Amanda Kail

No Kings II: 14,000 Citizens Protest in Support of Democracy in Richmond Nearly 14,000 people filled Richmond’s streets for No Kings II, a peaceful protest against Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies and ICE raids. Organized by 50501 Virginia, the rally joined thousands ...

Earlier today, an estimated 14,000 people crowded the streets of Richmond for No Kings II to peacefully protest the authoritarianism of Donald Trump.

#NoKings #RVA Richmond, VA

#NoKings #RVA Richmond, VA

NEA President Becky Pringle: Violence in all its forms has no place in our schools, our country and democracy | NEA National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement in the wake of increased threats and targeted actions against educators following the assassination of Charlie K...

NEA President Becky Pringle: Violence in all its forms has no place in our schools, our country and democracy www.nea.org/about-nea/me...

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

Hundreds protest Louisiana ICE facilities as a union targets 'detention alley' The organizers coined the phrase "detention alley" to describe the concentration of ICE detention centers in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. They called for the immediate release of immigrants who it claims are unjustly detained in ICE facilities in Basile and Jena.

The organizers coined the phrase "detention alley" to describe the concentration of ICE detention centers in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

They called for the immediate release of immigrants who it claims are unjustly detained in ICE facilities in Basile and Jena.

Juneteenth is a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go. Today, we’re once more committing ourselves to the work of ending systemic oppression of Black people in America. We’re not free until everyone is free.

Richmond #nokings. Tim Kaine and a knight.

#NoKings in #Richmond

#MayDay #RVA

I've been reposting some of them but if you need a mood boost, check out the posts under the #handsoff hashtag. spending so much time online I sometimes worry people in the real world don't know what's going on — but they absolutely, unequivocally do. you're not alone. we're not alone.

This thread!!

#handsoff in Richmond, VA

Petunia would like to interrupt your doom scrolling to point out that zooming on snow AND sand is really heckin’ fun.

Tomorrow night we can hold on to one small, real thing. That we didn’t let the light go out. And we did that together.

This little light of mine/I’m gonna let it shine

So I challenge you to do the same. And if you find yourself panicking- reach out to me and we can walk though it together. No judgment, because I’m just as panicked.

Tomorrow I’m gonna call my members of congress AND I’m gonna get two more people to do the same thing. It’s not the revolution. But too many people, me included, haven’t exhaled in weeks. And we have to move forward. Together.

Y’all. We have come too far, through too many dangers, toils, and snares to give up now. And you are too beautiful and brilliant to fail. Shake it off. Put your song on and turn it up really damn loud. Make some strong coffee. I have a small proposition for you.

How Interpret Schumer’s ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter I’ve written clearly a few times that Democrats have one key leverage...

This is a sophisticated and entirely accurate analysis. It seems like a minor thing (who cares about a boring letter?), but @joshtpm.bsky.social uses it to clearly explain the current political moment we're in. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-i...

Hands off our Data

Protest 🚨 TODAY & EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20415
(OPM)

Get Those Elon Incels out of our Treasury!!
If you cannot make it to OPM please call FPS at :
1-877-437-7411 - Report that contract security have allowed unauthorized individuals into OPM

#3E
#USprotests

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.

Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Made a new feed for RVA Mutual Aid (RVAid)

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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

I know it seems like a little thing right now.

But they would prefer you stay home, drink poisoned water, breathe polluted air, and watch communities from the Northern Neck to Hampton Roads suffer from more recurring flooding — via the sea level rise that keeps coming from the warming climate.

One thing I can say for certain at this moment- what is in your heart is so very visible.

Chaos or community?

Want to Defend Immigrant Workers in Your Contract? Here Are Some Suggestions. The following language was compiled from a series of unions and labor activists. It is intended as a resource for workers looking to include pro-immigrant provisions in their collective bargaining agr...

For workers looking to include pro-immigrant provisions in their collective bargaining agreements, @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social compiled language from unions and labor activists: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...