this is literally never not accurate

I stand with @sanders.senate.gov. This is not about politics, but about real people. It's not about securing a vote for show, but preventing premium hikes for Americans who are scared of what that will mean for them.

DO NOT CAVE!

Oh, this is horrible. There was never a doubt trump would destroy everything. Excellent reporting, depressing as hell.

I feel physically sick. You couldn’t change the freakin curtains without permission before.

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

This is DELICIOUS

Adding it to the list! 🙏🏻

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

frog and chewbacca dance to brass solidarity band, the band formed by community members around george floyd square, at no kings minneapolis

No Kings protest in San Jose was packed and full of colorful costumes and signs!

This is the way.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Jose (50501/Indivisible)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Delightful!

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Militarized federal agents raided a Chicago apartment complex and pulled men, women, and children from their homes and into U-haul vans, separating the children from their parents. Some people were pulled from their bed naked and terrified in the dead of night.

I talked this week with Chris Hayes and Anand Giradahadras, highlight was Chris mentioning No Kings protests on October 18th. Free speech is action not spectacle. Please join in. www.nokings.org

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Bookselling compatriots in the Bay Area, or publishing buds with remote positions, hit me up if you need a big brain with strong opinions for your team 👀 I’m on the lookout.

The Washington Post obtained a 38-page prospectus outlining a plan to turn Gaza into a U.S.-administered trusteeship for the next 10 years so the Trump regime and techno-fascist billionaires can build “AI-powered, smart cities”. It reveals a concerted effort to ethnically cleanse and colonize Gaza.

This looks like a useful resource for educators and those interested in fascism. Anyone who’s paying attention, really. www.natcom.org/addressing-a...

Thank you for refusing to back down, @qasimrashid.com !!!!

@teresarobeson.com I was so happy to see your book at my library in Santa Clara!

FREE DC! STATEHOOD NOW!THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

YES PLEASE

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Logging onto Bluesky.

Now is not the time to despair. Now is the time for action. This bill is a devastating blow against the American people. It will make retaking our democracy much more difficult. However, our mission has not changed. They win when we give up. We must continue the fight.

San Jose, CA area pals, I need to hit the streets. Any actions happening today or tomorrow? I DISSENT

Who wants to read yet another cishet picture book? UGH won’t someone think of the children?! Seriously, I’m full of rage right now

@jackohman.bsky.social tribute to @anntelnaes.bsky.social

WTF.

In Bell, CA an entire community stood up against ICE, including the local police and the fire dept. The fire truck appears to not allow ICE vehicles to move forward nor remain and pushes forward to escort them out. A police car also helped with escorting. /

I am SO EXCITED @petridishes.bsky.social left the Post and now writes for the @theatlantic.com !!!! Her writing is the perfect mix of pee-your-pants funny and howl into the void.

COUP.

This is most-assuredly worth 2 minutes of your time.

Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics. Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “From Palo Alto to Sunnyvale: Historic 7x7k Rally on El Camino Real” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... I picked the segment near the Phyllis/Calderon intersection in Mountain View, CA with bubbles and storytime stuff in case there are kids.

Friendly reminder! If you want to support the right to read by purchasing a banned book or taking it out from the library your impact will be much greater if you choose a living author. Orwell is great and all, but he's not doing much with your money.

I dunno. I saw a lot of bananas spring up yesterday…

Angry!!! How dare we make kids cry over bringing Magic Tree House books from home?!?

So many wonderful books here!

“Help you! You must help yourself,” the dog replied, carefully winding himself with his left hind leg. “I suppose you know why you got stuck.” “I guess I just wasn’t thinking,” said Milo. “PRECISELY,” shouted the dog as his alarm went off again. “Now you know what you must do.”

Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night. When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠

Well. Nihilism is interesting but shouldn't be driving public policy.

Gonna give y'all some freebie headlines: MUSK DEPARTS, LEAVING TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION, DEFICITS, AND DEATHS MUSK SCORECARD: EMPTY PROMISES, FEDERAL WORKFORCE BRAIN DRAIN MUSK'S LEGACY: CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS REPLACED WITH INCOMPETENT WHITE NATIONALISTS DOGE HARMS WILL PERSIST FOR GENERATIONS

In which I have the sinking feeling of boredom. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...

This brings me such joy as a former Marylander and UMCP alumna. Also, our commencement speaker in 1992 was Bill Cosby…would have much preferred Kermit.