"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

Thoughts for people living in safe blue cities and states: Alabama is the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. People bled and died for our right to vote. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 🧵

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: https://nickanderson.substack.com/)

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

We cross this bridge yet again In 1965, civil rights leaders marched from Selma to Montgomery to demand equal voting rights Now civil rights leaders are back to fight for the very VRA freedoms SCOTUS just dismantled. We will not stay silent – this is the time to act!

Today I traveled to Selma with my colleagues in Congress to take a stand against the radical right-wing plot to suppress Black political representation and dismantle our democracy by gutting the Voting Rights Act. We’ve made too much progress in this country to go backwards. We won’t be silenced.

We’re going back to Selma and Montgomery. Why? The Supreme Court destroyed the Voting Rights Act, and the country needs to be reminded who we were before Civil Rights - and why we can’t go back.

New in my newsletter: A major civil rights protest took place in Alabama today in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

Good morning, from Selma! We’re here today to say WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! ✊ #BlackVotersMatter #ProtectVotingRights #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

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

Rather than conclude that democrats are bad because people like Fetterman and Polis are democrats, I prefer to conclude that people like Fetterman and Polis are not democrats and they need to get the hell out of our party.

He’s done this before, but he’s cool with paying the fine because he has those $billions! Ethics should matter.

🚨 Tom Steyer’s gubernatorial campaign is under FPPC investigation over allegations influencers were paid $10,000 to promote him online without proper disclosure.

SHADY AF‼️ A man running for CA governor should damn well know better. And if you think this was just one influencer being paid without disclosure, you probably also believe everything else Tom Steyer has been selling.

📌The Jim Crow South has returned, and I just don’t think most people outside of the Black community understand how maddening and truly terrifying this is. We all must rally to their defense RIGHT NOW, and stand with this nation’s most dependable patriots. My God, we owe them at least that …

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social )

Kars4Kids ads make it sound like your car donations helped children in need. A California judge just BANNED the ads across the state because that’s a lie. Donations actually fund Orthodox Jewish indoctrination programs and matchmaking services. open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

Hey, trumpers...this is what you voted for.

TODAY — and every day until we have justice for all: We fight for equal rights and we join together to support each other in this battle. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

TODAY: ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SOUTH. Republican lawmakers across the South are carving up maps to dilute Black voting power and protect their own power because fair maps would threaten their grip. They knew the voters didn’t support this, so they went around them. 1/2

yes. the clearest path to deal with the SCVA ruling is just to say that it wasn’t a constitutionally valid exercise of judicial review. because it wasn’t!

“Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents are being told to find a new power provider because the grid is being re-routed to A.I. data centers.”

There isn't anything that costs haven't gone up. Feel bad for those on fixed incomes. Worked their asses their whole lives. It's a shame. abcnews.com/Business/tom...

Mayor Mamdani Keeps Raising The Bar, For Other Mayors To Follow His Successful Path.......

AOC on Trump’s reported plan to use $1.7 billion in IRS funds to compensate January 6 insurrectionists and pardoned fraudsters: “He’s using the entire government as a slush fund… one of the most unpatriotic and un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.”

Thanks, Supreme Court. You're waking up the majority and radicalizing us. You're becoming more illegitimate by the day. Bring it.

The Trump administration is lying again. They’re already drilling and moving forward on Trump’s giant gold “Independence Arch” before Congress even approved it, just like they tore down the East Wing for Trump’s gilded ballroom project. That’s the MO: do it first, lie, deflect. 1/2

We're All Standing With Ted Lieu....

"the dramatic cost declines in batteries have now made 'firm renewables' — solar or wind paired with batteries — cheaper than fossil fuels in many parts of the world." This is game changing.

The utter horror and humiliation of this man as the president of the United States.

Markwayne Mullin is just as crazy and drunk on power as Noem was. Case in point: DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge | TNR newrepublic.com/post/210476/...

Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"To the folks at CBS, in the words of the great Ed Murrow, good night and good luck, motherf* kers."

The fact that he violated the custom of every president in the last 60 years, releasing their tax returns, violated his word by never releasing his tax returns does not give him the right to steal from our treasury because he did not release his tax returns!

ICE knows it's acting illegally and without authority to arrest in thousands of cases. The court records demonstrate this. It must stop. Now.

Since the start of this war in Iran, more than 3,600 people have been killed and over 26,500 injured in Iran. In Lebanon, 2,700 people are dead and over a million are displaced. And Netanyahu says: “The war is not over.” We cannot continue to be complicit in Israel’s wars.

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.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

One qualitative value of posting and reading posts over here versus other platforms for me is that when women are victimized and killed in horrific ways I can see human beings responding with grief and respect instead of the most vile misogynistic rhetoric that makes my soul curdle

Taiwan was excluded from the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, forced to participate under official visas that list it as a "Province of China," or sit out of the conference they have full and equal participation in. The implication that Taiwan is not a WTO member in its own right is unacceptable.

This is the commerce secretary who has lied repeatedly and deliberately to Congress and the people. It is high time for him to go by resignation, or impeachment. Won't your join us in sending a message to your representatives? TEXT PSTFXK to 50409 NOW!

When the state is disenfranchising its Black voters, there's zero question why ROOTS was just banned in Knox County, Tennessee, schools. "Age-Appropriate" my ass. www.wbir.com/article/news...

There’s actually a chance the president could be elected by the popular vote in 2028 instead of the fundamentally undemocratic Electoral College. Watch:

Republicans want minority rule—and they'll reinvent Jim Crow to get it. The latest from @davidcorn.bsky.social:

House Democrats secured the necessary signatures to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a package of Russia sanctions and billions of dollars in Ukraine aid. This is the eighth time in the last three years that a discharge petition has been used to do an end-run around GOP leadership.

Attorney: I’m a trial lawyer. I tried the case against Meta and Google in Los Angeles, the first social media addiction case decided by an American jury. The evidence that I saw in that case keeps me up at night.