We’re live in DC. 30 people from all around the country share their stories about the real #SOTU, one where everyday Americans are suffering under Donald Trump and the GOP Congress. Watch: www.youtube.com/live/nKwcfHi...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

It’s Election Day. I’m so proud to vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. Go vote, NJ!

Following along with the voices that matter most in this shutdown fight: the people. Great piece on Kara Pitt-D’Andrea of Wisconsin's story, from @reportsbychar.bsky.social spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...

Extended applause for Steven Volz, a NOAA leader who was placed on admin leave by the Trump admin that continues to speak truth to power. Volz addressed the state of ocean & climate sciences, mixing dire updates with hopeful solutions for rebuilding at @oceanvisions.bsky.social Climate Week event.

@oceanvisions.bsky.social leading at the intersection of ocean conservation, climate science, tech and policy. CEO Brad Ack opening today’s Climate Week event with real talk on the imperative of acknowledging the ocean’s potential role in CDR 🌊

"As humanity lags far behind where it should be in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, researchers are turning to phytoplankton for help." This is a great look at a potential mCDR pathway, with insight from @oceanvisions.bsky.social.

Rough weekend in-district for WI's Rep. Steil. It's almost like refusing to stand up for your constituents' best interests could have consequences... www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...

"By slashing health care and food assistance for low-income Americans, Republicans in Washington are passing tremendous costs onto the states, leaving local leaders from both parties grasping for ways to make up for billions in lost federal dollars."

At @fairshareamerica.bsky.social roundtable in Las Vegas on the big ugly law, Kristen Crowell opens on its funding for ICE raids: “Immigrants are here and paying taxes that are now funding their captor’s ability to disappear them. That’s f*cked up. There’s no other way to say it.”

Sizzle sizzle. New vid from the first leg of the @fairshareamerica.bsky.social bus tour.

“We are building a movement that is strong and durable and it crosses partisan lines,” Crowell said. “If they in fact do go ahead and pass this, there will be hell to pay for those members who abandoned and threw their constituents and their communities under the bus.”

[email protected] is going coast to coast in a giant green $1 trillion bill bus. Read more from ED Kristen Crowell on the ground game, giving American families a voice in DC decisions + fighting the massive tax cuts for the rich in the Fed budget bill. inequality.org/article/bill...

Less known but important: public pensions are designed to fare better during turbulent times than 401ks which leave so many workers exposed to volatility. NPPC ED Kendal Killian making the case for public servants in NYC today

The contrasting images of a DC ghost town/military parade and 1800 American cities and towns with well-attended protests is going to drive Trump batty.

Absolutely heartbreaking. Two great people and public servants. Sending love to my DFL family and all MNs. Our country is not ok right now. The scope of horrible things happening just seems to grow every day. The tone is set at the top, and we aren’t even a full year in yet.

"Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed earlier this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Walz said in a press conference.

the fight against the big + not so beautiful bill isn't only in DC: “We’ve been door knocking in 8 different states, and the American public understands what’s at stake — that 15 million Americans have their health care in jeopardy...” Read more from @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social

When Republicans (outside of Massie) say "this won't raise the deficit," they're lying. They know it will, that's why they are raising the debt limit by 4 trillion. What a coincidence... www.cnbc.com/2025/06/02/w...

The Des Moines Register printed Iowans' responses to Joni Ernst and they are 👌 (highlights threaded)

Though at times it seems like a herculean task to address the misinformation coming from the administration + Congress, don't give up. A good resource out today from the NYT:

it's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off. 😨

Some personal / professional news as they say: I’m so honored to be in @TheAAPC’s 40 Under 40 Award Winners for 2025! #AAPC40u40

Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" in a nutshell: 14 MILLION people losing their health insurance just so Jeff Bezos can buy another $500 MILLION yacht.

This country of ours sure is beautiful. Truly hard to understand how anyone could think firing Rangers and gutting national parks is the right call…

It’s almost like tariff wars, shifting massive costs to the states and cutting essential programs to fund billionaire tax cuts isn’t a sound economic strategy….

So you're telling me all those Republicans who said they weren't cutting Medicaid lied!? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! thehill.com/policy/healt...

To be clear, it’s all benefit cuts. From Georgetown report: “there is no state that will be able to absorb a 27 percent cut in federal Medicaid matching payments over the next ten years by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s not even close.”

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

Neither economics nor self preservation matter in the pursuit of billionaire tax breaks. “These incentives significantly impact employment in construction across diverse South, Midwest, Southwest, and Mountain West regions. Of 390 announced clean energy projects, over 60% are in GOP districts.”

Trump campaigned on fighting for the working class, and exit polls found that he won 56% of the blue-collar vote. One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections. capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...

Daily reminder that all of these cuts could be avoided if they, you know, just didn’t extend and expand tax breaks for billionaires.

morning read in @toledonews.bsky.social today: "Perhaps Abraham Lincoln was a great American president because of his deep understanding of the nation’s essence... At the 100-day mark of his term, the 47th president is having a hard time accepting public opinion."

Moses' national security job offer was rescinded when Elon Musk’s DOGE team came in and haphazardly cut positions. What's The Real Cost of Donald Trump and Elon Musk's cuts? Families losing their livelihoods. #TheRealCost

More context for the fed budget fight from the states: "The legacy of Brownback — the lesson that Trump has apparently failed to heed — is that you can get away with a lot of bad ideas in government as long as you don’t make the lives of voters materially worse."

If the President tries to spin this somehow into a win for him in Canada and that gets actual attention, then we all need to go sit in time out.

Real ugly on the ground for all these “moderate” Republicans who have consistently bent the knee and voted for cuts that hurt people. More recess roundups of state news here too: www.fairshareusa.org/media

Another reminder, “wealth flight” is not a thing.

“This isn’t about politics. It’s about survival,” Crowell said. “And if we don’t fight back, we will lose what generations before us fought to build.”

The Republican Party is coming after Social Security. 💯

About last night… 150+ residents came out in an R+15 district to voice their concerns about how fed cuts will harm working class families

~200 at citizen townhall in Racine, WI tonight with @fairshareamerica.bsky.social, @opportunitywi.bsky.social, and @martinomalley.bsky.social talking about the local impact of cutting programs like Medicaid & Social Security just to fund tax breaks for billionaires.

9 years later, and I’m back standing behind a camera in the Midwest while @martinomalley.bsky.social answers media questions. Happy to be here w/ @fairshareamerica.bsky.social

Can't think of a better first post on this platform, than to thank the hundreds of people who traveled to DC this week to fight for working families with @fairshareamerica.bsky.social. 💜