Small local #laborday rally to help remind people why we celebrate. #wethepeople #workersoverbillionaires

Quality childcare helps people work in addition to all of the benefits to the child and the community.

This is a travesty. We can not afford to not invest in our children. Please tell your representatives and senators to save HeadStart and not allow it to be decimated.

Hundreds in the little ‘bury. Amazing turnout in a red district. At least 1/3 if not 1/2 of vehicles passing by honked in solidarity. #handsoff #protest #resist #nokings

For a self-described (if ironic) realistic optimist or idealistic pragmatist, this article really hit home. No matter how many times I’m proven wrong that there is an inherent goodness in most people, I’ll keep looking for it. But I might have to bury that tendency deep. Take a read below.

Taking action helps when feeling overwhelmed. 20 postcards going out tomorrow for #votevalimont. #postcardstovoters

Every dollar helps to mobilize. I’ve donated just now which means tightening our grocery bill even more. Won’t you?

Everyday I think I can’t hate this timeline anymore and then I am proven wrong every single day.

First 20 postcards ready to go out tomorrow for #JoshWeil. I’m sure my rage tonight will have me requesting more addresses. #postcardstovoters

Keep sharing your thoughts and opinions with your Senators and Representatives. #resistbot

No one is above the law, a foundation of our democracy. #resistbot

A remarkable detail in the WaPo's write-up of the Trump DOJ's ghastly efforts to bully both their own prosecutors and the Mayor of New York City. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Better headline options: US Retail Sales fell sharply as democracy began to crumble. Economic uncertainty caused by a madman President impacts retailers in the US. As retailers rolled back their DEI policies, consumers rolled back their spending.

Folks trying to save USAID are trying to counterprogram Musk's $40 million Super Bowl ad. They're asking everyone to share this video as widely as you can today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

Wait. Does that rule apply in telling doctors how to provide healthcare to women?🤔 Asking for 165 million women and girls in America.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

A call from Biden in his farewell address to stay the course, to defend against the oligarchy, to keep moving forward, and to fight for our future, will help to cement his legacy as one of our greatest presidents, but only if we can be the keepers of the flame. 🗽

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood singing Imagine.🥲 What a great tribute to Jimmy Carter.

“…-if you controlled the machines, you could slip in whichever candidate you wanted, as long as the real vote was close to being split– … and the appearance of democracy was still considered worth preserving back then;” - Madd Addam by Margaret Atwood #catsofbluesky #fictionorprediction

“And the Internet was such a jumble of false and true factoids that no one believed what was on it any more, or else they believed all of it, which amounted to the same thing.” -The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood #catsofbluesky #fictionorprediction

“The first truth of all religions, and of many political ideologies, is that the masses must not understand.” — Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco #readingbuddy #catsofbluesky

On #GivingTuesday I’m supporting Telamon|TRC’s farmworker program dedicated to helping farmworkers and their families disrupt the cycle of poverty by engaging in job training. Won’t you join me if you are looking for a non-profit to support today! #telamontrc www.telamon.org/join-us/dona...

“It was stupid, but people needed someone to hate, and the newspapers were always ready to supply that need.” - Fall of Giants by Ken Follett One of my reading buddies.

Got food? Thank a farmworker!