This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss what’s at stake with Trump’s budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Still, a dumbass.

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Actually, they did. That’s why they created the Electoral College. What they never anticipated was elected officials from one of the two major political parties being this stupid.

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

The British Museum is wild. These dudes took everything!

This moment is powerful. The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz. She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018 She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday ===>

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, an uber conservative stalwart on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals for decades, just made almost verbatim the same point Justice Sotomayor has been making, most recently in her statement in the Abrego-Garcia case.

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Exciting edu news to announce! @profjeffries.bsky.social will be joining us for #txcss2025 History matters- join us in Frisco to share your stories, their stories, and our stories. The CFP is open txcss.net/conference and we would love to learn from/with edus from Texas and beyond! 🍎🗺️

Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Office—he didn’t wear a suit! I mean, here’s a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Office—he looks like he’s about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

Oh he was so close to being prophetic. So close 😑🖕

And in the end, they even sacrificed their claim to “state’s rights” for which they enslaved, seceded, fought, segregated, assaulted and murdered, and in the name of which they degraded themselves, their families and their region.

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

Do clients really want to hire a law firm known for how quickly it rolls over? Yet, now this is Paul Weiss's well deserved reputation.

Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.

This is a travesty. No due process. No cause given. No easy path to contest. Come on! The US is better than this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

I have no respect for ANY athlete that visits this White House. You are unAmerican if you do so, as is anyone who supports or enables this administration. Let me repeat that. You actions are in *direct* opposition to the Declaration of Independence.

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

The real movement is just beginning. @profjeffries.bsky.social - A keeper of knowledge Morgan Harper - A fierce voice for freedom @muniraya.bsky.social - Stands for freedom and the people Tamie Wilson - A force for women's rights Me - Some random dude invited Protestors - The best of us all

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

This is seriously gross. I will say this until I am blue in the face, but the idea that white people NEED this to happen because the truth hurts our feelings is bullshit. We can (and must) reckon with our actual history to create a better world. Our minds are plenty strong to handle it all.

WE THE PEOPLE ~ the Time is Now! Funny thing is happening today..... throughout ALL the protests..... Not a single thing has been broken. In fact, no one has been harmed..... at all. Well done Hands Off 👊🏽🪧👏 #[email protected] @cbusmike.bsky.social @profjeffries.bsky.social

“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.” wapo.st/4jdXL8m

This is going to be good good!!!

Dark Pence is back.

Economic suicide

Musk fired the entire team responsible for managing the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which supports approximately 6.2 million people across the U.S.—from Maine to Texas—in paying their heating and cooling bills.

If @SenBooker can speak for 25 hours, to explain to America all that is wrong with this #RacistRegime and all that is right with the people fighting against its tyrannical pursuits, then YOU can have that uncomfortable conversation with your #MAGA family, even if it’s to tell bye! So get to work.

This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown

Florida’s results may still be red, but our volunteers tightened the pressure in red districts with a 30-point lead to 15% — and we're not letting up. This is just the beginning of our fight to stay on the offense‼️

Books On Jackie Robinson, MLK, Einstein To Be Removed From U.S. Naval Academy In DEI Ban Source: Blavity share.newsbreak.com/ceg2r5n4

“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

Musk has been given more power over the federal government than any other private individual since the founding. This is the world that the Supreme Court’s campaign-finance deregulation efforts have created.

Good for them!

There sure are, like declaring the US is under invasion by mythic migrant gangs, declaring war, instituting martial law, and suspending elections.

Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships. Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.” With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

Martial Law. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them. It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for. 🧵…

You want to try and whitewash history in schools?? Ok. We’ll create and offer our own classes and classroom. Starting next week. Spread the word. Thanks @ourcommonpower.bsky.social ✊🏾

This executive order is bad — cartoonishly so. But it is also a wake-up call for those who believe the danger of election subversion has passed. To the contrary, it has only just begun. And so has our fight. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Truth Bomb! 🔥☄️

The biggest, most enduring scandal of the last few days is Trump's attempt to use an Executive Order to seize control over elections. It will not work, but it is a sign of what comes next. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...