"Mommy is one of the 9 most powerful judges in America, and at every chance to help protect meaningful gun safety legislation, I've chosen the reckless and stupid decision of expanding gun access, even to violent sociopaths, thus putting your and my life in abject danger— the price of freedom." 2/2

If it goes down like this, I’m going to need dems to do literally whatever they can think of to stop it, like fill the chamber with bees, feed everyone some RFK Jr poo lettuce, I really don’t care but that sack of shit cannot be allowed to seat two more justices, he just can’t

i will say lindsey graham being asked by a reporter how mitch mcconnell is doing, answering “i don’t know, i’m going to check right now” and then dying is hilarious

Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over.

American democracy has just been Slaughter-ed and Cook-ed

21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.

Instead Corporate Media this morning is amplifying Trump's celebration of "victory", because they are all either owned by right-wing pro-Trump billionaires OR scared Trump will crush their corporate parents if they don't collaborate against US.

I'm not happy about writing this, but too many people I care about are hurting, and it's preventable. medium.com/@jakeorlowit... #Wikipedia

An ugly look for Durbin, Gallego (who loves confirming Trumpers), Reed, Heinrich, and Whitehouse. Shaheen and Hassan are hopeless. Fetterman is just shameless.

The new Trump administration counterterrorism strategy document is not getting nearly enough attention. The document explicitly lists “left-wing extremists,” people with “radically pro-transgender” ideologies, and “anti-fascists” alongside ISIS and cartels as top national security threats. 1/

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

I tried to spend the equivalent of Trump’s proposed military budget. Globally, I eliminated hunger & extreme poverty; in the US, I ended homelessness, covered the uninsured, installed universal pre-K, sent another round of $600 checks, & powered 50% of households with solar. I have $77B left over.

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

The bill died: austinfreepress.org/renewables-a... This is the template for the long-foreseeable future. Thanks to Trump's stupid, bloody, unforgivable war of choice in the Gulf, the world is going to install *unimaginable* amounts of cleantech. 37/

Cleantech is *so much better* than fossil fuels - cheaper, more reliable, cleaner - that anyone who tries it becomes an instant convert. That's why the fossil fuel industry has been so insistent that no one get to try it! 33/

A group of trans youth in Boston have organized a letter writing campaign urging the pediatric conference to remove the panel. They've reached almost 11,000 letters sent so far. Add your voice to the effort. Please share. actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

The Onion has reached a deal to acquire Infowars • It will be turned into a parody site of itself • Has the support of the Sandy Hook families “A lot of people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats & bullshit, we persevered" (via Variety)

Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea? Shall we be towed by him to the infernal world?

Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand.

Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.

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Call Congress and tell them to do their job: 202-224-3121

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

Just gorgeous images to look at on the NASA Johnson Flickr this morning www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

Much of reactionary politics today is best understood as a Confederate restoration project.

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Not a bug but a feature in this new war of choice. What Trump requires is a major terror attack on American soil prior to the midterm elections. Declared state of emergency. Disruptions in voting. Political dissent challenged and even prosecuted. His war has primed the pump as intended.

This is the most blasé admission of a war crime by a US president in history. Trump has just disclosed, without prompting, that the US Military committed a war crime - literally just to brag & make his Republican audience laugh about unnecessarily killing 100+ Iranians instead of capturing them.

Understand this one thing… Trump WANTS a 9/11 style attack… it’s possibly the only thing that can give him the extraordinary powers he needs to cement his authoritarian plans… He intentionally put our lives at stake with the hopes of generating chaos he can exploit… and we need to understand this.

“At some point, we have to say it plainly: what Musk is doing to this country’s elections, its institutions, and the most vulnerable people here and around the globe constitutes crimes against humanity by any serious definition of the term.”

If you can sign up in your district to be a poll worker, do. It’s more important than ever. You can help protect someone’s right to vote.

We have lost a decade of our life to an evil idiot…a dolt. A moron. One of the most racist and dumbest humans on the planet. 10 years.

Time for the States to Gear Up for Trump’s Fake Elections Exec Order talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-...

"People have to give birth in their homes in secret, because if they were to go to a hospital to have their baby, masked agents of the state would abduct them....This is lived reality right now. This is the country you live in." JVL and Tim Miller on what they saw in Minneapolis.

I’m getting a little sick of saying this, but I think it’s worth repeating, that this speech sounds no different than your average white nationalist website.

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

So, about the GOP’s argument that you need ID to prove you’re old enough to drink, so why not in order to prevent “voter fraud”? www.ms.now/opinion/save...

wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

Sunday bake hey how did that get there? #breadsky #sourdough

Seriously, this hyper concentration of wealth is one of the top problems facing the country -- the maldistribution is worse than it was before the Great Depression, and their political influence is even greater than it was then thanks to Citizens United etc.

I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument. This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.

Amazing thread!

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...