Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get a library card and explore your local public library. I plan to do so next weekend.

Today in Vienna: "Anecdotes and Arguments: How the Colour of Individual Life Allows for Broader Interpretations of the Holocaust" At the Freud Museum, 7pm, 18/5. Register here: www.freud-museum.at/en/detail/an...

Volunteer with a local democratic or Indivisible club to help get the vote out for the midterms! Outreach activities typically include: 📌 phone banking 📌 canvassing 📌 registration assistance 📌 postcard writing 📌 literature drops Browse mobilize.us for specific activities you can help w as well.

ICYMI: Former jail guard, Tova Noel, who was purportedly the last person to see Jeffrey Epstein alive, will be interviewed today by House Oversight in its continued investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. abcnews.com/US/house-ove...

Wouldn’t it be nice if a fund was set up for all the victims of tRUMP EPSTEIN sexual trafficking ring and not the thugs who tried to overthrow the govt’ and murder the police who tried to protect the people inside the Capitol.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

My latest. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Nearly 800,000 Louisianians voted yesterday and won, rejecting all five state constitutional amendments put forward by Gov. Jeff Landry...

This is Trump and his Republican allies stealing your money from the U.S. Treasury to further their plot to overthrow democracy. It's fucking outrageous. (NYT gift link)

"Bombing the living daylights out of Iran" doesn't sound like attacks targeted at military facilities. It sounds like war crimes.

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

#MorningVibe Watch and get inspired by the powerful message of hope that Nigerian artist/poet, Maryam Bukar Hassan delivers in her spoken word piece ‘Peace is a Verb’. “Peace is not found, it is built. Peace is not a line we cross. It is a choice we make.”

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

We’re just under six months away from the midterms — and Republicans are doing everything they can to silence voters and entrench minority rule. If you’ve ever considered joining the organizing that’s happening near you, now is the time to get involved.

Accurate Edit for Clarity: "He should live long enough to... be held accountable for his... crimes." Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate. 💙-mh

The First Amendment is clear: The federal government can't punish media organizations just because it doesn't like what they have to say. By fighting back, ABC is sending an important message: Our rights are worth fighting for.

We’re deeply grateful to all of the Tennessee Indivisibles and everyone else across the state who showed up in defense of democracy. We the People — especially Black and Brown Americans — have opposed tyranny in the past. The road may be longer than we hoped, but we will win. Again.

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social burns a confederate flag in the rotunda after the House passed 9-0 maps stripping Memphis of representation… #Memphis #JimCrow @MarshaBlackburn @GovBillLee

Tuesday we will head into the belly of the beast for an Oversight hearing in Palm Beach to hear from Epstein Survivors in FL. We won’t stop until there’s justice.

The Epstein files are overdue. The congressional deadline was more than four months ago. What could they still be hiding?

“HANDS OFF MEMPHIS!” Protestors & Democratic legislators leave the scene of the crime arm in arm, after Tennessee Republicans broke the law to strip Memphis of representation with a racist 9-0 map, drowning out the majority Black city with white power. @GovBillLee

Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country — plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves. Please.

Our media is controlled by just a handful of billionaires and their corporations. And Trump is making things even worse. Here's how we stop it.

"The system can persist for as long as Mr Putin remains in power. But his every move to preserve and expand it accelerates decay. His instinctive response may be to intensify repression. He may start another war. But these actions would only make things worse" www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Looks like Shell would be a good target for a windfall tax, levied by the U.S. Congress. I won't hold my breath, but this kind of profit should be taxed by the federal government and used to relieve our skyrocketing cost of living.

🇪🇪 FM Tsahkna: For the first time in 20 years, Putin is not planning to hold full-scale May 9 parade. He's afraid of Ukrainian drone attacks. That’s the reason Putin is proposing ceasefire. He's afraid of Ukraine, and it’s clear he is weaker than most of the world thinks he is.

While in russia children are dressed in military uniforms, placed on tanks, and taught that wаr is something to be proud of. Look at Ukraine. Look at our songs. Our dances. Our language. Our embroidered shirts. Our laughter. We do not teach children to hаte. We teach them to love life.1/2

Hawaii is poised to become the first state to use its legal authority to drain corporate money from its elections. Every state should be doing this. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.americanprogress.org/article/addr...

BREAKING: 16 years after Citizens United, Hawaii's S.B. 2471—a bill under which Hawaii would no longer grant corporations the power to spend in its politics—has passed both chambers with bipartisan support and is now one step away from Gov. Green’s desk… Eliminating “Citizens United” in Hawaii. 😎✨

No one should fear being "wrong" We should start from KNOWING we ARE wrong and stay curious about How. People who resist "being wrong" are the last ones to recognize their own inaccuracies, and how our brains deceive us to uphold our illusions of being "right."

Congratulations Chedrick Greene! Senator-elect Greene’s victory is a monumental win for Michigan Democrats and ensures that the state Senate will continue to have a Democratic majority that is delivering for working people.

This trip was AMAZING! cannot emphasize enough how cool it is to see the story of Jamestown uncovered— literally— by archaeologists, historians, researchers, and the folks in the labs. Thanks for an extraordinary day.

This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

For the love of all things, never write for money, fame, or glory. Those things will disappoint you every time. Write because there’s a story the world needs to hear, and you may be the only person willing or able to tell it.

I’m still talking about the Epstein files. I’m still speaking with Epstein survivors. The DOJ hasn’t released the complete files. We aren’t done here. 🔥

Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.

Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight is our fight. Their cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause. Good to see President Zelenskyy today in Yerevan. 🇨🇦🇺🇦

Offering an elected senator a “financial windfall” to switch parties isn’t politics, it’s bribery.

“SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!” The people of Tennessee not taking the stripping of the voice of majority Black MEMPHIS (to protect a corrupt president) quietly #NewJimCrow @GovBillLee. @MarshaBlackburn

WE MUST VOTE IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO MANIPULATE.

Lots of accounts suddenly making negative Becerra posts. Check them carefully. Many have never made any political or issue posts before. Beware the sudden anti-Becerra crap.

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

Keep up on current boycotts with this comprehensive, long running boycott guide from @psychopete.bsky.social Includes reasons for the boycotts as well as alternative places for spending. Give it a read and see how you can contribute.

Money spent with Amazon goes directly to fund our demise. Many, many of us have managed to wean ourselves off Amazon (follow the guide pinned to my feed), and help us connect by following and reposting this list of resisters: go.bsky.app/MUqXjXT

Mainstream media is starting to cover the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you for speaking out and helping keep this story alive. #SaveUSFS

“Trump is lying. The Iran war is not over by any legal or physical standard.” Former defense intel analyst @harrisonmann.bsky.social writes about the War Powers Resolution and why Trump is declaring an end to a war which is far from over. zeteo.com/p/iran-war-w...

I am struggling to understand why for so much of the media, when a sitting president and his goons kill people summarily at home and abroad that that is somehow not categorized as “political violence”

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The pro-democracy movement is in for a long, hard fight. But @marcelias.bsky.social is optimistic. “We are not going to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” Marc says. “We are going to exceed that law with something new built for the current moment.” Join our fight: https://bit.ly/4iz4QBg