This is such great news. May Georgia follow suit next month.

We need Cori Bush back in Congress. Period.

TOMORROW: Join us for Conversations with Cori! Today, I’m seeing a lot of dissatisfaction online. If you’re feeling that way, come turn it into action. I’m thankful to see so much support for our movement to protect, build, and transform St. Louis, but it counts for nothing if we don’t organize.

The State of Louisiana, the anti-voting rights petitioner in Louisiana v. Callais, takes the first step to eliminating its recently added second majority Black district. Black residents make up 32% of Louisiana’s population, the second highest after Mississippi. www.nola.com/news/politic...

This is such an important piece on the growing progressive movement pushing back on the Hindu Right.

Israel assassinated Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh four years ago today, while she was reporting in the field. In the four years since her killing, Israel has killed some additional 260 Palestinian journalists. It is one of the biggest killers of journalists in the world.

Decades of progress dismantled. “Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the…midterm elections.”

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With @anjalienjeti.bsky.social at a presentation for “Ballot”, a great educational book. Buy here: bookshop.org/p/books/ball... (and select Johns Creek Books, zip 30022)

There are many, many reasons why I'm happy that Janet Mills is out but my favorite reason is that she unapologetically supported Israhell's genocide of Palestinians. Glad that Chuck Schumer is probably having a horrible day.

a little concerning to me that people don’t know what nazis look like anymore

Louisiana v Callais will now lead to the unraveling of Black majority or any majority minority district. And Georgia Republicans are already pushing for a special legislative session to dismantle Black and brown representation before midterms this year. Georgia won't be the only state to do this.

The ones who choose to go were never real journalists to begin with.

breaking: 80-student encampment up at Occidental College in California, demanding the Board of Trustees commit to divest from Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Maersk, and Caterpillar amid the war on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine at an upcoming meeting on Monday.

Our reporter @mauricechammah.bsky.social appeared on @npr.org's Morning Edition to talk about Redemption Songs, our limited-run newsletter that tells the story of mass incarceration through music. 🎧 Take a listen: www.npr.org/2026/04/24/n...

Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is going to win this Michigan primary for the US Senate and then y'all are going to have to stop saying that progressive anti-genocide candidates can only win in NYC. Link to his speech at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention in the comments.

INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinian schoolchildren on their way to school earlier today in Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

This is some of the most horrifying stuff I’ve read in my life

Orban admitted his defeat Historic moment for Hungary 🇭🇺

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

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Isr@hell bombed Leban0n over 100 times in 10 minutes. Lebanon is only 4,000 square miles. It’s smaller than Connecticut. Imaging Connecticut being bombed over 100 times in 10 minutes. Stop saying this is about Netanyahu. Israel has been bombing Lebanon for decades.

Are folks aware of what Israhell is doing to Lebanon? This is horrifying.

Watching Mamdani do expand universal preschool, shovel snow, fill pot holes, and launch free child care for municipal workers is such a contrast to watching the current administration destroy everything in sight. I will never understand why folks think Democratic Socialism is a bridge too far.

Proof again that who owns the media matters. The @inquirer.com is one of the few major American papers meeting the moment. They don’t shy away from being honest about what Trump is doing and how unhinged he is. share.inquirer.com/oTwgKn

You have to get to the sixth paragraph of this story before you read the disgracefully-phrased sentence: “Attacking civilian infrastructure risks violating international law”

Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally” Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

Just read that 60 Minutes had evil money laundering fraudster MAGA charlatan Franklin Graham close out their special Easter program. Just in case it wasn’t clear before, CBS is fully propaganda and state run media, not news. Absolutely vile.

This is anecdotal, but I've talked to quite a few people who left X (and other platforms) for Blue Sky and we are all having the same issue--we can't really find community here. Curating our feeds hasn't gotten us very far. The lack of a robust master algorithm could be the culprit.

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The next thing you know, Trump will push voters to sign their names and provide their social security numbers on their ballots. His end game is likely to eliminate anonimity in voting entirely.

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“Gaza model.” As in another genocide.

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

I can't read Amy Coney Barrett on this but she just asked the most nonsensical question.

NOW: Live oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, which will decide whether absentee ballots mailed by Election Day--but arrive after--should be counted. Attacks against absentee ballots, especially in states with this grace period, have ramped up since Trump lost in 2020.

Yes! Thank you. Plus we have ranked choice voting. I’m currently polling in third. LFG! ✊🏼💜

Hey look! You don’t have to vote for Graham Nazi tattoo Platner in the Maine primary!

Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter under renewed bombing. His mother needs urgent treatment for retinal disease. Bring them some hope on Eid:

With the world's attention on the Iran war, Israel has ramped up restrictions on movement in the West Bank as settler violence against Palestinians surges:

Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville journalist whose arrest by immigration enforcement officers earlier this month has drawn national attention, is expected to post bond and return home from a Louisiana detention facility today, her attorneys said Tuesday. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.

Horrifying

On the other hand I’m thrilled—absolutely thrilled—that Juliana Stratton beat Modi-loving AIPAC-funded Raja Krishnamoorthi for the US Senate primary race in Illinois.