My local PBS affiliate-they've lost $3.5 million in federal funding dollars. After cancelling Disney+, I boosted my monthly donations to local independent news orgs, including Cascade PBS. I hope others consider doing the same if they're able.

Marking my calendar to September 23-24 so I can gaslight them into thinking they got left behind and making them feel bad

We brought together attorneys general from across the country to tell trans students: We see you. You belong here. And we will fight for you. As this school year kicks off, know that you are not alone, and we will work to make sure all schools are safe for every student.

The female senators who voted to keep the Epstein files from being released: Katie Britt (AL) Lisa Murkowski (AK) Ashley Moody (FL) Joni Ernst (IA) Susan Collins (ME) Cindy-Hyde Smith (MS) Deb Fischer (NE) Marsha Blackburn (TN) Shelly Moore Capito (WV) Cynthia Lummis (WY) #VoteThemOut

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

At least 15 people including journalists and teachers have been fired or suspended for criticising Charlie Kirk online, Reuters reports. Free speech for us, not for you. #NorthKoreaShit

I wouldn't even see right wing podcasters and influencers, wouldn't know their names if liberals on IG didn't post their content 24/7.

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:

Lots of gunfire near my house right now...so fun

This a federally-monitored website. The regime is on highest alert. Anyone posting advocacy for violence right now is a fedposter or a fool. This has nothing to do with what is right or wrong or what you have a right to say. It's simply a fact.

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

Just sitting back, eating some popcorn, watching people attempt to make the Supreme Court’s decision that racial profiling is ok for the purpose of ethnic cleansing about something else that makes them feel more comfortable.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

This is an extraordinary article in many ways. But: 1) “it left unarmed North Koreans dead” is a polite way of phrasing “SEALS killed them.” 2) It isn’t until paragraph 59 that the NYT tells us the people the seals killed were civilians. They were fishing, and America killed them.

🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."

We live in Florida with our 5-year-old son who has Level 3 autism, and honestly, Florida has been the worst for services and support. Now with vaccine mandates being removed, it’s putting our son at even greater risk. We are looking to relocate. If anyone has any suggestions.

It’s corruption, plain and simple.

Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

Sometimes I forget that Cracker Barrel exists, but no one's forgetting about that list. #jessewells

@eff.org has a very cool Atlas of Surveillance so you can see who is collecting your data for what purpose in your neighborhood www.atlasofsurveillance.org/atlas

Enraging and terrifying

Dear folks with the "I bought it before Elon was crazy" stickers-you made him-that model was $128k when it dropped and you paid it. You wanted the status. He was always a monster and you made him a billionaire.

Anyone else looking sideways at Penske trucks, or just me?

A federal agent used a local cop's password for Flock to do an immigration-related search without his knowledge. Illegal in Illinois and at the very least a Flock terms of service violation. Of course they're all just joking about it though: www.404media.co/feds-used-lo...

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers. Science works, y'all. www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

Tapping the sign again:

#tsunamiwarning went off in my area. Under advisory until 1am. Would rather not face a natural disaster with the current dummies in charge of federal emergency response...

My younger son just got off a plane coming back from a program in Toronto and deboarding was held up. He joked to the guy in front of him “it’s probably an ICE raid.” The guy he was talking to flashed a badge and told him to STFU. They arrested a passenger and dragged him off the plane. America.

The files/tapes will come out and it will be a bunch of nothing That being said, fucking ride this Epstein thing till it burns his admin down. If it turns out it’s nothing, say they fabricated it. Say it’s a cover up. Say anything to keep it the focus of their discourse. Gaslight, gatekeep, glonzo

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

from apnews.com/article/cali...

These healthcare workers save lives and protect vulnerable people every day. The way they stood against tyranny is an inspiration.

Who up stroking they sword while lamenting social realities

I was today years old when I learned that Mamdani is the son of Mira Nair. Wow

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?

how long do you guys usually microwave your hot dogs for

No fireworks this year-it's quiet in blue America.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

If you want to change this country stop supporting the oligarchy. Don’t shop for anything other than necessities. Don’t watch the news on CBS, NBC, ABC. Don’t watch CNN & carefully pick the shows you watch on MSNBC. We’re consumers not citizens to them. Stop giving them your eyes & $.

Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class

Here's Hakeem Jeffries:

Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops

@lajuliemccoy.bsky.social www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Like so many elections around the country, today is about organized money vs. organized people. I believe people will win.