PLEASE read this one. Kinda required reading. If you agree, which I hope you do, print in color and magnetically attach to your refrigerator. It is marvelous and very clear to all who visit: this is what we stand for. PERIOD.

Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar. End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.

Days like today make me ❤️ Americans. And @sanders.senate.gov is one of the best Americans. What a razor sharp, charismatic, decent and patriotic orator & leader. And no teleprompter needed. Pure 🔥 And the energy & stamina ! How is this guy 84 years old ?

This is important! Please plan to attend if you can.

Democratic leaders, it's time to endorse Mamdani.

Tonight’s clear winner was @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. He won because he's the only candidate with a plan, with a vision, and with a focus on the working New Yorkers who built this city and deserve to live here with dignity. 19 days. Let’s do this!

Solidarity is the only way

Janet Mills is 77 and Democrats need to knock it off with the gerontocracy.

Vote 'em ALL OUT in 2026 !

So much going on these days that this flew under my radar. Anyone else not cool with radioactive waste being dumped into the Hudson River ? www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Loved chatting with @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about all things NYC—and the urgency of standing up to Trump and ICE to protect our neighbors and our communities.

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

Dem leaders are just not up to the job. I understand healthcare is vital, but if we dont have a democracy we won't have to worry about Healthcare. Why are dem leaders not in the streets with protesters???????

UVA Faculty Senate with a clear statement of values: facultysenate.virginia.edu/resolution-o...

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism. I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

Come celebrate the incredible contributions of our immigrant community right here on campus! Attend "I Stand with Immigrants Day of Action" on the Quad (Flagpole/ WWII Memorial) on Wednesday, October 15 at 12:15PM. ➡️Learn more: www.qc.cuny.edu/immi

I stand with Alderperson Fuentes and with all those who have the courage to stand up to authoritarianism and their terror force, ICE. We must defund ICE. We must hold Trump, Noem, and ICE accountable.

One of the greatest role models for conservationists, women in science and just human beings in general is gone. Talk about a life well-lived ! RIP, you badass warrior for Nature. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

Pressure to reject the compact should come from all sides: Alumni, students, current employees, AND anyone who engages with people or work from the institution, high school students looking to attend, etc. We say NO. @standupforscience.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Democrats have leverage — and they need to use it to fight back against this regime. Any Democratic senator who votes for a continuing resolution offered by Republicans will effectively be green-lighting the cruel policies passed in Trump's big, ugly bill. Do not cave in.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

Bribes everywhere

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated. Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.” This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.

Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people. We are resolute in our determination to avoid a government shutdown and address the Republican healthcare crisis. Time is running out.”

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

En Ciudad de Gaza, bebés en incubadoras, heridos graves y enfermos crónicos no pueden desplazarse. Nos hemos visto obligados a detener la atención médica. La población civil está en grave peligro.

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record. I just don't know what to say anymore.

Hay un criminal suelto por Madrid. Espero que el ministerio de Interior actúe rápido. No hay que dispararle ni asesinarlo, como haría él. Con detenerlo y juzgarlo se demostrará que decir que es un genocidio no era postureo, sino postura firme. Veremos si es así o no.

Frustrated about our health agencies? Worried about research funding? Concerned about RFK Jr's Quack cures? ✊TAKE ACTION! Speak at your local No Kings Rally on 10/18 about the fight for science. Follow our step-by-step guide to engage in democracy at the local level, and make allies along the way!

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

"For the Catholic Church in America, the choice is whether it will align itself with exclusion, extremism and violence, or whether it will live fully the priorities of the Gospel." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

"If [Bishop Barron] truly cares, and wants to lead those under him toward Christ, in moments of political turmoil he has to be an advocate of peace. To do that, though, means to face reality and not sugarcoat reprehensible ideologies." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Essential resource. Also: it would help greatly if BlueSky allowed users to lock their accounts.

BREAKING: A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

‘Diplomatic abuse’: Brazil minister on US revoking his 10-year-old daughter’s visa - The Guardian

The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

Free speech censorship Political hit lists Detentions w/o due process Internment camps Military in our streets Corrupted law enforcement Demonization of vulnerable communities Coercion of private institutions MSM amplifying state propaganda We are not barreling towards fascism. We are in it.

Good news! Ring vaccinations against #Ebola have begun in DRC, according to @who.int: “An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”