I think about the Upstairs Lounge fire and how horrific that was. 32 people killed. Three books written about it. More than 80 Palestinians have been killed in the past couple of days, and it sounds like a low number, after so many others were murdered there. Horrific. youtu.be/HC507sKwP70?...

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation. But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

Overturn Citizens United In Your State Here's how.

Something Has Shifted Inside the Walls open.substack.com/pub/melissa4...

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence. If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

I spoke on a First Amendment panel at a law school earlier this week. One thing I emphasized is that there is widespread and astonishing ignorance of basic First Amendment law by a huge number of local officials who have arrest and citation authority, many of whom don’t know what obscenity is.

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

Chicago No Kings

Amazing Soros-funded Antifa turnout in Austin yesterday #NoKings

Seattle.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Facts don’t care about the GOP’s feelings — there’s nothing more American than rejecting a mad king. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

This may be difficult, but we should consider withholding our money from corporations this holiday season. youtu.be/mqyzzn7h7TE?...

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. Stay safe out there.

TOMORROW, October 18th — We Hit The Streets! open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

Useful discussion about numbers. youtu.be/kPKill9l-0s?...

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries

Most respondents (including Democrats) expressed disgust that Democrats promise but don't deliver, protect the status quo rather than their constituents, and so forth. jacobin.com/2025/10/demo...

Dragged onto ICE property so he could be charged with trespassing. All caught on film. youtu.be/HHTuJ7P8YiM?...

He can say this with a straight face.... youtu.be/cs_-NF70Vc0?...

We need a new superhero movie, "The Inflatables." youtu.be/eCfoVI0TYp4?...

How about 12 million Americans protesting on Saturday. That’s 3.5 percent of our population…and the beginning of a real response to the authoritarian disease.

If you can't make out the lyrics to this Woody Guthrie song, they're "All you fascists bound to lose!" youtu.be/_qjcZKAbCdA?...

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

Genuinely teared up at the start of the naked bike ride. Probably 1000 people including Jordan Knepper and a Daily Show crew. Met a woman who bought a bunch of clear ponchos to hand out. Back on the streetcar, operator had to announce a delay because of the ride. Then laid on the horn in support