Comey and the lessons of pre-capitulation open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

It’s Black Teacher Appreciation Day, and Yvette Nicole Brown (@ynb.bsky.social) is honoring Ms. Elizabeth Clark. Do you have a teacher who opened up worlds and inspired you?  Drop your story in the comments and head to donorschoose.org/yvette to support a teacher today.

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety. Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ⤵️

The placement of that flag in front of his face is apt

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

I just enjoyed a pretzel so big it came in a pizza box. That's how I'm handling... what is this, day six?!

Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...

@marcelias.bsky.social: "There is a reason why Trump nominated Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. He wants to humiliate these Republicans, because he knows that once they have voted for these folks, he will own them. They will not have a shred of dignity or standing left."

president of California Citrus Mutual: “We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting ... Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

This is what we are up against. This is an important read and why we need a Democratic media ecosystem. You can sign up for a free copy of this article. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning. Sounds pretty pissed off

If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.

Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…

The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good. Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.

This is bone-chilling Iron Curtain stuff. We are less free since last week. “Across govt agencies, workers eyed one another nervously, wondering whether a colleague would report them,accusing them of resisting the new administration’s move to end certain programs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...

Dude. I'm Pissed. youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

It feels real.

“Who goes Nazi” from 1941 harpers.org/archive/1941...

Democratic leaders: None of this is normal. ACT THAT WAY! He’s destroying the fabric of our society. ACT THAT WAY! The freedoms that many suffered, sacrificed and lost life and limb for are being eradicated. ACT THAT WAY! We need you to fight for us. What the hell are you doing?

Donald Trump fired 12+ agency watchdogs who protect taxpayers from waste, fraud & abuse. He’s required by law to say why. He hasn’t. Why is Donald Trump eliminating people in charge of stopping government overreach in the middle of the night? I think you can guess why…

Always read Public Notice. 💙

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

The orange fecal smear has removed the U.S. from the World Health Organization, if you'd like to sign up for their newsletters to keep yourself aware, here ya go: www.who.int/news-room/ne...

make *them* make *you* comply; they usually can't (👇) and introducing widespread friction to these programs makes them slower and more expensive: both buying time for targeted parties, and turning these raids into terrible investments of effort, money, and energy...which even GOP voters don't want

In light of the evening’s historical events I’m just going to point out that 9/11 happened under a semi-competent (but perhaps corrupt) Republican administration. Now the DoD is gonna be run by an unfit, ignorant, white supremacist alcoholic abuser who’s indebted to a possibly senile manbaby.

At least when Pompeii’s civilization ended it was a surprise. They were going about their day all carefree then it was “OH SHIT THE VOLCANO JUST WENT OFF.” Meanwhile, we have to do the Austin Powers zamboni slow death. And the zamboni’s driven by fucking idiots.

No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.

Never forget that there is a high percentage of white ppl in this country who would rather see it destroyed than share it. I thought we were paying the price for electing Barack Obama, but now I know it’s deeper than that. We’re paying the price for the Civil Rights act of 1964.

Not QT’ing to dunk, I wanna make a broader point about the “rich vs poor” argument a lot of moderates try to make. The only reason America became the economic power it is was because of slavery. American capilism is intertwined with racism. They cannot exist without each other.

Do not comply in advance.

This energy ❤️ Be the change in whatever way you can.

#AlbanyRoad is a must see! @LynnWhitfield SHINES!!! members.sagfoundation.org/programs/16440

Taxpayer funded FEMA money is getting privatized into high donor clutches. Trump is an excellent frontman for this scheme.

The beast doesn't care about any of you. The states hit the hardest by his new grift to keep Federal money -- our tax dollars -- in his grubby Orange mitts will be the poorest, least populated ones and those are red states.

A true hero!

For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...

I remember when he told me he doesn’t take responsibility for anything

Trumponomics at work!