I laughed out loud and way too hard at this. Also: everyone should be reading Magnifica Humanitas: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

There is a right side of history here. There is a wrong side. It’s not a matter of right or left anymore, it’s a matter of moral courage, and Sen. Kim has it.

ICE Separated 145,000 Children From Their Parents Since 2025, Study Estimates truthout.org/articles/ice...

Not to worry, the #AmericanLiteratureAssociation conference is meeting this week. I know 10 years’ worth of bourbon reserves seems like a lot to get through but, counter point, a bunch of nerds who ready Moby Dick for fun are gathering. We’ve got this, America. Rest easy.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

SCOTUS, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just 3 years ago, has lifted that order a week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question whether there will even be a primary on schedule.

Children’s books are full of wonder, safety, belonging. #ReadThemHome initiative brings us together to take action for children, for people. To let kids be kids, to insist they have wonder, safety, belonging 💛📚🏡

It’s the silly ones who make life worth living. May we love our furry friends, love each other, love this world that is sometimes cruel, sometimes beautiful, and sometimes silly and always worth loving. #Caturday

"Looking back now, it’s clear that the desire to undo the Civil Rights Era — and even restore the Confederacy to a place of honor — never disappeared. It was sometimes set to the side and reshaped, but they kept the fire burning with unwavering attention."

One of my favorite poems, speaking to a day/week/year of grief and sorrow and love, which is to say, life and the hard living of it.

If there was any question before, there isn’t now. Reforming our profoundly corrupt SCOTUS has to be No.1 priority

A well-reported update on the 15 South American people ICE sent to DR Congo two weeks ago. Trapped in a rat-infested hotel by the airport with no options but going back to the countries they fled. This is what we're doing to legal asylum-seekers who "followed the rules." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

Overall abortion rates have increased since Dobbs, but abortions for medical reasons have become more difficult to access. Horror stories of women dying, nearly dying, or birthing dying children have been reported on a regular basis in states with abortion bans. archive.is/XRRNo

Sometimes when you’re doing excellent snuggles and purrs, a little drool leaks out. That’s okay. Joy takes many forms. It’s okay to be a weird snuggly guy. Happy #caturday

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

God this poem is haunting me again.

The abdication of Mike Johnson’s House of it’s most basic authority and duties should put the nail in the coffin of the question, can the GOP govern? Hard to govern when your head is buried that far in the, let’s say, sand.

That feeling when you realize it’s only April and the year’s already been four years long, and existential dread hits you like a stuffie full of catnip #caturday

What kind of abomination is this??

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Hey all, we still have a limited number of these charming stickers left over from our last Romancing the Vote. In honor of SCOTUS fuckery on today, the Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to offer you the chance to get one. (Thread continues.)

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here. Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

The humanities are absolutely vital to a functioning democratic society.

Lots of love to Seattle today for building a community full of joy and organization and determination

The thing that’s wild to me is, why? What is worth all the damage caused? $10tn reflects concrete costs and losses. What’s the value of the *only home any of us have*?

The SAVE America Act is a disaster for democracy and I'm not going let it get passed into law. Are we seriously going to ask rural seniors to buy a $165 passport and drive miles and miles to register to vote in person?

Growing up, I heard Luke 10, the Good Samaritan, preached on dozens of times. Who is our neighbor? Today, I see neighbors all across America. In the face of degrading, dehumanizing, and violent rhetoric from our leaders, neighbors show up to care for each other with courage and love. #GoodTrouble

God how the stars did fall. (Blood Meridian)

The US-Israel war on Iran has emitted 5 million tonnes of CO₂ₑ in its first 14 days. The world currently has 0.6 million tonnes of novel and permanent CO₂ removal (CDR) capacity annually.

There’s a lot of work to do to build a better world out of the ruinous cruelty of our current one. We should rest when we can and re-join the struggle when we’re able. #caturday #snoozes

Mr. Rogers’s legacy is alive and well in her

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

A #caturday pop quiz: What’s better when we do it together? A) face washing, b) protecting our neighbors, c) fighting for our rights, d) all of the above

"In Beirut, Nowhere Is Safe From Israel's Bombing" In an on-the-ground dispatch from Lebanon, displaced residents describe the toll of Israel's relentless attacks, as the Israeli military escalates its assault on the capital and advances in the south.

“Karp’s message is loud and clear: My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working-class men—more political power to transfer to you.” newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

A strike on an Iranian school killed 175 people, mostly children. Trump tried to blame it on Iran, but a preliminary inquiry shows that it was the US. Our tax dollars are killing children. We need answers and accountability for this atrocity, and an immediate stop to this war.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

If you care about free and fair election this November, this is the most important story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

After a US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, rescuers dug through the rubble for survivors. The death toll is still rising, with more than 80 confirmed dead so far.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

How many times can a heart break in helpless grief and rage over the utterly pointless cruelty and violence inflicted by evil men grasping for power?

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As someone who grew up white and evangelical, all of this rings true.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

The dehumanization, cruelty, and bigotry of this administration and the current American Right beggars words. I am so angry. And for any Dems running for anything: you defend the full and equal rights of trans people or don’t bother running.

Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III