Incredible stuff. Call your members and tell them to vote NO: 202-225-5341

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

if you can call, call. if you can't, email. get 3 or 4 friends to call, too. volume matters. @5calls.org already has an updated script: 5calls.org/issue/stop-i...

i know calling your reps feels deeply unsatisfying in the face of atrocities, and you'd think their phones are already ringing off the hook, but they aren't! cannot emphasize enough how much impact a few dozen, let alone a few hundred, calls could have.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Remember: You're too old to be praying on the downfall of people you don't like. You're old enough now to be directly involved yourself.

This is like a Vegas bookie telling you “maybe I’ll break your knee caps and leave you stranded in the desert, maybe I won’t. who’s to say! 🤷🏻‍♀️” The threat is real and the point.

Still thinking about this moment today during @mattfieldwood.bsky.social’s testimony before House E&C. In response to Carr’s manufactured attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion, Matt notes that it seems like white men are doing just fine. And as I said 10 years ago, #TechPolicySoWhite.

The story of how disparate and diverse communities are stepping up to deny the federal government a detention infrastructure is a big one, and it’s inspiring. 👇🏾

me: I'm really not that dramatic also me: what if I laid down and pretended I'm dead like an overwhelmed opossum?

Thanks @democracynow.org for having me on the show today to talk about how Trump, Pete Hegseth and FCC Chairman Carr are threatening the media over coverage of their own incompetence and failures. Expose the lies. Block the mergers. End the censorship. Firing Brendan Carr would be a good start.

Never a truer gif.

We cannot give this FCC more power than it has. Broadcasters, journalists, and the public should recognize these empty threats for what they are and fight to defend the First Amendment against any attempt to control or intimidate the press. 🧵

It says something that the Pope seems to have a better understanding of the First Amendment and the crucial role journalists play than the head of the Federal Communications Commission — who, I will remind everyone, was previously the FCC's General Counsel.

Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.

This a day after Pete Hegseth declared: “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network [CNN], the better,“ because he’s upset with the network’s coverage of the Iran war. Trump’s touting his success reshaping the media — including via the FCC — on Truth Social today too apparently.

What a great coincidence that this image is driving around Hollywood displayed on a billboard truck right very now.

Everything is absolutely terrible, but the national nightmare that has been the NWSL off season ends today, which means I'm going to get to scream about *gestures around* in a socially appropriate space again. So at least there's that.

So if anybody -- state attorneys general, Democratic politicians, sentient beings -- doesn't understand why Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros./CNN is a huge problem, Pete Hegseth is here to explain it to you. Stop the propaganda. Block this merger.

Everyone knows that this "pledge" isn't voluntary. It's one of the costs of doing business before the agency. Another one is dropping your DEI policies. It's amazing he can say any of this with a straight face.

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

not this totally serious guy who definitely isn't compromised

Sure. Why not? It's not like the FCC does literally anything other than apparently not enforce the rule this piece is about. I'm sure this has nothing to do with other functions the agency has, like overseeing satellite communications networks, that are of absolutely no interest to Bezos.

It's not surprising given *gestures around*, but instead of ensuring that the most marginalized in our country have a scrap of connectivity, FCC Chairman Carr is engaging in a racist, deeply cynical and dangerous effort to further demonize immigrants. It's absolutely shameful.

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

hey quick question, what does it tell us about a technology if companies need to roll it out under the cover of rising fascism?

Bitch, we can multitask...especially when the tech is certainly going to be used to feed the 50000 alarm fire we're all dealing with. Absolute ghouls.

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

shorter ring commercial: your spy camera’s auto-search function will only be used to track down lost dogs AND NEVER TO HUNT HUMANS (probably)

I'm pleased to see the NYT not mince words and call this what it is: "blatantly racist." Even CBS and The Washington Post put "racist" in their headlines. Apparently White House just took the video down and blamed a "staffer." Yeah, right. Which staffer. Did they get fired?

And here are examples of the racist capitulations so many of our nation's most powerful media companies have made to please Trump and advance their own political, business and ideological projects. This report was authored by my colleague @rlivier.bsky.social.

One of the many reasons for our nation's current crisis & constitutional collapse are due to the role powerful media and tech companies have played in capitulating to Trump and his racism. We have to reckon & redress the role these companies have played in ushering in this racist & fascist regime.

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to ICE & CBP through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill. Take action today: bit.ly/noicefunding

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

You all know I've been saying FOR WEEKS that this needed to happen to strategically focus on what's happening at DHS. They need to USE this to do shadow hearings across the country, to call for the complete dismantling of ICE (yes) but also the apparatus of detention, to get local media coverage.

screaming, crying, throwing up

It's extremely important that we figure this out, and I really encourage anyone asking themselves this question to check out and follow @media2070.bsky.social to learn more about how our media system got here and what pathways out could look like: mediareparations.org/essay/

Reminder for the new year

yep. whenever people say "the Dems can't do anything" what they are telling you is they don't understand where political power comes from and they don't understand how organizing works

just lobbing this out there a lot of your congresscritters are home in their respective districts right now, maybe hoping to enjoy one last dinner out tonight or a bit of shopping tomorrow before returning to DC might let them know what you think of all this, if the opportunity presents itself

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...

During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight

From Sara Fischer over on the Bad Place: The FCC deleted the part about the agency being independent mid-hearing. x.com/sarafischer/...

I swear to god...this might push me over the edge. A SMART TOILET??? I'm begging people to be serious. We must stop feeding into the madness of making every household item "smart." Don't buy this shit. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Brendan Carr is being toasted by all of DC’s communications lawyers. @freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake