Dems appear to be rapidly approaching a Churchill/Chamberlain moment of choice in terms of party positioning. At some point this will need to go further, with serious conversation around reconstruction post-Trump and what institutional changes are required to reverse democratic backsliding.

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Today's installment: @knibbs.bsky.social with an excellent profile of Kat Abughazaleh, the YouTuber who is running for Congress in Illinois. www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

Charlie Kirk appealed to the worst of us. To the worst in us. He spoke about his prejudices openly, and it was not simply to test the limits of free speech. He carefully targeted our impressionable youth, feeding on their fears and anxieties. 1/2

Breaking - Border Czar Tom Homan was recorded accepting $50K from undercover FBI agents. The Trump DOJ shut down the case: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

I’m running for Congress to free our neighbors from the hellholes that are ICE detention facilities. The American dream shouldn’t be dependent on whether you have documents or not. I hope you’ll join me in this fight: Katforillinois.com

Right wing crazies want me arrested because they know I won't back down. Too bad.

Wow. I'd never seen this before! Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker 1947 youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...

This man is one of the campaign’s super volunteers, the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, wildly dependable, and apparently capable of taking the coolest photo of 2025.

This is the correct question. Otherwise this is just rage-bait used to drive engagement, one step removed from “litter boxes in classrooms”-garbage.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Pressure is currently mounting against Fox news, all sources are starting to take notice of the trending story regarding Brian Kilmeade advocating to murdering homeless or destitute people. But do not let that take away from the other members of the panel agreeing. Hold them all accountable.

Get out in front of FOX and protest this monster!!!

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

Let's start at the top while we're at it, Exhibit A...

I’ve been at these protests because I feel like our leaders don’t care. I do. This feels ghoulish to ask, but if you want a congresswoman who stands up to ICE, donate to my campaign today. We can’t win without you: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-bluesky

Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of some Charlie Kirk highlights

If and when we retake power we need to neuter them by stacking the court.

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack

More pressure needs to be put on Democrats to shut down the government. Don't fund it.

What do you need to know if stopped by ICE, from @npr.org ⬇️ www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Let's hope the next president tears out all this crap and re-builds the rose garden. Oh, that's if we do have a next president or a country. :-(

10 ICE goons just went inside the facility and so many had their masks all the way up to their eyes. Cowards, all of them.

While Donald Trump is bringing in chaos and instability to neighborhoods like Berwyn, schools like Prairie Oak are continuing their work to educate and support the communities they serve. Being here today brings me a tremendous amount of hope and inspiration.

Given his egregious attacks on the promising field of mRNA vaccine technology, we set the record straight These mRNA COVID vaccine has saved millions of lives worldwide because it protects recipients from lower, not upper, respiratory infections The lack of basic medical knowledge is breathtaking.

The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading. It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.

CHICAGO!!!! Our Punks for Progress show is TONIGHT!!!! We’ve got a great show, cool merch, and an outlet for anyone else who is unbelievably angry and determined to make a better world. Get your ticket at katforillinois.com/concert

Today is still the best day to cancel your subscription to the institutionally transphobic New York Times and stop giving them eyeballs. and for the love of all that is humane, stop taking Ezra fucking Klein as some kind of savant about any goddamn thing.

Fixed the Cracker Barrel redesign!!

In November 2024, I made a list of things I thought the fascism theory of Trumpism predicted could happen.

You are not. I will never set foot in a Home Depot again.

🔥COACH @sullydawg2.bsky.social on who’s really getting deported. (not violent criminals) “You made a big deal about ‘coming in the right way’ —they’re waiting for asylum hearings and getting arrested, as private prisons get rich… Share in the shame of your vote.” Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6C7xKgr/

Veritas…Truth

Maga cult: “See, the world respects and admires our dear leader.” The rest of America: “It’s humiliating that world leaders are manipulating the American president like a child; we are losing all respect, status and influence right before our eyes.”

Nothing in the Trump Store inside Trump Tower is made in America. Shocking

Wow…

Wake The Fuck Up America! 👇

Good morning from Inwood and Happy Dominican Day Parade, NYC! See you out there 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

You got it sis! 👊 there with you!

Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.

NYT headline: “Democrats, Republicans split along partisan lines on new Oval Office decor”

Aaaaaaaaaaand TACO

Happy Birthday Diego. In this time of fear and persecution, the power of community can make a real difference - even if just for a day. Don't stop fighting for justice. op: @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

Co-teaching benefits students, educators, and schools. At #TEACH25, members from @iftaft.bsky.social and @aftpa.bsky.social co-led a session, providing their firsthand experience with tailoring lessons to give every student meaningful support and opportunities to succeed. www.aft.org/news/support...

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🧵 I’ve signed onto the bipartisan War Powers resolution to prohibit U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war without Congressional approval. Here's why:

This is quite literally risking a nuclear war. The US has to exert leverage to keep our allies in check, and every member of Congress should be appalled. I will always be an outspoken opponent of unjust war and in Congress would consistently vote against arming madmen like Netanyahu.