Thanks trump, you fucking asshole

as per melissa's thread, it is really important to understand that a major goal of this administration is the resegregation of key institutions of american society

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.

Shocked to my core that our governor is getting a huge kickback for the data center he helped get approved.

We should be pressuring organizations to cancel their conferences and conventions in the South. Pressuring universities to refuse to allow their teams to play in the South.

“I live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.

Had to turn down 2 U.S. trips in the past 48 hours alone. I genuinely appreciate the consideration, but it's disappointing that these keep coming up during literally the worst & least safe time to travel to the U.S. Once again tapping the sign: companies, please consider hosting in other countries!

State supreme court justices play a critical role in defending your rights and freedoms, which is why the election happening in Georgia right now is so important. Make sure you have a plan to vote for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin.

People need to stop trying to gaslight us. Everything is political. The air we breathe, our bodies, our minds, our daily lives, the streets we walk on. Politics shapes who gets safety, healthcare, housing, education, and peace. Pretending otherwise is a privilege.

Recipe testing for my Substack.

Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.

Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time. And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners. I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!

“Do you support this kind of demonstration?” @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “Absolutely! What the hell else are we gonna do?” (From @MemphisForAll)

🚨 PROBLEM: 25% of U.S. farms aren't planting any food & 70% can't afford fertilizer for the season. 🎉 SOLUTION:

Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

NEW: Tennessee voters came out to oppose the GOP’s new rigged maps 🔥

WATCH: “HANDS OFF MEMPHIS! HANDS OFF MEMPHIS! SHAME! SHAME!” senate committee disrupted and adjourned as Republicans and @GovBillLee move to strip Memphis of representation with absurd, racist 9-0 maps no matter if they changed these words no matter what they do we still coming out

This hantavirus outbreak is terrifying--hantavirus does not normally spread human-to-human. And thanks to this administration, the US is no longer a member of WHO & won't receive real time updates on outbreaks like this. The world is interconnected & choosing to stand alone will not keep us safe.

Alabama GOP lawmakers moved to toss out votes already cast for its May 19 primary amid a gerrymandering push without notifying voters of the changes. Bad enough to do this at all, but to try to sneak it by the voters is evil. www.rawstory.com/alabama-toss...

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!

THIS WAS ALWAYS THEIR PLAN Gut the Voting Rights Act… then move fast to erase majority-Black districts across the South completely. 📌 Louisiana, 1 in 3 people are Black 📌 Mississippi, 2 in 5 people are Black 📌 N Carolina, 1 in 5 people are Black 📌 Tennessee, 1 in 6 people are Black

a thought i had while talking to a friend is that a federal end to partisan gerrymandering has to be at the top of the democratic party's agenda, and may likely get there because of threat the status quo poises to black representation, and thus black political involvement altogether.

Remember when they told everyone taxpayers wouldn’t pay a penny?

Does he not realize there are children there? He's always so wildly inappropriate!

HAPPENING NOW… marching on the Capitol…. #NewJimCrow @GovBillLee

If racism is no longer a problem, then why are all the states rushing to redistrict after the Supreme Court ruling all in The South? And all the people pushing to redistrict all White? 🤔🤔🤔

Keep the margaritas & tacos away from the bigots today. Deadass. You ain't about to be enjoying the delights immigrants have brought you while hating them!

Thank you so much for following me in greater numbers than on ex-Twitter. I’m flattered, honored, and grateful. For you…I have food. Very good food, recipes and stories. And my loud mouth and big opinions. And pictures of France. What else…. jamieschler.substack.com

From Dangerous Minds on FB Art seen outside the Met Gala calls out Jeff Bezos for Amazon workers allegedly - doing a lot of lifting there🤨 - having to urinate in bottles during shifts because they aren't given adequate time for toilet breaks.

#BoycottAmazon If you aren't doing your part yet to boycott Amazon, what's stopping you?

Amazon is the Met Gala’s main sponsor. Bezos' "lovely" wife will likely wear a dress made of cash she stole from tip jars and blind beggars. If you don’t watch or care about the Met Gala, it's an easy thing to skip, but Amazon? Let's keep not giving our money to Amazon. tinyurl.com/bdz58c83

Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina has a message for tonight's Met Gala chair Jeff Bezos

Perfect, authentic, cozy coq au vin. The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat. - Brillat-Savarin jamieschler.substack.com/p/coq-au-vin

No statistic can capture the trauma of displacement in Lebanon, where, as in Gaza, people have lost any sense of safety and their suffering continues long after the ceasefire on paper.

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

Will y'all stand with us? Will y'all make good trouble with us? They are banking on y'all shruggin' and whatnot.

You mean to tell me government can use common sense regulation for the common good (and to safeguard the future of the planet)? I wonder what that’s like (I live in the US of A). www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...

Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well… the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.

The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

May Day Marches across the US yesterday! Such a beautiful day to celebrate and to fight against the oligarchy and the patriarchy.

The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 this week. It was a slap in the face to the countless activists who fought for the VRA — and those who died for it. But we cannot give up. Here's how we should respond.

The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't. This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop. I have no intention of letting this stand.

Today, after 75 days, Republicans finally passed the same DHS funding bill they could have passed back in February — a bill to fund TSA, FEMA, & the Coast Guard without giving a penny to Trump’s lawless ICE & CBP.  75 days of pure political theater. Total incompetence.

Do it! Take back Congress, expand SCOTUS under a Dem POTUS, pass a new VRA, ditch the electoral college & end gerrymandering once & for all!

You wanna know something really wild? E-bikes are already displacing more emissions from autos than electric cars. Wild! Break free from the uncertainty and cost of gas prices - buy an e-bike! www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

Yes. This is what Dave Pozen called "hardball as anti-hardball." Dems should aggressively gerrymander, but with the explicit goal of getting into power and passing statutes banning partisan gerrymandering nationwide.