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If you've ever served in the military... held office... flown the US flag... pledged allegiance to it... lit fireworks on the 4th of July to celebrate the rejection of monarchy... AND YOU ARE NOT SPENDING TIME EVERY DAY FIGURING OUT HOW TO FIGHT RISING FASCISM, YOU MISSED THE POINT OF IT ALL.

Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him

If they are making record profits then they need to be lowering rates not raising them. American Electric Power, the parent company of AEP Ohio, announced record second-quarter earnings last month. It comes at a time when Ohio customers say they are receiving bank-breaking electric bills.

Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.

They’ve tried to erase us for centuries. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. Black history IS American history.

We still have spaces open for people looking to attend this Saturday’s PORTFOLIO PREP event with @thecatagency.bsky.social agent @christiemegill.bsky.social, both virtually and in-person: www.scbwi.org/events/portf... #kidlit #illustrators

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

Oh how great it would be if every Black player on Texas and Ohio State boycotted the game until Texas cancels the redistricting vote and Ohio pulls their National Guard from DC. Those players have so much power and they don’t even use it.

OBAMA TO TEXAS DEMS: "We became complacent... This precious democracy is not a given. It requires us to fight for it." 🇺🇸

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ANCHORAGE…

In America, we don’t use federal agents to intimidate citizens out of participating in their own democracy. Yet more than a dozen Border Patrol agents showed up Thursday in downtown LA at a rally Gov. Gavin Newsom held on congressional redistricting an event that had nothing to do with immigration.

I want every blue state to do what Gavin Newsom is doing. Give the GOP no quarter. 

It is not a coincidence that our child rapist President believes that no rules apply to him. Once you have crossed the most significant line and raped multiple children - with zero consequence - what rule could possibly hold sway to you? #RemoveTrump #EpsteinFiles

The definition of authoritarianism means there are more of us than there are of them. While MAGA tries to concentrate power in the hands of one man, we’re reminding every American of their own power to enact change. Join the One Million Rising training on Wednesday: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Damn the evil prick ending $500 million in vaccine research while children die of preventable diseases.

Dear White People, ONE of our jobs right now is to make sure we’re not in social circles where fascism is unmentioned. The ultimate privilege is to pretend this isn’t happening & that we’ll somehow be unaffected. It is happening. We made it happen. We will be affected. Others are affected first.

‘South Park’ clip: ICE recruitment video

She said she made it 21 years but that’s long enough to know this is bullshit. In my 53 years I agree. They’re dehumanizing us.

Give them no peace!

@choosedemocracy.bsky.social is another fantastic resource.

Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll

We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House. This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries. They can’t win fair, so they cheat.

TEXAS @repcasar.bsky.social : “Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws. Then that president’s political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done. That’s what’s happening in Texas right now.”

This is the US Constitution page @ the Library of Congress Sections 9 and 10 have been removed 9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

The fight for justice and democracy against an authoritarian force often starts this way. The options are few. The odds are long. It looks dicey. The only real path forward is the courageous path. We need more leaders who understand what this moment demands: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...

Now RFK Jr has cut funding for mRNA vaccine research intended to find a means to PREVENT cancers and HIV! Stand with the doctors and nurses Sign and share the petition to remove RFK Jr as HHS Secretary www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

⚡️JUST NOW: Bomb threat at Texas Dems hotel Rep. Jolanda Jones: “This is what bullies do. They’re not going to scare us.”

Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down. That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

Unfriendly reminder:

Today's the day! Happy book birthday to THE PINK PAJAMAS! Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social ! #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky

Stay strong TX Dems! We see you and we got you! All Texans deserve to have our voices heard for the good of our beloved state. @indivisible.org

Despite his threats, Governor Abbott can’t remove lawmakers from office for protecting the right to vote. I sent him a letter to remind him of what all Texans know: the Governor is not a king. Read my full letter ⬇️

So honored and excited to be named the Silver Award Winner for the 2025 @scbwi Summer Conference! Thank you to the art directors and SCBWI Team! What a great surprise! #scbwiillustrator #scbwiconference #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart

I’ve been a member of SCBWI for 18 years and this conference has always been (and still is) a game changer in my career! I hope to see you all there 🤗

Congrats to @littlerainey.bsky.social (Gold), @karammitchell.com (Silver), @katriaraden.bsky.social (Bronze) & Amy Sharp (Bronze) on their Portfolio Showcase Awards! For more info about these & other awards, see: scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2025/07/wrap... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #KidLitArtists

Honored and humbled to have won the @scbwi Virtual Summer conference portfolio showcase. A BIG BIG THANK YOU to all of the judges!! And congratulations to all of the portfolio showcase winners 🤗🤗🤗❤️

Congratulations to #scbwiohionorth ‘s own @littlerainey.bsky.social! ❤️ #scbwi

Check out all of the info for our conference coming Oct 3-4: linktr.ee/ohionorthscbwi We have an amazing lineup of faculty attending and available for critiques! #scbwiohionorth #scbwi

I don’t want to be able to point to the year on a calendar and say I didn’t use my voice when I saw it start up again. That I was silent when racism was being mainstreamed into the population again in the United States.

We can throw Sydney Sweeney and American eagle away. Because fuck Nazis, eugenics, all that beige shit just fuck it all.

Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊

“Both of them.”

Check out the faculty that will be attending the #scbwiohionorth Regional Conference! Registration opens TODAY at 7pm ET! www.scbwi.org/events/2025-... #scbwi #kidlit