Historically, voter turnout for midterm elections is 40%. This won't cut it. Harass everyone you know about the need to vote until they agree!!

"Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children. . ." — Father Daniel Berrigan #tdih 1968, Md.: Catonsville Nine burned draft records with homemade napalm. More + films ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...

This is utterly batshit crazy. FFS it's way past the time of some 25th amendment. He belongs in some mental institution babbling away every day. Absolutely he is projecting. His every accusation is a confession. Thank you for your attention to this matter, LOL!!

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.”

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

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Trump Unwittingly Breaks Chinese Taboo Against Napping Facedown In Soup Bowl

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones is one of my personal heroes. I recently had the chance to speak to him about the racist redistricting plot being enacted in his state and others in the South. Republicans are trying to bring us back to the Jim Crow era that so many fought (and died) to end.

True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

At this point, I think he is just trolling us.

7/4 ... the fact that he still thinks the way to score points it by taking potshots at the academy makes me doubt the genuineness of that apology.

6/4 I'll just note that I've been pretty appalled by his views on higher education ever since Obama chose to take potshots at art history when he was in office. And yes I know he subsequently apologized, but ...

5/4 This seems absolutely right to me! But that just makes it more infuriating that Obama chose to frame this as an attack on universities at the very moment when American universities are under existential threat from his successor. bsky.app/profile/tito...

4/4 Like, I can use "patriarchy" or I can use "male superordination", but I suspect the *actual* desire of those making these claims is often that we just talk about something else.

3/4 So often, these calls not to use "jargon" or not to sound like you're in a "college seminar" are actually just calls not to talk about certain subjects.

2/3 How many "regular Americans" can spend hours in a jargon-filled discourse about offensive schemes in football or about the parts of a car engine and their functions? People use jargon all the time because you can't talk with precision about complicated subjects without it!

1/2 Ugh, I fucking hate comments like this. For one thing, those of us with vocabularies above the fifth grade level (and even those of us who spend out rime in college seminars) are just as American as everyone else. And second ...

Reagan/Bush 1 -- ruined. Clinton -- fixed. Bush 2 -- ruined. Obama -- fixed. Trump 1 -- ruined. Biden -- fixed. Trump 2 -- ruined. Same pattern since at least 1980.

In December, SCOTUS stayed a district court ruling blocking TX from using its new maps because the lower court ruled "on the eve of an election." That district court ruling was issued 15 weeks before the TX primaries. Callais was issued *17 days* before the LA primaries.

I've just heard from my dear brother @revyearwood.bsky.social that his esteemed mother, Dr. Myrtle Yearwood, died on May Day. She asked that instead of flowers people contribute to the Hip Hop Caucus Voter Education Fund, especially in light of last week's despicable Court ruling respectmyvote.com

sorry it took me all day to get around to writing this, I was Working On My Farm. as one does

And then I'm told over & over again by reporters that farmers are just poor lil' dumb babies who got tricked. Not this farmer!

As a small farmer who didn't inherit my farm and is *well* below the $1M wealth threshold, let me just say it's a real hoot to be working double-time to build my own farm from scratch and now I have to pay more taxes to keep *other* peoples' farms in business. Seemingly against their own will!

Farmers vote against workers' interest bc most of us aren't working class. Farmers are business owners. With inherited wealth & property. It's not that hard to figure out! It's not folksy, & it's not "economic anxiety." Most *small family farmers* in the US are millionaires w 6-figure incomes.

It's a real Experience being a farmer trying to shout as loud as I can about what's happening out here. While journalists ignore the obvious so they can write their tear-jerker bullshit. Farmers chose Trump, as a strategy to take advantage of their own workers & the entire US taxpayer population.

3. Last but not least, Trump has already made it easier to. well. low-key hold farm workers in slavery. (He ended a lot of DOL regs meant to stop human trafficking orgs & farmers from collabing to hold people captive on farms. e.g., antislavery provisions.) Did a video on that too.

1. Most farmers assumed he'd send enough free gov't money to farmers to make up for the trade war. In other words, a plan to parasitize the American people. 2. Less taxes, regulations, etc. The usual reasons people vote GOP.

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

Happy International Workers' Day! I sat down with 1199 SEIU health care workers to discuss the issues at the forefront of their lives—and how we're organizing for the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELv...

The real political divide in America is not left versus right. It's the many versus the money. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2OHTHRvIkM

"Our federal government is taking away the very program that would actually help them put food on the table," an organizer says. trib.al/UVXTyD5

This is the goal. If we are to make real change and reform this corrupt system we need supermajorities in the house and senate to pass laws, propose constitutional amendments and override Trump’s expected vetoes. It’s a tall order. But one Democrats should strive for. @manmet80.bsky.social #nokings

Come on America! Bite the bullet. Give us a Democratic super-majority and we'll start to fix everything Trump and the Republicans have broken.

Democracies don’t “postpone” elections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Read my essay about how we're taking up the banner those brave Selma marchers waved 61 years ago and continuing the fight to protect voting rights across our nation.

After the Supreme Court's decision to restrict the Voting Rights Act, I'm reflecting on my trip to Selma for the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Despite the hardships the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement faced, they marched on. So must we. We cannot afford not to.

A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself. This is the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts. I opposed his nomination back in 2005, and I stand by that.

Home electricity prices are up 13% since Trump took office. His solution? Eliminate the program that helps people pay for their heating and cooling bills. A real solution? Passing my Heating and Cooling Relief Act to make energy assistance available to all who need it.

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

Words can’t describe the pain the Shreveport community must be feeling. Kids deserve to feel safe — especially at home — but gun violence continues to rob them of that freedom. We have to do more to stop it. Gabby and I are keeping the families of the victims in our thoughts.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Everyone in America supports filing their taxes directly with the IRS for free—everyone but Trump & executives at giant tax prep companies like Intuit-TurboTax, who teamed up to cancel Direct File. (What a coincidence: Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.)

A teacher, a nurse, and a firefighter walk into a tax office. They all pay a higher tax rate than a billionaire. That's not a joke. That's America's tax code. We need a fairer tax code that taxes the rich.

A great profile of a great mayor--who will someday be the most important Democrat in America. @mayorwu.boston.gov www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Following Trump’s example of how to return traffic to the Strait of Hormuz, I’m going to unclog my kitchen drain by stuffing it with chewing gum and anything I find in my hairbrushes.

I wish I didn’t feel that Trump’s team were the dumbest three in the room. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...