’t fall for the protection racket! We can hear the gaslighting in his “everyone wanted Roe overturned,” hear his threats to do what he wants “whether women like it or not.” Vote your secret ballot for Harris

Kamala Harris: "Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I'll give them a seat at the table."

Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.” That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.

You know who’s a journalist who’s actually meeting this moment? @pbump.com This is perfection, right down to the footnotes www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I thought I was just going to watch this to appreciate it as a professional but now I am fully crying.

this is happening talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/desan...

Check your registration.

Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton are bragging about having “scrubbed” the voter rolls—and the deadline to (re)register is Oct. 7. CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION TODAY. teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do

what you have to understand is that for a certain set the true sin in political journalism is to actually care about stakes and outcomes. an unethical relationship is small potatoes compared to taking the game seriously

He admits to lying (“creating stories”), so why would we believe he knows or cares about who actually suffers in America?

Vance: “I don't think most Americans are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and problems of most Americans” 🤔

Dan Quayle got more grief for spelling "potato" wrong than JD Vance is getting for spreading a wildly racist fake post about immigrants eating people's pets