How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level. You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext* www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-dec...

Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

how we got here

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project! www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!

ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland.

Thousands of US protestors gathered at the site where Renee Good was murdered by Trump’s ICE regime troops, have a message for the rest of the United States: “Rise up, Take a Stand” #3E (🎥 @ScooterCasterNY )

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “If he was at the ‘top of his game’ Indiana Republicans would’ve approved his maps… people are saying we put you in to lower prices and you’re building ballrooms and saying we can only have 2 pencils.”

Ex FTC chair Lina Khan to @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social on Paramount & Netflix vying for Warners: “Both of these deals look illegal — what’s striking is in the Trump administration, everything is up for sale… maybe they’ll look the other way in terms of what he and his family get.”

All I want for Christmas is some precedented times.

The myths around the Nordic states fascinate me. Because it is always "Oh this Nordic country is a wonderland of social safety nets and why can't we be like them?" And then you read local news and none of that shit is actually true. So where does the propaganda start and why is it so pervasive?

I find it difficult to trust anyone who doesn’t consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.

People having babies right now are braver than the troops. My kids are teens and I'm not sure what I'd do if I was facing the prospect of having to give birth and raise young children amid the dismantling of the medical system *and* the department of education *at the same time.*

⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

Translation: he has no idea how insurance works

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

A team involving @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people! We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry. Here's a🧵 with eg's

If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?

Damn. I missed Josh Shapiro tearing JD Vance a new one yesterday

Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.

idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP. Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.

The @couriernewsroom.bsky.social folks picking up our video of Matt Van Eppstein Files 🫡

Extended dance mix:

The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

The choice is clear as day: Trump and Musk for Cuomo vs. our campaign for change.

One of my absolute favorite genres: Nazis getting their socks rocked by Black People. 🇺🇸

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

"The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room." -@therickwilson.bsky.social https://therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-east-wing-obscenity?r=1ne2d&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

$100M for Trump’s golf trips. $172M for private jets. $230M to settle with Trump. $250M for his ballroom. $40B to Argentina. $117B in tax breaks for the top 1%. $170B for ICE. But no money for food stamps. Billionaires are robbing all of us.

41 million people (including 20 million kids) will lose access to food in a few days while a new 90,000 square foot ballroom is being added to the White House. This political moment is profoundly disgusting.

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

Stigmergy: How to Create a Mass Movement by Heather Marsh A great book that everyone should be reading! #booksky #bindingchaos #3e

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.