I mean I’m reading coverage of the immigration crackdown, attacks on all Afghans, and even the Somalis catching strays. But not much context calling this white nationalism. Please. Tell the whole story. This isn’t even my beat but at least I’m trying! 🤦🏾‍♀️ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/o...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city. I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.

Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM (Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)

When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer. contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...

The Democrat leaders' capitulation seems less in spite of the electoral victories last week, but because of them. As if they intentionally wanted to suck all the air out of grassroots progressive organizing. They would rather lose to Trump than to their own base.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

No health care, no deal.

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people. Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

Thinking of others who share my Irish heritage. #BrettKavanaugh #CardinalDolan . Who else should I add?

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

This is brilliant

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

I wrote about how everything matters in my substack open.substack.com/pub/mollyjon...

Feeling underdressed for #nokings #50501

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor." "Dilexi te"

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

Highly recommended! www.commondreams.org/opinion/hait...

Totally out of step with the party’s base and the public

Grateful to be part of the fight for TPS for 500K Haitians and #ruleoflaw for 500M Americans. My take: “ending TPS uproots Haitians who are legally in the U.S. and contributing to communities and workplaces." 1/2 www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Republicans are shutting down the House Floor because they’re too scared of another vote to release the Epstein Files. What are they hiding?

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Thank you again to all our good troublemakers who showed up in oppressive conditions yesterday! Rehydrate and take care of yourselves today. Self-care is resistance too.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia

Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.

#GoodTrouble #JohnLewis

My take: "The Dominican Republic, like the U.S., is using illegal means to conduct massive deportations. The deportations are based on cynical calculations by political leaders that hateful, misleading scapegoating of immigrants will excite their base.” haitiantimes.com/2025/07/17/d...

Such an important point - and something too many people ignore when thinking about progress in history. While it is correct that there has been tremendous racial and social progress in U.S. history, tens of millions of people lived their lives experiencing little of it - or even mostly regression.

After mostly shrugging off Trump’s assault on government for the last five months, establishment Democrats have finally found something to be outraged about: Zohran Mamdani’s primary win.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Shame on you Sheriff Joseph McDonald for assisting in human trafficking. www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

Thank you for your attention to this matter! #NoKings

I don’t blame you. We are appalled over here. We didn’t learn our lesson w Mookie? Transfer a franchise player who is LOVED, who just hit a HR today when we swept the Yankees?? Right when things are turning around?! I can’t fucking believe this.

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

IMPORTANT: Before the fascist attack on Senator Alex Padilla, Kristi Noem said that her gestapo in California were staying to "liberate the city socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country." Don't let that slide by.

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The LA attacks are a test of how much oppression we will tolerate. Our response this week will make all the difference.

My take: “Having mercenaries just go in and start executing people… is going to be just like the U.N. [intervention in the past]. It's going to continue to undermine the rule of law and the social fabric.”