#SPIRITDAY is tomorrow! Take the pledge now to take a stand for LGBTQ youth: glaad.org/spiritday 💜

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

Yesterday was a needed moment to pause a bit and come together with friends in the full broadness of the party, standing in who we each are and with one another. That's what it means to be a Democrat. 1/3

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Speaking over someone incessantly during a debate is evidence of fear--W.E-S can't handle the strength of voice & confidence of position of @abigailspanberger.com. It also shows absolute disrespect for the voters who want to hear from the candidates by not allowing them to. You know what to do:

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...

This is heavy.

They’re bombing the homes of judges now.

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ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident. Release Steve Held.

We lost a warrior, a freedom fighter, a visionary, someone who changed the way I see the world. May Assata Shakur rest in power with the ancestors!

"We have nothing to lose but our chains." A forever bar for a forever icon. Rest in Power Assata Shakur.

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Rest in Power Assata Shakur

“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” - Assata Shakur Deeply saddened to learn of Assata Shakur's passing. The world is less.

This horror will get worse. This is Trump’s fascism on steroids. Horrific and indefensible. “An ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital.” — NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

For generations, Black women have crafted the blueprint for survival—organizing & advocating for our liberation. So grateful to Renee Bracey Sherman, Alexis McGill Johnson, & Regina Davis Moss for sharing the stage at #ALC54 to discuss the role of Black women in the fight for reproductive justice.

Focus, people. Democrats are fighting for your lives!

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde

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. 🗳️

Somehow, I don't see a lot of posts about the famine/genocide going on in Sudan. Wonder why that is: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Rather than energy to "win" arguments, energy toward ensuring everyone is safe, at peace, thriving. Actualize a different world.

I'm Tim Cywinski and I'm running for Va's First Congressional district because I'm tired of half-measures and broken promises. Delivering real solutions for real people is not a matter of possibility, it's a matter of political will. I hope you'll support my campaign to build A New Way Forward

1. VA gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears (R) has released one of the most vicious and dishonest attack ads in recent history, falsely claiming her opponent supports a notorious sex offender The ad is backed, directly and indirectly, by some of the nation's most prominent corporations

We are in the midst of a serious teacher shortage. While not unique to Virginia, we can be the leader in solving this crisis. As Governor, teacher recruitment and retention will be one of my top priorities — and I’ll work to make sure our educators have the benefits and recognition they deserve.

The situation in Afghanistan is the most serious women’s rights crisis in the world. An inadequate international response poses grave dangers to the rights of women and girls everywhere. reliefweb.int/report/afgha...

Leaving so soon?

If you want to "protect women's sports," you better support who women's sports support. #FreeDC #ProtectTransKids

Don't miss all the women involved in solving this cold case. And there was only 1 other Commonwealth’s Attorney in this time period from the crime to prosecution. Thank you, Amy Ashworth.

"Katrina showed the true hearts of the people." -- "Big Chief" Donald Harrison sharing what his wife said, "Katrina: Come Hell or High Water"

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.

I detest that in just one week this story is gone from the media cycle. An Israeli citizen & report of Netanyahu was charged & arrested for attempting to rape a 14-year-old child. He was bailed out & flew back to Israel, despite an Aug 27 court date. WHY??? www.qasimrashid.com/p/netanyahu-...

Winsome Earle-Sears said Trump’s tax bill “does so many great things” — yet it raises costs for families across the Commonwealth. We’ve heard enough. It’s clear that she cares more about Trump than making life easier for Virginians. See for yourself:

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

Thinking you can just swap out one Black person for another is kinda racist.

pictured here: "stupid 90 year old white hippies"?

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

This is up there with white ppl wanting Jon Stewart to run for president. Honestly...I'm beginning to think white people can't be trusted with democracy. You all have no natural predators and it shows in your behavior and instincts.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

When I see Asians working for ICE I feel a surprising and bone deep sense of betrayal that I genuinely did not think I could, given the number of Asian cops particularly in the Bay Area.

Facts.

Good time to reshare this banger youtu.be/Y9OOVLNl49k?...

James Baldwin in 1979 speaking at UC Berkeley on Palestine & Israel. Profound. Powerful. Painful.

A better world is possible. From DC to LA, we are united to reject this administration’s agenda of violence and celebrate one another instead. #FreeDC

david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.

Israel's massacre of Palestinian journalists has been unconscionable. And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Haiti. Free the Congo. Free the Philippines. Free Hawaii. Free Puerto Rico.

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza