Guy on this train is playing some general electronica over a speaker, for all to hear on the morning commute, and singing his own lyrics - "Ohhhh Canada! ...Manitoba! ... Alberta!... Quebec!... Ontario!.. Sasatchawan!... British Columbia!" Then, "I'm having sushi for breakfast!" I love NYC.

"In place of a world in which the government works for all Americans, President Donald Trump and his supporters are imposing authoritarianism."-- @hcrichardson.bsky.social

No Kings. "...Mr. Trump’s assertion, which embraced a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory about former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., was a new escalation of his antidemocratic rhetoric. Implicit in his post was Mr. Trump’s belief that the nation’s laws should be whatever he decrees them to be."

Looking for an an easy way to plug into action, but not sure where to start? This Wednesday at 12pm EST , @katalcenter.bsky.social is hosting a pro-democracy phone zap on zoom-- gather with others to call elected officials in DC. Easy, fast, and impactful. mobilize.us/s/U7Txmu

In New York, Prison Deaths and Strike Chaos Reveal Backsliding on Basic Reforms. From @reuvenblau.bsky.social - A promised prison overhaul is on a collision course with New York’s long history of keeping basic information about abuses and killings hidden from the public

Yes! People in motion! From @sifill.bsky.social "Ordinary people have (shown) tremendous leadership, protesting, launching & participating in boycotts, conducting teach-ins, calling their elected reps every week...visiting district offices, participating in “die-ins,” writing letters & petitions..."

March 15 is a "crucially important day in US history", the day in 1820 when Maine joined the Union. It's the story of “a group of ordinary people from country towns who shared a fear that they were losing their democracy (&figuring) out how to work together to reclaim it.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage As usual, @theonion.com nails it.

What an incredible day in the streets for the #StopTheCuts March, with thousands and thousands of other New Yorkers. The energy was vibrant & electric. I loved the many incredible, creative homemade signs. People are in motion!!

This sums up, exactly, the absolute idiocy of yesterday's budget votes in the Senate. Brooklyn and New York and the entire U.S. are being debased by Schumer and these ridiculous Dems.

TODAY! New Yorkers March to #StopTheCuts! Starting at 11am at Foley Square, along with @maketheroadny.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @katalcenter.bsky.social & so many more.

I think a lot about how some of the key people in leadership of the federal government are from New York, specifically NYC: Trump (Queens), Schumer & Jeffries (Brooklyn-- Schumer is an embarrassment for BK). And then too the Dem opposition, w/leaders like AOC (Queens & The Bronx).

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🚨 Cloture vote on the CR is scheduled around 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT. The vote count is still fluid. Keep calling your Senators! 👉 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...

Great news: White House Pulls Dave Weldon from CDC Nomination. "Defend Public Health, a recently formed group of public health researchers, health-care workers and advocates, had been urging senators to reject Weldon’s nomination." It's yet another sign of people FIGHTING BACK. More of this!

"We will not accept oligarchy, we will not accept authoritarianism, we will not accept kleptocracy," the democratic socialist senator said. "We're gonna fight back, and we're gonna win." 10,000+ Turn Out in Warren, Michigan to 'Fight Oligarchy' With Bernie Sanders

NYC: Trump & Musk want to cut trillions of $$$ from federal programs like Medicaid, SNAP, public education, parks, enforcement of workers' rights, & more, while giving tax cuts to billionaires. NYers are taking the streets to say loud & clear: #StopTheCuts! 🗓️Saturday, March 15 ⏰11 AM 📍Foley Square

As Congress plans to cut trillions of dollars from federal programs like Medicaid, SNAP, public education, and enforcement of workers' rights, while giving tax cuts for billionaires, NYers will take the streets to say loud and clear: #StopTheCuts! 🗓️Saturday, March 15 ⏰11 AM 📍Foley Square Join us!

“Nobody voted for Elon Musk,” protestors chanted at a Tesla dealership in Manhattan yesterday in one of the many protests at the dealerships associated with Musk’s cars. “Oligarchs out, democracy in.”--- Letters from an American, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Musk / DOGE are inside the Social Security system, w/access to everyone's data. @jesscraven101.bsky.social has new details about the crisis. Then take action: "This is not a drill. Call your representatives & tell them DOGE out of Social Security now" Find your reps & contact #'s here: 5calls.org

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know. The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts & interference by Elon Musk. “This isn’t Twitter, where the worst that happens is people losing access to their accounts...People die when FAA workers are distracted & processes are broken.”

NYC Mayor Eric Adams wants to allow ICE into Rikers. "We're going to fight back," said @thenyic.bsky.social. YES. Rikers must be shut down, not put into use for Trump's attack on immigrants. Thank you @prismreports.org for including our perspective in this important story. #ShutRikers

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President Trump has announced and end to temporary protected status for Haitians, meaning thousands could be forced to return to Haiti amidst a severe crisis. Full discussion here: youtu.be/AucD_rJfMRw?.... #HaitianDeportation #HumanRights #ImmigrationPolicy #DeportationCrisis

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

"Trump, the elected president who shares power in his month-old regime with S. African oligarch Musk has....ever-more-firmly embraced an authoritarian government structure united primarily by transactional kleptocracy and white nationalism." From @vermontgmg.bsky.social, who makes it plain.

"The Great Resegregation is a radical attempt to socially engineer America to be poorer, whiter, less equal, & less democratic..(it will) leave wealthy white elites with a firmer grip on power & the working classes w/fewer opportunities & a weakened social safety net." Read @adamserwer.bsky.social

RELEASE: This evening, another person died at Rikers, the 2nd person to die in a week. Under Mayor Eric Adams, at least 35 people have died in NYC jails, and conditions have gotten much, much worse. #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY See our statement: katalcenter.org/the-2nd-pers...

We’re in Washington Square with the @thenyic.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social demanding Gov Hochul protect New Yorkers and remove Eric Adams.

Leonard Peltier has made it to North Dakota! The temperatures are bitter cold today, but our hearts and spirits are on FIRE for our Elder and Leksi (Uncle) Leonard. ❤️‍🔥 Read our press release for more about Leonard's welcome home event tomorrow ndnco.cc/lphomepr

This amazing lady is standing exactly where we're meeting tomorrow! Join Rise and Resist in NYC's Union Square on 14th Street at 1PM. We the people will not live under a king, oligarch or dictator. Courage is contagious. #StopTheCoup #PresidentsDay #FightTheDictators #EndOligarchy #NeverAgain

"The best hope for fighting the Trump catastrophe & laying the basis for positive social change is to build independent, grassroots-based oppositional forces that offer radical possibilities, not defensive holding actions." Exactly this from @matthewnlyons.bsky.social newpol.org/issue_post/b...

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

This is.... wonderful

"It's important to periodically critically assess what the richest man in the world is saying as he continually tries to justify chopping the government up and selling it for parts like this is a private equity takeover." Read this from @nathantankus.bsky.social www.crisesnotes.com/i-asked-form...

Making sure folks realize that Alex Spiro is both Musk’s attorney and Eric Adams’ attorney.

Tune in live on Instagram @katalcenter to listen to the rally!

Yes!! Strong turnout at this action at NY City Hall, rallying against the fraudulent, immoral, illegal actions of Adams throwing NYers under the bus in an explicit quid pro quo w/Trump. ICE out of NYC! #ShutRikers @maketheroadny.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @katalcenter.bsky.social & many more

Sir, this is an emergency. At the very least you must represent the people of Brooklyn, of New York City, of NY state, the vast majority of whom are being screwed over by a rising oligarchy who has seized power. Do better.

Scandalous. The U.S. attorney ordered to drop the Adams case wrote Adams' lawyers had “repeatedly urged... a quid pro quo, indicating that Adams would be in a position to assist with (Trump's immigration) enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

An important piece from @kairyssdal.bsky.social of Marketplace. Short and to the point.

Groups Working to Shut Rikers Join with ICE Out of NYC Coalition to Reject Plans to Bring ICE Officers Back to Rikers Island Jail Complex katalcenter.org/statement-re...

Well, he is a dick... and he's also harming the American public in an enormous way.... This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country." YES. More of this, please.

RELEASE: Trump Admin’s Move to Drop Adams Case is an Attack on Justice. Eric Adams Selling Out Immigrants to Curry Favor with Trump is an Attack on All New Yorkers. Response by the Katal Center Members and NY Co-Directors katalcenter.org/trump-admins...

"White Nationalist Forces Consolidate Power Alongside Musk’s Junta" -- this dispatch from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, written as a foreign correspondant in the U.S, is extraordinary. Makes clear the situation and how badly the legacy media is missing the picture www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/white-nati...

Direct link to the NYC voter registration portal! Register as a DEMOCRAT to vote in the June primary and kick Eric Adams out of office! e-register.vote.nyc

"Musk and Trump appear to be concentrating the extraordinary wealth of the American people, along with the power that wealth brings, into their own hands, for their own ends." From @hcrichardson.bsky.social. This part, in particular, summarizes the crisis. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

As ever, @theonion.com is beating legacy media in telling the story about what is going on right now. "Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal" theonion.com/think-tank-c...

Folks in NYC -- Mayor Adams has given the green light to ICE to enter schools and hospitals. Hell no. Action on Sunday 2/9 to stand up & fight back. Thank you @nywfp.bsky.social @nyicaction.bsky.social &MTRNY.

For those keeping score at home, a judge just bent the tines on their "fork in the road" pushing back the deadline to Monday with no further action till court hears the case. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...