To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

When "Battle of the Butts" released, I joked kids at school visits were going to call me "The Butt Lady." "The Butt Lady is here!" "The Butt Lady said manatees swim using farts!" "That Butt Lady talks really fast!" Now I definitely do NOT want to be The Butt Lady.😳 people.com/calif-butt-l...

she was a generational political talent. i owe her my life thanks to her getting the ACA passed. she’s led some really bad votes too, but i still think our country is a much better place in a lot of different ways, largely thanks to her leadership and ceiling breaking

it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need. Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other. TURN THE VOLUME UP!

just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important

So many boxes of books!!! On the one hand, not too exciting because they are all copies of the same book. On the other hand, SUPER exciting because they are all copies of MYYYYYYYYY book! 😁 buttsinabox.com #kidlit #STEM #books #holidaygift

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Incredible

you think you know how tacky these people are and then they go and invent whole new levels of tacky previously unimagined in human history

"power lives wherever people refuse to give it up" No matter what any despot says, the reality is We The People have the power. They might steal & abuse it, but we can fight back & regain it. Yesterday was a big step; read on to find out how to help keep the fight going. We Are Stronger Together.

Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

We’re waking up in a different country this morning — a country using the tools of our (imperfect) democracy to fight back against authoritarianism.

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI

This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

Americans want sane, stable leadership that is focused on lowering the cost of living. People are already fed up with the chaos and corruption of the Trump administration. Republicans should LISTEN and work with us to reopen government and save the ACA tax credits.

FLIPPED! Congratulations to the three Democratic candidates who won the Georgetown City Council race and changed the makeup of the council. Shoutout to the Democrats of Georgetown County for their hard work! #Scdems #Scpol

so it turns out that fascism is unpopular

We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

courage is wildly contagious, and it's so powerfully cool that you can peer pressure cowards into acting like they have it

The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

Everyone is hope scrolling now

Bucket List: to live in a country where the head-of-state cannot defy court orders.

Trump responds to Republicans getting drubbed tonight by calling for "VOTER REFORM" 🤔

If you are a democrat with some big ideas, cares about trans people, minorities, civil rights, and the rest of your community, even with minimal experience and have aspirations of wanting to help - as well as zero Nazi tattoos: now is your time to start exploring a run for the government next year.

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Who could have predicted that what voters wanted after all were candidates with even a modicum of a spine? This was truly unknowable before today.

There are still a lot of hard times ahead, but remember this moment and what it means: We can win.

Let’s see how fast the felon responds when the greedy Walton family cries about not being able to exploit the system by triple dipping. Dumb dumb in chief and his voters disparaging SNAP fail to realize it fuels our economy.

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.

CA friends, you have 45 minutes to drop off your ballot if you haven't already!

Killing the dreams and wonders of children may be the greatest crime AI techbros have commited.

Breaking: Democrats flip two Public Service Commission seats in Georgia, the first victories in 25 years.

Let's get that energy going in EVERY county in the US next year!

It’s cool that Chuck Schumer, Kiersten Gillibrand, and Hakeem Jeffries just proved to every future dem that establishment approval is irrelevant tbh

People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

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.

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

There are more of us than there are of them.