Not only did Trump's DOJ create a $1.8 billion slush fund from YOUR tax dollars for Jan. 6 rioters. But now, U.S. AG, Todd Blanche, is admitting no judge has approved this fund...   Americans should not have to foot the bill for people who broke the law & attacked law enforcement.

This is why I love @the-downballot.com. With all of the elections and primaries going on tomorrow, they are wise enough to give Georgia's 2 State Supreme Court races top billing in their preview. That is the main event. www.the-downballot.com/p/liberals-c...

Enough already. Enough of the killings: Mother Emanuel AME Church, Tree of Life synagogue, Chabad Powell synagogue, Islamic Center in San Diego. We need to stand up and condemn this madness.

Victims at Islamic Center of San Diego are 3 adult males, one a security guard who worked there "who I think played a pivotal role in assisting from this being much worse." Suspects appear to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Two males, believed to be 17 and 19. @cnn.com

We must not accept this kind of violence. Any one who can't condemn it is effectively encouraging it. Where are these kids being radicalized?

Islamophobic language from the highest levels of our Republican government must stop.

Yesterday,Russia killed 24 people in Kyiv,three of them children Here are some of their names&pictures.They were simply living their lives until Russia brutally took their lives from them: ▪️Sisters Liubava and Vira Yakovlieva,aged 12 &17. ▪️15-year-old Mariia – killed along with her dad & grandma

On light of the undermining of the VRA, it would be good if voters, especially white voters, listened to Black voters and supported and voted for the candidates Black voters would like elected. That's how together we can counteract the GOP efforts to entrench their supremacy.

Man, @kamalaharris.com is driving the Republican conversation just with her Zoom on this past Wednesday night. No one in the Democratic Party has her profile and can make Republicans jump like she does.

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

ICE is looking for 150 parking spaces for vehicles. ICE is currently parking at the Metropolis Garage, 18 Morton St. We don’t want ICE in NYC. Help us tell the local garages: DON’T COLLABORATE WITH ICE! Call the Metropolis Garage at: (212) 242-8451 Call Metropolis mgmt at: (800) 344-3046

Brilliant essay by my former colleague Claire Potter www.chronicle.com/article/kill...

Right! My snarky take is don’t listen to electoral ideas like this that are cooked up by elite white liberals of privilege in their salons. They’re not effective strategic thinkers. Listen to Black voters, who have been fighting for their right to vote every day. They know what’s up.

The Callais decision came primarily from Ivy League-educated SCOTUS justices. State Senator Shane Massey, who stood up against their redistricting, has his law degree from a true elite university: the University of South Carolina School of Law.

The Purcell Principle means it always too late for courts to fix something racist and never too late for states to do something racist

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

Florida. Mississippi. Louisiana. Tennessee. Alabama. The Trump courts and MAGA allies are resorting to a playbook that's as old as this country: silencing Black representation in government.

📌We are but one serious virus away from a catastrophe, and not near enough is being made about the fact that a former heroin addict and anti-vaxxer, who has ZERO training in medicine, academia, or scientific research would be leading the response. IT IS ABSURD.

“Cotton-picking hands” aimed at a Black man in 2026, and Republicans still have the nerve to ask why Black voters want nothing to do with the party of bigots. 📌 A host referred to Hakeem Jeffries as having “cotton-picking hands,” and Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans responded: “Yes to that.”

As infuriating, partisan, and legally unsound as these rulings are, they are not the final word on either the midterms or the future of our multi-racial democracy. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."

We all have to start voting with our dollars. Donations, but also boycotts. If you’re a faculty member from one of the schools that produced one of the six Jim Crow justices, ask why you choose to stay at your school. Ask why you’re encouraging anyone to come to your school. You shouldn’t be.

@kamalaharris.com speaks about the stakes of the 2026 election

Nathan Bedford Forrest is looking up from Hell today, smiling with pride at the racism of his state's Republican legislators in 2026.

The great flaw in Plessy is its refusal to see segregation for what it is. This willful naïveté animates Callais as well It pretends partisan gerrymandering is a reasonable, race- neutral prerogative of the state, the same justification Plessy used for Jim Crow www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

wonderful a 1937 book on printing type turned into a website www.c82.net/printing-typ...

Our 5/28 issue is now online, with @bentarnoff.com on Bill Gates, Frances Wilson on Liza, @mansfieldvonrank.bsky.social on Ben Lerner, Lynn Hunt on Marat’s afterlife, Charlie Lee on John Gregory Dunne in Vegas, Nina Siegal on the Hoosier grave robber, and much more.

📣 If you want Dems to be active year-round they need to be funded year-round. Become a *RECURRING* supporter of all 7 battleground state parties at once today: #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/battl...

Read this entire thread Each and every one of the 8 posts of this thread from Threads

The actual problem is 1) Democrats have popular policies but the country never hears about them due to right-wing propaganda; 2) Democrats constantly blame themselves and their base for this —a message right-wing media amplifies, making the problem even worse.

It does sometimes seem that the self-loathing of American intellectuals is deeper than the actual distrust of them by the general public

🚨 W/THE VRA DEAD, FLIPPING THE SENATE JUST BECAME EVEN *MORE* URGENT. --"TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee. --Not a dime of donations through this page go to me. --You can opt out of sharing your email/phone w/the campaigns. Donate today. #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

Jewish Americans have helped shape this country and this state for the better in ways we see every day — in our communities, our culture, and our history. I'm proud to celebrate that contribution and stand steadfast in love and support for our Jewish community.

May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to intensify our efforts to combat antisemitism while honoring the immense contributions of Jewish Americans to our nation’s vibrant history.

This is great! Also, how to support an academic: - read their papers - cite their articles and books - tell your friends and students about their work - include their work in your reading lists and syllabi - ask your library to buy their books - tell them you liked their work or that it was helpful

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

Reading real books is an act of resistance. Read them. Don't rely on AI summaries.

@davidcostello.bsky.social isn’t just some candidate. He’s an incredibly qualified candidate. Why would anyone support a completely unqualified man with a Nazi tattoo over someone like this? www.costelloforsenate.com/about-4

Selma, Birmingham, Minneapolis Every time they overreach, voters push back harder 2026 is the moment — & the civil rights movement gave us the playbook How we use it — this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

1. A tiny California tribe, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, just donated $2 MILLION to MAGA Inc, Trump's Super PAC. I decided to find out why. It's an illustration of exactly how business is done in Trump’s Washington. Follow along for details. 🧵

Still rings true, despite dated language: books.google.com/books?id=N94...

More Thoughts on the Court’s Dire Corruption and the Necessity of Reform talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...

Wow! 🎁 link: share.inquirer.com/7cbyUG

Given #SCOTUS, given the Trump admin efforts to bring back the social hierarchies of the past, given tech bros' fantasies about power and racial superiority, and other left/right bros and their manosphere, it's worth revisiting this August 1965 issue of Ebony: books.google.com/books?id=N94...

⬇️ 🧵 Though I wouldn't say "Planter hate" but "Planter alarm"

Cool! Democrats should come up with affordability platforms that fit their districts. In progressive districts, promote a progressive affordability agenda. In centrist ones, a centrist one. We’re a diverse country, no need to have a one size fits all message.

Today: 1. House Rs had to rely on Dem votes to end the shutdown, on Dems’ terms. 2. Trump couldn’t get his SG nominee through an R Senate. & 3. Incompetent & morally bankrupt @kenmartin.bsky.social had @democrats.org endorse a guy w/ a Nazi tattoo during a primary while all this is happening.

🚨 W/THE VRA DEAD, FLIPPING THE HOUSE JUST BECAME EVEN *MORE* URGENT. Flipping the House blue is an ABSOLUTE MUST this year. Donate today. #Blue26 NOTE: This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts. secure.actblue.com/donate/house...