Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week. Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool. But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

Imagine being Laura Fine and spending $5m of AIPAC money to be out of the running before election day. Embarrassing.

Love how the Irish continue to keep it real with their fragile American cousins who go over on junkets expecting to encounter a version of themselves but instead find a literate, progressive people, who still remember their nation was born of struggle.

So few Americans realize that the political apathy conversation is directly related to the voter suppression conversation, which is directly related to the structural anti-Blackness question. So instead we just go, "Why don't THOSE dummies vote?!?".

Release the Epstein Files

If every person who has attempted or plans to attend a No Kings March votes Blue in the midterm election Congress can be retaken. Think about what this simple act can accomplish. Be sure you double check that you are registered to vote well in advance. This is a very patriotic act .

Switched to @antrhopic.bsky.social on Monday because of their stance on not giving #Trump and #Hegseth machines to kill us. Beyond the morality of it, their tool is just so much better than everything else on the market. It's like moving from a bicycle to an M5.

Send ICE agents to Iran. They already have the outfits.

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

Struck a deal to contain Iran's nuclear program forever. Didn't go to war in Iran. DID IT ALL IN A TAN SUIT.

New from @splawinski.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern: To stymie ICE, look at the sources of its power. That includes money but also co-operative 287(g) agreements with state and local govts. Blocking and reversing those agreements weakens ICE capacity. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-federali...

The media and academia have an obligation to not remain neutral in the face of authoritarianism. These institutions need liberal institutions to exist in any meaningful way. Authoritarianism is an existential threat. Our devotion to "neutrality" will keep us from fighting for our own survival.

The stupid Republicans in Congress today set a precedent: It will now be OK for Democrats, when they take back control, to haul ex-president Trump into the chamber to testify under oath about his many crimes.

I miss shame.

I know, reich?

Black #Harvard receiving the news of the #Summers resignation! 😂 share.google/iBPVvMPaZ37w...

Good riddance!!! Of course, #Summers spins it as a retirement to pursue other interests. 🧐 www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Thanks to @wbez.org and @sashaannsimons.bsky.social for giving me a chance to join an esteemed panel to comment on the political legacy of #JesseJackson. ‘The last of the great mobilizers’: How Rev. Jesse Jackson changed the narrative of who could run for president www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

I’ve worked alongside @julianastratton.bsky.social for years. Prepared. Principled. Unafraid to take on Trump and ICE. That’s who she is—and that’s what Illinois saw tonight.

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

#AlexPretti is a martyr for American Democracy and a hero for trying to protect a woman from the thug militia that #Trump has unleashed on our cities. #RIP

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

1/3 We love this 💚 Sens. Kaine & Warnock are pushing back on HHS policy that strips telework as a reasonable accommodation--a move that has already harmed disabled workers & veterans at CDC and across HHS 🚨 The letter calls the policy unlawful and demands it be reversed.

Which is way less than what @shedeursanders.bsky.social did at Colorado in terms of performance and way more in terms of bad behavior, but I bet the "owners" of the NFL will have no trouble forgiving this youthful indiscretion and taking him in Round 1.

For President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, cruelty is part of the strategy. That’s why we remain vigilant: if the Trump-Vance admin deploys unlawful and inhumane immigration tactics in houses of worship during important holiday celebrations, we’ll be ready to meet them in court.

Feels odd to agree with the WSJ and NY Post, but there it is. www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-pape...

Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k. These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day"). Unemployment is now up to 4.6%. This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.

Note to corporate @democrats.org, real progressive economic policy ideas are wildly popular with the American people.

Rob Reiner, legendary director and actor, and wife found dead www.msn.com/en-us/movies...

I am thrilled to see my paper with the brilliant @tabithabonilla.bsky.social in print. We find that racial justice frames mobilize Democratic constituencies to support Democratic candidates at the ballot box. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Rich guys always think the "economy" is the stock market and their non-existent tax bills. @democrats.org need a bunch of "Let them eat cake" ads featuring #Trump right now, while people are feeling the high costs of the holiday season.

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Trump is using the military national guard ICE against all of us citizens snd non citizens. I don’t want to live where we are snatched off the street by masked persons in unmarked cars or subject to stop and searches & detained for no reason. Vote republicans out!

Maybe kamala should have made housing affordability the center of her campaign.

And national Dems are going out of their way to caveat their support and bring attention to the most controversial thing the guy said while leaving out the larger context that made said thing not nearly as bad as it sounds. Ace team of politicians

Trump and Musk cut $1 billion in funds that schools + food banks use to buy food from local producers. These cuts hurt Arkansas farmers, our kids, and the poorest among us. Why isn't Sarah using her close personal relationship with the president to protect Arkansas farmers, children, and families?

The stock price for #Depend adult diapers should be through the roof right now: helluva long “speech” 😂😂😂.

Wow. Even Ronald Regan never compared himself to a messiah. And he was shot for real. #SOTU

They deleted ALL the CDC datasets. I have a 160GB archive bittorrenting on my laptop right now compliments of the Datahoarder subreddit who managed to get copies of most of them. We're at the "citizens circulating censored facts using arcane internet protocols" stage of dystopia and it's only Wk6.

This article is everything. www.refinery29.com/en-us/2025/0... By Brea Baker. Telling it like it is: Susan Taylor Batten of ABFE, @alvintilleryjr.bsky.social, and @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social

A second ex just hit the stage for Kendrick’s performance

Drake got cooked by an adorable ass nigga & I cant get over it

www.eventcreate.com/e/defending-... Please join the #AllianceForBlackEquality as we discuss ways to defend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and #DEI programs.

It took me a while to understand this and for that I apologize It was unfathomable to me that either of those things were threatening to anyone Certainly not a plurality of anyones But Black Americans knew

What I’ve learned from being taught Black history from childhood is that It Did Happen Here. Not only have Black people lived under fascist structures for the vast majority of US history, but the Confederacy was the forerunner of fascist ideology and antidemocratic efforts before Europe tried.

The fundamental problem with the Union was that it didn’t have the will to punish the Confederacy. So here we are. Again.

I bet the orange menace saw the stock market drop and backed down. How could a @whartonschool.bsky.social valedictorian not foresee the market reaction?!? 😂🤷🏽‍♂️

I’ve been screaming this in every interview. Wonder how many of my quotes will make it past the Boomer editorial leads in the legacy media. 🤷🏽‍♂️😳