Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:

People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.

This week I told a senior about a local program and that senior already called the program and let me know they will get help that will keep them off the streets. You don’t need to fight in the streets if that’s not your thing. You can do *something* tho. And that something will matter.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Shameful

We've now crossed 3k - some of the offices people have looked up in the last few days: - Kansas City School Board - OH state house - NC state house - OH board of education - FL state house - Indianapolis county council Among many many many others

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

Alaskans stood together today to feed their neighbors outside of Nick Begich’s office. If he is not going to feed the people, we will. Nick do your job! Pay out SNAP benefits immediately. Photo credit: Jeff Chen, Native Movement.

🎉 Dems have overperformed an avg of 15 pts across 55 Special Elections so far, winning 36 of them including *flipping* 6 GOP seats! There's ~2 DOZEN MORE on the calendar! UP NEXT: 12/02: TN-07 Aftyn Behn KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. DONATE TODAY! #Blue25 #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...

If you're at CrookedCon today & thinking about running for office, drop by the @runforsomething.net table at the VSA Action Hub anytime & our team will help you get started, or come by at 1pm for a quick 30 minute "running for office 101" session. (Plus, find me bopping around and say hi!)

HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net

Your generosity is amazing. $35,000+ raised since last night to feed seniors in need in the Denver Metro Area. The non-profit Benefits in Action delivers food boxes. Current need exceeds their funding. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations here: www.coloradogives.org/story/01kg2f

Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.

Call your Dem Senators and tell them to fight on! Call your GOP reps and tell them this is their shutdown and they need to extend ACA tax credits! bsky.app/profile/5cal...

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva…. #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

Sandwich guy NOT GUILTY! 😂

Because the country failed miserably at Reconstruction and instead of treating the South as “conquered”, they told them “Good game. Don’t do it again.” And then washed their hands of it and the nation has suffered ever since.

If sandwich guy wins, somebody should make a statue of him throwing a sandwich at one of the confederate statues.

There are a lot more of US. We are America. This is a poll of all American adults—including nonvoters. About 40% of independents identify as supporters of the No Kings movement, only 20% of independents lean more toward MAGA. Hurrah Independents!

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Make space on your phone to document ICE atrocities.

One of the fired Teen Vogue reporters also posted about a GoFundMe for their collective emergency expenses, so that'd be a thing to do in any event. bsky.app/profile/lexi...

Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases. It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.

Are you still using Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify

Attn folks in Delaware, Nevada, New Hampshire, Maine, & Michigan! Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare. Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first! Names & phone numbers below.

Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet? Help archives help you! (Help archives keep funding!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A big thank you to our poll workers and election judges for your commitment to democracy. Minnesota’s elections are safe, free, and fair because of you.

You know what would be a great way to celebrate Mamdani’s historic win? Donate to a food bank. Give to community fridges. Call and check on your disabled or elderly neighbour and see if they need groceries. SNAP still hasn’t been funded and people need help now.

After four years, the time arrived for a new phone case. So I ordered directly from Otterbox and even got swayed into buying one of the fifty percent off coffee tumblers. I don't wanna lie to you guys, but I'm 80 percent sure November makes one year Amazon-free for me. #NoBillionaires

Best message ever. Somehow along the way, many of us forget that “BY the people” means more than just voting for President every four years.

Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back. That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

It’s worth thinking today of all the elections you *aren’t* hearing about because they were unopposed. In so many sheriff and prosecutor offices in particular, including in blue-ish or even solidly blue areas, “tough-on-crime” folks often reign for many years without ever being challenged.

If you aren't following @boltsmag.org you don't deserve all the nice things we got last night.

Run For Something. Run for EVERYTHING!

I canceled WaPo and set up a recurring donation to @boltsmag.org instead

1. This is a fight over healthcare. At the end of the year, if Congress doesn’t act, 24 million Americans will see their healthcare costs skyrocket – on average doubling every month.

🙌

Folks, my team at @boltsmag.org is bringing you all the results all night... but they're not at 100K followers yet. Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!

I sure am enjoying No Kings 3 tonight.

If you’re still online, stay online. Don’t stop scrolling!!

In the 2 weeks after Mamdani won in June, 10k ppl signed up with @runforsomething.net to consider a run for local office - our biggest surge *ever*. Like it or not (& I do!!) he's shaping the future of the Democratic Party. If you want something different, get other people to run.

Know your rights when voting today.

Do today's vibes have you thinking about a run for office yourself? Our next @runforsomething.net intro call is 11/19. 100% free. RSVP now. www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...