Young people today don’t need your moralizing about how they aren’t doing things the way you think they should. What they need is support. They need our generation to acknowledge the shit world we’ve left them & do what we can to fix it.

Just a reminder that the DOJ is currently violating the law by withholding large portions of the Epstein Files

If you want more people to believe their vote in a Presidential election matters then work to get rid of the Electoral College or at least get your state to apportion electors based on the popular vote.

It’s honestly hilarious that this guy thinks he’ll ever be president. He’s like if Mitt Romney and Ron DeSantis had a wildly unlikable baby who was raised by Sean Hannity and a gallon of white paint.

When we take back power, I do not want unity or healing, I want revenge. I also don't want a lecture on "but that's just like Trump, he wanted revenge." He was wrong, we are right. It's different. Get a moral compass. Revenge or sit down. Call it "justice" if you must, it's that too.

At 11:30AM House Democrats will demand passage of the War Powers Resolution at a pro forma House session, the resolution will be introduced by Ranking Member Greg Meeks via unanimous consent today at that time. Republicans will block this.

How many schools have implemented policies that they will expel anyone engaging in pro-Palestinian protests? How many students were maced, arrested, harassed while “democratic officials” voted to say that criticism of Israel is antisemitism?

This is 1% about petty Donald getting back at Cassidy Hutchison—and 99% about threatening any future witnesses that have seen Trump act embarrassingly or illegally. It's witness tampering. It's what Donald's idols, mob bosses, do.

The thing I genuinely don't understand is how people who consider themselves left or center-left can look at a government run by a naked fascist and self described right winger like Benjamin Netanyahu, staffed by people like Smotrich and ben-Gvir, and conclude those are good faith actors.

It seems the United States unironically threatened to invade the Vatican too, because what even is this timeline newrepublic.com/post/208820/...

"sorry I can't come to your once-in-250-years party. I'll be busy doing something it would actually make much more logical sense to do four days later. I bumped it up on purpose so I could throw it in your face. eat shit forever, amen" there is no hater on earth like a hater from Chicago

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

It's critical that people understand Trump took the world to the brink, and that congressional Rs showed their hand: Given a choice between armageddon and constraining Trump, they'll choose armageddon. It's also critical that we try to bring the crisis to an end. www.offmessage.net/p/republican...

Again, you don't have to like Hasan. You can think he sucks. You can think he's said some outrageous things. You can view him as a net negative. Whatever. But you really don't get to be CNN and make shit up like that. Insane.

So a nepo baby whose grandpa was the head of the CIA, (who of course went to Harvard and Yale) thinks he can threaten the fucking Pope? I don’t think this will turn out the way he thought it would ….

This is about as stupid as another nation thinking it could come to an understanding with the US while reserving the right to bomb Israel. There's no universe where that's on the table.

The hypocrisy is astronomical: Trump slashed NASA’s budget by 23% and then took credit when astronauts made history. Artemis II does not belong to politicians dismantling American space science. Join the fight for science: standupforscience.net zurl.co/JHmEp

Here’s a hill I will die on: either “the left” is too small a coalition to make a difference so the Dems shouldn’t court their votes OR they are a big enough coalition that they caused Harris to lose bc she supported genocide. You cannot have it both ways.

Israel will never agree to a ceasefire unless they are forced to. The only country that can force them is the US.

This is a surprise to no one with even a minimal understanding of the situation. If Trump & his idiots thought a ceasefire would hold without Israel actually agreeing, they were even dumber than we imagine. We must stop sending $/💣 to Israel to force a ceasefire.

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

Q from Trib: "What’s the fuss over delivery robots?" A: Aside from smashing 2 Chicago bus shelters recently? They can block wheelchairs, stress out seniors, families and pets; and eliminate jobs. To reduce car trips, instead use bicycles and e-scooters for deliveries.

I interviewed David Costello, who is running for Maine Senate in the D primary. He’s got strong progressive views—and he has never had a Nazi tattoo. I think it’s unfortunate the D party has largely ignored him; I hope ME voters give him a look. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/an-intervi...

time to cut Israel off. y'all wanna wage your own war? go ahead. godspeed, or whatever, the consequences are a you problem. time for some FAFO over there. evangelicals who can't allow Israel to be its own sovereign state should have to clearly explain their reasoning to the American people.

Plouffe: - Retained his consulting clients during the campaign - Neutered Tim Walz - Made Liz Cheney Harris' primary campaign surrogate - Refused to take any responsibility, instead saying the campaign wasn't moderate enough He should never hold another job in politics for the rest of his life

Brutal.

the guy who wipes off the football for tom brady isnt the guy who won the super bowl. but democrats keep putting the ball boy in charge of the whole team like he was.

Exactly - we cannot and should not have to live this way.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Hey folks, @demiforillinois.bsky.social just sent this graphic: “Urgent call to vets” She is calling on Veterans to show up at Naval Station Great Lakes tonight at 7PM

Every Dem in the House should be in the House chambers right now, and if a few Republicans join them, they should call the House into session and start making some noise. You say that's against the rules? Fuck the rules, Trump hasn't followed a single one that didn't serve him since he took office.

Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!

Tell your normies!

This! The people telling me I shouldn’t be mad at the Dems bc they’re in the minority are ignoring this fact. And blaming the few ppl who didn’t vote for Kamala bc she was ok with genociding their families is fucking stupid. The Dems chose Israel over Americans & they continue to do so.

"What can Democrats do?" When the South Korean president attempted to declare martial law, South Korean lawmakers literally fought through tanks and military forces and climbed fences to get into their Parliament building to stop him. So, you know, that.

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

Called Quigley’s office. The poor guy who answered the phone kept telling me about the Tweets the Congressman has posted today. And I laughed. I said “I want the Dems in DC NOW - not waiting for Johnson to call the House back in session. I want more than fucking tweets.” 🤷🏻‍♀️

How fucking dare the US - which is acting more and more like a Christofascist nation with Christian supremacy as its goal - insist that a secular leader be put in power in another theocratic state? The hypocrisy is driving me insane.

This is exactly why I’m angry at Dems. (And yes of course I’m angry at the GOP). I have this superpower where I can be angry at lots of people for different reasons all at the same fucking time.

For your citing purposes, U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against genocide: 18 U.S.C § 1091; U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against wantonly destroying infrastructure 18 U.S.C § 2441 which incorporates by reference Geneva Convention IV art. 147.

“Nobody wants to work anymore” except it’s elected officials and I’m fucking over it.

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

happy 10-year anniversary to this razor-sharp political prognostication

This is outside our normal DHS contracting 'beat,' however: we cannot in good conscience ignore the fact that the president is threatening to exterminate an entire country. This is genocidal and evil. The time is RIGHT NOW for congress to act.

If you're in Illinois and you are arrested protesting Trump's illegal war and threats of genocide, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Yes, I know Trump is the very worst of everything. I know the GOP enables him & that the Dems are in the minority. But stop fucking condescending to people who are also incandescently angry at the Dems for their many failures leading to this moment. I can be angry at everyone all at the same time.

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We’re led by the very worst of us—and I don’t just mean Trump, who’s only an appropriate figurehead for his class and their narcissism, bloodlust and poisonous, nihilistic ideology. Far from being a democracy or meritocracy, our system rewards psychopathy with world-ending power.

This! All of this! There is literally no good reason to incorporate AI into education. And the fact that there are now schools with no fucking teachers and only AI for education is so dystopian it makes me feel insane.

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.