Whether it's Hillary Clinton sending emails to her staff saying "please print" or Donald Trump sending letters to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to child rape, both candidates sent some questionable messages to people that they knew.

LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.” What are we doing?

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Today feels like a great reminder that these kind of election results are what scare them and why they are attempting to implement every disenfranchisement tactic.

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Let’s go!!!

4 more executions are scheduled in the U.S. this month. States are looking for alternative ways to kill after being unable to secure drugs needed for lethal injection. As a result, here is reporting on aftermath of nitrogen gas used in an execution in October. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

Being a DC sports fan is hard

The U.S. has hit a 12-year high regarding executions. Unbelievable. www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Two executions will have taken place today. I often fail to find the words to describe how poor capital punishment is at delivering peace and justice, but this statement from Floridians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty minces no words: “What makes this execution unbearable is the lie that…

I am immensely disappointed as a North Carolinian that Gov. Stein signed this bill into law that does not keep North Carolinians safer but encourages injustice. Lowering the bar for the implementation of the death penalty does nothing to advance restorative justice. 1/4

“A stunning account written by an exemplary journalist that will leave you at a loss for words. Easily one of the best books of 2025, and a necessary read for any and all who believe in criminal justice reform.“ Read the rest of my review for “The Volunteer” by @giannatoboni.bsky.social here:

Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation

Government shutdown, farm bill expiration, and cancellation of the USDA food security survey? What did hungry people ever do to the GOP?

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

I am miserable

Because there always needs to be more commentary… I wrote this with a barrage of emotions. Check out my word salad here medium.com/@alexdpar/th...

None of BlueSky actually read the Ezra Klein piece huh?

It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.

It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

I don’t give a shit if JD Vance doesn’t give a shit about the Constitution. Striking civilian boats in international waters is both unconstitutional and a war crime. The party of “law and order” clearly doesn’t care about respecting it.

I don’t wish gun violence upon anyone, including Charlie Kirk.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Incredible talk about social witness at the National Book Festival @librarycongress.bsky.social @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @giannatoboni.bsky.social

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

Farmers need SNAP and USAID just as much as the people getting the food.

Just saw JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, and tons of troops at Union Station where thousands travel every day getting to work and home. A place that is SAFE. Remember: this is all for their photoshoot - DC is a vibrant place full of wonderful people who do not deserve nor consent to this occupation.

Sending National Guard troops out of your state at the peak of hurricane season certainly is a choice. Not a smart choice but a choice.

Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

Showing empathy and helping others, even in the smallest ways, are going to be a key part in defeating a fascism that aims to regulate thought and feeling. Small actions might not change the overall circumstances, but small actions keep hope alive.

Missouri adopted a law that ends St. Louis’ ability to run its own police, transferring control to the GOP-run state government. The law also requires St. Louis to commit 25% of its budget to policing. boltsmag.org/missour...

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

I wrote about how a new study has been misused to undermine poverty alleviation programs like the Child Tax Credit. medium.com/@alexdpar/th... #CTC #Healthcare #SNAP

#DCI in theaters with the fiancé tonight. Troopers, Spirit of Atlanta, and Blue Knights the stars so far.

We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.

How does one get a rich influencer to give me 100k for student loans/wedding planning/car payments/etc, dead serious

Voting rights are preservative of every other right. This week, I reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to fight not just for voting rights, but ALL of our civil rights. Every eligible voter deserves a seat at the table.

I’ve come to realize that making teenagers pick a college degree program at their age massively undermines so many of them who have yet to discover themselves, their passions, or their dreams.

Bishop Yehiel Curry has been elected Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America #ELCA. #ELCACWA25

This is a big and significant win, and speaks to the real power of public advocacy campaigns. Still a VERY long way to go in the fight against the cuts, though. Join us at @tbfighters.org in pushing against attempts to cut U.S. investments in domestic and global health.

hey every single journalist who still uses twitter as your primary site, does the fact that the chatbot is promoting the Final Solution rise to the level of a news story or no stop making this the global hub for news communication

Something a bit cathartic about leaving the U.S. this July 4th morning for the U.K. with their universal health care and all

I am no parliamentarian but if you can just hold the vote open indefinitely after the votes are in until you get the outcome you want that feels uhhh not democratic

Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.

All I can say is we tried.

Jeffries: "You got some people in the town who go to church and pray on Sunday, and then they come to Congress and prey on the American people. I'm not down with that kind of faith. That's not the faith that comes out of the Gospel."

When it boils down to standing for self proclaimed values or bending the knee to a king, it will always be the latter for the republicans.

We are prepared to stay as long as it takes to protect the American people. The clock means nothing when lives, livelihoods, and Medicaid are on the line. We fight through the night so families don’t suffer in the morning. Vote NO on the Big Ugly Bill. — Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr.