Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are doing a Town Hall on CNN this Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time)

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

🧐… Checks out… 👇

It’s unnerving but I’m starting to like it

"There is not bigger set of snowflakes than Republicans in power" –Roxane Gay

Noam Chomsky

A new bill backed by Rubio would allow the Secretary of State to revoke U.S. citizens’ passports over political speech without any legal due process. truthout.org/articles/new...

Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office has a new leader. Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the office in July. The MMIR office seeks to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing or are murdered.

It has become that time of evening When people sit on their porches, Rocking gently and talking gently And watching the street And the standing up into their sphere Of possession of the trees, Of birds’ hung havens, hangars. People go by; things go by “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” excerpt James Agee

Chicago Mayor Deploys Salt Trucks as Mobile Barricades to Block ICE Operations

Trump is going to run the Kennedy Center in the ground just like he did Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Mortgage Co, Trump Vodka, Trump Airline, etc. I bet he eventually tears it down and builds condos or a gold-filled Trump museum.

Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

This is somehow too complex for a lot of people: If you take away due process for someone, then you take away due process for everyone. It only works as a universal right. Otherwise, they can just say you're part of an excluded group and you have no ability to prove you're not.

The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump. Join us.

There is no origin story of the police without the story of the reorganization of human society by the birth, expansion, and dominance of the system of capitalism.

UPDATE: @GovBillLee is joining 18 other governors in sending Tennessee National Guard troops to help Trump’s authoritarian show of force in American cities, using soldiers for pure politics. We have heard from multiple soldiers who say this isn’t what they signed up for.

In the wake of Trump’s accusation that the Smithsonian focuses too much on “how bad slavery was,” the White House released a list targeting “divisive” exhibitions and artworks to purge from the institution.

On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump’s Whitewashing of History

RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME (AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL NEAR YOU)! - SEPT. 1ST, 2025

Charlotte knows what's up.

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

Right there! Arrest them all!

If the Whitney, unlike the Smithsonian, is so anti-censorship, how come they suspended their Independent Study Program over pro-Palestinian content? Former Associate Director Sara Nadal-Melsió examines this dissonance and the resulting impact on the arts community.

“It’s purely driven by our need to protect & save what protected & saved us.” The Miccosukee Tribe joined a lawsuit against the state & federal governments for the secrecy & environmental harm in constructing “Alligator Alcatraz,” Alexandra Martinez reports. prismreports.org/2025/08/05/a...

Quarry Gardens in Schuyler, Virginia reclaimed soapstone quarry quarrygardensatschuyler.org

ICYMI — COLBERT CLOWNS BURCHETT: “You can’t folksy your way out of this one.” Colbert rips Rep. Burchett for hopping on TV to downplay Trump’s Epstein cover-up, and feigning ignorance about how bad it all looks.

The painter Amy Sherald canceled her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery after learning that her portrait of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to keep in line with Trump’s anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.

We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting. Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience

“I believe that the main thing that is stifling dissent is not repression or threats to freedom of expression but rather that far too many people continue to place their hope in this government and this system.” — artist Dread Scott in a 2010 interview with Hyperallergic

WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social clowns 🤡 attention-starved Burchett for selling out his constituents for some signed Trump merch and a pat on the head. #BumblinBurchett Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30R-...

Happy 4th of July

NASHVILLE State Rep. @calebhemmer.bsky.social: “The so-called ‘new normal’ under the Trump administration is anything but normal, and we must not accept it as such.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

The Republican budget bill working its way through Congress would massively increase funding for immigration enforcement. "If the House votes for this bill, you will see ICE now being the single largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the nation," says @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social.

🚨 House Republicans could try to pass Trump’s Tax Scam today. We only need to flip four votes to save Medicaid and SNAP from being gutted to fund billionaire tax cuts. If you or anyone you know is represented by a Republican, they need to hear from you immediately: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

This is a staggering amount of money. It’s bigger than the Department of Transportation spending on all infrastructure. It’s bigger than all of the federal R&D done for both the military and all federal science agencies. Disgusting.

The signs are a part of the Trump administration’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order.

National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact. By @amartinezla.bsky.social and Iman Maani

The government’s unparalleled actions toward international students have created an environment of fear, with many now avoiding summer travel to see their families.