BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

This is the secret main essential true 250th anniversary event: the brave voice of democracy and justice; the brutal forces of silencing; it's all here.

On the (absent) morality of Substack, Jeannette Winterson: "Ok, there’s the Pope. Jesus! Who knew we’d be cheering on the Pope?" open.substack.com/pub/jeanette... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

"The absence of that principle is what makes this administration so horrifying to many people. It's that vacuum." Steven Cash on constitutionalism, rule of law, and what holds democracy together. 👇

Still Juneteenth here. Thanks @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social for this

Excellent work here — first installment of a study of the current admin maximally leveraging OMB power to advance their aggressive agenda. Go team @crisesnotes.bsky.social !

"… if we have our own values, and our own deep interests, and our own love of what we do and what we want to do, and our own commitment to what matters to us, then, yes, we can make choices. That is what gives us free will, autonomy, dignity." jeanettewinterson.substack.com/p/ordinary-s...

Way to go San Francisco's Ocean Beach!

Good music, great food, and a community that I call home. Proud to celebrate my roots at the Caribbean Heritage Festival and honor Caribbean Marylanders who have made Maryland flourish 🌺✨

pages.bayresistance.org/ice-out-of-g... #iceout @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Knicks fans burning sage outside MSG ahead of Game 4 to purge the bad luck left behind from Trump’s attendance

This is my America!! We’ll see you tomorrow night (5/7) at Carnegie Hall - tickets are almost sold out. Get yours: www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/05/08/Rhiannon-Giddens-0800PM

The largest school districts in North Carolina are all shutting down for May Day at the request of the teachers' union. 1 million union members in New Jersey are backing a large May Day action. May Day is gonna be HUGE this year w/ strikes in at least 85 cities! paydayreport.com/n-c-largest-...

So powerful journalists, lobbyists, politicians hid, ran, pressed against walls. Secret Service & protocols activated. Then all went home. The daily reality of children, teachers & parents? They don't get protocols or security detail. And not all go home. It's the GUNS. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

WTF @nytimes.com How is this useful to anyone? Reporting on rumors and speculation as a story...

To sit and dine with this man and his cronies, drink his wine, toast his health, while his gov't and the businesses that support this government ruin the lives, bodies, and careers of hard working journalists across this country is just unconscionable Blegh, gross. Take your hankies and shove it

Yeah cause it’s the kind of thing you propose building to appease the ego of a narcissistic leader whose army just got its asked kicked by a Black military general (Touissant L’Overture) and Black enslaved people who ran your troops off their island. It’s a monument to ego and defeat. Perfect.

Speak out against another intrusive abomination from Zuckerworld. #privacy www.aclu.org/metaspywear

I'm attending Indivisible San Francisco's event, “Earth Day Human Banner: "Energy From Heaven"” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...

Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Deal. “More than 1,000 writers, actors and directors released a letter on Monday opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the deal would harm Hollywood’s already distressed entertainment industry.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

@hcrichardson.bsky.social @nytimes.com

What if destroying the US economy is actually the plan… Cruelty and racism are just side benefits?

there it is, all 7 continents

Sunday Exception: Swan Perfect Landing

Studying slash and burn of government

Tribune photojournalist Francisco Kjolseth captured this time lapse footage of the No Kings protest march and rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Read the story here: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...

see you there

58/ A domino effect where the fallout gets bigger and bigger... if we run out of feedstock, eventually refiners are going to shut down hbr.org/2026/03/the-... "These "oil and gas are in everything" graphics are about to get very real super quick for a lot of people." -- @roryjohnston.bsky.social

Volunteers to make it happen & keep it safe for all welcome!

Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...

paywall-free: www.vox.com/politics/479...

luma.com/f5iks5d0 ​ #QuitGPT #NoDeal #NoKillerRobots #NoAISurveillance

All history matters. The Black Soldiers Who Built America's National Parks open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...

NYU Prof. Scott Galloway has compiled this "list of subscription-driven consumer tech companies having outsized influence over the national economy and our president." #resistandunsubscribe, #resistICE www.resistandunsubscribe.com

This crowd was HUGE—I was there. Only days of networking notice. Mostly young people! Momentum! substack.com/@rawstory/no...

Solid demand

Unlike our draft-dodging President, I served in combat. As a veteran, when I hear Trump's goons using military terms to describe America's streets—I find it disgusting.

Plainly showing us their priorities

🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think? Thanks @rbreich.bsky.social

BREAKING: Listen to this. Reporter: "Your husband bought stock in Elon Musk's xAI days before the Pentagon expanded its role. Can you assure us it wasn’t based on inside info?” Representative Lisa McClain: “100%. If it was, we would've bought a heck of a lot more."

Hello US Senate, Congress? About that funding…

More demonizing. "over public assistance concerns" in the headline is world-class sanewashing. apnews.com/article/trum...

Velazquez: The American people are upset. They did not sign on for this. The most fundamental principle for the American people is fairness and humane policies, not beating the shit out of people, especially vulnerable women and children.

The end of coal is inevitable, by 2035: both China and India added a record amount of new clean-power generation last year, which was more than sufficient to meet rising demand. And they won't stop. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...

A reminder that not so long ago we honored immigrants in the US, even by carving monuments like this one at Immigration Point, over the Golden Gate connecting the Pacific to SF Bay. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

If you need a deep breath, a mental reset, a reminder of why you CARE and why you act, this is a very short read meant to give just that. (I’m there because I take no money and it’s free. The other places aren’t. And @hcrichardson.bsky.social is there.)

Be like Jerome. We won't back down. bsky.app/profile/noth...

Gestapo is here, and proud of it.