Don’t let this go by unnoticed

The way we beat them is by doing what we're doing: making their jobs impossible through relentless, peaceful observation. Make noise. Honk your horn. Blow whistles. Shout at them. Tell everyone where they are. They have no tools to deal with that, at scale.

Someone asked me today why ICE always runs when you follow them, when they're the ones with guns and armor and squads and massive trucks, and honestly - The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?

Stephen Miller is there to remind us of the dignity & class of Nixon's criminals.

My best editors have pushed me, believed in me, and definitely saved me from myself.

@RepJeffries @SenSchumer @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats how about this for an ultimatum: release the complete unredacted Epstein files, and extend ACA benefits, or sure-- shut down the government. Then call a general strike. It's time to play hardball. Go on offense.

My “America at 250” class—taught with David Blight and Beverly Gage — can be found here. New lectures and podcasts put up every week. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress could stop this at literally any moment they choose.

On this day in 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on the National Mall. When you are next in Washington, DC go visit this amazing institution.

Spot. On.

Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Just deal with people being different than you.

@effinbirds.com feeling fomo for missing ComicCon, only to have a close friend bring me a personalized Effin Birds calendar!!! Thanks for signing this-- next year is already looking more promising.

MSNBC: Gov. JB Pritzker

The craziest part about Trump invading cities is where the heck are the full, unredacted Epstein files?

Journalists need to hold themselves to a standard higher than inaccurate for the sake of sensationalism.

the thing to take from Cuomo—a politician who was supposedly invulnerable and had control of every aspect of Albany—having a flailing campaign is that all of these assholes are really paper tigers who only thrive when their opponents are also cowards.

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The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.

Something to remind you It's a world worth saving

Under Biden, many grants included scoring criteria for all of these now excluded terms—for example, more points for community engagement, collaboration, student research, and issues related to marginalized populations. If you wrote the proposal to meet the specific criteria, you are now cancelled.

🎶 All I wanna do Is call my reps I got a feeling I’m not the only one 🎶

The entire thread is worth a deep dive, but this first post hits hard.

I mean, yeah. I think that's exactly what happened. Damn.

If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.

Seeing a lot of "RFK IS Wrong About Autism" headlines. Well, duh. Strike the word "austism" and replace it with "everything" and it saves time.

I don’t want out of Trump‘s America. I want Trump out of my America

If you want to understand the root of the animosity against the Smithsonian, and the ultimate goal: baptistnews.com/article/amid... @altsmithsonian.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social

If everyone on Blue Sky who is actually blue and against this Administration decided to protest on the same day don't go to work, don't spend money, go to your capital, 30 plus million people yeah that they would take notice of that is the kind of protest we need.

Chuck Schumer is a call to action not a name

It’s always gratifying (and harrowing) to read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. But I especially enjoy it when amidst the stark truths about our crisis she turns out passages like this: open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

All Democratic governors should use their State of the State addresses in this way. Nicely done, @govpritzker.illinois.gov . www.c-span.org/clip/state-l...

For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

@senatedemocrats.bsky.social this one's for you

In case you prefer to hear Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg read her letter about RFK Jr.

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's letter is well worth a read.

Good to know

🗣️ @jimacosta.bsky.social’s CNN exit sign-off:

Rules for rebels in the minority. Hope Senate Dems are listening. @corybooker.com @whitehouse.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social

She is an exemplary human being.

Reminded of and crying about the fact that Rev. Budde is also the person who provided Matthew Shepard's family with a safe haven for their son's remains. This is the person these fascists trying to brand themselves as Christians are targeting with hate, right now. www.npr.org/2018/10/26/6....