1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics. From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate. Subscribe to support our journalism.

More good news from Virginia’s elections: with a Democrat replacing a Republican as state attorney general, there will be another state participating in the blue state coalition that sues the Trump regime on the regular.

Mamdani's speech is a goddamn barnburner. Holy shit this is a good speech. #nypol #nypolitics #election #elections #mamdani #zohranmamdani

"But Trump will retaliate if you don't vote for Cumo!" ... He's going to retaliate anyways. If you don't "give him a reason", he'll just make up a reason. Someone will show him some AI video of "Riots in the streets" and he'll deploy the Marines. Even his deep red base of farmers - oh we'll […]

Again - and again and again - this could be avoided simply by the Trump regime releasing funds it has the lawful right to release. But because of its tremendous concern for feeding children, says the regime, it cannot feed children. 11/

Aside from the palpably ridiculous rationale the Trump regime gives for refusing to tap the Child Nutrition Funds, the regime’s logic faces another problem that its own lackey identifies in his declaration to the court. Going back to his claim that it is hard and complicated to administer a half […]

Hence, in choosing to underfund November food benefits by half, the Trump regime had to give some sort of justification. Hence the one Patrick Penn put his name to. Now, while I think it is clearly in bad faith - bc Trump cares not a whit about the Child Nutrition programs - and unsound - bc it […]

This incredible and palpably ridiculous explanation for making millions of children and their parents try to subsist in Nov on half their benefits was offered because the law requires that if the government refuses to fully pay benefits it is legally obligated to it cannot do so on “arbitrary […]

The Trump regime had tried to argue against its obligation to release any money on the grounds of the administrative difficulty and inconvenience of only partially funding benefits. Nevertheless it has chosen this course because - wait for it - it is too concerned that if it moves money from […]

Meeting that deadline, USDA Deputy Undersecretary Patrick Penn explained the 50% funding choice. I note his name because it should go down, with many other lackeys of the Trump regime, in the annals of shame […]

The Trump regime, grudgingly doing the absolute minimum required by law to help hungry Americans, has complied with a court order to use contingency funds Congress already appropriated and fund SNAP food benefits - but only at at a 50% level. #lawfedi 1/ More explanation to come in this thread […]

Debates over whether "fascism" is an apt descriptor of MAGA policies and "genocide" of Israel's mass killing in Gaza seem to have been resolved in the affirmative less by the quality of someone's argument than by the increasing extremism of the actors, which eventually eliminated any doubt that […]

"While the shock-and-awe raids had dominated the news, this had become the new normal: Show up, grab the runners, toss them in the back, transfer them to central booking. Those with papers would get out eventually; those without would get sent to ICE detention in Adelanto, or Arizona, or […]

“They were careless people… – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” - from the actual novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald […]

The food access crisis is upon America. If you can, please donate to Mastodon for Hunger Relief. See my pinned post for more info. https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/xBnCKKa/Mastodon-for-Hunger-Relief […]

I've noted before the utter absurdity of the view that courts must defer to a demonstrably lying executive branch. Now, whether the Trump regime just was confused about how many FPS officers it had in Portland and how many there are total or whether the regime simply lied before, the regime's […]

These admissions by the Trump regime about the incorrectness of evidence they submitted to the court are galling for many reasons. But what is especially galling is that the two judge majority of the 9th circuit panel vacated trial judge Immgergut's original TRO on the (controversial) grounds […]

Talwiri expressed skepticism, to say the least, at the regime's claim that they don't have the money to fund any benefits in November: “If you don’t have money, you tighten your belt. You are not going to make everyone drop dead because it’s a political game someplace.” 2/2

May every political fuckhead who works for Trump die of mesothelioma (and all the normal cooking and cleaning and normal people downtown somehow be perfectly fine) […]

After brainstorming with friends on SNAP here are some ideas for support: 1 money. Especially for folks with disabilities, food restrictions, lack of transportation etc that prevents them from accessing food banks. 2 Rides 3 Physical and emotional help with standing in line. The process can […]

Grapevine, the platform for the Mastodon for Hunger Relief fundraiser, has connected with the 16 food banks we are supporting. Information about each now appears on our donation page, which gives a breakdown of where our collectively raised money is going […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

On crickets, karaoke, and sobriety: "But this is the terrifying, miraculous thing about transitioning. Once you imagine a body that might bring you happiness instead of loathing...you might dare to imagine a more beautiful life. ... I found myself having more days in which I wished for nothing […]

someone tell our moronic gestapo that wearing a helmet inside a federal courthouse doesnt make it look like you are fighting a war, it makes you look like a fucking idiot then again, these guys tear-gassed kids in Halloween costumes at a parade. .. they are […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

The Commander of ICE-CPB troops in Chicago, Gregory Bovino appeared in federal court today, on the order of federal judge Sara Ellis. Bovino is personally alleged to have violated the court’s order banning certain uses of tear gas and other riot control tactics. The hearing was extraordinary. 1/ […]

[Sexual harrassment, stalking, abuse] “She was traumatized by the experience; it’s very, very difficult. She said they were very aggressive. Silvia is going to be 53 in November,” Ramirez said. “Given what we’re dealing with right now, they acted with complete impunity. With no human decency […]

Last night, I could not sleep for frustration, anger and concern over the Trump regime weaponizing SNAP (food aid) benefits as the regime continues to insist on higher health insurance premiums. I decided to do something. I’ve started Mastodon for Hunger Relief, a fundraiser to help those whose […]

Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms in Atlantic hurricane history, and it is about to hit Jamaica. 175 Miles Per Hour as of this morning. This storm will be devastating for the island.

#uspol Questions: SNAP users: If you lose SNAP 11/1 how would you want your in person and online community to show up to help? Send money, mealtrain, rides to foodbanks, all of the above? What else? Non-SNAP users: If SNAP cuts off what are the ways you'll try to organize to feed your […]

However, according to a memo seen by Reuters, the #usda indicated that it would not do so. Governors in Louisiana & Virginia declared states of emergencies this week to make funds available to help with #hunger relief in anticipation of #snap benefits not being issued next month. #foodstamps […]

Wait his last name is literally Blaha? It's like he was born for this moment.

Excellent commentary on Trump’s Orwellian lies about No Kings. https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/20/president-denies-reality-of-massive-nationwide-protests-while-posting-videos-of-himself-dumping-shit-on-citizens/

One of the best day-after commentaries I have seen. https://share.inquirer.com/HfJ6zI ‘“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” … Ignored at first, the “No Kings” protest movement is rapidly accelerating toward the then-you-win phase.’

@heidilifeldman The bases for my protest are rooted in a mix of love, despair, fury, and hope for my country. It's been angering to be continually mischaracterized by Trumpists and the cowed media as both weak and violent, as both hateful and meek, as humorless easily bullied stiffs. What […]

"I was living inside a memory I didn’t know I would one day ache for." By Abdallah Hatem https://mailchi.mp/adalahjusticeproject/10-7-2025

"It’s a form of resistance that requires us to put aside ego, and the need for personal gratification, to become a node in a living network of care, support, and defense." https://organizingmythoughts.org/they-came-for-our-neighbors-we-showed-up/?ref=organizingmythoughts-newsletter

They, and we, can only understand need for such amendments, if we pay close attention to why and how an unamended U.S. Constitution is allowing for the Trump regime’s actions. This requires documenting what is happening in cases using existing laws and the existing Constitution to challenge […]

Yes, there was a robust abolitionist theory of the U.S. Constitution, which had federal courts embraced it, might have ended slavery without all out war. 4/

Calfiornians: Call Newsom 916-445-2841 Press 1 for English, 6 to talk to a representative, then wait or 3 to leave a voicemail. Tell him to sign the package of Trans rights bills on his desk to save trans lives. AB 82 / SB 497 AB 1084 / SB 59 SB 418 AB 554 AB 727 AB 678 SB 590 SB 450 […]

https://resist.bot/petitions/POWMAS Partial petition text is in alt text or you can read before signing in the resist bot process.

"We are just continuing onwards, and so is the rest of the fleet...The small boats they are just trying to deter with these water canons. But they can't water canon all the boats at once. So each time they do that we turn our engine on and keep moving. And […] [Original post on social.coop]

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes. Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants. Here is your shutdown guide. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"We get remade as we remake the world. When we build together, relationship is created. Our fantasies of perfection or utopia are replaced with something I find more relieving and real, that we are alive and connected, that there is more to learn, that we change until our final moment, that we […]

"What if we fundamentally all belong to Earth, if we start from the idea that belonging is a birthright? We have a land that wants us and wants to feed us and hold us, and gravity is going to make sure we don’t float off into space, and that’s so loving." --adrienne marie brown […]

I’m going to keep calling Charlie Kirk a fascist who should not be valorized. I am not capitulating to the climate of repression the Trump regime and its supporters have created. The only way to protect freedom to speak truth, is to keep speaking truth.

Just got in a tense verbal fight with an orthodontist's financial officer about whether or not a child can withdraw their consent for treatment. Actually not even that, whether I should even be daring to ask what happens *if* a child withdraws their consent for treatment. She went from threats […]

After witnessing ICE terrorism in LA for months, and genocide in Gaza for 2 years, we seem to each live under different suns. "Once upon a time, the Washington Post’s tagline was 'Democracy dies in darkness.' Yet here we are, sun shining, cameras on, and democracy continues to wilt and wither." […]

Humans of New York is unfortunately only on facebook and instagram but is doing amazing interviews with Palestinian MSF staff in Gaza. I'll spare the details of Kholoud's shrapnel story except her quote: " ‘Too kind, too sensitive.’ I heard this my entire life. But I can tell you: another […]

"But here, in Gaza, time is relative. It doesn’t simply pass, it rips through us. We might share the world’s minutes and seconds, but the agonizing truth is, we live these as years." https://electronicintifada.net/content/time-works-differently-gaza/50848

"While the economic benefits appear unclear to Administrator Zeldin, the EPA's own staff backed up its savings calculations with five pages of technical notes about how the calculations were made." https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5432617/energy-star-trump-cost-climate-change