“If [@markey.senate.gov] continues on his current trajectory, his legacy may very well be complicity in handing his seat over to a moderate Democrat who has shown a preference for capitulation to Republican framing...” nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-ma...

People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.

“So to those who opposed Mamdani…stop pretending your loyalty is to working people when it has always been to wealthy donors. The rest of us are building a working class party worthy of its own FDR legacy—one that fights corporate greed rather than serving it.“

I'd respect Schumer more if he simply said, "Look, if I vote for & support Mamdani, then we lose immense funding from billionaire donors. I can't take that risk." That way, while still abject cowardice, at least his view is honest. As low as the bar is, I prefer an honest coward to a deceptive one.

youtu.be/v0yGTV3OsUM?... I’m trying to only put positive energy out into the world. But I can still find time to take a break to say: Fuck you @schumer.senate.gov . Fuck you too @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .

The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans. Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.

> AWS debuted a new sustainability campaign in November 2022 called “Water Positive”, with a commitment to “return more water than it uses” by 2030. Kudos to The Guardian for making it all the way through this article without using the phrase “taking the piss”. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders

Seriously. Does WaPo get dizzy from all that spinning?

More than 7M people took part in No Kings rallies across the nation today, making it the largest single-day protest in U.S. history and surpassing the June demonstration, which drew just over 5M. In only 4 months, millions more Americans have decided that they’ve had enough.

I’m a little tired of reading headlines today that juxtapose Israeli “hostages” with Palestinian “detainees”.

These individual acts of moral courage may seem insignificant. Collectively, they are what will save us.

Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

a Schumer or gillibrand sticker would be like loudly proclaiming your love for the color beige, except worse because beige is not actively harming anyone

To review: an apparent right wing civil war between white Christian nationalist Groypers and white Christian nationalist college campus activists results in the murder of a leader of the latter; and that will now spark a 1930s-style putsch against liberals by the fascists who run the country.

This is how it’s done. Take notes, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 🤡

White Christian Taliban shit right here. Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?

Will the Vice President take the oath of office in English or his native Russian?

It’s … … … the … … … guns.

TL;DR: Hurt people hurt people.

A bad week for the people of Gaza, Ukraine, DC, and…well…Earth. But if Gavin Newsom’s trolling improves Trump’s grammar and capitalization even a little, it’ll be a good week for 7th grade English teachers.

Those Washington bullets again

Now that Germany has stopped arming Israel just their 1st and 3rd largest suppliers, the USA and the UK, are still sending arms so Israel can continue their Genocide. Are you angry that your tax money is STILL being used to murder children?

Something something “Sophie’s Choice”

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Cuba is a Socialist country and one of the poorest in the world suffering under a 60+ year economic blockade by the richest country in the world. Guess which one has better healthcare, life expectancy, literacy, lower infant mortality and every type of crime. It ain't the USA.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” -Anne Frank’s Diary

What’s so galling is that this is a moment in time when doing the morally right thing (fight like hell) would also be the politically popular thing. But they are so focused on protecting their corporate and wealthy donors they can’t even fathom tackling the underlying cause - unregulated capitalism.

Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election

“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.” Huh. You don't say. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

Favourite protest sign of the day - #handsoff #protest #resist

@edmarkey.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov : Will you follow the lead of your colleague, @vanhollen.senate.gov ? Go check on the well-being of Rümeysa Öztürk, who was lawlessly abducted from your state. #ConstituentServices

www.prosebox.net/entry/219557... “Dear Democratic Party, I need more from you…”

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The Emergency Is Here. With @asharangappa.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Harvard

KKKaroline Leavitt is Not a good person.

No one let’s go of anyone’s hand. That is how we win.

@chu.house.gov : “I’m so grateful to the brave LAUSD administrators who denied them entry.” So am I. So am I. When we stand together against fascism, fascism loses. When we stand up for children, we win. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rahsaan Hall is a rock star. It was great to see him MC #handsoff Boston today. I hope he takes another run at elected office someday.

The generosity of humanity, of Americans, of Pittsburghers is deeply moving. Truly. BUT… it is also horrifying that this makes the national news as a *feel-good story*, as opposed to the late stage capitalism dystopian nightmare that it is.

i love seeing a million posts like "it's funny that he is suffering" and not only do we all know who he is but we all want the same thing. like who's the pronoun now dipshit

Das Volk gegen das Geld. The people against the money.