One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

"We are experiencing a widespread GOP attempt to undo the Reconstruction Amendments that, along w/later civil rights reforms, form the constitutional foundation for our multiracial democracy." Good @aselrod.bsky.social intervention (cites my reporting on VA): www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-ne...

They told you they would. This administration is literally trying to kill off the most vulnerable. 36% of those on Medicaid in CA are children, 40% are births, 12% are seniors (including hospice/homecare), and 8% are people with disabilities. Inhumane and Unconscionable.

I live in Pennsylvania and I am outraged by his continued betrayal of those who elected him.

This sounds like an extremely bad development.

Have a read and REPOST!!! PLEASE!!!

And we’re ok with this attitude?

Oh, look, a website for motherfuckers.

@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social

SCOTUS, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just 3 years ago, has lifted that order a week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question whether there will even be a primary on schedule.

It’s always anxiety. A woman could walk into the ER and have your elbow fall off and they’ll tell you to learn to manage your stress better and make you take a pregnancy test.

NEW: The Trump admin has launched moms.gov, featuring "resources, information, and help for new and expecting mothers." The first resource listed: anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, which appear next to or above federally qualified health centers, depending whether you're on desktop or mobile.

The site links out to Option Line, a 24/7 contact center that refers callers to crisis pregnancy centers. It is operated by Heartbeat International, one of three major crisis pregnancy center umbrella organizations.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... the USA now becoming a haven for criminals ? @cnnipr.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying

Ummm. The corruption. It burns.

A Judge forces Pete Hegseth’s lawyer to concede that Senator Mark Kelly never said to “disobey lawful orders.” “He says you have a duty to disobey unlawful orders, right? That is something taught to every cadet at Annapolis, right?” the judge asked.

As much as I understand that the cost of gas is a function of Trump's piss-poor planning, prioritizing bombast before diplomacy, and sending real estate grifter dudes in to represent us, it irks me more that Big Oil is declaring record profits from gouging us while this happens. What a scam.

Really tired of stories calling things a blow to Democrats when they are actually a blow to democracy

Ex congressman Jim Cooper chief of staff Lisa Quigley and data analyst david manasco👇🏽are both among those saying the new map stripping Memphis of representation actually has potentially put 4-5 TN districts within range… if Dems really turn out and vote. 👀

Virginia is "a wakeup call to Democrats across the country - in NJ, NY, MD, IL, OR, WA, CO - this is the time to start fighting back... Republicans don't believe that Democrats have the right to exist. If we don't start fighting back, we're going to good government ourselves into obscurity."

"So what needs to happen now - and it needs to happen now - is that Democrat-led states need to set aside procedure and redraw the maps. New York, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Maryland, and Colorado need to get it done. Do it in 2026 if possible. By 2028 is non-negotiable."

Katie Phang visits the Donald J. Trump Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, an exhibition that displays the 3,437 volumes of The Epstein Files. “Each of them weighs about 5 lb. … 3.5 million files bound into 800-page volumes. Altogether, it weighs about 17,000 lb.”

Your Saturday FYI: Russia is getting its ass handed to it, by Ukraine. Ukraine has “the cards.” Slava Ukrainii

Censoring science and history at our national parks doesn’t stop the truth from existing. That’s why we’re fighting in court to make sure the powerful stories of Tribes, enslaved people, and so many more can continue to be told in America's largest classroom. #OurParksOurHistory

Super piece here on the Christian nationalist takeover of the 250th anniversary celebrations. citing @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/news-an...

Our country is currently run by 8 year olds. (My apologies to youngsters of that true age, you’ve simply not had a chance to gain maturity, perspective, or a sense of what is acceptable and appropriate in society.)

MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.

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POWERFUL.

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.

“This is a break glass emergency moment.” Melissa Murray says the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is using “colorblindness” to turn the Voting Rights Act on its head: treating states that try to remedy racial gerrymandering as if they’re the ones discriminating.

I'm done. Done. You should be done with spineless Democrats as well. At least PRETEND to have some fire in your belly.

Rep. Roger Williams on the SAVE America Act: "We want the right people voting"

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

If you strip Memphis of representation while waving around the legacy of the Confederacy, don’t act shocked when people start treating that flag exactly how it deserves to be treated. I stand with Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social. 🔥 Tennessee racists have awoken a sleeping giant.

wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like

There is not enough discussion of the EEOC's lawsuit against @nytimes.com for discriminating against a white man. Here's a gift link. Let's get into it.🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

“EVERYBODY MUST BE CRISPY,” Kennedy, who has the flesh of a hot dog that fell into the grill, said, in a voice that sounds like you’re dragging a chair across the floor of an elementary school gymnasium

We missed the memo? "Of the people, by the people, for the people" has been revised "Of the RICH people, by the RICH people, for the RICH people" #usdemocracy

Okey dokey.

The Democratic Party is defining itself around affordability. But Jon Ossoff is emphasizing another idea too: corruption. My look at this reelection campaign and why it's resonating both in Georgia and nationally. newrepublic.com/article/2099...

The Supreme Court must be reformed. They fear nothing because there's no accountability.

Judicial nominees who cannot answer a question this basic because they are scared of the president have no business serving as judges. The GOP doesn't care, though. Which is why we must vote them out of power in November.

From $100M to $400M all paid by private donors to $1B of taxpayer money at a time when the economy is spiraling down the drain, the national debt is exploding, and Trump is "overseeing" a war nobody wanted that costs $1B a day or more. The Republicans DO NOT CARE about the American people.

Well you see it was important that people skim as much as they can from it

Why aren’t clips of scenes like this blasted EVERYWHERE? “The Emperor is fully dressed! And his faculties are intact!” “Who!? What? Where am I?”

This is for *your* kids, you understand. The tech elites send *their* kids to private, screen-free Montessori schools. They know exactly what they're doing.