Rachel

When @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is telling you this deal is bad.

You may want to listen @schumer.senate.gov

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

If your senator’s voicemail is full, fax that ass

this is the kind of thing that makes a difference

GDrive > top right gear:

Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off

(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)

It's very clear that unlimited wealth causes brain damage. That's not an exaggeration.

It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.

Proof of what I've been saying for months. Don't expect truth from the corporate, Republican-owned media outlets.

@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC.

“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”

So good!! 🔥

Bernie, Zohran and AOC on stage.

Thank you, New York City.

Now let’s win.

Thank you!

Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.

We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

#NoKings

I don't know why but frog solidarity in London and Dublin has me tearing up.

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

Coooool! Thank you! I'm curious about the rest of the piece

"Many parents ... recounted how they were stalked and harassed relentlessly for years by people who believed the podcaster's conspiracy theories regarding the [2012 Sandy Hook school] shooting. Others described disturbing pieces of mail they received from Jones's followers, including death threats."

Trump Pardoned Him. Now He Won't Have to Pay Back $660 Million Trevor Milton and his wife donated $1.8 million to Trump in 2024.

…and Santos is small change compared to the other pardons:

A map of the over 2,700 events planned across the US for No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18.

No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

3 and 22 😁
Can I have two? 🤩

i could’ve sworn jd vance and elise stefanik told me the group chat of young republican nazis was no big deal

It's already No Kings Day in some parts of the world!

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...

Doing some historical research for a project and while it's an obvious point that we all "know" in some sense, it's bracing and shocking to be reminded of just how violent a place America has been throughout its history.

For the generals yesterday, resistance meant total silence. And I thank them for it. But for the rest of us, silence is cowardice. Silence in the face of this daily onslaught against democracy, the rule of law, pluralism, the Constitution, and basic human decency is utter cowardice.

ICYMI Speaker Johnson: @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election and still hasn’t been sworn in. Her constituents will be hit hard by a Republican shutdown & health care cuts. They deserve their voice in Congress. Seat her now.

The crowd chants: “From New York to Palestine, Journalism is not a crime.”

Can we get the TikTok handle?

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

I hope every Dem Gov and AG signs on to this suit as soon as they can.