After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said 😳

It's time to call your Democratic Senator and tell them that Chuck Schumer must step aside. Our movement deserves a leader who will meet this moment with strength. Find the script and make the call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal... #StepAside #AZIndivisibles

“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming? "Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies" abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Chicago tackles its rat problem. . .

"lol", said the scorpion, "lmao"

Congratulations, Dee Maitland, on your excellent Letter to the Editor on the topic of "What will remain"! Those images you list are lingering in our eyes and indelibly imprinted on our brains.

Inspiring, hopeful, encouraging, invigorating: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

Ugh - so disgusting

Sen. Ruben Gallego do NOT vote to open the government for a promise of an ACA vote in December! That will NEVER HAPPEN. DON'T DO EET!!!! @gallego.senate.gov

Sen. Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social do NOT open the government for a pinky-promise of an ACA vote in December! It will not happen and you will look like a fool who got taken! DON'T DO EET!

“… this current regime is establishing an empire built on the starvation and murder of children.” sojo.net/articles/opi...

Protecting our vote: If you are a citizen, make sure you have the documentation. Those who are citizens but don't have the documentation may need our logistic and financial help to GET that documentation. Keep copies safe bc ICE will seize your passport and then arrest you for being a non-citizen.

Yes, thank you Bruce Hilpert. This really pulls it all together in an extremely sharp letter. That last sentence is a killer: "Increasing our deficit to fund billionaires' lavish lifestyles sure sounds like waste, fraud, and abuse to me."

“The deal also brought the government’s investigation into Epstein’s finances to a halt. According to the former law enforcement official, the money-laundering probe remained open until the day of Epstein's guilty plea.” @jasonleopold.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/ifin... bsky.app/profile/ifin...

Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions. CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social

Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago: A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility. “Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.

This is THE most important book I’ve read in my whole life. I’ve spent years trying to get people to read it & ordered copies for friends family and neighbors after I first read it. If only more had read it and listened to DOCTOR @sarahkendzior.bsky.social we might not be under Nazi rule etc now.

Thune and his colleagues, of course, have piously pledged over and over that they will never touch the filibuster, something they used over and over when Biden was president. Democrats who blocked change, including Manchin and Sinema, took that as gospel. Some of us knew better. 2

Instead of suggesting that he and Senate Republicans were talking with Senate Democrats to find a way out of this mess, John Thune gave Chuck Schumer the middle finger. Maybe that is a negotiating tactic. More likely, Thune, under Trump pressure, is laying the stage to blow up the filibuster. 1

ICYMI: In a win for Arizona voters, a state appeals court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to hand-count ballots — a proposal rooted in election denial rhetoric. As a result of the ruling, state elections will continue to rely on voting machines. https://bit.ly/43OWI9w

#HealingHearts I'm learning this again & again: those who truly care won't leave you no matter what you share. There's so much ugliness in the abuse we've survived we start to feel we're the ugly. No. We've lived through it, & it's time to shine bright. #CSASurvivor #CPTSD #Pinks #ProudBlue 💛💚💜

It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

"Give yourself the gift of hoping and believing that January 2027 will be when we can begin the process of restoring our democracy after the midterm elections, and 2029 will be the end of this administration." -- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044

Congratulations Teresa Goodell for your excellent Letter to the Editor in today's Arizona Daily Star! We aren't done yet and we won't stop protecting our democracy. Forward together. Not one step back!

Wow, what an amazing essay - chock full of great ideas and fascinating insights! Indivisible Tucson has a large, skilled, and energetic Letters to the Editor team. I will share this with them in the hopes that it will inspire and reinvigorate them. SUCH important work!!!

This is exactly right. Punish Democrats. The fact that it also punishes hungry Republicans is of no consequence.

While this proposal offers huge compromises to Republicans, it shows that Democrats are serious about ending the Trump Shutdown with a deal that addresses the needs of working families. 🧵

Wonderful thread, thank you. I love Wikipedia and donate to it (recurring).

🚨Damn. Dallas, Texas is paving the way; showing us all that decency is of greater value than money. Bravo Dallas!!! 1/2

Federal judges have ruled against Trump's lawlessness an astounding 94% of the cases - both Republican and Democratic appointed judges. This video is worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgU...

As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years 🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

Makes more sense now

Love this Pelosi anecdote via @semafor.com www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

American: “I’m paying more at the grocery store.” Trump: “No you’re not.” American: “I mean…I am. I have the receipt right here.” Trump: “Prices are WAY down.” American: “They’re just…not.” Trump: “Are too!” American: “…” Trump: “…” American: “…” Trump: “I’ve ended 22 wars!”

"I stick up for Adolf Hitler. Not a lot of people do because in many cases they're jealous. They wish they did what he did. They would have no problems if they did what he did."

If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here

The Trump admin is making the planes run on time in the same way that Mussolini made the trains run on time—by not actually doing it, but by pressuring everyone to just say that’s what’s happening.

Thank you, Dee Maitland, for your wonderful Letter to the Editor in today's Arizona Daily Star. There are lessons to be learned even from what seems like a simple personal tragedy.

🔌 Higher utility bills were a major mover in political races on Tuesday. “When you say “climate,” that just seems too far in the future for people. But when you put it in terms of everyday expenditures, people start to listen for sure.” - Dan Jasper. Full article in Grist: https://bit.ly/43eOG9L

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

First, they came for the immigrants… utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/03/u... @utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

“There is a strong link that’s been found in political science research connecting peaceful protest to election outcomes.” @ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the connection between No Kings Day and the surging turnout on Tuesday.

Backstage at The Orpheum with the Junior Senator and the Last Jedi.