Tomorrow is Kyiv Day. I’m proud to live in this city and keep showing it to you. The heart of Ukraine beats here 🇺🇦

A Defender who returned home after enduring four years in Russian captivity, wrote: "Today is the happiest day of my life!!!! I was finally able to hug my beloved wife and son after 4 long years!" Bless them. Source: Threads

Thank you Barb!!

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

BOLTON: Trump thinks if he’s friends with Xi, then US-China relations are in great shape. He calls Xi “king” and “greatest leader in Chinese history.” Trump thinks he’s friends with Xi and Putin. I’ll guarantee you, that’s not how they see Trump. They both see him as easy mark.

Electrification league table: 🇳🇴 Norway 49% 🇸🇪 Sweden 33% 🇯🇵 Japan 31% 🇨🇳 China 29% 🇺🇸 US 22% 🇪🇺 EU 22% 🇬🇧 UK 21% 🇩🇪 Germany 21% Global average: 23%. China is ahead of every major Western economy. Want more of this? Sign up to my Substack: janrosenow.substack.com

The American people are watching the courts abandon precedent, ignore the Constitution, and bend over backwards to give Donald Trump whatever he wants. Every ruling like this further erodes people’s faith in institutions that are supposed to be independent, credible, and grounded in the law.

More Ukrainian art for you. Why do I share it? It shows you that we were always here. Even when the world did not see us. 🇺🇦 Havrylo Vasko Portrait of Borys Tomara, 1847 Oil on canvas

⚡️ Ukraine gives Russia POW exchange list, seeks US guarantees for deal, Zelensky says "We expect the American side to be active in ensuring the implementation of this agreement," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

As primary season continues, some Democrats claim the party needs to "move to the center" to win in November. Hogwash. Democrats can't repeat the same failed playbook of the last 50 years. It's time for them to grow a spine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY

Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."

The EU flag is flying at Hungary’s parliament again after Péter Magyar was sworn in as prime minister — the first time it’s been displayed there since Viktor Orbán had it removed in 2014.

Voting rights organizations across the South Friday pledged to oppose the GOP’s efforts to rig congressional maps in its favor after the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

Many of you are asking how you can help my work. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The billionaire money fighting California’s proposed wealth tax shows how fast extreme wealth translates into outsized political power in this country. Great piece from the incomparable @rbreich.bsky.social, citing our research on how billionaire political influence has surged post-Citizens United.

UN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now 'impossible to ignore'. www.euractiv.com/news/un-clim...

Looks like the oil industry makes the rules in the EU just like they do in the US. Which means, no rules of any consequence. Which means...new CH4 and heat records incoming!

Solar plus storage: $54 Coal: $70-85 Gas (methane): $100 The math gets pretty simple.

Another Ifill must watch on how we got to our present state of un-democracy, thank you very much John Roberts et al.

This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

De kookprojecten die Fleur Bakker (51) in azc’s organiseerde, liepen zo uit de hand dat er nu restaurants zijn in Amsterdam, Utrecht en Arnhem. In A Beautiful Mess koken bewoners recepten uit hun thuisland. ‘Deelnemers voelen zich weer onderdeel van een gemeenschap.’

In 4 maanden DigiD migreren naar een Nederlandse provider: Tot 6 mei kán Nederland het nog zonder veel extra kosten: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin... ~ @marleenstikker.eurosky.social @waag.org @jessesixdijkstra.bsky.social @jeroenwollaars.nl @nieuwsuur.nl #Nieuwsuur Beter ten halve gekeerd..

The decision made today by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority was dishonest and shameful. I want to share some thoughts on what it means — and how we move forward. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dEoGa06v1Xw

"The math only adds up if you're trying to build a police state." Miles Taylor, former DHS chief of staff, tells Rachel Maddow that the system of immigration prisons that Donald Trump wants to assemble is much bigger than the stated purpose of the prisons; unless Trump has some other use in mind.

This is not normal

We had an excellent meeting with President Zelenskyy in Cyprus today. Ukraine's brave resistance against Russia is unwavering. So is Europe's support. In light of Ukraine's sustained reform effort, accession talks should start without delay. Our joint statement ↓ link.europa.eu/8VNVwT

What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!!! THIS IS MAYDAY!!!

“…Irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years” “Irreversible”. This is infinitely more consequential than Trump, oil prices, Hormuz etc. yet we continue to ignore it.

Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.

Verschrikkelijk wat farmaceutische bedrijven dieren aandoen om giftigheid te testen van medicijnen, maar ook pesticiden en gewone producten. Apen, honden, konijnen, biggen moeten helse proeven doorstaan. Lab-medewerkers slaan alarm omdat ze het niet meer aankunnen. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

New York votes socialism. London votes socialism. Amsterdam votes socialism. Paris votes socialism. Chicago votes socialism. Milan votes socialism. All the capitals of capitalism are voting for socialism. There’s a hint here somewhere.

Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like. This is the stuff I truly miss.

Given the way the IDF is acting—like genocidal savages—shouldn't we be considerably *more* concerned about Israel having nuclear weapons than almost anyone else? In 47 years, the death toll from Iranian-sponsored terrorism appears to match approximately 3 hours of IDF bombardment

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Meanwhile, the lawless killing spree at sea continues.

CARDINAL CUPICH: “We’re dehumanizing victims of war by turning the suffering of people and the killing of children and our own soldiers into entertainment. It’s sickening.” No wonder Trump lashed out at the Pope today.

Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets

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Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.

Congratulations to Péter Magyar on a decisive election victory in Hungary. The Hungarian people have chosen a new path. We are ready to work with you, and our European allies, to deepen our cooperation in trade, defence, and security.

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

⚡️Zelensky congratulates Magyar on election victory, says Kyiv ready to 'develop cooperation' with Hungary.