ACCESS/ACCOUNTABILITY: 35 yrs after the #ADA, #disabled travelers show up to #inaccessible hotels & accommodations that don't exist. @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social at @npr.org asked, investigated & reported. If this resonates with or shocks you pls read, share, demand better. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...

Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"

2025 GOP VA Lt. Gov. Nominee John Reid Argues with Wife of Federal Worker Over Trump’s Layoffs (Reid Doubles Down on the GOP's Response to Fired Workers: Update Your Resume) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/2025...

“Republicans Take Medicaid Support for Food and Housing From Fragile N.C. Residents” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/h...

Housing. Healthcare. Energy. Three basic essentials that Virginians rely on every single day — but too many families struggle to afford. Making life more affordable in Virginia is my top priority — and on Day One, I’ll get to work to lower costs across the Commonwealth.

This www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

"Members were unprepared, misunderstood or ignored key data and highlighted flawed or inconclusive research often trumpeted by vaccine critics." wapo.st/3I5qLSY

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Virginia, you deserve a Governor who will put you first. I’m ready for the job.

For some reason, Winsome Earle-Sears says Virginians should elect her to “keep a good thing going”... I have questions. Is she referring to Virginia’s rising unemployment rate? Higher costs? Health clinic closures? Virginia deserves better.

My opponent is about to get on stage with Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the chief architects of DOGE — responsible for firing thousands of Virginia workers. Winsome Earle-Sears, this is shameful. Virginians deserve better.

Our campaign is by and for Virginians — it’s why my focus is on lowering costs and making life easier across the Commonwealth. That’s how you put Virginia first.

Yesterday was the first day of early voting in Virginia — and I was so excited to celebrate with so many of you across the Commonwealth! Here's how I spent Day 1 of early voting. 🗳️

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

Disney/ABC did not wait for the FCC hammer to fall — they chose, instead, to obey in advance. But, even then, the corporate lackeys lacked the courage of their capitulation — failing to offer any explanation or defense of their surrender. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

This is so messed up.

Wow- Cassidy says that "I understand that Sen Mullin implied there was a recording of the meeting between Dr Monarez and Sec Kennedy. I will note that if materials have been provided to Mullin, they are official committee records...if it does not exist, I ask Mullin to retract his line of questions"

the mass resignations at cdc are because insane people are going to force the cdc to say vaccines cause autism

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

Donald Trump told Americans he would never come after Medicaid. Then, he signed a Big Ugly Law that cuts it by over $900B to give tax cuts to billionaires. You deserve better than this betrayal.

Women dressed in Handmaid regalia follow GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)

I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010. We must get big money out of politics.

This is pure Nazism. They’re taking away crisis intervention. They’re not setting up new mental health hospitals…”other appropriate facilities” means something very different.

Blanche’s meeting with G. Maxwell stinks of a cover-up I’ll discuss the meeting, plus the work done today @democracydefendersfund.org in support of Mr. Rengel, who was wrongfully & inhumanely disappeared to CECOT, tonight on @msnbc.com at 6pm ET We’re pursuing accountability on all fronts! — TN

The GOP blew past debt warnings as they pushed the megabill forward. The markets have noticed.

Congrats everyone, we now have 35% tariffs on Canada for no apparent reason

It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Don’t need to worry about diversity when only the 1% can afford secondary education!

Touché.

37 minutes left to vote in Virginia's Democratic Primary. I voted, and you can too!

Shame on @abc and @disney for shuttering and silencing @fivethirtyeight.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

What does ABC mean then when they claim they will continue to lead on data journalism if they are firing all staff?

The people of Missouri made it very clear: They wanted abortion rights (at least until fetal viability). Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.

Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

At the core of the counterargument to Trumpism is the ideal that we are all in this together. There is no one who deserves neglect or suffering from the government because of their political views. Not even if they voted for the suffering of others.

This is so infuriating because we already know the answer: *We had a public-private partnership that created Free File. It is a bad product because the private actors did not want real competition. *Direct File was far better which is why it was killed! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...

Good morning to everyone except those who are part of the fake, very not real agency DOGE named after a memecoin because the govt is run by dorks

The Secretary of Health doesn't want to give advice on health and doesn't feel like it's his place to tell people whether vaccines are good or bad. What does he imagine his job to be?

We finally agree.

Kennedy adds: “I don’t think people should be taking advice, medical advice, from me.”

Dismantling the one U.S. agency focused on older adults, people with disabilities is startlingly inefficient www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/a... via @statnews.com #disabilities #HHS #olderadults #federalworkers #AdministrationForCommunityLiving

Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal. Then she fired that lawyer.

🚨 The National Health Law Program condemns the House GOP plan to gut Medicaid. It slashes $715B over 10 yrs — stripping coverage from 13.7M people. “This bill is a cruel attempt to unravel decades of progress,” says NHeLP’s ED Elizabeth Taylor. We must fight back. 🔗 healthlaw.org/news/715-bil...