Republicans claim to be the party of small government with deep concern about budget deficits. The truth is they love the biggest government of all: global military empire, and they want just the parts that invade, kill and conquer. #NoKingsNoWars

Trump is trying to put his toxic, supremacist imprint on this year's 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. But there is an alternative: a grassroots project uniting diverse Americans to draft a Declaration of Interdependence. You can join in at #Next250.

The West is appalled by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Couldn't care less about the blockade of Cuba, the invasion of Lebanon or the continuing Genocide in Gaza.

I've thought of trying to get an online army to just tag all these pieces of bad news #theydidthis and this is a big one. When the catastrophes, the hunger, the breakdowns happen, please trace it all back to #theydidthis.

For any of the self-proclaimed "voices of the left" still criticizing rather than engaging with #NoKings style organizing that is bringing millions into the streets, I don't know what to say other than maybe read up on what a popular front is? 👇 There is a reason they are called MASS movements.

A planet, if you can keep it.

We live in dark times.

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

Yep, no biggie. Just Trump appointing as the new Attorney General another of his personal lawyers, who totally coincidentally met with Ghislaine Maxwell and defends the reputation of Epstein's party buddies. Totally normal way to run a government and there is definitely no Epstein cover-up.🙃

Though much of the media coverage may lead one to think otherwise, polls show a large majority of Jewish Americans and Iranian-Americans oppose the war.

But maybe I should be more open-minded. We in the woke mob can be quick to judge. After all there are upsides to having someone with magical teleporting abilities at FEMA. Maybe in the aftermath of the next big climate disaster he can just teleport emergency supplies where they are needed?

Ah yes, Anthropic, well known for their respect for copyright. 🙃

Wow! More Swamp.

Sounds like even freaking Alex Jones agrees that Trump sounds crazy. 😆

Oh I think some of those prayers are working…. More and more people are waking up to realize the entire Republican Party is a cult made by and built for the billionaires club. If it keeps going the way it’s going there won’t be a Republican Party! Or wait… that’s the part I am praying for!

Sorry to be a party pooper but I'm not feeling the #moon launch enthusiasm. The moon is amazing. But I think we should celebrate it from afar until we deal with our shit down here. Cuz come on people this ain't Star Trek! They just want to beat China to colonizing & mining the shit out it. 1/2

Bookmark this for the “but Obama’s Iran deal was bad” people in your life

Ah yes, Anthropic, well known for their respect for copyright. 🙃

No Kings had a 60-70 person turn out in Aurora Nebraska. That is rural Nebraska in a red state. Aurora is the largest town in the county at only 4,600. And still had 60-70 people show up. People criticizing #nokings are deluding themselves if they think this is ineffective.

2/2 The celestial body that could use a lot more of our attention is one called EARTH. You may have noticed we have some "issues" and (with apologies to Sun Ra) space ain't the place we're going to solve them. In honor of the #moon launch I'm pulling this old gem from my party pooper archives👇

Oil market verdict on Trump’s Iran War address:

Listening to Trump's addled, slurring, lies to to justify an illegal, immoral and unpopular war, I find myself again thinking why aren't Dems constantly calling for his removal under the 25th amendment? His toadies won't do it BUT it might shift the narrative and put the regime on the defensive.

Sorry to be a party pooper but I'm not feeling the #moon launch enthusiasm. The moon is amazing. But I think we should celebrate it from afar until we deal with our shit down here. Cuz come on people this ain't Star Trek! They just want to beat China to colonizing & mining the shit out it. 1/2

Not an April Fools joke... Because Trump has cursed us all by elevating cruel, delusional, white men into positions of power.

For any of the self-proclaimed "voices of the left" still criticizing rather than engaging with #NoKings style organizing that is bringing millions into the streets, I don't know what to say other than maybe read up on what a popular front is? 👇 There is a reason they are called MASS movements.

It's as if we're declaring war on the future. Deliberately sabotaging the planetary functions on which future generations of all life on Earth depend. #ClimateSky #Degrowth

Not an April Fools joke... Because Trump has cursed us all by elevating cruel, delusional, white men into positions of power.

RESOURCE: Wedge issues are constantly being weaponized by the right-wing to divide and weaken the resistance to their fascist takeover. It's critical our movements understand how to defend against these attacks and as usual @22ndcentury.bsky.social has some really helpful and accessible analysis.

no one more bad ass than the iranian girl on a swing in bandar abbas

April fool's day is not ok, ban it.

How can they see it other than as a type of insanity? A greed so pathological it conjures its own force field of denial. A crime of such scale it needs new words to explain it: Temporal warfare? Generational extermination? Omnicide? What is the opposite of venerating your ancestors? 6/8

Repeat after me: If they can overturn Roe v. Wade, we can overturn Citizens United… And we will.

Unpopular opinion2: climate change and its effects on human beings—especially looking into the future—is really bad. Like way worse than average people understand. Therefore, we do not ever need to exaggerate or lie to get people to pay attention and take action.

A brief interruption from my usual pontificating to note a personal milestone: 4000 followers! 🥳 Welcome aboard new friends, fellow freedom fighters & probably some bots. I'm honored to be a data point in your algorithmic tsunami & attract an occasional fragment of your fleeting attention. 🙏 1/3

It's Trans Day of Visibility, a day that brings incredibly complicated feelings during a hard time. But TNN exists because we believe in the power of unrepentant trans defiance. Not cleaned up for the cis or assimilated into a dying empire. Trans survival and joy as they exist now. Today. Proudly

Need some inspiration in these dark times? Look to the growing movement of Indigenous-led buffalo rematriation. This great @prismreports.org article overviews the transformative work happening to heal the wounds of settler colonialism and ecocide by bringing back our buffalo relatives.

Hey @volts.wtf some feedback about your 2/6 pod on climate science: For real!? Of ALL the scientists, you chose one that works for JP Morgan, the literal largest funder of fossil fuels on the planet? And you didn't even ask her about it? 🤯 Wtf man... we expect better. 1/2 🔌💡 #ClimateSky

I hope all those people who said the US had done no planning for war in Iran will now apologise. www.ft.com/content/744e...

Right there in the middle of the map is the key character at the heart of this whole imperial snafu. Kind of surreal that character is trillions of dead ancient marine microorganisms with the power to impact the fate of nations, industries and perhaps our whole planetary civilization. #Iran

your grandparents voting for reagan

Going to give the last word on this thread to Diana di Prima. #RestInPower because it is us—the proverbial “we the people” organized to revoke our consent from illegitimate authority—who must be that undoing. #NoKings

In case you missed the memo: May 1 is the next big step. We have 5 weeks to harness all the popular outrage into the escalating collective action against the regime. 10s of 1000s of May Day organizing flyers were handed out just at various #NoKings events in the SF Bay area. #PeoplePower

Best #NoKings mutant vehicle. Snail power!

Right there in the middle of the map is the key character at the heart of this whole imperial snafu. Kind of surreal that character is trillions of dead ancient marine microorganisms with the power to impact the fate of nations, industries and perhaps our whole planetary civilization. #Iran

The NYT’s editorial penchant for reactionary centrism is not only fascist appeasement is also just plain old bad journalism. By any standard the #NoKings protests are a huge and historic story.

Summer started 40 days early this year in Phoenix

Oakland #NoKings lining up in the streets by organized contingents. The plan vs the beautiful, slightly more chaotic reality.

The "wine mom" thing is a rhetorical cudgel used to reinforce patriarchy and delegitimize groups of women making a difference in their communities.

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

Oakland #NoKings march heading into the tunnel.