The DNC is consistently out of step with the base; avoiding accountability while digging a centrist rut to Big Money. And, America continues to deride women (+ of color) from the jump. The GOP clearly needs to go; but, the People need better than this to follow. www.salon.com/2026/05/05/t...

Are we sick of winning yet?

"Becerra, who won praise from the right-wing Murdoch press for pocketing the maximum campaign donation from Chevron, is now bending to the will of private interests on healthcare, according to KQED public radio." www.salon.com/2026/05/06/t...

Outstanding listen from @nprfreshair.bsky.social Tonya Mosley is taking names. Amazing host and interviewer, as here with Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw.

I can't get over Dave Grohl being everywhere... and never a mention of the baby out of wedlock following years and years of affairs... Trump-ism is spreading. (Not judging... but, how do you avoid that elephant?)

Remember when Republicans gave away the U.S. advantage in green energy by rejecting and degrading the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009? The PRC does: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b... GOP is bad for business. And, our business is public welfare.

This is the definition of 'good trouble' and fight every U.S. patriot is invested in. Good on ya, Rep. Neguse.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social, May 4th, Duckworth: “U.S. and Iranian ships are exchanging missile fire today in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s claims that hostilities have ceased were bullsh*t. He is lying to the American people and prolonging his disastrous war of choice—And he’s doing it illegally.”

Bercerra is looking better and better for CA: not a Republican, not a Billionare, not an Unknown Quantity, not an Abuser... but, not Progressive. (Which, I can live with.) ahttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/04/how-xavier-becerra-became-the-joe-biden-of-californias-governor-race-00904324

Republikans don't understand how to Govern. All they know is Ruling. Ruling leads, inevitably, to Revolution. Governing leads, consistently, to Prosperity. Which do you prefer? What do you want for your kids? Revolution or Prosperity?

ZERO 👇 BULLSHIT DETECTED.....

It remains very weird to me that in a world of actually useful technology -- photovoltaic power generation, mRNA vaccines, maglev trains, smart phones, etc -- the tech sector has gone so all-in on bullshit generators and plagiarism machines.

GB Banksy.

I love the Oakland in this woman! www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/maj...

If voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be working so hard to try to stop us from doing it.

Eddie S. Glaud, Jr., has tussled and ruminated on the realia of ‘Jimmy,’ resulting in a text of haunting consanguinity between men, ideas, and circumstances. A wonderful read: part lecture, part chat with your best uncle. All invitation into an exploration of an American icon.

One nation under water... A democracy afraid of voters. #advocate_judges_of_SCOUTS

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

GOP really serving the People here...with more wealth transfer to the 1%... solid. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

Finally a passport for Americans that never travel and never intend to travel.

'Wisdom' from a grubber that would make Croesus blush: finance.yahoo.com/sectors/tech...

Tell me you are out of step with the People without saying I'm out of step with the People... Rather than a more equitable society, the elite want to exist behind glass in a police state that supports their whims. (Or, why the 1% support Trump.) www.salon.com/2026/04/27/w...

In uncertain times choose every action wisely. Not every bird sings.

As a pal noted, 'Chinese were able to broker a cease fire with a "spreadsheet"... It simply showed the complete economic collapse of Iran if China stops buying oil.' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w... So much for Trump, Vance, Netanyahu, and sabers rattled or drawn...

'There's a sucker born every minute,' says the man. Grasshopper to Ant.

Feels extra real in the coal town of Bay Area tech where all the 'innovators' regularly fall into lock step on hiring and comp. Vocab of the day: monopsony Well worth the read. (First article is a skip.) www.npr.org/sections/pla...

Industry panics over possibility of AI worker capable of finding the flaws that OWASP has spent 15-years telling us about. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/a...

DNC continues to align with special interests rather than its popular base continuing with a 'centrism' that relies on sell us a slightly less unfair version of today rather than the progressive reforms we need. Ergo, why @schumer.senate.gov is still in 'leadership.' www.salon.com/2026/04/20/b...

SCOTUS' use of the Shadow Docket is just like Shadow IT... cruft in the democratic system. You can't have common law without documentation of opinions and the logic used to arrive at rulings. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/p...

Markets are gonna love this... www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims... #MakeAmericaGuilefulAgain

Remember this fuck when his name comes on the ballot.

This seems about the right speed for the conservative members of SCOTUS: www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-justi...

The great socialist organizer... Founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, creator of the March on Washington Movement, the man who desegregated war time industries which also led to the desegregation of the military. Born 137 years ago today, Asa Phillip Randolph himself

I want to see the energy DEMs give to the Swalwell implosion applied to passing democracy restoring (and improving) policies the next time they are in power.

With Swalwell out... I'm all in for Katie Porter. The worst they got on her is she can act like a hangry dude from time to time. Whose with me?

I perceive a prenup lifestyle or specific performance clause at play: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Defending someone publicly and deriding them privately is called hypocrisy. It's not clever or practical to practice duplicity and cowardice; but, it is essential to any authoritarian, bigot, and socio-or-psychopath. #salon_rules_by_the_way www.salon.com/2026/04/10/t...

Use brave: brave.com As arstechnica reminds you, just about everywhere on the Internet, you are the revenue stream. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Hypothesis: No. He cannot be trusted. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

WE ARE ON STRIKE TODAY! As someone who regularly looks at ProPublica web traffic, today's the only day of my career I want to see low numbers. We know our readers support our union. Don't read us today. We'll be there tomorrow.

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Vote DEM in the mid-terms. And, then push DEM to to deliver for a change. DNC 'centrist' have spent decades eroding the gains working folks made under the New Deal and the Civil Rights movement. Low energy that emboldened the GOP to push back on women, blacks, and the poor (i.e., the 99%).

'Isn't that wild... that like while they are telling everyone else to layoff their team and pay the remaining ones as little as possible... [what they say internally is] we need the right people in the door otherwise we're not going to be able to build the future.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmu...

A U.S. President just said he is not concerned with committing war crimes in the name of the People. Thanks to Republicans we live in a republic committing new atrocities rather than addressing the misogyny, genocide, chattel slavery, and bigotry in a land where 'all men are created equal.' SMH

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

The dubiousness of 'management' experts aside, 'An LLM trained on yesterday is, at some point, going to run into some problems inventing tomorrow.' And, 'You are a good manager if you are making your team more effective.' Made this a compelling view-listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmu...

The average is hella mid. Great opinion from Tressie McMillan Cottom, writing about AI for New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o... "Mid tech revolutions have another thing in common: They justify employing fewer people and ask those left behind to do more with less."

The in-bro-ification of tech has reached its end game: 'They are, in many ways, openly at war with their employees.' -- Anil Dash youtube.com/watch?v=kNdjLf4f0uU 24:43 to 30:25 is especially good.