On September 30, the SSA will convert to all electronic payments, phasing out paper checks. More than 500,000 beneficiaries will need to update their payment method. www.newsweek.com/social-secur...

Jimmy Kimmel returns tomorrow. This is an important victory for free speech. Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself. Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.

An Alt Jesus for the Alt Right

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

“The budget reconciliation law the Republicans passed in July cuts funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by about 20%, or $186 billion through 2034, the largest cuts to SNAP in its history.”

September 21, 2025

Ahhh....and there it is👇👇👇, blatantly out in the open for all to see.

When Canadians stop visiting WA because of Trump’s tariffs & antagonism, local shops, restaurants & workers feel it. Our communities depend on strong cross-border travel.

“How is it that some individuals are so certain about their perspective that they insist that their view is the only accurate one and consistently refuse any information that shows it to be false?” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chil...

“occupation of peaceful cities, illegal bankrupting of public universities, holding funding to the state appropriated by Congress, abducting our neighbors, and denying fundamental rights effectively nullify the constitution upon which the republic once stood. “ www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

This feels like a good day to repost this list! So many options for organizations to support, so many ways to do it!

Congratulations, you have achieved a HYPER NORMALIZATION LEVEL UP www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

“The overriding psychology in the GOP today is “factionalism,” an us-vs-them mentality that places loyalty to the in-group — and the in-group’s leader — above all else.” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-trump-...

“I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime…. It was above all the crime of seeking to convince my people that NONCOOPERATION WITH EVIL IS JUST AS MUCH A MORAL DUTY AS COOPERATION WITH GOOD.” -Dr. King, on his conviction for violating Alabama boycott law *emphasis added

First, they came for - Hold on, someone's knocking at the door. Brb

Swalwell: There's going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you're going to be in this room answering questions

Democracy depends on a fearless and free press. Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media. They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

Courage is contagious, be brave ❤️

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Tell us about yourself ❤️

“If it feels like you’re being forced to honor and respect a demagogue and liar under penalty of … some bad thing, well, you’re not wrong. “

What “radicalized” me? Saying “And Liberty and Justice for All” Every day of elementary school.

Don’t look away. This is what’s happening right now in the country we love. We must resist.

Truth

THIS

Don’t obey in advance.

“No right was deemed by the fathers of the Government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government. Daniel Webster called it a homebred right, a fireside privilege.”

Can’t believe the CDC. Can’t believe the DoJ. Can’t believe the BLS. Can’t believe the FBI. But I believe in us.

I’m going to keep emphasizing that there are people all around you who know how to survive and escape authoritarianism: we’re called DV survivors.

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

Not comfortable protesting? You can do this!

Feeling down? Do something! From home no less!

When they come for the comedians we should all be worried. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-be-af...

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

Tonight's news makes clear that the legacy media is fully capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy. It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise Sign up now to support its work! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Feeling down? Do something! From home no less!

Hiding the truth.

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

I want to be clear about what I'm saying here. I'm not denying the danger. I'm not denying the threat. I AM saying that we live in a geographically huge country where the vast majority oppose this administration. They don't have the power to work on that scale. Tho they want us to believe they do

An action you can do to help save Democracy! secure.everyaction.com/En7wX4nReEK5...

Don’t forget to vote, Minnesotans! Today’s special election will determine who fills the state House seat after Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated in June.

They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale. But they want us to think they do.

There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.

Political violence and threats are not the answer. This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion. We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.

Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder... Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed. Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.

Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?