Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

"Mr. Speaker, the Uniform Code if Military Justice states-" "I haven't seen it. I, I haven't had a chance to read it, so I'm not sure what you're talking about." (I apologize for the joke coming across as actual reporting.)

It is tempting to look away, to ignore it just to protect yourself and your sanity. But as a father, the very idea that this is happening at all, let alone in my country, let alone by people who claim to be *representing me*, is unconscionable. It must be seen, because it must be stopped.

The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind. The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.

The more I think about it, the timing, the players, the politics... the more it feels like oligarchic lever-pulling. The eight senators were the tip of the iceberg, the most expendable ones. We are meant to be angry at them; they are the PR equivalent of human shields.

Call the house back in session. Seat Grijalva. Negotiate a budget. Open the government. Do your damn jobs.

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

It’s time

WTAF is wrong with these people? Apparently Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, thinks it’s funny to call teachers unions a trick and closing the Department of Education a treat. I’m not laughing.

This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment

Man, @theonion.com is always spot on with these headlines.

the only time in my memory make some noise as been won with two words

Hard truth from @marcelias.bsky.social

Thank you for everything. 🖤

Afloat on Fall: You have probably seen this image many times before…it is a classic autumn composition. #Sony a6700. #Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent. Landscape mode. Processed in Photomator. ​#Maine #fall #Point’nShootNature

Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

I know my reach is pretty minimal, but I have a question for you. Let me know if you subscribe to the following: 1) the Myers-Briggs personality profile 2) the four personality types (A, B, C, and D) 3) astrology, particularly your birth chart 4) any other system for classifying personalities

money can't buy happiness but poverty sure as fuck can't either

The Democrats should begin building a case for law and order -- for restoring the equal and moral administration of justice. Do it now, as Trump’s power grab reaches a tipping point. Promise to hold accountable anyone tempted to break the law in his name. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/23/i...

@tylerblack.bsky.social #medsky

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

National Guardsmen now stationed outside our DC building confirmed that the only thing they can do if they witness a crime is call 911. The have no more authority than my office mate to intervene. Despite the handcuffs, they can't make arrests. They are very expensive mall cops.

Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

The cost of community is occasionally being inconvenienced or annoyed and some people will never get that. It’s not being fine when people are obnoxious dickheads. It’s realizing that kids are whole people and don’t have adult regulation skills yet. It’s waiting while someone pays in change.

This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday. It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever. I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.

Me and the analytic homies high fiving each other after agreeing “Snow is White if and only if Snow is White” 😤🧠😤🧠

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

🖤 #death #life #beinghuman #WritersofSky #SkyPoets #BlueSkyRelay #FreeVerse #Resist #Art #BookSky #poetrycommunity #Selfcare #MentalHealthAwareness

"If A.I. is carelessly incorporated all the way down to pre-K, it would be a horrible mistake. It could inhibit children’s critical thinking and literacy skills and damage their trust in the learning process and in one another." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

"There are unjust laws just as there are unjust men." -Mahatma Ghandi

I find it very suspicious when a billionaire says all the right things.

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

In a piece for The Atlantic, the Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov writes about how Putin seized power, parallels in with the current state of U.S. politics, and what Americans should do to avoid the same fate. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Great idea

Full Moon lover

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind. And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it. If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

Why is Trump waging a war on the Department of Education? Because he knows that his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations of learners who are unafraid to speak truth to power. Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.

I've always really appreciated the Preamble: the Constitution is the rules, this is the why. Look at the hope & intent for people to have good lives. As a kid I learned a song to remember this, which is why I still do. We learned it in public school. Public education is nation building.

This

So the full stop dictator shit is starting. That’s cool. That’s fun. Fuck anyone who says people don’t have the right to protest. If you even remotely think that way you are a cowardly piece of shit and you never cared about freedom to begin with.

I do know one thing… 🙏🔥🍾