Love this one... as seen in person at No Kings 2.0 in Washington!

this is such a vibe

Good morning friends. The Japanese maple is a beautiful color this fall

How brilliant is this!!

@simonwdc.bsky.social Simon, what a damn great day here yesterday. My throat is sore, my legs are tired. A great gathering! We marched all the way from the Lincoln Memorial to 3rd Street. Look in the background of that first photo.

Today is International Day for Tolerance! "Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human." Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."

From my calendar of Monet's Gardens at Giverny, bought at the National Gallery in DC. "an inviting study in green beckoned Monet to spend decades painting his pond & Japanese-style footbridge. The reflections he observed in this pond inspired the most loved &renowned paintings of his long career"

Tonight was a very bad night.

Amen, Simon!

on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit. “Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”

Vote Virginia!

Would someone for the love of god (or whoever) just punch Stephen Miller in his stupid mouth? He just makes me sick!! Clearly he is proof what happens when your mom doesn’t give you love.

Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.

Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Karoline Leavitt, Mike Johnson, Tom Emmer, Roger Marshall, Sean Duffy, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Donald Trump are terrorists. Fortunately, on one of their brain-addled followers tried to take up their call yesterday and was arrested.

FANTASTIC!!! #NoKings

I wish every day could be like this again. #nokings ever!!!!!!! Go Get ‘em, Fellow Americans! mockpaperscissors.com/2025/10/18/g...

So amazing! #NoKings!

more history for the AP exams of the future

i thought Ezra Levin, one of the organizers of the No Kings gatherings, made such an important profound point yesterday. He said, "Our enemy here is not Trump, our enemy is fatalism and nihilism and cynicism." Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.

I'll be there tomorrow, in Washington, with hundreds of thousands of others who will be peacefully protesting. When will we get our paycheck?? Good luck to all tomorrow and stay safe. Remember, we are the patriots who love this country and are speaking out and standing up for what we know is right!

Portland has fallen!

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

Happy Feast Day of St. Teresa of Ávila,mystic, died this day 1582. “It is love alone that gives worth to all things.” “The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.”

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Washington, D.C.” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Washington, D.C.” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

...I want to surround myself with people who can touch the hearts of others. People who despite the hard knockouts of life, grew up with a soft touch in their soul."

happy bday civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, b.1917, Montgomery county, MS. “Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.”

Happy Monday

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles #WeAreNotDroppingTheEpsteinThing #KeepTheHeatOnCongress

Lordy, how true this is!

Preach, Lawrence!

RIP playwright August Wilson, died 2005, known as the "theater's poet of Black America". “You got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anybody else.” “Don't you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure they doing right by you.”

My new interview with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just dropped - shutdown, Trump's war on blue America, playing at a higher level in the info wars, winning Yes on 50 and much, much more 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-convers...

" WITHOUT FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING AS WISDOM ; AND NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC LIBERTY, WITHOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH . " -Benjamin Franklin

President Obama was presented with the Freedom of the City of Dublin at the Irish capital.

Am I the only who finds it incredibly alarming that the President of the United States seems to get off on "declaring war" on his own citizens?

✊This is what community looks like! Last night’s rally was a BEAUTIFUL show of solidarity for immigrant communities. 5k NYers peacefully took over the streets around 26 Fed Plz to make it clear that we will not stay silent as ICE repeatedly commits violent & unlawful actions against our people.

Cc @matthewjdowd.bsky.social

“In the new century, I think we will all be insane.” -Tony Kushner, ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENIUM APPROACHES