Award-winning Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been in Kuwaiti detention since March 3 for simply sharing publicly available, verified footage. Journalism is not a crime. Join us in calling to #FreeAhmed

Even a family with two working adults and stable, well-paying jobs can be pushed into financial ruin by a single serious illness. That’s why we need CalCare and #MedicareForAll, now!

If the 16th largest economy can provide healthcare to all of its citizens, why won't the trifecta supermajority of Democrats in CA, the world's 4th largest economy, even allow for a public hearing on the topic, #AB1900 #CalCare #oligarchy #CorporateDemocrats apiforcalcare.com/2026/04/09/m...

@caspeakerrivas.bsky.social and other assembly members have been lying to their constituents about their support for AB1900. This is a continuing disgrace from Dems who chose greed just like their Repub counterparts. Do not let them off the hook! act.medicare4all.org/go/asm-healt... #calcare

Why Mexico can afford free universal healthcare and the US cannot. #calcare #universalhealthcare #bernie

Important #Calcare #AB1900 update! This may be our last chance to keep it alive and into the HC Committee. Let @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social know here, insta, email and phone that we DEMAND healthcare for all! He is betraying the people of his state by prioritizing lobbying money over people’s lives!

defending ACA isn’t good enough at this point. my friend is paying a $500+ premium for just herself. she doesn’t make six figures in l.a., and doesn’t qualify for medi-cal. people are literally dying for lack of accessible medical and mental health care. this is unsustainable.

"Oh, when will ignorance be dethroned, and reason and justice reign supreme?" -Lucy Parsons, letter to the editor, The Socialist, 12/7/1878

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

America's public lands are not for sale. But former Rep. Steve Pearce, Trump’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, thinks they should be. We can't let him oversee this agency. Urge your senators to oppose Steve Pearce as director of the BLM. ➡️ biodiv.us/4enoHmH

The Department of Homeland Security has unconstitutionally waived dozens of laws to fast-track border wall construction through the #BigBend region of Texas. So we're taking them to court to stop this land-grab. More info: biodiv.us/4muUKmM

A court today rejected Sable Offshore Corp.’s request to rescind a preliminary injunction prohibiting the restart of an oil pipeline system on the CA coast until and unless specific conditions were met. The company restarted the pipeline in March, despite the injunction. ➡️ biodiv.us/4dQ2hKP

🧵 The passing Iris Long and her invaluable contributions to the ACT UP movement warrants a thread! I'm hoping someone edits her Wikipedia page to provide more detailed information on her AIDS activism since the Wiki page only scratches the surface. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Long

“Koch brother groups have tried to derail public transit plans in other cities around the country, from Little Rock, Arkansas and central Utah, to Nashville and Michigan. They have frequently called such projects ‘wasteful spending’. The Koch organization is also heavily invested in fossil fuels.”

how much state violence are we willing to fund?

The ADL has gone from a civil rights organization to a pro-Israel antisemitism tollbooth

Budgets are moral documents www.stephensemler.com/p/trumps-bud...

reminder that dems and gop not only funded genocide and armed the rogue nations of israel and the u.s., but also defunded UNWRA

You Do Not Hate Congress Enough

all girls need self defense training in public school from elementary school on

Society is more angry at a handful of trans people competing in sports or using the bathroom than 62 million cishet men in an online rape academy. There are more cis men visiting that rape website than there are trans people on this planet.

angelenos! please take this quick @acceaction.bsky.social action to call on mayor bass to fund the study for a city public bank. divest from wall street and keep our dollars local! follow @publicbankla.bsky.social for more info! www.acceaction.org/fundlapublic...

www.yahoo.com/news/article... Would someone alert Piggy and whoever is in charge of FEMA that Guam is a US Territory and that its residents are US Citizens! Also, remind Whiskey Pete that there are two military bases there, too.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

i hope @schumer.senate.gov lives long enough to be dragged to the hague

Worth thinking about how Schumer voted against the supermajority of his party in two back to back votes just now because he agrees with the Trump administration that Israel should be given unlimited, unconditional, essentially free military assistance.

Candidate 1 is bad so Candidate 2 must be good is a logical fallacy

oh, like @schiff.senate.gov contributing to his gop opponent so he could have a run off against a republican instead of progressive barbara lee

Repost from Mayra There were more protesters outside the Turning Point rally in Athens GA than event attendees.

NEW poll out of Michigan. Favorability among voters below the age of 45 — Sanders: +86 AOC: +58 El-Sayed: +41 Slotkin: +21 Piker: +16 Stevens: +4 McMorrow: +2 AIPAC: -43

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

Personally don't recommend these. As the article notes, these properties are typically achieved through PFAS, which can shed carcinogens in your home (which you then inhale) or come out in the wash (polluting waterways for decades). Will try to do a thread on how to treat stains in the wash.

free @ahmedeldin.bsky.social!

Today's Reliable Sources lead: Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin jailed in Kuwait after posting war video cnn.it/3QoGVKJ

can one purchase nazi passes? is it like carbon credits?

🚨 Chris Coons is circulating a statement for Dem senators to use to continue OK’ing bombs & bulldozers for Israel, per a source Statement says Isr is under threat; criticizes Netanyahu & compares situation there to the US, saying Israelis like Americans have had to ask outsiders to look beyond gov

A man who was shot seven times by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer. ICE contends he's wanted for murder but his family insists it's a case of mistaken identity as he was acquitted.

Today, the future in Lebanon looks quite dim. We once again have to rely on Israel's benevolence and American assurances (each as reliable as Lebanese electricity). Internally, polarisation is higher than I can ever recall, with each side creating scarecrows of their opponents.

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social do this for california

calling all angelenos! want to keep l.a. tax dollars in the city instead of having them siphoned off to wall street banks? urge mayor bass to fund the @publicbankla.bsky.social study, the first step to harnessing our tax dollars to work for us! actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

Join us for the statewide rally & launch of #AB2243, the California State Public Bank campaign. On April 22 (Earth Day 🌎), communities from across the state will gather at the Capitol’s West Steps in Sacramento to kick it off! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ca-state-p...

🔥🔥🔥A thousand writers, directors, and actors signed a letter opposing the Paramount-Warner merger. That's a HUGE deal, since there was massive fear in the industry. It was organized by @markruffalo.bsky.social who I will now call the mayor of Hollywood. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

SoFi workers are threatening to strike ahead of the World Cup with a key demand from Unite Here Local 11 that FIFA must ensure ICE and Border Patrol “play no role” in security

Hawaii has not recovered from the flooding a few weeks ago. Now they are facing more catastrophic flooding. Where’s FEMA? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyW1...

I once took a road trip with this one special group of friends to Taybeh, where one of my friends is from. We spent a few days there some 15 years ago, and to date it remains one of my most cherished memories. Israel is detonating it all. This is a punishable war crimes under international law.

One of the towns that Israel is detonating, Khiam, is where they ran their notorious torture prison during their previous occupation of South Lebanon. If you know Soha Bechara's story, that was in Khiam. bsky.app/profile/ayou...