After a full year of work, this book is out! Cooking in Maximum Security, compiled by Matteo Guidi, is our latest Half Letter Press book and it's beautiful. How do people in Italian prisons cook? This book will show you their recipes and tools used to make them. halfletterpress.com/cooking-in-m...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Such a good point here from @davekarpf.bsky.social: If Dems don't engage forcefully enough on Trump's terror raids, Trump/MAGA propaganda filters down to the "inattentive public" and risks persuading people this is normal and acceptable. Check out our full exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org

this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...

L.A. TACO is committed to staying on the front lines, exposing the truths they are trying to cover up and amplifying the voices of those who need it most. But we can’t do it alone—we still urgently need your help to keep covering this evolving crisis. givebutter.com/LA_TACO_TMC

Beloved, visionary Fanny Howe, a beacon of ferocity, honesty & integrity—a fighter in all senses of the term—has moved on. Read her. The powerful voice does not depart. It only grows louder…. 1940-2025 www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

An absolutely monumental piece from @polgreen.bsky.social this morning. Appreciate the research, array of sources, and nuanced thinking on the complicated issue of migration. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

Great chatting! I hope the number one takeaway is this: this bullshit bill is not yet law, and public pressure in the next 24 hours could kill or at least delay it. If you’ve never called your rep before, make a plan to call tomorrow - especially if you have a GOP rep!

We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.

Great piece by Gessen. Names something complicated about the numbing quality of what it’s like to be in all this right now and ultimately reminds us to keep resisting. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...

Every Memorial Day is painful. I have friends who should be alive right now, not buried in their early 20s with their whole lives in front of them. But this year, it's especially hard to reconcile their extraordinary sacrifice to our country with the unchecked incompetence and corruption of Trump.

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

Happy pub day to my amazing sister Karen! She wrote a story once for high school English about a society where a face mask machine got stuck and everyone had to wear the same one, the B17. I still remember the mask name! She has always been so original & attuned & inspiring. Big congratulations!!❤️

A major part of the ongoing catastrophe of Trump in office is that some political reporters and pundits continue to treat all of this like it's a game. For them, this is fun. They enjoy covering the drama. Their priority is playing into that drama instead of appropriately informing the public.

Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...

Go, Cory, go! Nearly 18 hours in and @booker.senate.gov is holding the Senate Floor to highlight the harms this Administration and Elon Musk are having on the American people. You are an American Hero, Senator! And we are right here with you! 💪

Yiyun Li’s new book — from which this essay is excerpted — is one of the most beautifully controlled expressions of grief and anger and abyss I’ve ever read.

GREAT news everyone! The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions. Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Apply or die!

There’s no official site that lists every Early Vote location in Wisconsin. So, every election, the WisDems voter protection team calls clerks all over the state and compiles our own. In-person early voting is open NOW, and you can register at the polls. Find your location here: wisdems.org/vote

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

*Jon Ossoff* just announced he's voting no. You think that happened out of nowhere? CALL YOUR SENATORS. 👇

Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"

Noon today at the federal building on Wilshire in LA.

If you can, please show up at one of these rallies today! You don't have to be a scientist. But if you believe vaccines, cancer research, climate change, etc. matter--please go! 👇

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

We took up almost a block! Tesla takedown happening in Boston every weekend. Dancing and chanting. Great band. Highly recommend- we need to make Tesla a totally toxic brand #teslatakedown

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The economic black out is tomorrow. I'm participating.

Blackout Friday is coming!

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

Come join me for a beautiful week kayaking and writing in the San Juan Islands. September is the best month. I need to get outside every day for more than a minute to restore myself for the fight at hand. We’ll write, paddle and talk about art and hope. freeflowinstitute.com/product/co-c...

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

For Monday February 17:

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

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