ICE violently abducted 2 kids, ages 12 and 13, and their Dad, here legally, from a car in Durango yesterday. Aided and abetted by the Colorado State Patrol, ICE shot protesters at point blank range with tear gas and rubber bullets to transport the kids, who are now separated from Dad.

When I produced Democracy Now!, sometimes it was my job to research conspiracy theories. I learned a lot in the process. There are crucial differences between conspiracy theories, and people investigating the 2024 presidential election. Please read. priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/59-did-the...

Brilliant!!

No Kings Rally in Cortez, Colorado in red Montezuma County. Turnout 850. As a bonus, a young man in a truck was ticketed for blasting us with diesel soot (“coal rolling”) - to huge cheers from the crowd.

Why isn't this on the front page of every news organization in the country? Because corporate media has bent the knee. And has always been an expression of the patriarchy. Good on ABC and CBS. New York Times, LA Times, even the Guardian - you flunk. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jef...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

When you jam your bill through overnight… When you are forced to cancel town halls… When you need to wear masks to hide your actions… You know the people aren’t on your side—and now, you’ve lost us forever. We will remember this day. We will remember your names. We will remember you as traitors.

To Jeff Hurd (R-CO): If you go against what Americans want – no cuts to Medicaid - and against what you have written - no cuts 2 Medicaid - then you are bowing to pressure of 1 man and not serving as the voice of your people or your own conscience. You are enabling dictatorship. Do your job.

Legitimately feel sick. We are hours away from the largest cuts to low-income people in history. People’s lives will be ruined. It is so unfair. It’s unfair to be born into a system that allows this level of poverty in the first place and it’s evil to rip away aid from the needy. Hard to watch this.

AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

I wonder how many people realize that America is now literally at war *solely* because Trump hates black people Obama signed the Iran Nuclear Deal; Iran stopped enrichment; Trump ended the Deal to spite Obama; he was told enrichment would restart; it did This is *Trump’s* war

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

My artist friend TJ just stepped into the #NoKings merchandise world with these kick-ass T-shirts! pieforbreakfastclub.com/product/pre-...

Getting clocked as I wait in the queue (it’s a sticker!)

Facebook censoring popular progressives again. This time, powerful feminist and environmental justice author Rebecca Solnit's account was deactivated, apparently because she posted this column: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

People need to see what’s happening. ICE just took a dad while his teenage son watched, crying and powerless. Trump is ripping families apart—and some folks still say, “That’s what I voted for.” If that’s your take, that sentiment says more about you than it says about any undocumented immigrant.

Just learned about HJ Res. 54, which aims to put an end to corporations being treated as people. If you have 5 min, call your rep (#s at reps.fyi or 5calls.org) and ask them to support it. Or send them an email, or use @resist.bot. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Looks like Tesla joined the Tesla boycott www.forbes.com/sites/jimgor...

THIS is what courageous Democrats and Republicans can do. THIS.

Congress passed the "SAVE" act, which disenfranchises tens of millions Americans, including trans ppl and married women. They are trying to SAVE themselves from democratic backlash. CALL YOUR SENATORS. DEMAND A FILIBUSTER. Voting "no" is not enough. We need spine and teamwork to SAVE DEMOCRACY.

Calling my senators and telling them to filibuster the SAVE act.

"The citizens of such a state live with a feeling of being constantly watched. Anyone — a passer-by, the man behind you in line at the deli, the woman who lives down the hall, your building’s super, your own student, your child’s teacher — can be a plainclothes agent or a self-appointed enforcer."

The Wisconsin race was a TROUNCING. But the corporate media remains so terrified of the broligarchy, they aren't willing to admit it. NYT's headline is an inspiring: "Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, Despite Musk’s Millions" WashPo, Guardian nearly identical. LATimes buried it. Running uphill.

CNN projects Democratic-backed candidate Susan Crawford will win Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race in a HUGE F-U to Elon! Up until now, no major traditional news outlet had made a projection. Maybe I can sleep now.

More than 2,000 excited activists. @jasmineforus.bsky.social. @johncusack.bsky.social. Amazing #teslatakedown organizers, experts and leaders are all joining the call tomorrow night at 8:30p ET. Are you? RSVP now! actionnetwork.org/forms/teslat...

You know how everyone's saying we need to resist their "shock and awe" tactics and not allow ourselves to become paralyzed by anxiety or despair? As a counselor, I am still encountering a lot of clients who are caught. So here's some tools for how to resist their psychological terrorism.

Elon Musk is committing a lot of felonies. He belongs in jail, and so do his criminal associates. He may not comprehend that. And if and when he does it may make him more reckless. No assumptions about where we go from here.

& this is WHY they do this crap. Note how it more than QUADRUPLED from late 2016 to 2020. Also note the slump during the Biden term, but how it came roaring back when trump threw his hat in the ring. Ya think Sulz & his minions didn't notice this and make editorial decisions accordingly?

For folks looking for hope, solace, power and solidarity.

Hi friends @bsky.app I'm relatively new to this platform, and not an expert. One of the things I've been learning about recently is how much X and platforms owned by Meta “put their thumb on the scale,” so to speak, with algorithms that suppress certain kinds of content.

I was feeling paralyzed about the election, like I was watching the ship of American democracy sink and I could do nothing about it. If you're feeling similarly and want to get unstuck so you can pitch in and help before its too late, here's the story of how I got unstuck. Open mind required.

This is the most amazing political speech I have ever seen. Please watch and share, especially if you have undecided friends and family or folks voting 3rd party in a swing state... or if you just need a little inspiration to keep on GOTV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp3v...

It just gets more and more horrifying @nytimes.com . If 2016 was the year a large # of Americans woke up to the importance of news media, 2024 is the year that a critical mass is realizing the horrifying and dangerous bias of said media. newrepublic.com/post/187039/...

This is a BIG DEAL! This is the first Harris economic proposal that would hugely benefit ALL of the 99%. We all have parents, and if we're lucky, we will live longer than we are able to work F/T. Yet in this economy, saving for retirement is so hard.

Who else is interested in the concept of "power-with," as opposed to the model of power we are used to, power-over? I always thought Starhawk coined the phrase. But today I learned that a woman named Mary P. Follett coined the term in 1924! Quote to follow...

NEW from me: Trump’s mental capacity is now topic one presswatchers.org/2024/09/trum...

Reclaim witchcraft.

Love this: "performative fairness." "But why does the media sanewash Trump? It’s all a part of the false-equivalence I’ve been writing about here in which candidates are equalized as an ongoing gesture of performative fairness."

I love that the term "sanewashing" is exploding this week, for how the "mainstream," corporate media newsrooms are sanitizing Trump's insanity. Here's the article that set it in motion, as far as I can tell. Sadly, our nation's so-called paper of record is leading the way. We see you, @nytimes.com

@dworkin.bsky.social FINALLY!

Who else is urgently worried that the mainstream media - not the rightwing media - could tip the election just enough that Trump will win? And if so, what can we DO about it? excellent piece here: newrepublic.com/article/1855...

As someone in a rural, red County, I found the second half of this article informative too - setting up an independent door-knocking operation to talk issues and get around people's identity politics (meaning - deep commitment to Republican Party).

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Is anyone else not terribly excited that Bill Clinton is prominently featured at the DNC?

SPEAK. "I am too tired too often to let myself feel the rage that’s been building in me for too long. Being this angry is exhausting. There is a part of me that died in November 2016, when my country chose a proud, multiple rapist over a smart and qualified woman."

Love this. Reminds me of my friend and colleague Eboo Patel's work. "[D]evoting yourself to seeing the bad in everything means that you ignore the good and you absolve yourself of responsibility for building things that are better. www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/o...