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Democrats had a big night. Here are 5 takeaways from the 2025 elections Democrats had a good night, winning major races including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and a redistricting ballot measure in California, while also confronting the future of the party.

"I don't think that our party needs to have one face. Our country does not have one face. It's about all of us as a team together. And we all understand the assignment. Our assignment everywhere is to send the strongest fighters for the working class wherever possible." - AOC

With federal climate progress stalled, Simplify Solar advances local solutions As other climate campaigns go on the defensive, a new Third Act campaign aims to remove local and state-level barriers to solar energy.

With federal climate progress stalled, Simplify Solar advances local solutions: As other climate campaigns go on the defensive, a new Third Act campaign aims to remove local and state-level barriers to solar energy wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/simp...

Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Substack post meme reads "On Imperfect Instruments: A Sketchy Tool Can Be Dangerous" on a background on green leaves tinged with red

The president has been called an "imperfect instrument" by some of his supporters, but there is a difference between an imperfect instrument and a dangerous tool, which easily becomes a weapon insideoutrevolution.substack.com/p/on-imperfe...

Advocates: ICE kept Durango family in windowless room with only chips and water after mistaking father for someone else Masked federal agents pulled Fernando Jaramillo-Solano over after mistaking him for someone else, but arrested him and his two kids anyway, advocates say

A man and his 12 y/o daughter and 15 y/o son were arrested on the way to school and detained by ice in a case of mistaken identity. They said they were assaulted and the boy's hands were bruised and swollen from handcuffs. They told me I did not matter. They told me my children did not matter.”

Why do working people rely heavily on food stamps?

Because the multi-billion dollar industries they work for pay poverty wages. It's that simple.

Satellite signal from green sea turtle cut off near Gaza, likely due to war: Expert After nesting on Türkiye’s southern coast, turtle ‘Mersin University’ traveled through Syria, Lebanon, Gaza Strip to Egypt, while signals from ‘Kizkalesi’ stopped off Gaza - Anadolu Ajansı

Certain Lebanese beaches are nesting grounds for endangered green sea turtles. "This development coincided with the tragic events happening in that region. We can see that the war is still ongoing, and we believe the sea turtle was harmed due to the war."

YouTube video by Ibeyi Ibeyi – Rise Up, Wise Up, Eyes Up (Metropole Session) w/Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley

I planted seeds in the beautiful garden
That I will never see
And they become to a tree
I left some loving fantasies
This is my legacy
Dream it all for me

Rise up
We will wise up
And keep our eyes up
Remembering

- Ibeyi, "Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up"
youtu.be/58OGHD7HzkA

wearethe_community on Instagram: "From the Beltline to Shonda Rhimes What a Lovely Day it’s been… literally! We started by bringing joy to the Atlanta BeltLine, just…" From the Beltline to Shonda Rhimes What a Lovely Day it’s been… literally! We started by bringing joy to the Atlanta BeltLine, just a bunch of singers spreading light, laughter, and love through music. 💛 Then, out of nowhere… we were invited to perform for @shondarhimes during her Year of Yes book tour stop in ATL. 🙌🏽To say God has been showing out is an understatement. This moment reminded us that when you say yes to your purpose, doors open that no one else can close. 🚪💫Grateful. Speechless. Ready for whatever’s next.#TheCommUnityATL #LovelyDay #YearOfYes #ShondaRhimes #DivineAlignment #GodDidThat #SingersOfATL #flashmob #choirs #choirlifeView all 2,712 comments

Then I look at you...

“It appears the U.S. president is asserting a license to kill and may be taking the country to war in Venezuela,” Brian Finucane, a former senior State Department lawyer, told me. “At the same time, we have the SouthCom Commander stepping down. He has not publicly explained his reasons.”

Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
By David A. Graham

Why the Cure for Climate Dread Isn't Calm, It's Action Employees, customers and investors are already living inside narratives of loss and uncertainty. Leaders who ignore that dimension risk paralysis in their organizations.

"We can’t stop climate disruption through storytelling alone. But without story, we risk losing the will to act. The task for leaders is not only to meet emissions targets, but to create narratives big enough to hold both grief and hope."

We Rise. They Fall. Here’s How It Happens
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Line art of protesters chanting is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of young protesters in Morocco.

Authoritarianism. Inequality. Police Brutality. Democracy. These are the issue people around the world are protesting about. Including here in the US.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/31/t...

"They were careless people... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

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(PDF) Generational Basis of Anti-Systemic Resistance: Mobilizations Against Extinction PDF | Scientific research, empirical evidence, and the clearly visible environmental devastation due to climate change/global warming are largely the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

..a vision of hope based on the emergence of a characterological change, in which a new kind of person with a radically different character more devoted to caring and sharing with others rather than possessing material things... could lead to a saner society.

LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025) Last night I posted about something so incredible that Heretic Coffee Co. is doing in SE Portland to help community members losing their SNAP assistance. I found an interview with the owner of that ...

“This is a global movement of humanity…” substack.com/@letsgetinto...

Federal agent fired into car during DC traffic stop, was omitted from police reports D.C. police have launched an investigation into a shooting during a routine traffic stop. Police say a Homeland Security agent who is part of the president’s federal task force fired the shots. No one...

Whoa - a Homeland Security agent who is part of the president’s federal task force fired shots into the vehicle of an unarmed man during a routine traffic stop in DC, then they may have tried to cover it up www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...

Kansas officials pressure Trump administration to keep SNAP funded during shutdown Democrats and Republicans have different proposals to keep feeding hundreds of thousands of Kansans. Food banks are preparing for an influx of demand.

KS Gov. Laura Kelly joined a lawsuit by other Dem govs and attnys general vs. the Dept of Ag blocking $6 bil. in emergency funds that could float SNAP. KS Rep. Sharice Davids signed onto a letter w/ fellow House Dems urging same. But KS Sen. Roger Marshall (R) says no www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

You’re invited to attend the KCUR forum, Redistricting: A Community Conversation, this Thursday from 6-7:30pm at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch!

The event is free but seats are limited, so please find more information and sign up at the link below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Glad indivisible is picking up this movement.

It's important. #cancelspotify

YouTube video by Indivisible Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription

FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...

Person holding an I Love America sign at the No Kings 2 rally in Kansas City Missouri

🇺🇲 1000s of jobs slashed this year by the US government
🇺🇲 Amazon to cut ~10% of corporate workforce (up to 30,000 jobs)
🇺🇲 UPS cut 34,000 jobs in first 9 months of 2025
🇺🇲 Intel to cut around 22,000 jobs by year's end
🇺🇲 Nestle to lay off 16,000 employees over next 2 years

Are we feeling great yet?

Guitarist, saxophonist, bassist and drummer playing on stage

Magnatone high fidelity amplifier sitting on a stage with a red electric guitar and drum set in the background

Kansas City is still a Jazz town. Enjoying some great (free!) music at Music House School of Music, mesmerized by the beautiful design of the amplifier behind the guitarist www.musichouseschool.com/concert-events

4 people sitting on a rug among trees dabbing wax onto logs

2 logs dabbed with wax on a bed of rocks amidst trees

Learning how to grow mushrooms in the back yard for sharing in community

I have a very bad feeling about this...

No opt out for this?

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"People have forgotten how good it feels to be courageous, how good it feels to make a sacrifice, how good it feels to stand up for the things you know are absolutely right. And how much of everything that we ever had is based on somebody's sacrifice." - Tony Gilroy
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What Happened to Ohio? The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown

This chimes with what I remember and experience of Ohio, right down to themes of and anecdotes about local news and social mobility that I tried to handle in "On Freedom." The essay is wonderful and I am liking forward to reading "Paper Girl."
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