First the The Rose Garden, then The East Wing... Add Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the list of beautiful things Trump is going to intentionally destroy.

There’s a way I despise that we have to say “it will hurt you in the long run” to make people give a care. Hello? Just care even if it has nothing to do with you.

If you’re wondering why institutions and people keep failing us, it’s because of capitalism. Every decision is tied to money. Will the company lose profits? Will the non-profit lose donors? Will you lose your livelihood? We choose money, because money is survival. It doesn’t have to be this way.

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

$20 BILLION. Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

Michigan Avenue right now.

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

If you think I'm not alarmed, read this. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

In Chicago, children were paraded outside in the thick of the night, zip-tied and alone, while ICE rampaged through their homes — all at Trump’s request. He talks about an “enemy from within” but the biggest enemy is him and his lackeys.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

Blue jays are not truly blue, they just look that way. 🪶🧪 Most colors in nature come from pigments that absorb and reflect light, but a blue jay creates its color through structural tricks: microscopic layers and air pockets that scatter blue light back to our eyes.

You should read these comments... bsky.app/profile/altn...

I asked ChatGPT: What would Fox News anchors have said in 2024 if Joe Biden had announced he was ordering the US Treasury to override "The Coinage Act of 1792" to mint a coin with his face on it? And, well, nailed it... 🎯 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons? This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.

"He rushes to his car. He opens the hatch and packs in five-gallon buckets, drumsticks to pound on them, and bullhorns..." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The House has chosen not to work and is withholding the swearing-in of newly elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She still hasn’t been seated, and it definitely feels intentional since her signature would provide the last vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

There are 340 million of us. Time to get to work!

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

Far too convenient.

This is so bad and so wrong. No ID on these Thugs. No telling who they are. What country is this?

So many coverups. Release the Epstein files. Release the Homan tapes. Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

apnews.com/article/beat... A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway Welcome to Trumptopia: Black man beaten to a pulp by 2 officers…nothing wrong with that… give them a medal from Trump himself. This is WRONG! RESIST the RACISM! DO NOT bend the knee

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder A must read. I read it back in January- the TRUMPIAN connections and connections to what we are seeing are scary

Accurate

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Well said!

Presidents? SCOTUS grants them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. Hello?

Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter: 1. Grew up in a Republican family 2. Donated to Donald Trump 3. Loved guns 4. Was steeped in Groyper culture This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.

The oldest man ever elected to the Presidency disappears from public view for a week with no explanation and now has very public symptoms consistent with a stroke. bsky.app/profile/atru...

My floor speech yesterday: 1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.

The weakest president in US history. We are an absolute joke to the world. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.

All we hear about right now is the shooting of some ultra right Trump pusher. 47 school shootings so far this year!(Got that off the TV so that is probably low) why isn’t the media screaming about that and giving our kids 24 hour coverage? Protect kids! Protect teachers! Protect the future! FDJT

We must end the scourge of gun violence in America. We also need to have honest conversations about the ways internet platforms profit from fear, hatred, and division. Both are vital to the future of this country.

The asymmetrical media response to political violence in America is, in itself, one of the most important contributing factors to how we arrived at this place of escalating political violence.

Before knowing all the facts, voices on the right are now exploiting the tragic death of Charlie Kirk & calling for all-out war on the left. This is sad, but not surprising, at a time when we should all be denouncing political violence. They were not so upset when Minn. Democrats were assassinated.

I call on media to REFUSE the framing pushed by right wing chaos agents like Cernovitch & Rufo on this act of what appears to be political violence. The Democratic former Speaker of the Minnesota House was assasinated along with/her husband. The killers was hunting Dems. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Ukraine's air force has warned Poland that Russian drones have entered its air space and Zamosc is under threat, Reuters reports.

We're three lines into "First they came..."

The Trump Administration is once again failing to do its job — and California is cleaning up their mess. We're deploying state resources to protect the 2,000-year old sequoias on FEDERAL LANDS from the wildfires the federal administration are supposed to handle.

And beyond the legal issues, every American should feel safe to move freely throughout their own country without the constant fear of being stopped and searched. This undermines everything we stand for: the right to privacy, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I just had an ‘oh my god’ moment. Chicago is where President Obama is building his presidential library. What if eliminating the Obama legacy and destroying records from his presidency is the real mission for the upcoming Chicago T* offensive. The ultimate show of force in the anti DEI movement

One of the most remarkable things of the last 9 months is how many Americans seem to believe the President is all powerful and Congress has no say. Actually Congress has been ineffective by choice. It has immense power if it had the courage to use it.