hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile

Colorful Colorado.

Time to get back to what really matters:

My theory on why @schumer.senate.gov had some of the safest Dems vote to overturn the shutdown. The Epstein files will be released. The President will lose support bc it is worse than people think. Then we go back to a gerontocracy supported by oligarchs. They keep power. Fire them all.

If you can’t lead with love and compassion, then you should not be leading.

My theory on why @schumer.senate.gov had some of the safest Dems vote to overturn the shutdown. The Epstein files will be released. The President will lose support bc it is worse than people think. Then we go back to a gerontocracy supported by oligarchs. They keep power. Fire them all.

No health care, no deal.

Chicago, the city of my youth & my heart, is beautiful and resilient. It is being terrorized. May justice prevail soon. May all agents of terror be jailed for their crimes. Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov for protecting it. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Also, she won because she’s amazing. Congratulations @mayorwu.boston.gov

Last year after the election, I reflected: "When we fight, we win—but sometimes the fight takes awhile." Last night, we saw Democratic victories across our nation. I am so proud of these enthusiastic, principled, inspirational leaders who will continue to fight for our nation, ideals, and progress.

I’m developing a website to community source an AltDem platform. The economic basis of it is: socialize needs; capitalize wants. Invest in Americans, invest in US. 🧵

Thank you @pelosi.house.gov for your service and for retiring. Please ask anyone well above retirement age ( @hickenlooper.bsky.social ) to do so too. The next election is one to pass the torch to others like @neguse.house.gov. The number of Dems dying in office is not something to be proud of.

I’m developing a website to community source an AltDem platform. The economic basis of it is: socialize needs; capitalize wants. Invest in Americans, invest in US. 🧵

If you can’t lead with love and compassion, then you should not be leading.

We will know we have reached parity when we can have 9 women justices on our Supreme Court and a President who happens to be a woman. If gender really doesn’t matter then the thought of woman majorities should not bother you.

Nothing makes me angrier than excuses for child marriage. If Epstein’s victims were in some states in the U.S., parents could be paid off and the child could just have been married off to their rapist. Poof, legal state-sanctioned pedophilia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

Did you know there is another Dem candidate in Maine people could consider? Progressive and, so far, no questionable tattoos nor inconsistent behavior v words.

When I was mayor of Mpls, I was on the leading edge of something people didn’t want to name — a new wave of harassment toward women in public office. New research shows women mayors face far more harassment and threats than men. @politico story 👇 www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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@nytimes.com I am sure that you do not care that everyone notices that the emperor has no clothes. You are failing as a newspaper to represent the people and truth, you represent the elite. Have you no shame?

Democrats and democracy supporters in the House: it’s time to go back to work. Ignore Mike Johnson, he doesn’t seem to want to work. Please return to DC en mass, vote in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, & propose bills. Take our government out of the shadows. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/0islLh9

If you are looking to march on Sat & are not sure of the closest event near u, go to this link and if it doesn't take you directly to the "find an event" page, look at menu on top right, put in ur zip code & you'll find were u belong #NoMoreKings #SaturdayOct18 www.nokings.org

No Kings. Of, by, and for the people.

This is one of the many reasons I love the U.S.

Hey @thebulwark.com I love you all for frequently mentioning the No Kings protest on Saturday, October 18th! Thank you for your service to our country! @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @samsteindc.bsky.social

I want to have a deep playlist of joyful protest songs to play for No Kings. They can’t take our joy and right to party.

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

In Chicago, children were paraded outside in the thick of the night, zip-tied and alone, while ICE rampaged through their homes — all at Trump’s request. He talks about an “enemy from within” but the biggest enemy is him and his lackeys.

Remember, it didn’t start with gas chambers. Fascism takes root by othering and people complying ahead of time. You have power to make change. Start small.

Gentle reminder to get you through the week. *The future is not written AND the U.S. has a healthy culture of working to: form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty.

If what was happening in Chicago was happening in NYC, there would be wall-to-wall cable news coverage

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

This is great. My assumptions were quite off in some cases. I miss my urban, queer, and international bubbles from earlier times in my life.

This 💯. Authoritarianism and white patriarchy supremacy is the underbelly of our society. We did not address the cracks in the foundation by insisting on justice once POC and women’s rights were addressed. Now the house is cracking open.

They chose the perfect person to host!

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

1/ Last week’s HELP Committee hearing pulled back the curtain on chaos inside the CDC. Former Director Susan Monarez revealed bombshell details about RFK Jr.’s push to change the childhood vaccine schedule without evidence. 👇

You don't have to like the guy to know that what Trump is doing to him and to our country is straight out of the Putin playbook. I love America because it's America and I wish Trump would stop trying to Russia it.

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

Politics are interesting and all, and do you know about the educational company @kurzgesagt.org ? This is a phenomenal video. @hankgreen.bsky.social have you worked with them? youtu.be/Zpq1GbPqhy4?...

Same, Annie. Same.

This is amazing.

Here’s the new media network: @colbertlateshow.bsky.social , @jimmykimmel.com , @crooked.com, @pbs.org @pbsnews.org, @complexly.bsky.social , @davejorgenson.bsky.social, @thebulwark.com, @joyannreid.bsky.social, @npr.org, @voiceofamerica.bsky.social, @karenattiah.bsky.social Who’s missing?

Here’s the new media network: @colbertlateshow.bsky.social , @jimmykimmel.com , @crooked.com, @pbs.org @pbsnews.org, @complexly.bsky.social , @davejorgenson.bsky.social, @thebulwark.com, @joyannreid.bsky.social, @npr.org, @voiceofamerica.bsky.social, @karenattiah.bsky.social Who’s missing?

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

@hickenlooper.bsky.social @bennet.senate.gov @neguse.house.gov you need to stand up. Walk out. I met you all in DC over the summer. Senators are living in past realities. Colleagues have choices and are choosing to align with someone who shows who he is on a daily basis. Believe him.

This is how you keep people informed in short video format! Great as always, @davejorgenson.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/yvgJl...