I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Donald Trump is lying. I was at the ICE facility two days ago and saw a few peaceful protesters, not a “siege.”

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that was way funnier than i thought it was gonna be

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

Former president Barack Obama says he supports California Democrats’ moves to redraw congressional districts to offset similar efforts from Texas Republicans. “We cannot unilaterally allow one of the two major parties to rig the game,” said Obama.

Niemöller was asked by his concentration camp cellmate why he had ever supported Hitler and the Nazis. Reportedly, this is what he had to say for himself:

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

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#Caturday afternoon nap with his best buddy.

The safety of America's food supply is getting murkier. "If there's one thing you can do right now to help protect yourself, it's this: swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce," writes @nicholasflorko. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

🚨So, why are uninhabited islands tariffed? A: The White House is even more stupid than you thought. Tariffs have been done by internet domains, not by country! So Heard & McDonald Islands (.hm) has a different domain to Australia (.au). So the penguins are considered a separate trading nation. 🤯

It's astounding. I can't express how amazing this is for those of us who live here. bsky.app/profile/penn...

journalists should assume the admin is lying. judges should assume the admin is lying. Dems voting on appointments should assume the admin is lying. like, we should not be extending the benefit of the doubt ever here.

The Atlantic did the right thing and called their bluff. Proud of everyone involved in that decision. More people in power need to stand up and not just cave to authoritarian bullying.

The last time Lancaster County elected a Democrat to the Pennsylvania Senate was in 1889, when John S. Hoover won a special election. 136 years later, James Malone joins the club.

Amazing!!!!

Welcome, Mr President! (Confirmed real)

What? Doesn't every grandma have a billionaire grandson?

Hate really does cloud one's judgement.

1. EXCLUSIVE An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency. The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result. Follow this thread for details. 🧵

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance. My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations. When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

This is the correct response to the performative bullying antics of the trump administration.

Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

Really interesting insight into Musk.

It's worse than insane. It's evil.

🐽 Putin claims European politicians will bow to Trump and "wag their tails"

Why do I have to wear this sweater?!?!?!??!?! WHY?

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

A billionaire wins the US presidential election, bankrolled by the richest man in the world using his own huge social media site to spread propaganda and disinformation. Yet, we don't talk about money in politics but about how standing up for marginalized groups supposedly lost the election.

Yup. He's casting his administration from his TV set -- Oz was spreading all that Covid misinformation on Fox. www.mediamatters.org/dr-mehmet-oz...

Trump isn’t wise, he isn’t honest, he isn’t just or loyal or merciful. He’s just an experienced con man and a beguilingly popular demagogue; that’s all it takes for a mind like Tom Goldstein’s to proclaim him no ordinary man.

This is just intellectually dishonest and, frankly, disgusting equivocation that should be forcefully denounced by anyone who actually gives a shit about antisemitism in the US

Because of course.

Trump's immediate efforts to stock the government with MAGA types isn't just about loyalty. It's also about creating the conditions for elite corruption to flourish beyond anyone's expectations. Right wing elites are going to loot the place from top to bottom: newrepublic.com/article/1884...

If you've never heard foxes laughing before, here's some foxes laughing.🔊🆙 📹: www.saveafox.org

#caturday morning stretch & yawn

Here’s a few things you can expect temporarily when there’s an outage: - “Invalid Handle” everywhere - Likes don’t seem to work (they’re just being slow) - Your post isn’t showing up (same, just being slow) - Random errors or blank screens, the usual app broken stuff

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Three steps to take now to fight back against Trump’s planned mass deportations🎁 share.inquirer.com/t2X0o7

Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.

After we adopted Toro we discovered that his first owner taught him to laugh like an evil villain

Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it. For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies." Our exchange: newrepublic.com/article/1883...

The first. Not the last.

I think it's interesting and instructive that Threads has been overrun by liberal election fraud conspiracies and Bluesky just... hasn't. (h/t @taylorlorenz.bsky.social) I suspect that's because Threads is 100% algorithmic media, and Bluesky has no algorithm to game. www.usermag.co/p/metas-thre...

God grant me the serenity to accept I am cooked, The courage to say fuck it we ball, And the wisdom to know when we are so back

I’m gonna lose my mind (the article is pretty good, it’s the people interviewed who make me want to dive into the Potomac and never return) www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...

I would also add, as a negative catalyst, some kind of political crisis involving Trump trying to fire Powell or restrict the Fed's indepedence. This would worry markets, not so much because they love Powell, but because of renewed uncertainty.

America Shit In Its Milk, But The Rest Of Us Don't Have to Drink It A small majority of Americans decided to destroy this country by re-electing a racist criminal. That doesn't mean the rest of us have to bend the knee or reach out and be conciliatory. thelefthook.substack.com/p/america-sh...