A critical thread to understanding the dynamics of the Senate right now, how much is at stake, and what you can do about it.

Full breakdown in plain language is on my Medium: medium.com/@ashleewooda... #VotingRights #SAVEAct

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

Coming up at 11 am ET, I'm going there. New allegations against Platner have upended the Maine Senate race. I'll explain why his abusive refusal to withdraw without certain terms could cost Dems the Senate, and why many of the voices who dismissed earlier allegations youtube.com/live/NWfb2y7...

"anti-trans was a culture war issue where we were clearly winning and then a bunch of nominally liberal people at Times and Atlantic decided to reverse that and they did. NYT "decided to ruin people’s lives. they allied with the right to oppress a vulnerable minority group bsky.app/profile/csil...

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

No matter how many people are talking about this, it is not enough people talking about this.

Narcissists have a history with reflecting pools

"Okay, we totally fucked up the sandwich thing, but we're really confident about pool vandals!"

My latest in The Atlantic, about the women who form the backbone of Ukraine's resistance. Many of the drone strikes we're seeing are the last link in a complex kill-chain — one that begins with agents deep behind enemy lines. I was granted rare access to this network. Their courage is staggering.

Amazing article on Ukraine resistance by Ken Harbaugh. t.co/HHLgio6QxD

Juneteenth marks the celebration of America's second independence day. Like the people in this photo—Texans celebrating Juneteenth in 1900—we know that progress hasn't made our union perfect. But we can recommit to reaching toward that more perfect union together. Happy Juneteenth.

Hey folks! Here’s a chance to tell the government what you think of the idiotic Arch.

So the call letters for C-B-S now stand for Complete Bull Shit.🤬

Mikie Sherrill gave ICE what they wanted. Read on.

HEADS UP NJ! This amazing follower shared this video. I have been to Delaney Hall protesting a few times. I campaigned & voted for Mikie Sherrill. SHE HAS TO GO! This video is 100% accurate! @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

Out now from comrades at the Sussex Visibility Brigade, who have been on the ground at Delaney Hall from the beginning, is this scathing piece about how Mikie Sherrill has betrayed the very people we’re fighting for. Protests begin today at her home and office. open.substack.com/pub/sussexvi...

Yikes — Gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social community noted for lying about who knocked over the barricades (spoiler: it was the police)

Former human rights lawyer here: under international human rights law, bombing or gassing a medical facility is a crime against humanity. Last night, the NJ state police gassed the medic tent at Delaney Hall over and over and over again until medics had to abandon it and flee for their lives.

@willbunch.bsky.social has written another must read. www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...

This right here.

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill folds to fascist influencers and unleashes state police on peaceful protesters at Delaney Hall ICE prison.

Among the other atrocities at Delaney Hall last night, state police in riot gear attacked and arrested an elderly man playing a cello through the tear gas and mounted police assault. Well done, Mikie Sherrill. He was so dangerous.

Everyone needs to read this thread in full.

Governor Sherrill needs to camp outside Delaney Hall until they let her in. Human beings are being tortured in her state.

Please amplify this. ⬇️ Request is coming straight from faith leaders who have been on the ground/are on the ground at Delaney Hall. The bond fund benefits both detainees and protestors. Donations needed.

Last night, ICE purposefully targeted medic, pacifist & veteran Adam Marshall, an organizer with Eyes on ICE, while he was trying to help protestors at Delaney Hall who had been gassed three times. They slammed him to the ground and ripped off his gas mask. He was arrested and dumped 10 miles away.

If you live in VA07 I need you to write to Eugene Vindman and tell him about me. Tell him about the transgender military veteran who used to live in his district and just wanted to raise his goddamned sheep in peace and now lives 3000 miles away because of transphobic bullshit.

Here it is, folks: most important interview I've done in 10 years. In it, election attorney and longtime Democratic poll watcher David King breaks down the truth about election administration, voter intimidation, poll watching, & the propaganda designed to stop us from voting. youtu.be/DKjk2Nt1rT8

Kat Abughazaleh has the chance to do the funniest thing

Checking in with Trump supporters after a banner day on the world stage. 🙄

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

They spent at least $50 BILLION over 2 months to bomb people in Iran. I don't want to hear a single thing about what can and cannot be funded in this country. Ever. The End.

This was great. I really enjoyed listening to you two discuss such critical issues. I definitely found inspiration and hope and also a bit of fire lit under my arse, so thank you. Please bring @atimaomara.bsky.social back soon!

There are three people that Mainers can vote for in the upcoming democratic primary and to ignore my very existence and viability as a candidate, (especially when I’m polling in second place), does a disservice to Maine voters and is a complete disregard for our democracy. 2/2

A SCOTUS that believes that the Constitution protects the political rights of corporations more than it does those of non-White Americans is fundamentally illegitimate and its rulings should be treated as such

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Unbelievable corruption right in front of our faces.

You mentioned Virginia elections on the broadcast yesterday. Voters there need to be alerted to this! substack.com/@thelisagrav...

TRUMP, throwing insults at Pope Leo: “weak on crime” “terrible for foreign policy” “catering to the Radical Left” “owes his position to me” “sit down and mind your own business” POPE LEO, unbothered: “We are called to love.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social on the obligations of the House, Senate, and voters as Trump deteriorates in plain sight: "America cannot keep ignoring the dysfunction of the commander in chief, the sole steward of the codes to a massive nuclear arsenal." 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I have a pretty broad understanding of human history, and I cannot think of a time when such a huge percentage of a society was so ready to form a popular resistance and yet was so utterly failed by the incompetent fools who could ostensibly lead it.

Any journalists who go to this event are smearing themselves with shit and blood.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Moving left WINS right now. It is what the people want. Dems would do well to heed what the voters are saying.

NEW: Democrats have officially claimed a second upset in Florida's recent special elections. The AP just declared Brian Nathan, an electrical workers union leader, to be the winner of a tight state senate contest in reliably Republican West Tampa.

Fucking ridiculous. I'd 👏 much 👏 rather 👏 share a restroom with a trans person than with these Republican jerkoffs.