Imagine if other mainstream artists did this on tour. Imagine if they brought tables to their venues to explain to fans why this is so important. It would change the conversation profoundly. This is important.

Netanyahu won't stop until he's murdered every Palestinian on Gaza. #FreePalestine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

#BREAKING | Netanyahu has approved a full blockade of aid entry into Gaza following the Israeli army’s recommendation to halt deliveries until further notice. This comes after over 100 airstrikes across Gaza since this morning, killing more than 20 Palestinians and wounding dozens.

A Trump video claiming "chaos" in Chicago is mostly old footage from other states. blockclubchi.co/4qfFeg0

One of my fave photos from today. Loved that the folks leading the chants were regularly including trans rights. WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? STAND UP FIGHT BACK!

During a shutdown, Congress needs to be treated like a sequestered jury No one goes home until it gets resolved Basic hotel Basic meals $50 per day payment

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, you need to do something about these ISP goons attacking protesters like @katmabu.bsky.social.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward. "We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

well that’s fucking horrible

Look at what they have to face

Sudan Congo Gaza Chicago Y'all need to understand these are all variations of the same colonizer white supremacist mentality. A mentality that enables these famines, genocides, and denials of human rights. The only way through is together. Stand united. Speak up for all marginalized communities.

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

I always try to keep scale in mind with political action. This is about 3% of Italy's population. A U.S. equivalent would be ~10 million people.

#BREAKING | The Global Sumud Flotilla's Alma ship's crew has just been apprehended by the Israeli forces.

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.

This shouldn't even be a partisan issue. This is a national security emergency. The response should be all hands on deck from every branch of government and every single check and balance option in history should be being desperately pored over. Anything else is an abdication of duty.

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again. These two gotta go.

The federal government declared war against all of us this afternoon. Not just Portland.

Libs are wishcasting Newsom as Kimmel's first guest after his long weekend vacation so I feel perfectly comfortable reminding everyone who Gavin Newsom's inaugural podcast guest was (his son's fave!) & what it is they happily agreed upon, on Gavin Newsom's first ever podcast episode

News: Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers from around the US and beyond are circulating a letter demanding an “end to the genocide in Gaza.” They “reject the weaponization of accusations of antisemitism to suppress criticism of Israel and expressions of solidarity with Palestinians.”

Fox News anchor called to “just kill” the unhoused. Another praised ICE agents for violently slamming a Democratic congressional candidate. Charlie Kirk called for Biden’s execution. Trump has called his opponents “vermin,” suggested roughing up protesters, etc. Fuck this bad faith DHS noise.

Be sure you take a moment today to remember Charlie Kirk for exactly who he was.

You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.

A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇

I'm not asking people to stop talking about Kimmel or the coming repression tied to their latest martyr project—all of this is important. I am just saying, can we work in more discussion of our neighbors being hunted and protesters being gassed, beaten, and shot with pepper balls in Chicagoland?

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting. 13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments

In which Bill Kristol makes a more fervent statement in support of trans people than Gavin Newsom

Hi ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere If you have any national platform at all Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us

You probably failed at "building bridges" if millions of people think that your life's work was destructive and terrible and if your supporters have to threaten people to keep them quiet about said legacy.

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social

Anyone saying Kirk "practiced politics the right way" thinks being pro shooting, pro stoning gay people, pro trans genocide, pro Palestinian genocide, anti abortion rights, pro public execution and keeping a list of marginalized professors for his fans to harass was "the right way"....

i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

You can't wash away genocide....your complicity will always remain.

How CBS Went From Edward R. Murrow to Installing a Trump Loyalist as Its Journalism Cop www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-wh...

RFK: "It's the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural healthcare in American history." Sen. Bernie Sanders: "You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals and putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion — that's a loss of $100 billion."

Uhhhhh “…Meta had allowed users to create publicly available chatbots of child celebrities, including Walker Scobell, a 16-year-old film star. Asked for a picture of the teen actor at the beach, the bot produced a lifelike shirtless image. ‘Pretty cute, huh?’ the avatar wrote beneath the picture.”

Emmett Till would've turned 84 today. He was only 14 when white supremacists lynched him. The white woman Carolyn Bryant who falsely accused him of harassing her, confessed she lied. The warrant for her arrest was never enforced. She died only 2 years ago in 2023 at the age of 88. This is America.

this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I have heard about a whole lot of hate being directed to our trans community. Anyone using this to villainize our trans community has lost their sense of humanity."

Tim Walz : trans rights are human rights JB Pritzker : we’re taking names of all you fuckers and coming after you Gavin Newsom : lol my pr firm made another meme while i guest starred on another right wing podcast

Gavin Newsom is a demon. Truly. Just a vile excuse for a human being,

Manmade famine in an area that is a few kms away from every fast food franchise the world has to offer. Barbarous Dystopia isn’t a strong enough term.

“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks ⁦‪Prem Thakker,‬⁩ in the wake of Israel’s killing of ⁦‪Anas al Sharif. ‬⁩