Hello friends for democracy, If you skipped over Dr. Heather Cox Richardson's video interview with Doug Jones, please watch/listen. Dr. Richardson wonderfully elicit's key learnings from Doug Jones' work, lived experience, and recollections. Health and peace m.youtube.com/watch?v=bccq...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccq... History matters.

I don’t say this lightly, this may be the most important video right now— from the man who took on the Klan and saw what hate and dangerous rhetoric does first hand.

It’s on all of us to stop the hate Honor the memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, by demanding leaders dial back the toxic rhetoric before more lives are lost. @dougjones.bsky.social — “If you don’t want folks getting shot, then tell folks to quit talking about wars.”

Four Black girls were murdered in a church for daring to exist in a desegregated America. Decades later, justice came, because people refused to let the story die. Watch Sen Doug Jones and historian Heather Cox Richardson break it down. History isn’t past. It’s a warning. youtu.be/bccqUo0mZvQ?...

Nursing and doctor shortages aren’t real. They’re manufactured by hospitals that refuse to put patient safety first over profits by hiring enough staff. You can thank private equity for that‼️ Watch

Well done 👏🏽 We don’t have to be Supernatural super-fans to appreciate this amazing work. @mishacollins.bsky.social

We don’t yet know the extent of how deeply disturbed Charlie Kirk’s assassin was. We do know this: the day after the murder, at least a dozen HBCUs were hit with a wave of terrorist threats. That pattern is no coincidence. Someone out there wanted Black students to feel fear. 1/5

If you're like me I respect and think the world of @dougjones.bsky.social Thank you @katiephang.bsky.social and Senator Jones... Please take a moment to listen and share Doug is truly missed and loved .. the best of us

📌By the way, consumer prices rose 2.9% in August compared to a year ago.

This happened yesterday as well. We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

This happened yesterday as well. We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

She nails it. 🔥 I’ll just add one thing: Emmett Till’s mother’s choice was for a reason.

HISTORY IS ABOUT TO REPEAT, IF WE DON’T ACT… Watch, share, then call your senators. Tell them to include fixing Vieques, Puerto Rico, and delivering the relief people there desperately need ☎️ Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Say: “Add the Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act to the NDAA.”

🚨We shouldn't send American troops to Puerto Rico until they get the care and support they need after countless disasters and until the poisoned island of Vieques is remediated. Contact your Senators NOW to tell them to support Vieques recovery by adding it to the NDAA. @resist.bot makes it easy!

Puerto Rico deserves to be a state and has a right to self-determination not to be used as a prop for Trump's war on drugs

For years, US military used Vieques, PR as a shooting range Leaving a devastating swath of disease that still hasn't adequately been repaired Now Trump wants to send troops there to launch more military operations against alleged drug dealers We MUST clean up our mess #Justice4Vieques

Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF. Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.

It’s another dark day for America. Another political assassination attempt—this time on a Republican. The last high-profile attempt was the murder of two democratic senators in Minnesota. Violence is escalating, and it’s already beyond dangerous. My thoughts are with him.

I was an assault boat coxswain on the USS Trenton LPD-14 in the 1970s, and we repeatedly bombed the bejesus out of that place in "operational" drills. There is no doubt in my mind we have done unspeakable damage to the place and the people. We owe them everything, and that still won't be enough.

You don’t put U.S. troops on a toxic munitions dump. Six months ago Veterans affairs admitted Navy bombings poisoned Vieques — a Marine exposed to arsenic, lead, napalm & depleted uranium is 100% disabled. Thune & Wicker- add the Vieques Recovery Act to the NDAA THIS WEEK. #Justice4Vieques

‼️ Call your Senators—especially @SenatorWicker and @LeaderJohnThune—to add the Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act to the NDAA.

#ProudBlue 47 & Hegseth want to militarize Puerto Rico - again - without cleaning up the mess & compensating residents for the illnesses & environmental damage caused by years of military training there. Call your Senators (202) 224-3121 and demand #Justice4Vieques Add the Vieques Act to the NDAA!

The bipartisan Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act (S.1656) is ready (backed by Senators Wicker and Gillibrand). It’ll compensate residents, accelerate cleanup, and get hospitals online. Add it to the NDAA this week! No excuses! Authorization first; funding can follow. #Justice4Vieques 🇵🇷 Cont.

#Justice4Vieques Don’t poison Puerto Rico twice! Trump & the GOP must choose JUSTICE, not another betrayal. 🚨CALL TO ACTION Add S.1656 to the NDAA before Thur/Fri vote—make the calls now! • Sen John Thune 202-224-2321 • Sen Roger Wicker 202-224-6253 Troops are being sent to poisoned land! Cont.

Puerto Rican film asserts the Navy turned Vieques into a cancer hotspot #Justice4Vieques www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

You don’t put U.S. troops on a toxic munitions dump. Six months ago Veterans affairs admitted Navy bombings poisoned Vieques — a Marine exposed to arsenic, lead, napalm & depleted uranium is 100% disabled. Thune & Wicker- add the Vieques Recovery Act to the NDAA THIS WEEK. #Justice4Vieques

Puerto Rico is being set up to be a wasteland. Vieques was bombed and poisoned for decades under the same excuses we’re hearing from Pete Hegseth today. The result was toxic soil, poisoned water, and cancer rates off the charts. Generations paid the price for America’s war games. #justice4Vieques

Dr. Susan Monarez is a healthcare hero. 🔬 Keep the date September 17, she will speak truth to power. She continues to protect our health, safety and science.

The GOP says there’s no inherent racism in US law But the Supreme Court just ruled ICE can use racial profiling to detain Latinos Sotomayor’s dissent “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish,and appears to work a low wage job”

#ProudBlue 47 & Kegseth are looking to use Puerto Rico as a military base. Before any add’l military actions there, the issues caused by past trainings MUST be addressed. Call your Senators - we have 48 hours - add The Vieques Recovery & Redevelopment Act to the NDAA. poliscore.us/2024/bill/s/...

Vieques isn’t just land - it’s the largest, most ecologically diverse wildlife refuge in the Caribbean of 17,771 acres Congress set aside after the US Navy left. Now the U.S. wants to militarize it, AGAIN. www.fws.gov/refuge/vieques

This is colonial abuse. The U.S. poisoned Vieques, made Puerto Ricans sick, and ignored it for decades. Now Trump wants to militarize it to "fight cartels". Call Senator Wicker & Leader Thune & tell them to add the Vieques Recovery Act to the NDAA! (202) 224-3121 #Justice4Vieques

Call Congress and tell them to add the Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act as an amendment to the NDAA before they send American troops to lands we poisoned and ignored for six decades. Specifically Senators Thune and Wicker. Thune: (202) 224-2321 Wicker: (202) 224-6253

FIX PUERTO RICO FIRST Pass the Vieques Recovery Act Pass this Bipartisan Act before sending in the Military to set up Military usage in PUERTO RICO (ty @davidyankovich.bsky.social )

Militarizing #PuertoRico?? Our US Military is just a means to the Trump administration’s money making, racist, unconstitutional ends. Really wish our military would see this reality. Please read through David’s thread below. 👇🏽 We only have 48hrs - call the senators mentioned! #ViequesIsland

We must deliver justice for Puerto Rico first. Call your Senators—especially @SenatorWicker & @LeaderJohnThune—to add the Vieques Recovery Act to the NDAA. If @realDonaldTrump militarizes Puerto Rico, don’t send troops onto poisoned land. Fix it first.

Call Congress and tell them to add the Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act as an amendment to the NDAA before they send American troops to lands we poisoned and ignored for six decades. Specifically Senators Thune and Wicker. Thune: (202) 224-2321 Wicker: (202) 224-6253

Now it’s happening again: 10 F-35s and U.S. warships. They call it a cartel mission. The reality is militarization. If the NDAA passes without protections, Puerto Rico becomes a permanent forward base, and a blueprint for militarizing America anywhere.

🧵Business leaders who appear in Epstein's birthday book along with Trump: "Leon Black wrote a poem and signed it "love and kisses." Les Wexner doodled a woman's chest. Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft executive and associate of Bill Gates, ... www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

We must deliver justice for Puerto Rico first. Call your Senators—especially @SenatorWicker & @LeaderJohnThune—to add the Vieques Recovery Act to the NDAA. If @realDonaldTrump militarizes Puerto Rico, don’t send troops onto poisoned land. Fix it first.

‼️“Narco war” is a cover. Don’t fall for it. Puerto Rico is the test case—and we’ve got 48 hours to make our voices heard by senators before the vote. Vieques was bombed and poisoned for decades. Cancer rates soared. Only global outrage forced the Navy out in 2003. (1 of 2)

“They’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it. Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day. They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.

This is about to get ugly ‼️ DOJ caught on hidden camera admitting they’ll only redact Republican names from the Epstein files.

Not a hoax‼️ Why is Trump still blocking the release of the Epstein files? He gave Ghislaine Maxwell a voice before he gave one to the victims she groomed. “Her voice was elevated way before our voice was elevated here today…the same voice that sent me off to a monster.” - survivor Teresa Helm

@baldwin.senate.gov, thank you for speaking out against firms like TeamHealth. “You are choosing to do business with a firm that has drawn intense scrutiny and litigation over its staffing practices and allegations of improper billing, overcharging patients to the point of fraud,” she wrote.

I worked in a hospital for nearly 37 years. And I can tell you there is a huge difference between not for profit hospitals and for profit hospitals. One has the patient as their primary goal, the other profits as their only goal. For profit hospitals should be illegal. Period.

This could be coming to your area , greed over patient care and safety.

Think New Mexico isn’t fighting for patients, they’re fighting for private equity. There’s a doctor shortage because Wall Street buys up community hospitals, guts staff, and turns ERs into cash cows. Patients wait 16 hours for care while profits soar. Private equity is strip-mining hospitals.

DM from a random stranger: “Trump isn’t the problem. Black men not raising their kids is. Do better.” I get DMs like this from people who don’t know me, don’t know what kind of father I am, and don’t care. They see a Black man speaking out about Trump or racial issues… 🧵