part of the political issue is that popular understanding of mid century america is filtered through nostalgia-drenched popular culture, often through stories told from the perspective of a child or, if not a child, an affluent adult

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

At the #CSW69 side event on Countering Regression and Anti-Rights Movements Powerful remarks from Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng: when right to health is affected, the right to economic participation, to sports, to enjoying life is threated. The right to #health underpins other #HumanRights.

Senegal 🇸🇳 President DIOMAYE FAYE, President of Senegal said: "I don't really want my photographs in your offices, because I'm not a God or an icon, but a servant of the nation. Hang pictures of your children instead and look at them every time you want to make a decision…….”

Do not confuse Canadian politeness with weakness. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 🍁

Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.

Canadians! Join me in signing: UNIFOR.org/EndIPV In ON, police reported instances of IPV are ⬆️ 11% since 2019. 44% – of 🇨🇦 women report having been subjected to IPV. This is a widespread public health emergency that needs to be declared an epidemic. #IWD2025 #EndIPV #Canada #HumanRights

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

I heart Tina Smith.

Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO. Not for me. It’s been a wonderful 8 years working with Kennedy Center President Deb Rutter, fellow artistic advisor Renee Fleming, NSO artistic administrator Justin Ellis, and the entire NSO

I know people are suggesting scripts for calls to your reps to make it less intimidating for newbies. But as a veteran of congressional offices, I am 95% sure they are simply keeping tallies of how many ppl call about which issues. 🧵

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

Join us for a “Know Your Rights” Virtual Town Hall, where we’re breaking down the law, answering your questions, and making sure you have the tools to protect yourself and your community. 📅 Thursday, February 20, 2025 ⏰ 6:00 PM 💻 Live Stream – Sign up now : tx30.us/townhall

My favorite thing about being a mom is I grew people inside of my body and now I get to watch them relentlessly annoy my husband

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. www.rainbowrailroad.org #transliberation 🌈🩷🤍🩵🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQ #Pride2025

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We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Our collective mantra for the foreseeable future is: << Fuck you. Make me. >>

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have a good weekend to everyone out there except the people who are trying to ruin everything

I just thought you all could use this photo of my new foster.

White, non-Hispanic men - the only group Trump seems to care about - only make up something like 2/5ths of the US military (women are ~15%, non-white non-hispanic people are about 50%) The numbers get worse when you exclude LGBT, religions minorities, etc that Trump hates as well.

Trump has evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan a star admiral from her home with 3 hrs of notice Border security & an “excessive focus” on diversity, equity are inclusion among the reasons cited for her dismissal. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

The Alliance for Retired Americans filed a lawsuit against Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary for disclosing information and treasury data to DOGE. A hearing on the restraining order is at 3:00. 🍿

I would have voted to subpoena Elon Musk. They called a procedural vote without notice. I like 8 others didn’t make it on time. Musk’s attacks on our institutions are unconstitutional. He should be subpoenaed and answer to our committee. They need to call the vote again with notice.

How’s the constitutional crisis treating everyone? Is this your first or were you alive for Nixon? #Coup

Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

Bye bye Starlink. 🖕

British Columbia is already pulling the American liquor.

From the wonderful Bruce MacKinnon! 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs

1,100 EPA employees have been notified of imminent termination.

Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world. Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends. www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...

Put AOC in charge

I think the liberalish law professors insisting that their hobgoblin FedSoc buddies are acting in good faith and the Senate Ds being quietly polite are suffering from very similar brain worms No one wants to admit their colleagues are bad people

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Leute beschweren sich darüber, dass es nichts fürs Leben bringen würde, in der Schule Literatur auf rhetorische Mittel zu analysieren und kommentieren dann schlecht verschleierte N*zi-Codes mit „it’s not that deep“.

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali