it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

There is no insurrection, no riots — the LA crisis is an escalation of the crisis that has been ongoing since 2016 of Trump’s determination to exert & expand power by using all means of coercion, including always the threat and encouragement of violence to make his hellish make believe our reality.

Why are we so concerned that all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were fired at the same time? ✅ Loss of top-notch vaccine experts ✅ Unchecked power for 🧠🪱 to appoint grifters and charlatans who will make America sicker

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NPR's new lawsuit is a powerhouse, identifying multiple, independent ways the Trump administration violated the Constitution in order to take revenge on public media. Bottom line? This administration is scared of the truth & this lawsuit reveals that weakness. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Curious about DH for Chinese studies? Apply to this great workshop that @annamshields.bsky.social and @vierth.bsky.social have organized! I'll be there talking about @whgazetteer.org and other spatial things!

ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

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Hi Bluesky friends: if you are able, please help out our friend and colleague Jeff Richey, who has lost almost everything in the Kentucky floods. Anything will help! www.gofundme.com/f/helping-ou...

Hands Off! Rally in Princeton, NJ Saturday, April 5! #HandsOff

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

From Russian state media to Trump’s lips 👄

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Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

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We had a successful Crappy Fitzpatrick's Day event at the Congressman's office today! Over a hundred PA-01 volunteers showed up to let Brian Fitzpatrick know - with holiday themed decor and limericks - how they feel about his inadequate representation, and his unwillingness to hold town halls.

A refugees memories of Voice of America. What Trump is doing is monstrous.

According to the New Jersey Globe, "Kim and Booker said they’d both vote against cloture, too . . ." [Please @booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov make this clear in your statements to constituents too!] newjerseyglobe.com/congress/boo...

America lost a really good one today. RIP, Rep. Grijalva, and thank you for your conscience, your values, and your dedicated service. tucson.com/news/local/g...

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Our tips truck has hit the road. This week, the Education Dept. announced it would fire about 1,300 workers. If you were affected, we'll be near the Education Dept. building, ready to meet folks where they are. You can also reach out via Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.

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This means Trump/Musk could legally cancel funding for any program for any reason. This is unacceptable. A shutdown is bad. This bill is worse.

contrarian.substack.com/p/a-nation-a... inspirational: If John Lewis were here today he would be encouraging us “to stand up, speak up, and speak out” vs injustice. He would be reminding us that silence is compliance. He would be asserting that the Constitution begins with the words “We the people”…

NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...

More of this!

There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security. Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."

Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.

The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who in 1959-60 took part in a privately funded research program run by physician William Randolph Lovelace II, a private contractor to #NASA, which aimed to test and screen the women for spaceflight #InternationalWomensDay en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...

Oh my, look at the Eatontown, NJ Tesla rally! ☀️ Go Jersey Shore! ☀️ Taking a stand for democracy on a beautiful Saturday!

Gaga’s Mayhem is pretty much the only more mayhem I can stand right now. But damn, it’s good. (Would like to add TGIF, but we all know What Fresh Hell is 24/7 these days.) #ladygaga

Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Yup, where we are right now. www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/s...

Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Yup, where we are right now. www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/s...

Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

What's been happening in the Uyghur region? it's still dire: 500k-1m detained in prisons and new kanshousuo; assimilating institutionalization of non-Han young, old in boarding schools, nursing homes while working age non-Han pushed to distant forced labor. New report: www.ushmm.org/genocide-pre...

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

Amazing! 🙌 NJ Indivisibles are fired up!

👀 www.space.com/the-universe...

After Trump and Vance's disgraceful performance today, I think we could use a reminder of what true leadership looks like. Zelensky's defiant, eloquent speech on the eve of the war remains a remarkable example. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

was hoping to look back on this as hyperbolic over reaction but yeah, no

Respect to President Zelens’kyi for going on Fox and saying sensible things at a time when that is rare.

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

Please watch and circulate as widely as you can. This was a terrible day.