Tthis take on the Democratic party matches my opinions: Somewhat more wishy-washy than I'd like, but Democrats have attempted to protect trans folks. [Reading about things in the UK (e.g. the Cass Review bullshit)... from afar it doesn't look good. I can't comment with confidence on it, but...]

Are you ready, California? Vote by mail today or in person on June 2nd. Xavier Becerra for Governor.

bluesky — i am talking to you, all of you — need to internalize this and you need to tell everyone you know this. shampoo more expensive? republicans. burgers more expensive? republicans. beer more expensive? republicans.

This thread is generally about media coverage and engagement, and worth reading for that. This skeet matches my mental model around some activists. I think it would have been great if people tried to influence Biden's & Harris's policies -- but instead those folks worked to elect Trump.

Both outcomes would be humiliating to Trump if he were capable of feeling shame.

3/3 "Brennan pressed Hassett further, asking definitively: “So we are still at war with Iran?” “Uhh… you know, what – I… I don’t know what the definition of war is when we’re not shooting and we’re negotiating and they’re under a lot of pressure,” he said. But at least he's not "DEI", right?

In its latest ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Roberts Court has inverted the Reconstruction Amendments to justify the same racist devices and practices they were adopted to dismantle (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

RIP VRA, 1968-2026. RIP all of the civil rights leaders who were murdered while fighting for the rights it secured. www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

I read Haaretz for news on this topic, and there's plenty criticism of Israel that I agree with. But social media doesn't seem like a place where that kind of nuance is possible...

Hey everyone! Candidates in the CA Governor race must report their fundraising numbers after midnight TONIGHT. If you can chip in ANY AMOUNT to Xavier Becerra right now it will show that the momentum & resources are behind him! Do it for #TioXavier and #VoteBecerra www.xavierbecerra2026.com

Xavier Becerra is my choice now -- and it looks like he's got a reasonable chance of winning. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

You may know the California governor campaign is in flux. Now's the time to take a fresh look at Xavier Becerra. I can't think of a better review of his exemplary character, qualifications & accomplishments than this, from a former colleague in the Biden-Harris administration. Read & share. 1/x

"Vote for experience" #BecerraForGovernor #XavierBecerra2026

Heyyyy California! We've got a candidate for governor who's proven that he can do the job and doesn't need to buy your vote. #XavierBecerra2026 #BecerraForGovernor

I know it's a meme, but it's also accurate.😭🤣🫣

I was going to vote for Swalwell; not so much now. I'm on board with Becerra. He was good as AG, and he served in Biden's administration -- I'll be happy to vote for him. :-)

You can’t vote out Trump in the midterms, but you can vote out the people who enable him.

They dragged Black folks halfway across the world to enslave them, and now are forced to contend with their proclamation of “Democracy & Equality" and have to deal with “them N's” on equal footing. That just won’t do. Thus was anti DEI born. #ThePoet www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Okay. This is NOT how it works and is unproductive. The government is not there to organize strikes all of the time. You want to be an activist, do that but we need people who govern. Terrible answer

I think it's possible for an intelligent person to be in law enforcement with good intentions. Except the DEA; that combination is impossible in the DEA.

Liberals say that people who commit crimes deserve a second chance. So why are the upset that ICE is filled with people who have committed violent crimes?

She wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd prefer AOC over (e.g.) Newsom. I like that she's taken pragmatic positions while still articulating recognizable values. (But I'm not a fan of the populist wing of the party, and it'd depend on how indebted to them she wound up being.)

Please read this thread.

minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE. it hasn’t stopped and from local reports has gotten way worse. it isn’t making major headlines anymore and we know why. ABOLISH ICE !!!

In hindsight -- outside the US, some powerful people are being held to account. My gut fear that no one would was myopic. I'd guess that the DOJ during Biden's term did the same calculus I did; and it seems to have been wrong. We should punish the guilty from the Epstein/Trump files.

Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing. Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.

🗣️🚨Heads up y’all!!! Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too? Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

It's not surprising that some elections are lopsided -- but from ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_Ho...: 2014: 81.2 : 18.5 2016: 79.9 : 20.1 2018: 84.1 : 15.6 2020: 85.6 : 14.2 2022: 85.1 : 14.7 2024: 83.2 : 16.6 2026*: 95.3 : 4.4 ... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.

I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

This is accurate; I'd say to the fascists doing this that they hate America and our freedoms, but that claim is based on aspirations e.g. as outlined in the Declaration & Bill of Rights. In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.

This is also why denying these people the pretext for a civil war they're literally aching for is an important victory. It's not as flashy as other things but it both matters and it is literally *winning.*

Both predictable and horrifying. This is why immunity for abuse under color of law should never be a thing.

Is there actually a deal? Or just Trump making up an exit ramp from whole cloth because TACO? (At least in response to stock market sell-offs.)

7 GOP Senators voted to convict. If McConnell had shown morals or spine ... We become our choices, and the GOP has chosen power over principles repeatedly. (Especially those who remain in politics.)

People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.

The use of AI in this article (AI bots did infiltration to extract some kinds of information) seems... interesting. I'm sure we'll see more of this kind of attack.

It's hard for me to understand the calculus, unless those folks really want to end democracy or haven't played it out. Trump's fascism won't bring prosperity, stability, or security; and if the pendulum swings back despite their inaction, what do they expect to happen exactly??

This sounds awesome. (Though right now it's returning a maintenance page, I assume because the best load test is live traffic. 😦)

One of our cat's version of this (no excuse around weather, he just likes sleeping in sunlight)

It seems obvious, and yet...

As someone on the left...this article offers a different model of "egalitarian" traditional sustenance groups compared with what I'd internalized. Thinking about this as a process rather than a state makes sense; and I like that it doesn't require altruism per se. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

oh yea

Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls

6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."

YOUR VOTE IS NOT A COOKIE THAT SOMEONE MUST EARN.

You think it won't affect everyone... no SNAP benefits is going to cost the food industry