The census is so important. We need to keep an eye on this and let our federal reps know that we're paying attention to this.

See the small print under the graph. The ICE appropriation can be used through 2029! It's a truly ridiculous amount of money. Not one penny more for ICE!!

Very disturbing.

Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled. Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?

Extortion. Plain and simple.

@timkawakami.bsky.social @daltonjohnson.bsky.social @kerithburke.bsky.social Postponing today's game seems ridiculous. Get the @warriorsofficial.bsky.social out of Minneapolis and reschedule both games.

I found this uplifting. Thanks to all of them, who are faith leaders from every religion. Please stay safe.

Apparently, the SAVE Act has been resurrected. This time in an even worse version. More work to do to stop this, and of course Elon is involved this time.

Of course they need to kidnap kids. Just follow the money.

Perhaps he can rebuild the DOJ someday.

He'll try to screw with the midterms, but he can't cancel elections. As mentioned in this article, seizing ballots and voting machines is a possibility. One thing not mentioned is if SCOTUS decimates what's left of the VRA. Depending on the timing of that decision, states may or may not (1 of 2)

This is Liam Ramos, 5 years old, who was kidnapped in his driveway after school. He was then used as bait to knock on a door to see if someone was home. Now, he's in a detention facility in TX BY HIMSELF! Please call your federal reps! See below for more info.

Tennis fans! Am I the only one who's just realizing that ESPN/Disney is screwing us? I currently have ESPN Select, $130/yr but now they want me to pay $300/yr for ESPN Unlimited in order to stream the 3 biggest show courts. An extra $170/yr to watch 3 courts?!!! That's crazy!

Join us on January 24th for a free community workshop and story share on voting access and Documentary Proof of Citizenship at Pages Bookshop! #VNP #VotersNotPoliticians #DeclineToSign #Vote #Voting #VotingRights

Hey Michigan! We can have nice things too if we get our trifecta back!

The ACLU has a Mobile Justice app that will automatically record video and send it to your local ACLU affiliate if you get attacked by ICE and they try to delete your video or steal your phone. It’s now available in 17 states and Washington D.C. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Important thread for the doomers who say we won't have elections this year.

Unbelievable. This should be on every newscast.

What can we do about the terrifying images and accounts coming out of Minnesota? Congress will be voting on ICE (and other) funding by the end of the month. We can call our federal reps and urge them to do one or more of these things: 1) Defund ICE completely (not likely) 2) Reduce ICE funding

Glad to see this.

She remains so calm as her first amendment rights are violated. I hope a good attorney will help her. @acluofmichigan.bsky.social can you help?

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Exactly what will you do to elect pro-democracy candidates this year? Please be specific. Let's share ideas.

Michigan has a law making AI-generated videos illegal 90 days before each election. Good time to get something in place in your state. This article says there are some good uses of AI in election admin, as long as there's close oversight.

Hoping Michigan will join up! Let's go @gretchenwhitmer.bsky.social @michigandems.bsky.social

This makes sense to me. She's running for MI State House instead. @mccannforcongress.bsky.social will be the lone Dem in the primary to eventually run against incumbent Bill Huizenga.

If you care about how our government functions (or not), please read about proportional representation (see below). This is the big electoral reform we need, and we need to start demanding it because our current political leadership will not make it happen.

Today is World AIDS Day. “An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988. #WAD2025

Why do we subsidize companies that don't pay a livable wage? These companies should be penalized and the fines should go directly into the SNAP program

We must call our federal reps and express our opposition to this "peace plan." It's an abomination and will change the world order in favor of Putin (no surprise).

The decimation of federal funding for mRna vaccine research will slow or completely stop research on an mRna flu vaccine.

This is absolutely true! Donate money instead of food to your local food bank.

The GOP will be going after mail voting in a big way before the midterms. This article confirms that fraud is VERY rare and mail voting improves access for many types of voters!

This is exactly right. Shaheen and Durbin doing damage with retirement in sight. Proud of @peters.senate.gov and @senelissaslotkin.bsky.social for not caving. Peters is retiring next year.

Great news about last year's updated vaccine! Go stuff it RFK Jr!

Off-year elections always have low turnouts, but this isn't just any off-year election. Let's get those ballots in CA or vote early in person!

Enlightening article about NC's Chief Justice of their state supreme court. His judicial conservatism has had an incredible reach throughout the state. No judge should have so much power. It also highlights the need for prioritizing state supreme Court races, as was done in Wisconsin.

Necessary, but so sad that this is needed.

Let's go Pennsylvania!

Proportional representation may be the most impactful and easiest structural democracy reform out there. Great description of it in this article.

PENNSYLVANIA! Don't sleep on this election. Control of your state supreme Court is on the line. Vote YES to retain ALL THREE state supreme Court justices! Please share with folks in Pennsylvania.

So the GOP governor of VA is using surplus funds to provide cash food assistance the next 2 months. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/28/v...

Come on Pennsylvania! You can do this!

I've been preaching this for years! Donate money instead of food items to food banks. "Donating funds to a food bank is far more effective than contributing individual food items." www.lafoodbank.org/stories/dona...

Please share with any folks from Indiana! So important!

With Election Day coming up, make sure you know your rights.

ICE is paid during the budget shutdown, but not air traffic controllers. Make that make sense.

From @19thnews.org : Kendra Sullivan’s one-woman stand received an outpouring of support from people in other conservative areas who “feel like a tiny blue speck in a red state.”

New Jersey and Virginia, I'm talking to you! Prove the pundits wrong and elect two highly-qualified women as your governors by a wide margin. Put the sexist arguments to rest and show the door to the poor candidates on the other side. Let's do this! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Come on Mainers! This is priority one!