The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports jobs are up. Is the data trustworthy? On August 1, the White House fired Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report Trump publicly called “rigged.” Trump cronie E.J. Antoni, from the Heritage Foundation, replaced her.

An unstable leader + nukes = the combination we hoped we’d never face. What if the world’s fate rests on the temperament of one flawed person? ... And what if that person is tempting fate? How many of us quietly wonder: how close are we to the end? (I have faith we'll make it.)

So... I've been thinking... Do I really need Google anymore. Do WE need Google?

Why does this remind me of movies where bank robbers in a standoff with the police threaten to execute hostages if their demands aren't met?

Real question: Do American corporations like ABC actually realize how upset much of their viewership is getting as they constantly capitulate and bow to Fascist pressure? Do they care?

I'm deeply curious: How many of us are sick of participating in our social structure the way it's operating? ... It doesn't have to be this way, and our collective decisions can change everything. Perhaps some will be brave and lead the way. Everything is possible.

How close or likely is California to split off and become its own country at this point, as it faces targeted oppression from the US Government against the will of The People? Or might we see a Newsom presidency in the near future?

Well, folks... "Never again" is literally happening again.

A MAGA extremist assassinated Minnesota lawmakers last night. Governor Walz insisted everyone stay home and not protest, as the assassin is still on the loose and credibly may have intended to harm protesters. Organizers cancelled. Tens upon tens of thousands of Minnesotans showed up anyway.

Has my representative, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, gone dark? I try to contact him via online forms, but it sends me into endless loops which never produce a real contact page. BlueSky'ers: Can you test and report back? I'm trying to ask him to stop Trump's Fascist invasion & tried Chrome and Firefox.

No matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome here. Happy Pride Month, Minnesota!

The same people who manipulated themselves into power want to take everything from us. They want to steal our autonomy. Our freedom. Our resources. Our society. Our culture. They would enslave us to the way they think, and enforce the way they think we should live: serving them. I refuse.

Does anyone else hear "serve the rich or die" in this? Most first world societies on the planet value everyone's life without requirement.

She's not just speaking to Gilead. Does this feel like fiction? (Clip from The Handmaid's Tale, Season 6, Episode 9.)

She’s not just speaking to Gilead. Does this feel like fiction?

People working for the US gov't today must literally be asking themselves, "Will I give this person up to the Nazis?" (Replace Nazis with MAGA.) Gratitude to every single person who has, and continues to make the moral decision to say, "NO!" Intelligence. Military. Police. Officials. Everyone.

Every act of resistance and word that strengthens our Democracy matters. We can together reverse this plague of unlawful dictatorship. We each may not always know how, but remember: You matter.

I feel like I live in a Land of hate. Yet, I know the People are better (for the most part) than the horrible government that misrepresents us every single day.

Anyone with so much power and money, that they manipulate the public and bend reality to their liking, must be stopped. Our world is in peril at the hands of self-interested people leading us all off a vast cliff. They have no reason to uplift society, help people, or cherish the planet.

Data-driven social manipulation is one of the greatest threats to autonomy and freedom our world has ever seen. Billionaires now think they can shift anything they want. Trump's multiple presidencies are evidence. Those with far too much money and far too little empathy have mapped social control.

Never again hearing the name "Donald Trump" would ease immense pain for so many of us. Unfortunately it's a luxury we don't have. Why is mental health a luxury!?

In the latest installment of the Trump Administration's war on Minnesota: Elon Musk is now suing Minnesota over a law that bans AI deepfakes misrepresenting reality from manipulating people in elections. ...Because Musk has "never" been known to nefariously manipulate elections. Hmm....

Oh, no — it's definitely not an authoritarian move... Trump is just attacking and trying to defund his opposition party. Totally normal! Whatever you do, don't ask him or Elon how he won the election, at the very end. ($280+ million in malicious propaganda, and bribing voters? Never heard of it.)

I'm deeply proud to be a Minnesotan, too. From Governor Walz supporting poor families with free school lunches, to making our state hospitable to Trans folks, I know we're with real people. He speaks truth to Fascists, while our AG, Keith Ellison, leads nationwide lawsuits against horrible acts.

Trump is now destroying economic potential by garnishing wages of students defaulting on student loans. Big problem: Conservatives dismantled Biden-era income-based repayment terms which had limited repayment to a percentage of income. Now, borrowers on SAVE plans face gigantic unpayable bills.

Feel the relief? At least some good is coming out of the US government. The Supreme Court stopped kidnappings to the horrid El Salvador terrorist prison... for now. Though the Court is being overly careful under the circumstances, and we could really use strength from them, I'll celebrate this.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Ever wonder how people survive authoritarianism? This powerful piece by someone who lived through it in Romania will move you and open eyes. "Community isn't just comfort—it's tactical necessity. Art isn't luxury—it's preservation of truth. Memory isn't nostalgia—it's navigational equipment..."

Noticing a surge in online trolling? Propaganda? Thought-policing? Trump fired NSA chief Timothy Haugh who countered Putin’s ops. Pete Hegseth ordered US Cyber Command to stand down vs Russia. Marco Rubio shut down the State Dept’s disinfo unit, the GEC. The brainwashing floodgates are wide open.

The Vice President of El Salvador has told US Senator Van Hollen that the reason they are still holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia is due to the Trump regime paying them to do so. Trump needs to be arrested and brought up on human trafficking charges. #3E

Trumpism is temporary. It may brainwash a lot of people, but it defies the enlightened core of many civilizations spanning thousands of years. It defies understandings deeper than any propaganda can destroy. We're formed by lasting ideals and philosophies far more advanced, in ongoing dialogue.

"This isn't a battle of your choosing. But it is the battle for which you will always be judged. This is the moment you must show the world and history which side of the Edmund Pettis Bridge you are standing on." - Stuart Stevens

A brutal American regime falsely imprisons many. On Easter week, I reflect on a loving teacher, falsely imprisoned, abused, and executed publicly by a brutal government. Some people subversively called him a king. To me, people falsely imprisoned are Jesus: higher royalty than Trump could ever be.

People with empathy are deeply impacted by harm being done to real people. We feel it in our gut-- our very souls. To feel this strongly puts a heavier requirement on us to create justice. It's called moral responsibility. Trump has called activists expressing moral responsibility terrorists.

We need all of our representatives on this! Great job, Senator Van Hollen!

A father searches for his innocent son sent to the El Salvador terrorist prison: "'The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’“

Trump and his regime, like Hitler, warp language to call innocent people criminals and terrorists. Justifying Kilmar Abrego Garcia's illegal false imprisonment with these words is a key example. A snippet from an email by world renown authoritarianism expert Timothy Snyder: (Author of On Tyranny)

Hypothetical question: As the Supreme Court ordered Trump to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and now "mysteriously" he with El Salvador's authoritarian leader in collusion defy them... Would governors in states where people were taken be in their rights to work with other governments to rescue them?

El Salvador, imprisoning people falsely in collusion with Trump, facilitates an egregious circumvention of human rights and US law. El Salvador is basically an enemy of The People. I hope the UN and NATO will intervene, as this has grown bigger than any person or government body can deal with.

Donald Trump is deporting legal US residents to a foreign gulag, and he has stated publicly that he is moving on to citizens next. This is a Constitutional crisis. Will a single Republican stand up for our Constitution?

Once again sharing this info. Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.

Trump and El Salvador's President Bukele were caught in a recorded conversation about sending American citizens to El Salvador prisons. Who do you suppose Trump will label homegrown criminals? Do you trust these men to be remotely ethical about this?

Trump and El Salvador won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, because they claim he's a terrorist. PROVE IT! Two governments have effectively created a permanent legal quagmire to abuse and mistreat anyone they dislike.

Something my mind cannot stop thinking about is that in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump admin ADMITTED that he was wrongfully deported and they they still are fighting as hard as they can to not bring an innocent man home because it will make them look bad.

Countless of us are shell shocked and overwhelmed by the blitzkrieg of horrible acts by the regime. At the time you've worked through grief enough and can activate as an activist, pick your cause. We each need to choose our cause to enliven the world. Millions doing this will change everything.

What tortures me about Trumpism employing Putin's strategies: It's political control enacted by psychological and systemic manipulation. It's called "Managed Democracy," a Russian concept. Democracy in name, and autocracy in function, it provides "illusion of control" while giving oligarchs power.

An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

ICE trafficks anyone they think may have a legitimate legal challenge to their kidnappings and deportations to Louisiana. There, judges rule consistently against challenges. It's a black hole lacking extradition laws to send anyone back to states where they were kidnapped. Even student activists.

Hate and cruelty the regime's policy agenda, attorneys stalled, refusing to answer Judge Xinis' most basic questions: Where is he? Where is Kilmar Abrego Garcia? Judge Xinis: “I’m not sure what to take from the fact that the supreme court has spoken quite clearly and yet I can’t get an answer..."

Higher-dimensional beings? Aliens? Future people? God? If you’re listening, send me to the quantum timeline where Kamala won. I don’t like it here. Maybe if we all meditate hard enough... When I wake up, I don’t want to remember any of this. (Yeah, I know. It’s the bargaining stage of grief.)