The Platner fiasco is not a Democratic or Republican issue. It is an integrity issue. Unfortunately too many of the people who seek or hold political positions suffer from a deficiency of integrity, morality, and humility. They are the product of a time when a facade is more important than substance

Today we saw the difference between a team with a reason to win and one that got distracted. This is a perfect reflection of the Trump years. He meddles, distracts, debases and ultimately causes humiliating loss. We will never know if the USMNT could have won. We do know DJT helped them lose. Shame.

No matter how hard they try to stop the information from flowing, how much they lie and hide, how much misinformation they spew, the science comes out. Good on these folks! www.climate.us/news-feature...

This is true, but too narrow. Those 6 will vote against democracy, the right to vote, and the right to privacy, while they vote for dark money, corporate power, and an authoritarian presidency. This is voting against everyone's interests except for a handful of elites.

I like to believe that even corrupt stupidity can have a silver lining. The Trump Iran catastrophe is pushing solar power and the fossil fuel transition back into the forefront where it belongs. May this crazy war be the turning point to the end of the oil era.

Sometimes I am not sure if Trump and the Republicans create chaos more to hide the Epstein files or to hide the hideous corruption of the administration and everyone around it. From stock market manipulation to crypto scams to presidential library funding extortion these people corrupt to the core.

Science matters. Research matters. Knowledge matters. A society's wealth is not dollars, bullion, or crypto, it is what is knows and can do. It is time to stop the anti-science, anti-knowledge Republican backlash and stand with and for progress just like this vaccine.

Hey California, who you got for Governor? I've narrowed my field down to #XavierBecerra and #BettyYee. Why? Both of them have actual experience governing CA. While Steyer has good positions, now is not the time for a billionaire. Porter does not have the temperament. Who are your top two and why?

So CA Dems, where to now? Swalwell is and should be history. Where do we turn to now in our crazed crowded primary? Who are you hoping emerges from the scrum to lead our state?

The only responsible thing Eric Swalwell can do now is withdraw from the CA governors race and resign his seat. Out of respect for the victims and the rule of law, take this out of the political arena and into a court of law. It is time to put saving democracy ahead of ambition and personal ego.

Collaborators in genocide? The Republican capitulation to Trump is in danger of destroying the very America they claim to want to make great. The question is simple: do you value your humanity more than your fealty? I pray the Republicans break out of their fever dream & remember their duty & honor

How many innocent people will die today in Iran? How many American values will be shredded? How many men in power will commit crimes against humanity? How many men in power will look away and do nothing? We are all just collateral damage in the madness. Impeach or remove Trump today.

Graton, CA showing out for #NoKings 3! We are one people, small towns and large cities.

There are 100's of reasons to attend a #NoKings rally today. I will be standing with my neighbors to demand a future of where 'love thy neighbor' is real, where people & nature come before money & profit, where science shape our thinking and spirit guides our actions. So many reasons to show up...

The SAVE Act is one of the most heinous attacks on the right to vote in our lifetime. Like most of the Trump/Republican fever dreams about America it claims to solve a problem we do not have. I trust local election officials way more than Republicans who are afraid of the electorate.

Powerful message. Trump is making us poorer--diverting your tax dollars from things that make us healthy and whole to crazy wars that literally drain lives and life from us and millions around the world.

What are the ways we can resist? Go to a #NoKings rally on March 28. Put solar everywhere. It is time to decentralize the grid and make a personal difference in climate change.

Operation Pedo Files Distraction is causing death and destruction in the Middle East with no end in sight. We will be paying for this war with tears of sorrow for US soldiers who die in distant lands, in tears of rage as prices rise and we grow poorer, and in shame that our country is led by fools.

While today we may be preoccupied with elections, corporate power will continue its relentless assault on the common good. What is so disturbing to me in this story is the stupid greed. The company has good products, but wants to protect a few percentage points of profit on the backs of millions.

And if we can open ourselves up just a bit more and welcome in the politically isolated, economically fragile, and just plain tired of our neighbors, we could push this number up to 60% or more.

Hard to disagree with this take. For all the awfulness that 47/MAGA/R's have inflicted on us over the past 12 years, the foundations of their abuses of power were laid long before by the Nixons, Hoovers, and Cheneys of the world. History matters.

Oh well, here is #238 on the hit parade "how do you know your democracy is slipping away". Your would be king as president destroys public property with no remorse or even nod to the idea that the White House belongs to all Americans. Of course 47's motto is of the Trump, for the Trump, by the Trump

Ways you know Democracy is in peril #237. Duly elected congress members are not sworn in by sycophant House Majority Leader to protect the President from the Epstein scandal. I'd list the other 236 but it is getting late in the day, in more ways than one.

I refuse to cede the US flag to those who make it a symbol for hate. I refuse to cede my spiritual values to those whose actions make a mockery of every teaching of Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, or Buddha. I refuse to cede my Country to those who shred it for ego, power, & money. What would you add?

Like so many of us I was heartened by the #NoKings rally. But I left wondering how we unite around what we aspire to and not what we oppose. Trump killed the Republican Party, Biden put the Democrats on life support. Where is the phoenix party arising from the ashes of what was? Got ideas? Share 👇🏼

The little hamlet of Graton in Northern California represented today. 260+ strong. So proud of my town, my neighbors. Yes we want no kings--but more we want our democracy back. #nokings #Indivisible

Trump and his cronies have come to Bsky to spew disinformation and troll our work to restore democracy. I never dreamt I would have block an agency of OUR federal government for deliberately trying to politicize every aspect of our lives. Don't take your eyes off the prize, block these accounts.

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I am heartened by the tremendous work being done to build a better America. Thanks to these groups for their excellent work. @indivisible.org @standupforscience.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social @demcast.com @thirdactorg.bsky.social @fightforaunion.bsky.social

This is why we gather tomorrow. Our presidents are public servants. They deserve respect but not adulation or obeisance. And when they cross the line and claim to be 'saviors' they do not even deserve respect. Please find a place tomorrow where you can stand w/ millions and demand our country back.

I want to invite Speaker Johnson to come visit the little town of Graton, CA and meet the American patriots he is calling terrorists. Can he look the grandmothers, veterans, parents who will stand on the corner of our downtown to protect our democracy and call them terrorists? Of course not.

Friends, there are times we are called to rise above politics and defend core common values. That is what No Kings Day means to me. I will stand next to my friends and neighbors and say we are here because we love America and we will not see it and our democracy destroyed by Trump and the MAGA R's.

This is the kind of simple messaging that we need. Thanks @4taxfairness.bsky.social

I have a lot of hope that politicians like Andy Beshear can help turn our country around, but I do not think praying for the rule of law is going to be enough. We need to defend it and show how the erosion of rule of law makes us poorer and less safe at home and in the world. Dems get to work!

We have been hounding Trump for years, impeached him multiple times, even won prosecutions against him. But he is still tearing this country to shreds. Maybe it is time to shift our focus. Maybe it is time to talk about what real prosperity is and how we can create it. Dems, your move.

It is long past time we stopped focusing on Trump alone and start getting folks to look at what drives our descent into polarization & stagnation. Having a few huge and unaccountable media conglomerates control what we see and what we know is a recipe for breeding subservience and narrow mindedness.

Well I am happy Iger/ABC/Disney reinstated Kimmel. But they won't get this subscriber back so easily. Trust broken is trust broken and it will take a stronger push-back than this to get me back.

Sometimes the only thing to do is the small thing you can do. I cancelled Disney+ yesterday and sent an email to Bob Iger letting him know that for this former subscriber, protecting the First Amendment is far more important than what Disney/ABC sells. Join me.

This is what we continue to need to shout from the rooftops. The Republican fraud of the American people is as brazen as it is cruel and damaging. All the Republicans have ever done is make income inequality worse. That is their DNA.

I still can not believe this is the world we live in today. Trump and R's literally want to burn down and drown the world so a handful of fossil fuel companies can keep cashing checks. Where are the D's, where is the pushback? This nightmare continues until we learn to fight harder and smarter.

It used to be said that sex sells, these days it more like lies, conspiracies, and hate outsell everything. Bloggers, bloviators, and headline writers have only one job--grab and hold our eyeballs. Join me in curating who gets the chance to inform and motivate you. @indivisible.org is a good start.

Dissent is always patriotic. The key is standing up for our friends and community members who are targets of hate, ICE, or abuse. I stand with immigrants who continue to build this country. I stand with the LBGTQ+ community who represent the beautiful diversity of our species. Join me. #TruthBrigade

We all want our health care system to work better. This bill did noting to promote that. It puts millions at risk of losing coverage so big tax breaks can go to people who do not need them. The truth is we need our elected representative to actually represent us, our kids, and our grandkids.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov Read that last sentence. NY made a statement tonight. Hope you got the memo.

I could not agree more. As a life-long Dem, I have never felt our party to be weaker or more lost. We desperately need real vision, leadership, and a dedication to service over self-interest. Show us you care more about our collective future than your reelection.

I stand with my daughters and women everywhere to say that the Government of the United States has no business telling women about their bodies. This terrible decision turned back the clock by 100 years and makes it clear just how much work we have to do to repair the damage of Dobbs.

This feels unquestionable true. So where are the Dems? Where is the counter platform that addresses the fears we have? We are chasing Trump from one fire to the next instead of building a compelling alternative. We need leaders to unify us around our need for security--economic, social, & global.

Unfortunately the Iran War will not blow up in Trump's face, but in the faces of innocent children & their families in the Middle East, in American casualties of the inevitable counter attack, & in our collective confidence in our democracy and its leaders. Where have all the voices of sanity gone?

This is more than a platitude. To lead a nation out of Trump hell is going to take the ability to inspire people. Will we be like Trump and base that inspiration on fear and hate? Or will we take the road of compassion and connection? To take that steeper road will take a ton lot of selfless love.

I would take more comfort in this if I felt the Democrats were ready to stand up and present a new vision for the future of the Country. Let's go Dems. Put aside the past and take advantage of this moment to forge something better.