"CBS is assenting to its own diminishment." "The biggest loss is to core America values, including the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

Rather than conclude that democrats are bad because people like Fetterman and Polis are democrats, I prefer to conclude that people like Fetterman and Polis are not democrats and they need to get the hell out of our party.

“The blueprint for our survival has already been written. We just need to follow it. Agitate, litigate, legislate, organize, mobilize and pray.” ~Rep Ayanna Pressley #AllRoadsLeadSouth #BlackVotersMatter

If Karl Rove is "claiming" that @aoc.bsky.social is bad for the party, we can safely assume the opposite is true.

While everyone's watching Hormuz, the Epstein files are being buried. The law says release them. Trump is fighting it. Massie may lose his seat Tuesday for pushing it. And now a $1.7B slush fund for Jan 6 defendants? Don't go quiet. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done. Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.

Librarians literally saved my life

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

We cannot afford this man. He never stops taking from us. He’s a con & a thief. I blame the entire GOP for not reining this corruption in. There is not a single working class American that has not been harmed by his disgusting corruption & criminality. It’s a sickness. A plague. #ProudBlue #Onev1

Good Afternoon Montgomery! We’re here in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement to organize and mobilize on this day of action. Because, we may be knocked down, but we are not knocked out. And, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! #BlackVotersMatter #ProtectVotingRights #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution.

He did say before the presidential election, “Vote for me this one time Christians and you’ll never have to vote again, we’re going to fix it so you’ll never have to vote again” Am I the only one who remembers this??

The U.S. government requires visa applicants to make all of their social media accounts fully public or risk being denied entry. This is straight out of 1984. Your right to privacy doesn’t just disappear at the border for millions of people, it disappears before they ever set foot here.

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

Marching in Alabama… same bridge, same fight, different century… (H/T @memphisforall )

People will try to tell you it’s “just a joke,” but it’s much more than that: This is a test. Our democracy will not collapse in a single moment. It weakens when the public becomes numb to rhetoric that would once have been unthinkable. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb.

We cross this bridge yet again In 1965, civil rights leaders marched from Selma to Montgomery to demand equal voting rights Now civil rights leaders are back to fight for the very VRA freedoms SCOTUS just dismantled. We will not stay silent – this is the time to act!

Finally, Ronald Reagan can rest in peace, knowing that children will no longer have to learn that some white people were the bad guys in that whole slavery thing.

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

“Heat exposure and dehydration is a horrible way to die. People become confused. Their skin becomes parched and dark in color. They may start tearing clothes off. They’re delusional; they drink their urine.”

Just another normal day at DOJ where they have to withdraw a filing in New Hampshire that was intended for Minnesota.

Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Boost every video. Share every livestream. Make sure the whole country sees it. Find an event near you👇🏾 www.mobilize.us/blackvotersm...

We didn’t start this fight but I’ll be damned if I’m going to vote for someone who isn’t ready to put on gloves and fight back. Risks are inherent to the fight against tyranny.

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social )

MN House erupts when Speaker Demuth refuses to hold a vote on a gun violence prevention package. This is what Good Trouble, necessary trouble, looks like. #DyingForGunSafety

If you never read the book or saw the movie, you missed one of the greatest Pulitzer Prize winning sagas ever written. To dishonor Alex Haley like this is disgraceful.

At least five people pardoned by Trump for Capitol attack accused of new crimes

Ukrainian Defenders are teaching NATO how to fight with and against drones. During NATO’s Aurora 26 exercises, which brought together 12 partner nations, Ukraine became the only participant outside NATO, invited to share our modern battlefield experience. 📹 Radio Liberty

“.. the programme has not provided a single dollar of cover.” @financialtimes.com #Hormuz www.ft.com/content/eaba...

The chairman of a Colorado county's GOP party was arrested on several charges related to soliciting a child prostitute.

“I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!” #FloridaResists

Tax cuts for billionaires came at a massive cost: our healthcare. Now 700 hospitals face closure because Medicaid was gutted to fund the wealthy. Your local ER and neighborhood care are on the line. 💔 #WeCantAffordTrump #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Trump said China pays the tariffs. The Kiel Institute said: actually, Americans pay 96% of them. Foreign exporters pay 4%. So when he says “America First” on tariffs, he means American families pay first. #WeCantAffordTrump #USDemocracy #Pinks

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Breaking: The Texas Supreme Court just shut down Greg Abbott’s effort to remove Democrats from office for opposing his gerrymandering. apnews.com/article/texa...

Women should not have to choose between building a career and building a family. Policies that make it harder for women to access advanced education are policies that undermine equality.

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

ABSOFREAKINLUTELY 💯%......

"The Gestapo tactics of this president will not stand here."

Juniper Blessing was only 19 years old when she was brutally murdered. Stabbed 40 times. Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself. This was a hate crime. Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this. Shame on all of them.

Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) - Seattle, WA #MMIP Please repost

BREAKING: The DOJ is now 146 days overdue in releasing the Epstein files.

Just in: State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. www.npr.org/2026/05/14/n...

These men were confounded by the questions that every woman has had to confront at one time or another in their lives. Watch as men try to comprehend the questions that every woman has been asked in an interview. It truly is this ludicrous.

Even stronger Democratic turnout in Georgia today. Roughly 67,000 people voted in the Democratic primary today, and roughly 45,350 in the GOP primary. (And 1600 pulled a nonpartisan ballot.) That’s a Dem turnout advantage of 19% today. Early voting ends tomorrow.

78 years of ongoing Nakba.🤬 78 years of erasure. 🤬 Against all odds, we remain on our land and the land of our ancestors.🇵🇸 Return is our right. Freedom is our destiny. On May 15, join the Palestinian people in commemorating the Nakba. #NAKBA78 🎥 PAL Global Echo