This proposed rail expansion at McCall Oil is like the rail expansion at Zenith that massively increased the amount of bomb train traffic in Portland. This would endanger Portlanders. There is going to be a ton of fossil fuel industry madness in coming weeks. Stay tuned and get ready to mobilize.

"What we can do now is to check the injustice and limit the damage. We can pressure our representatives not to confirm someone like Todd Blanche and not to fund an agency like ICE. We can demonstrate love for our country by working to make it far less ugly." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Follow the thread below to see the evidence folks pushing the same tired strategy that has reliably failed Dems don't want to face. TLDR - you beat the opposition by exposing them as the villains they are, not affirming their efforts to scapegoat others.

Body cameras can't resuscitate the murdered.

Seriously @nytimes.com? Trump hasn't created a "minefield." He's created pipelines for corruption on an epic scale. Corruption rigs the economy and makes Americans' lives more expensive, less fair, and less safe. Impeach. Convict. Remove. Prosecute. Imprison www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

Corruption fuels and sustains autocratic regimes. Crypto makes it easy and hidden. Since Jan 2025, the Trump family has made AT LEAST $3 Billion. That we know of. Corruption on an epic scale that makes our lives more expensive, less fair, and less safe.

Let's stop marinating in the nightmares of the racists, misogynists, pedophiles, and oligarchs. Let's talk about our vision for a better America that helps *everyone* live a life of dignity and purpose. If we make the case for OUR vision we will win. substack.com/@williamjbar...

Breaking News: ICE kills again in Florida Today. ICE cannot be reformed; We must Abolish ICE.

While not nearly enough, this shows that the Trump Regime feels the heat of public pressure. They want us to think they're invincible. They're not. Keep showing up. Keep pushing elected officials - federal, state, and local- to defend our rights and keep our neighbors safe: rein in ICE, DHS, CPB.

Regardless of the merits, this is an astonishingly reckless way for the City to conduct business. I remain baffled how & why @mayorkwilson.bsky.social allowed the "negotiations" to get here. But given recent revelations, I'm not convinced it even qualifies as a negotiation. bsky.app/profile/alex...

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

Want to join me for this John Lewis Actions event? mobilize.us/s/5bzFUM

No Money for Murder No Funding for Fascism No Dollars for Dictators No Payouts for Pedophiles

For the 2nd time in a week, ICE agents who kill an unarmed man aren’t wearing body cameras. So what are they doing with the taxpayer $ Trump demanded they receive? Congress could pass laws requiring every agent involved in this work wear a working bodycam. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

Every single person in Maine and everyone around the country with a sense of humanity and decency need to remember this today. mainebeacon.com/collins-vote...

You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn.

114 days — that’s how long we’ve got left to do the organizing it will take to win the midterms. Because we’re not backed by billionaires or corporations, grassroots donors like you power our nationwide work. Please pitch in so we can do more to defeat the fascists and protect the election results.

I still can't believe the FBI admitted it has Epstein training videos that should have been released under the Esptein Files Transparency Act. My lawsuit continues! If you missed the live broadcast earlier, you can watch it here. Never any paywalls. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

The through line reaction of our biweekly 2025 focus groups was, Dems keep saying the House is on fire but they aren't actually running in to put out flames or get people out. So either they're just saying shit, politics as usual, or they believe it and refuse to act.

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 2 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/qTjQP

Our Members of Congress are being asked to deepen US-Israeli military entanglement and insulate the Netanyahu government from accountability. Email your elected officials and demand they reject right-wing plans to hand over any part of our military to Netanyahu.

RSVP: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

Just living out the Nathan Pyle cartoon.

George Lucas described Darth Vader as "not the Devil, but more like the guy the Devil sends to the corner store for cigarettes." Lindsey Graham was like the guy who stands in line for life to audition to be the guy the Devil sends to the corner store for cigarettes.

"Lindsey Graham, Proud War Hawk, Has Died. Here He Is in His Own Words" The South Carolina senator and staunch Trump ally, who passed away suddenly on Saturday night, wanted to 'level' Gaza and invade Cuba, joked about killing Ted Cruz, and salivated over bombing Iran. My piece for Zeteo today:

Don’t forget that Lindsey Graham played a key role in Trump’s effort to delegitimize the Russia investigation and dismiss the Trump-Russia scandal as a hoax and witch hunt, thus serving as a useful idiot for Putin. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning admission, the FBI just confirmed to me the existence of training videos instructing FBI analysts on what to redact in the Epstein Files. I’ll show you the letter and discuss the massive implications in one hour. Link below: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

News breaking at Noon Oregon time (3pm other cost time) Results of Epstein FOIA request

A few words on the passing of South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, who spent the last ten years of his life eagerly helping Donald Trump in his quest to destroy American democracy. youtu.be/z4HMequIiiY

Also: the reaction of Dem senators to Graham's death helps illustrated a point I've made many times, which is that the people closest to the creeping rise of fascism understand it *least*. Being in "the room where it happens" does not give you insight, it blinds you.

The Democratic Party's approval rating is in the toilet, and the main reason is voters see Dem leaders and prominent members acting like things are basically okay instead of fighting like there's an emergency. Slot "my friend Lindsey Graham, so funny, how great to work with him" comments into that.

Want to focus on someone's untimely death today? I'd focus on...

Speaking ill of the dead whose lives caused profound harm is essential for making a healthy democracy.

Related: gerontocracy is undemocratic. Only 6% of US adults are over 70, meaning the Senate has five times more old people than it should. A government must represent the people for its acts to be legitimate.

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

As Steve Schmidt put it, Graham was a “pilot fish”

Every name on this list was a person with a family, a story, and a life. How many more names? ICE must be abolished. #SheShed

Great story, and very good writing.

Ding. Ding. Ding. If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money. That's how you can tell.

The Trump Regime once again shows us that their goal is not to safeguard "election integrity," but to destroy it. We can't let them.

If you've asked yourself, what can *I* do, here's a concrete answer. Disable the surveillance apparatus in your own community and cut off the data the regimes relies on to track not only immigrants but women crossing state lines for abortion care. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you hear from any Democratic operative or progressive org babbling about “Project 2029” and that plan has nothing about how it will restructure/rebalance SCOTUS, gut DHS/ICE (just like Rs did Dept of Edu) & get accountability for abuse of power (crimes) - then throw that plan into 🗑️

Let’s discuss how faith leaders can play a critical role in movements against unjust immigration enforcement and detention centers in our communities. This upcoming call is for people of conscience and all faith communities and faith leaders who are looking for ways to take action to stop detention.

"there’s no serious reform that doesn’t first include adding justices because that is the only immediate way to break the corrupt power of the current majority" + other thoughtful ideas from @joshtpm.bsky.social including but not limited term limits or mandatory retirement age.

ICE has once again murdered one of our neighbors, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. ICE claimed that he “weaponized his vehicle,” which is the exact same lie ICE told about Renee Nicole Good, & have refused to release the bodycam footage. We must abolish & prosecute ICE. We must destroy the American Gestapo.