The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

National Park Service officials have removed park signs referencing climate change, slavery, Japanese internment during World War II, and the nation’s treatment of Native Americans. It’s the latest escalation of Trump’s attacks on our public lands. Watch: https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared

Pennsylvania must remove the crisis pregnancy centers from teaching their unvetted "education" to public school students and leave the sexuality instruction in the hands of public school teachers certified in secondary health education. Together, we #ChooseDemocracy docs.google.com/.../1GKPh7Xt....

"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." – Elie Wiesel

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Kimmel is back. Destruction of 1stA and authoritarian rule averted (for now). And it’s due to the power of we, the people. Same public protest that got Nixon out of office may succeed here too. Keep up the fight. #Reist.

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"The guy that pays it [tariffs] is the guy that purchases it."

At the service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday, Donald Trump praised the Kirk as a “great American hero” and “martyr” for freedom, in yet another attempt to whitewash Kirk's racist and bigoted views. History will not be reading so slowly off of a teleprompter and it will not be so kind.

In an undercover op last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, the now White House border czar, accepting $50,000 after indicating he could help agents, posing as business executives, win contracts in a second Trump administration. Trump shut down the investigation. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the nation’s first bill banning officers from wearing masks. Now let’s work to bring this change nationwide, reach out to your governors and help unmask ICE!

As Trump and his goons strip Americans of our constitutional rights, the silence of the nation’s leadership class is deafening. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/america-without-a-leadership-class

Amber Alerts save lives. But in Michigan, too many vulnerable seniors go missing, and without a Silver Alerts system, we leave ourselves open to tragedy and heartbreak - pain that is entirely preventable with the right tools.

Love this gentleman's message. 🙌🙏👇

Thanks to the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice Gettysburg/Adams County for hosting their Heritage Festival. At the start of the event, I was proud to stand among fellow humans to create the symbol of peace. #ChooseDemocracy Thanks to volunteers Jack, Christina, & Harriet for taking pictures

Agree with Mayor Pete.......

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social: "the U.S. Dept of Agriculture is ending its annual report on household food security." An expert who explains that this is troubling because inflation is up & the job market is unstable, both of which increase food insecurity. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” Turkish proverb

Wow. From an article in The Guardian.

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. ~Harry S. Truman

Can you scream insanity any louder? #USDemocracy

Trump is so vain that he wants to make it ILLEGAL to make fun of him. It really is the definition of pathetic. @jamellebouie.net nails it, as always.

Der Führer kills whom he pleases. But we are only allowed to mourn those he chooses.

Great news for Canada, Mexico, and Europe, skilled workers are no longer needed in the United States as Trump adds a yearly $100,000 fee for H-1B visa holders. US tech companies now face a unique opportunity to leave the United States and hire skilled workers abroad.

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Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed. John C. McGinley

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! As Cheif of PR for ANTIFA™️, it's my pleasure to announce that we'll be holding a national march against racism on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. We ask that signs either: 1. Decry racism 2. Directly quote (with attribution) the racism we're seeing by MAGA podcasters and online

Ossoff: "There are families in NE Georgia now who will not have local access to child birth services ... I mean, we are the wealthiest country in the world. We should be building new hospitals. We should be building new clinics."

Punishing college students for protesting him. Pressuring TV networks to fire late night talk show hosts for criticizing him. Suing newspapers for reporting he doesn’t like. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Right now, there's a budget showdown in Washington. Democrats are in the minority. It's most likely that the next Democratic US Senator from Michigan will come into office in the minority. So what do we do? Exactly what we did here in the Michigan state Senate.

What Trump is doing and saying are un-American. That’s why we must all stand up and speak out. Be loud, for America. He may attack the people of Illinois—but then what comes next? This is bigger than one state. Every day, I am hellbent on letting people know what is at stake.

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This is what happens in an oligarchy where a few control the platforms of communication and the media.

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... Albert Einstein

Take the pledge (easy to do since they have nothing worth watching) .. never, ever watch ABC or CBS. These companies have no value if very few people watch. Do not watch those who enable totalitarianism.

You can never appease a tyrant.

Cool, everyone should live-tweet and post Kirk's own words and videos during the tribute that show him mocking and hating on Black people, immigrants, women, Muslims, and LGBTQ+ people. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

This guy will now decide which jokes are appropriate.

When they come for the comedians we should all be worried. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-be-af...

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Congratulations to my friend Randi Weingarten on the launch of Why Fascists Fear Teachers. From banning books to controlling curriculum, authoritarians go after public education because it's a cornerstone of democracy. Randi's book is a critical read for this moment. sites.prh.com/whyfascistsf...