This is the language of the Jim Crow South of a century ago — restored to power by John Roberts and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. Shameful.

Around midnight, Senate Banking Committee Republicans unveiled new crypto legislation. Among other flaws, it will turbocharge the massive conflict of interests posed by Donald Trump and his family's crypto ventures. No bill should move through the Banking Committee without real ethics guardrails.

Got any fun dinner plans? 🍼

In 1933, Justice Louis Brandeis said: “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” What he said was true 93 years ago. It’s even more accurate today. Let us choose democracy over oligarchy.

I'm not a finance journalist so I don't know how this works but I would be interested in learning if there are any groups or pension funds divesting from state/municipal bonds funding projects in Southern states trying to strangle Black political power through redistricting

One way I’m trying to stay sane in this world is by learning new things that are offline, such as crochet. Are you using this approach too? If so, I’d love to hear what you’re learning.

😂 Technique

Just starting this one! _Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)_ by Eliot Schrefer. #booksky #audiobooks #queerducks #science

Today seems like a good day to debunk the 12 biggest myths about taxing the rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoLAMHwf2I

Yup, his priority has always been himself.

@catsofyore.bsky.social A long time ago in a junk shop I bought a stack of pictures for $1. They were of this fab group of friends in the 60s… They traveled, had holidays, martinis. I treasure them and hope to figure out who they were. among them, is this handsome devil. Thought you might enjoy.

New data shows that about 3,400 people detained in Minnesota were sent to Texas, and that 530 remain there. Written by Katelyn Vue and Cynthia Tu

Also I’m reading this book, Burn the Haystack by Jennie Young, PhD, professor of writing and rhetoric. I honestly am not sure if I will date again, but if I do, I will be employing the lessons learned from this book & many discussions in her group. #booksky #burnthehaystack #appliedrhetoric

I’m relearning to crochet, taking an actual class so I can learn it for real instead of sorta-kinda like I have in the past. #makesomething #learningisfun #creativepursuits #copingskills #itsgreen #purposefuljoy

My friend @rokhanna.bsky.social is absolutely right. When the President of the United States threatens genocide against millions of innocent people, Democratic leadership should stand in clear moral opposition — not hide behind procedure.

Gee, maybe it was a bad idea for Trump to fire the people in government who knew what the fuck they were talking about when it came to Iran. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/federal-em...

Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to restrict mail-in voting for everybody else — while he’s sitting at home voting by mail himself? He's literally urging Republicans to withhold TSA agent’s paychecks until they pass his voter suppression bill — the so-called “SAVE America Act”.

An audiobook I recently listened to: What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama. I loved this one, though one of the voice actors annoyed me w/how he voiced Ms. Komachi, the librarian. I’m actually listening to it twice, so safe to say I recommend. #booksky #japaneseliterature

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money. In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it. Taxation without representation.

Horrific

Elizabeth Warren: "This one is to me not even open or arguable. How would the US government keep money that the Supreme Court said it did not legally collect from American businesses, that it did not legally take away from American families that ultimately paid this?"

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

abandoning immigrants & trans people won't save centre left parties i chatted with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social on how uk labour proves appeasement is a dead-end newrepublic.substack.com/p/what-democ...

RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this. MAHA was always a con. Started / Going

Ugh

Sports lens to view power, race, gender, nationalism, and community. It’s mind boggling that places like the Washington Post and the New School are shutting down their journalism and education on soccer, ahead of the World Cup. We will teach anyway! www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...

NEW: One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments. They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics." We are going to teach it anyway. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...

gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

“After years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship & bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”

Yes.

Current mood. I love Winter and snow, but this ice everywhere is not it.

Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos. Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes. This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for. Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?' To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

I know it’s on IG and many are not using that platform at all, but I really like the message of this video, so I’m sharing it for those who don’t mind watching things there occasionally. www.instagram.com/reel/DTLnH1N...

"The cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. "AOC exposes Trump's ICE funding scheme.

At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.

An important read with some local support options from @thegenerouspine.blacksky.app: sorrelvirginiahester.substack.com/p/practical-...

How are you taking some time for self care today? I’m having my coffee and peanut butter toast with a cat on my lap, then I’m going to take an everything shower, then I’m going to meditate, then wash my sheets. Need to not fall into despair, so I can keep my strength up. Don’t forget to recharge.

Number of people shot by Trump's secret police so far: 43. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges. Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:

When Democratic Senators repeatedly vote to confirm Trump’s Cabinet picks, they are telling you that they do not care about our democracy or their constituents. They are on the side of the wealthy corporations & the pedophiles who are destroying our country. Vote accordingly.

Of course.

New year, less booze. I don’t drink much anyway, but have a bit more often since moving in with my friends. We have both decided to do Dry January, and depending on how that goes for my body, I might just stop drinking almost entirely, and only have a few drinks a year after that.