Gov. Abigail Spanberger Signs 25 Bills: Assault Weapons Ban, Marijuana Resentencing, Clean Energy Innovation Bank, Protections Against Immigration Retaliation etc. bluevirginia.us/2026/05/gov-...

"McGuire just cast the decisive vote to kill a bipartisan resolution to end the Iran war. He’s pouring fuel on the fire of inflation for a war that’s undermining our national security" - @tomperriello.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/05/frid...

"Helmer-Authored Assault Weapons Ban - the First In The South - Signed Into Law; Bill has Twice Passed the House of Delegates and Senate & Vetoed by Gov. Youngkin" bluevirginia.us/2026/05/gov-...

VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell says he's “talked to Senator Louise Lucas "plenty" since the FBI raid, and "it’s important to point out she hasn’t been charged with anything"; "She’s a very energetic 82-year-old, cannabis store-owning grandmother" bluevirginia.us/2026/05/audi...

Sen. Mark Warner: “I’m now part of a a group nobody wants to be part of...where a parent buries a daughter. She said 'dad, you got the power try to try to make things better'; & whatever’s left of my public service career...I’m going to stay true to that admonition.” bluevirginia.us/2026/05/vide...

"Why Won't Jen Kiggans Apologize for Agreeing With Racist Remarks?...Kiggans owes Virginians an apology for agreeing with racist remarks. Her refusal to look Virginians in the eyes and tell them she is sorry says everything you need to know about her true character." bluevirginia.us/2026/05/fmr-...

BREAKING (But NOT Surprising): US Supreme Court Denies Virginia Dems’ Appeal of VA Supreme Court’s 4-3 Rejection of the Redistricting Referendum bluevirginia.us/2026/05/brea...

"For now 2 House seats will take center stage. Flipping VA-2 would give Dems a shot at majority. Flipping VA-1 should get them there." - @samshirazi.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/05/brea...

“The memorial features posts representing each of 32 people who died in ICE custody from January 2025 to early January 2026. Another 18 names of people who died in ICE custody leading up to May 2026 are included in a brochure being distributed at the memorial” Source: www.alxnow.com/2026/05/14/m...

Hillcrest by Edwin Arlington Robinson (To Mrs. Edward MacDowell) No sound of any storm that shakes Old island walls with older seas Comes here where now September makes An island in a sea of trees. 1/8

New reporting reveals that Xi Jinping plans to send Trump rose seeds following a tour of Xi's rose garden in Beijing. Trump demolished the White House Rose Garden to make space for a concrete slab earlier in his term.

🚨🚨🚨THIS CONGRESSMAN GETS IT. THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. PLEASE BE LIKE THIS CONGRESSMAN. 🚨🚨🚨

in a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy

"Somalia is once again standing at the edge of catastrophe. This is a crisis of access, affordability, and global political failure."

“David Thomas Byington, 57, is accused of fatally shooting 39-year-old Lucas Knapp during a confrontation in the remote area of Candy Kitchen in Cibola County on April 18.” Source: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

“It wasn’t clear why Hegseth issued the order, according to 3 defense officials familiar with the matter…has repeatedly expressed anger and frustration with European allies for their failure to help with the Iran war, although Trump has labeled Poland a “model ally” for its high defense spending.”

“This is by far the most difficult moment I’ve had as an elected official,” Cohen, who has served in the US House since 2007, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday. “I don’t want to quit. I’m not a quitter. But these districts were drawn to beat me.” Source: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

"I observe, I accept, I assume the immense process of the destruction of appearances (and of the seduction of appearances) in the service of meaning (representation, history, criticism, etc.)" - Simulacra and Simulation

It’s very queer.

Our friend and 18 year FWISD teacher Alé Checka got in her car Monday (5/11/26) and drove to Austin to give comments to the Texas House Education Committee on the State of Education in Texas and specifically about the takeover (and just before the takeover) of Fort Worth ISD.

TN State Justin Pearson joined The Tea with @aprildryan.bsky.social to breakdown MAGA Republican’s coordinated effort to reinstate Jim Crow redistricting in his home state — and more importantly, how Democrats are fighting back. Watch their full conversation: www.contrariannews.org/p/the-tea-w-...

Come on TN! Let’s make sure we flip the Governor’s Office in November! Dig deep! If you are able, donate to @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social

It has come to my attention that some attendees did not like that I mentioned “politics” in my keynote by talking about the context of what has been happening where I live. The talk was about the importance of people coming together to support one another for community resilience, and I am not sorry

The lawsuit represents a direct challenge to the authority of the office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation's capital, where several high-profile investigations of Trump-allied lawyers are playing out. https://to.pbs.org/3R2buGF

There’s actually a chance the president could be elected by the popular vote in 2028 instead of the fundamentally undemocratic Electoral College. Watch:

this is obviously stupid but also "i should not have to see a black person in a position of power or influence" is a guiding belief of the trump administration

My painting of poppies Art with flowers Vera Kober

"The inhumanity of capitalism is enclosing at an exponential pace today, and that means the algorithms that were once conducive to democracy and self governance have been captured by the servants of capital. They will do the bidding of capital."

Democrats need to understand we’re already in a revolutionary moment. The American republic built in the 60s and 70s is being swept away by Republicans and the Supreme Court. It’s up to us to fight for a liberal democratic future. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-ne...

Does the Genocide Convention mean anything to them? The idea that Israel can continue committing genocide and face no sanctions makes no sense. The 'Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill 2026' debate is today, vote 20 May (protest at 5.30pm outside the Dáil, before voting)

It’s even worse, there’s a Russian puppet regime in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Occupying the territory is only a means to an end — ensuring a loyal regime (which is, of course, erasing any perspective and future). Russia wants the same in Ukraine.

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is not about keeping us safe. ICE is about normalizing the use of government thugs on your streets. ICE is about keeping the people in power safe from the people.

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what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only

MERZ: “.. I’m a great admirer of America — my admiration is not increasing at the moment. .. I would not recommend my children today go to the US to be trained or to work there.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The people of Los Angeles have been protesting ICE for. Yea; NON-STOP! What’s your excuse for being a bystander to #TheAmericanHolocaust??

Good News.

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” —Fred Rogers

“the election was decided…by subtraction” is something i’ve been screaming from the rooftops about ever since last year people decided that trump winning meant something about how “real americans actually want fascism“ and started trying to align all of society around the whims of a few white folks

According to ICE’s own policies, she should never have been locked away while pregnant. What should have been a joyous time for her family became a nightmare under the Trump Administration’s cruel mass deportation machine. It is shameful. Darisbel should be released immediately.

She began experiencing bleeding and went to the hospital. She learned that she miscarried. As she was grieving the loss, ICE chained her to her hospital bed.

🎯 And the lies and nonsense are for their own sake, as a flex—it’s something bullies do all the time on a personal level, and it’s what Sartre noted as part of the original fascists’ MO in a quote from WW2 that went viral early in Trump’s first term for good reason:

Darisbel Quintero Morillo and her husband Gilbert were living in Dallas and hoping to start a family. Darisbel learned that she was pregnant after she had been detained and locked away in an ICE prison.

I am increasingly frustrated with the endless D struggle session about messaging. Your voters are getting outright disenfranchised! Your messaging doesn't matter if you don't fix that! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-your-vo...

A perfect demonstration of how Trump's disintegrating brain functions...misheard words, misunderstood comments, dissemination of long debunked falsehoods.

How to Reach the Working Class in Red-State America? Can working-class candidates actually gain traction in red states? There’s evidence that they can—if they run as independents on a bold, progressive-populist economic platform.

Asset, not agent. Orban wasn’t subtle either—Trump was pushing for us to dump NATO and ally with Russia to co-rule the world in 1985—and future Yanukovych henchman Manafort was doing PR for him then, too slate.com/news-and-pol...

U.S.-Taiwan relations on death watch.

Trump is expected to end his suit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion slush fund to "compensate allies" who he claims without evidence were wrongfully targeted by the Biden admin — many being Jan. 6 insurrectionists. It would be an unprecedented use of taxpayer dollars.