You know you are losing when a game channel is asking its viewers to share examples of @icegove abuse of power in Minneapolis.

Here is what Alex said "Today we remember that freedom is not free. We have to work at it, nurture it, protect it, and even sacrifice for it. May we never forget and always remember our brothers and sisters who have served so that we may enjoy the gift of freedom."

“My precious…”

In the PNW, ICE agents are now pulling over Native American's (apparently any non-white people) and asking for their ID and refusing to recognize Tribal documentation. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018

What appear to be random acts of chaos by the Trump regime is a deliberate strategy anchored in the unlikely triangle of Peter Thiel, Jeffrey Epstein, and complexity science. There is bad chaos—and good chaos. Democrats need to learn the difference. www.mind-war.com/p/dissolving...

Now that Trump is planning on sending in the Coast Guard to Portland they are getting ready to resist them as only Oregon can . @maddow.msnbc.com Giant floating pumpkin races draw thousands to annual event in Oregon - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl-4...

Friends, I leave you with a bedtime story tonight. Technically it could probably be classified as a musical, too. Super catchy tune! Either way, enjoy! Have a good night y'all💜 #SheShed

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

#NoKings Miami!

Seattle suburbs - #issaquah #Snoqualmie high income ($153,786 Median household income) purple 8th congressional District rocks #NoKings event Fav signs No faux Kings And it is so bad even the introverts turn out @maddow.msnbc.com

Authoritarianism rarely storms the gates with tanks on Day One. It metastasizes through language. Call dissenters “domestic terrorists.” Declare a “war from within.” Recast protest as invasion. Once that script is established, tyranny follows. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/i-co...

G8 Piece @brianphillips.bsky.social - best explanation of the dangers of media consolidation and a great primer on who the players are and how networks, affiliates and shows, FCC intersect. Of note: Will online save us? Colbert got taken down by Ellison's son & Tiktok is now controlled by Ellison

#standup with @jamescomey.bsky.social

Universities and health care facilities associated with them along with non-profits are exempt from the cap as well as the current fees. Last year for example out of the ~400,000 total H1b approved (new + renewals) 133,751 were exempt from the fee. USCIS report www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

Top 10 are all tech - 2/3 of silicon valley are now foreign born (not all on h1b) FYI in the last 3 years ~ 400,000/year were approved (new+ renewals) for a total of ~ 1,200,000 You can look up the breakout by industry on the USCIS website www.uscis.gov/tools/report...

@blanka.bsky.social FYI great coverage on the h1b proclamation. One correction the majority of H1bs are actually renewals vs new applications. Last year for example there were almost 400,000 approved with the bulk of those renewals. via Pew Research They last 3 years so > 1.2 million right now

Friday was the Trump version of Chamberlin and the "Munich Pact" of 1938 - signed between the US to appease Adolf Hitler that allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) in exchange for a promise of no further territorial aggression. A year later WWII started

‪@schumer.senate.gov‬ ‪@booker.senate.gov‬ @kenmartin.bsky.social ‪@reynawaltersmorgan.com‬ ‪@governor.ca.gov‬ where is the Democratic messaging on #trumpTax? Come on the game has changed - you need a rapid response and crisis communication team. Stop the endless text asks for $$ for midterms

"Accordingly, it is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve." - Donald Trump

@thomasfuller.bsky.social even though you don't appear to be on bsky anymore I wanted to thank you and ‪@emilyscochrane.bsky.social‬ and the video team for the 1st person story today on the Texas tragedy I am a liberal, techie from the Seattle suburbs but the story connected. Thanks

@rfk-junior.bsky.social doesn't want food coloring in our food - how does he feel about asbestos in our environment?

@maddow - the biggest challenge facing us is the growth of AI and the loss of our privacy The intersection between big tech and the CIA and military is 1000x more dangerous then the old military industrial complex

We need to find ways to support the national guard and troops who are being used like pawns for political theater. Even some ICE agents are feeling conflicted but are following orders - we need to give them an offramp - ie quit their jobs but NG are stuck for a few years

Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...

#UnitedHealth bought a medical center in Oregon, and shifted the focus to “money, efficiency & quotas.” Doctors quit en masse and people couldn't get #healthcare. So Oregon passed legislation (not yet law) to ban corporations from telling doctors how to practice . www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAqk...

Great NYT piece on not only the law but the historical context of #SCOTUS decision to block deportations last night @adamliptak.bsky.social "who covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on legal developments, for The New York Times" is one of the few Yale trained attorney/journalists.

@allinwithchris.bsky.social FYI the poverty rate in 1910 was 30% In 1910, an estimated 30% of the US population lived in poverty, which was a significant drop from the 45% poverty rate in 1870, but still a substantial portion of the population struggling to make ends meet.

Tariffs won't stop China's economic policy ‘The Tsunami Is Coming’: China’s Global Exports Are Just Getting Started via Keith Bradshear NY Times A staggering $1.9 trillion in extra industrial lending is fueling a continued flood of exports that could be spread even wider by the Trump tariffs.

1,300+ former DOJ officials —have issued a rare, urgent warning. Trump Administration’s efforts to punish lawyers and law firms for representing clients in opposition to the government are an abuse of power and a threat to the rule of law. cc @maddowblog.msnbc.com @briantylercohen.bsky.social

We all know what the problems are and appreciate that @booker.senate.gov stood up for all of us for 25 hours but what can we do? @protectdemocracy.org has toolkits and actions! Please share protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...

Nice scoop Mia. WIll look for you you on the B sky site The PAC removed Ekaterina Diestler testimonial video after questions raised - she works for company founded by @GOP mega donor

Share share share share share! And VOTE Wisconsin and Florida!

What are some ways we/ you can #Standup with @booker.senate.gov tonight ? 1) share the link to C-span 2) turn it on your TV or device 3) post about him #BookerFilibuster 4) Other ideas? other groups @maddowfans.bsky.social @indivisible.org @briantylercohen.bsky.social

In tech companies often buy out others - to gain their assets, customer base, information, or eliminate competition. Same thing is happening in DC they want to privatize services like selling GSA property; immigration enforcement, weather, etc. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

In Seattle we have learned to not just protest but use the arts to build community. Here is the Tesla Takedown dance - note street protests are to build the tribe more than change policy or opinions. Apology to linking to X x.com/i/status/190...

OMG just found out that @jonstewartdaily.bsky.social has a weekly in-depth conversation - podcast as well! One of the leading voices for reform (abundance vs scarcity model) @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social was the guest this week. BTW Klein in Seattle on Monday as part of book tour.

Sometimes when there is a hole in a tree, your life or the political landscape - instead of focusing on what we lost (scarcity) - we can find innovative ways to fill it with love and life. (abundance) #resist

Yeah - Barack is Back on #SoMe I had an unsubsidized ACA plan for years which allowed me to start my own firm and work in patient centered design and advocacy when I couldn't get a plan otherwise.

Elon Musk wrote an op-ed back in Nov identifying expired authorization programs he wanted DOGE to cut. VHA, NIH, Section 8, Pell Grants, etc One of them is NASA's planned human moon lander, the first of which is contracted to be built by Musk's SpaceX. www.businessinsider.com/doge-elon-mu...

Jason Stanley: “After years of vilifying academia, by raising hysteria about “wokeness”, too little free speech (about eg race), and too much free speech (about Israel), the media has paved the path for educational authoritarianism. No one should be surprised.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Social Security being dismantled “by a drunk with a wrecking ball” — great reporting by NY Times. People need to rise up. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/b...

Saturday⭐️💙🌊🏳️‍🌈BlueCrewResisters United We Stand!💙 @katelynnblueut.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @qm-b.bsky.social @timlee57.bsky.social @lebergerdavid.bsky.social @suzyqfit4u.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social @dailykotzn.bsky.social @bocksam.bsky.social @claynobles.bsky.social

There is still good in the world. I found a little Tree Owl Sheltie this morning.

Dear American Farmers, If you haven’t heard about this previously, please look into the French Farmers’ protest of 2024. That is all. Oh! And let me know where to be and I’m down for alllllllll of it. ❤️💙 Thank you! A few hundred million fellow Americans #Resistance #StandUp #FightLikeHell #FOTUS

@basilsmiklephd.bsky.social you rocked it on @MSNBC tonight - I even had to find the clicker to watch you twice. This is war ; Dems need to be as strident as they were in getting rid of Joe Biden .... AGREE Dems missed huge opportunity tonight - 1 a minute should have yelled out

“Decorum in the House!” from the party that pardoned their buddies who beat cops, shit on the floor, wiped with the curtains and dragged a Confederate flag through the halls of Congress. #SOTU