forcing SCOTUS to block SNAP benefits (at which point Senate Dems could have thrown in the towel, blaming the Court). And instead, Senate Democrats, under the "leadership" of Schumer, capitulated. surrendered. snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

The best thing you can do for yourself next year is to join an organization if you can.

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

Feels like this should be a no brainer and I really want The Word to stick around so maybe there are other people out there who should drop some money their way? Like you, if you’re reading this. They use GiveButter and it’s tax deductible. equalaccesspublicmedia.org

Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to all who celebrate. I skipped it last year, but decided this year it’s important to bring it back because they are still weird.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.

In actual functioning democracies/republics, this nonsense never happens. The government/budget continue at baseline so long as new legislation is not passed. We are not a serious country, let alone a democracy/republic by any serious definition. We don’t have to tolerate this. It’s embarrassing.

Stop electing pricks. It’s just that simple. In the voting booth, ask yourself, “Is this guy a prick?” If the answer is yes, fucking vote for someone else.

The White House is a thing you only ever imagined being destroyed by external forces. It really paints the guy in the light of an enemy for him to waddle in and bulldoze it so cavalierly, and the suddenness of the act feels like an attack. That shit pierces normies who are otherwise tuned out.

Instead of directing states to issue partial SNAP payments to cover the gap, the feds told them to shut the system off. Starting Nov. 1, SNAP EBT cards won’t reload and after Oct. 31, any unused benefits will be frozen. Please make sure those who rely on them know.

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

This is my favorite sign. Met the human carrying the sign who was lovely and wonderful to chat with.

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

Madison. No Kings.

#NoKings, Madison WI

At my local No Kings. Lots of flags, veterans, and grandmas. My community understood the assignment.

/4 Worry that the opportunities to demonstrate peacefully are diminishing under a cloud of lies and thuggery and hostility to free speech. Worry that someday you will be ashamed of yourself if you just let this happen without saying anything.

in re: recent discourse about whether republican staffers have "always been like this." i mean yes, but also no, and this is a good example of the "no." All these people talk like the shittiest 12-year-old you've ever met now, and the fleece-vest-brigade that ran things in 2012 did not.

Tom Paine, Common Sense #nokings

I thought this was really good and appreciate Tim Snyder’s analysis. Good reminder to keep engaging in the present moment.

the civil rights movement is worth studying in terms of its actual reality--in terms of the strategical and tactical intention that went into its actions--not just as a sainted icon in the american pantheon. www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...

A reason why we got here is that the media stopped reporting facts and replaced reporting with making everything a reality tv show where contestants fight one another. It turned lying from a liability into an advantage since it would no longer be punished

I am old, tired and jaded. I gave up my place to those younger and better equipped, I told myself. So why did I just buy an inflatable frog costume?

Ed "Big Balls" Coristine is able to immiserate millions because his dad owns this popcorn company. Get it out of your pantry now!

First time I’ve seen an article say the word adenomyosis. It’s nice to see something you’ve lived in print.

The fundamental nature of the Trump regime: they are so driven by what they think will make people cheer for them on social media

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?" Older veteran: “87.” Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.” Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.” 🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

I may have (a lot) of issues with NYT, but I will give them a tiny bit of kudos for this one. The fact that so much of the clinical trial ecosystem is owned by private equity should concern everyone. They call out the big IRBs, but it doesn’t stop there.

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

They truly believe that if they can control the media, education, science, health, and the military, they'll control it all and stamp out dissent. If they read US history, they'd know we've been here before... and it led to mass movements and social change that shook this country and the world.

*cough* www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/w...

for as much as we talk about the male loneliness crisis, i genuinely do think there is a crisis of growing the fuck up among the base of the New Right

So exhausting..

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it. This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse

Your reminder that they cannot arrest millions of people no matter how hard they try. They lack the infrastructure, they lack the personnel, and the economy would straight-up collapse They are going to try to scare us by making examples out of a few people, and our job is to not fall for it

I can’t remember exactly when I signed up, and if you haven’t, you should too! Boggles my mind that more people don’t. The article that Stacy linked in the first post is fantastic!

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Incredible image. Also incredible that the vast majority of white Christians in this country align with the men in camo.

Amongst the many, many other faults and follies of the party, perhaps the single most dangerous problem with the Democratic Party today is their incessant habit of reinforcing the idea that there is absolutely *no* principle that matters, no policy that is sacrosanct that they will stand behind.

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women. The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

I had the pleasure of binge-reading Maraniss's powerful account of his family's Red Scare trauma -- "A Good American Family" & talk to him about McCarthyism as Trump threatens media outlets that criticize him and his administration hypes hysteria about a "vast network" of nefarious leftists.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Their mother, Jackie, has never been charged with a crime, yet she remains in ICE detention. Jackie wrote a note in a coloring book for the kids to hold onto, not knowing if she would ever see her children in this country again. That’s the cruelty of this system.

Democrats are doing what a lot of people *on here* asked them to do by holding shadow hearings. Help amplify!

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.