No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

Yep - tracks for me!

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

Go, Missourians!

ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!

Um, do federal prosecutors *really* want to take the position that it's not okay to receive something of value from … Qatar? I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔

I wonder if this hallway is open to the public, so us local peeps could, you know, volunteer to staff this table...

Excellent rundown of current craziness. I would also add this trans-hating SCOTUS 'decision': bsky.app/profile/lawd...

And, again, ICYMI!

Read it and you'll weep, but read it anyway. The plaintiffs' stories alone will horrify, and the consequences of SCOTUS ignoring them without considering the law... "On Thursday, the administration won again. And, trans and nonbinary people — and all of those who care for the rule of law — lost."

This one's even better:

That certainly narrows it down...

This is the context for that still picture that's been going around.

What we've been waiting for...

Thank you Bobbi Bittker and @americanbar.org for the nice write up! www.americanbar.org/content/dam/...

Important!

Excellent point!

Many thanks to @heathercherone.bsky.social for reporting on this! Very helpful!

Still offensive...what's actually happening is that stories like this are ruining the New York Times!

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

VERY helpful for re-framing poverty issues around economics rather than personal failure! As usual, FrameWorks nails it!

A FB comment on yesterday’s Letter from an American! (@heathercoxrichardson.substack.com) THIS is what democracy looks like!

Read and absorb this..and not just for your own and your family's benefit. Democracy cannot survive in a punitive culture. It starts with our children, and ends in the brutality of authoritarianism. Read this for your own healing, and for the future of our democracy.

Don Winslow nails it again! His new TikTok video ICE CLOWN SHOW perfectly exposes the chaos, cruelty, and incompetence behind Trump’s immigration circus. 🎪 Nobody tells the truth with more fire and style. 🔥 #DonWinslow #ICEClownShow #Trump #Resistance #Politics #USDemocracy #Pinks

Republicans call it Socialism, the rest of us living in the real world call it taxing billionaires and forcing corporations to pay a living wage. This should not be controversial.

I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.

HCR's explanation of why it's hard to get a handle on ALL the ICE raid/violence stuff right now let me breathe a sigh of relief...I thought it was just me... VERY much looking forward to @hcrichardson.bsky.social's take on ICE when she's satisfied with her research!

GOOD one!

Take note!

I have never understood the endless harping on "which D is the right kind of D," and maybe was slightly exasperated in this September piece. It takes ALL kinds, as maybe we are figuring out? www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-i...

Keep videoing everything.

Magnificently honest - and true..

“Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,” Mamdani said as the crowd roared.

DUDE! Yes you WERE on the ballot, you and the whole rotten, anti-democracy, racist, corrupt scheme your people are letting you pretend to run! Trump on social media: “‘TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,’ according to Pollsters.

“Every race. It’s basically been every race. Governors. Mayors. Long-held [Republican] dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three [Republican] Uber drivers. Just everything.”

...and thank you for all your help; right place, right time, right person! Felt so right and encouraging to hear you out there supporting Spanberger and Sherrill! @barackobama.bsky.social

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Thank you!

YES, it is!

Well, there's one so far...

It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.

It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.

London has had a progressive mayor who happens to be muslim, for 9 years and the world hasn’t come to an end. Today, New York will also elect a progressive mayor who happens to be muslim. The two greatest cities in the world led by two people who love them. Simple as that.

If you live in these states, here's where to vote -- Virginia: www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba... New Jersey: voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-plac... Pennsylvania: www.pa.gov/services/vot... California: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po... New York: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...

Yeah, I always knew it was about the mustard...doesn't fit the matchy-matchy color scheme of their garb.

"In Trumpish propaganda, the ICE building in Portland is ground zero of the urban war. When I visited last week, a pair, dressed as a frog and as a fox, were playing hacky sack. "Big lies are meant to start wars — including self-invasions, including wars against ourselves. But they need not work."

I get that advice, I really do. After all, it's what he does, right? Oh, wait, his shtick is losing the facts altogether...