C. Amanda Maud

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

ICE attack on reporters: Press freedom and civil liberties groups condemn assault of amNewYork journalist, and others | amNewYork Press freedom and civil liberties organizations sharply condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday after journalists, including

“We’ve seen reprehensible behavior by DHS agents against journalists in all three of America’s largest cities. There’s no reason to think it will stop there, so it’s critical that we refuse to normalize this,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told amNewYork.

If someone is wearing a mask and keeping themselves, you should politely leave them the alone and mind your fucking business.

This post brought to you by someone who decided it was a bright idea to confront me while I was quietly waiting for the tube as to why I'm wearing a mask.

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

House Democratic Leadership Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89 After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Redford was one of the biggest stars of the '70s with such films as "The Candidate," "All the President's Men" and "The Way We Were."

After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Robert Redford was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s with such films as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and “The Way We Were.” https://to.pbs.org/46mvirV

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Question of the day:

Is President tRump f*cking Satan? 👹

#TheMoreYouKnow 🌈

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

RIP Terence Stamp, 1938-2025

The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998. The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

Trump doesn't care about crime in D.C. — which is at a 30-year low. He's creating another fake "emergency" in an attempt to show force. If he actually cared about keeping the city safe, he wouldn't have stoked insurrectionists to attack the Capitol on Jan 6. Hello?

It says everything that Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democrats than anyone on the Epstein list.

“What they did there was torture us” Now free, the Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador want the world to know what they lived through.

“What they did there was torture us."

Now free, the Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador want the world to know what they lived through.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.

We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?

FFS

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

So, you can listen to all my recorded stuff here. I'm humbled to be amongst so many amazing singers and honoured to have been able to perform pieces by such amazing composers. open.spotify.com/artist/2osqK...
Also check out Wondermare(open.spotify.com/artist/0D3d2...) and The Maze(themazeband.co.uk)

We are so excited to finally share the 2025 studio cast recording of ASIAN PIRATE MUSICAL, live now on all major streaming platforms. Links to Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube and socials here: linktr.ee/asianpiratem...

Asian Pirate Musical A queer time travel pirates musical set on Southeast Asian seas.

Only a few of us are on Bsky currently but APM is created by: Zhui Ning Chang @witchywonderer.bsky.social, Frey Kwa Hawking, Jade Leamcharaskul @jdwasabi.bsky.social, Sarita Lewis, Nemo Martin @zeus-japonicus.bsky.social and XANA Full credits and more here: asianpiratemusical.wordpress.com

Where is Obama? “I’m out here!” he told me. Watch the interview. The former president's critics say he’s missing in action. He shares what he's really been up to.

Over the past few weeks, you might have noticed a renewed flare-up in a years-long liberal freakout: Where is Barack Obama?

So @garrisonhayes.bsky.social asked him directly. Watch their conversation here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women." 

—FDR, 1932

linktr.ee/AsianPirateM...
This project was so fun and rewarding! Check it out on the platforms below and hear me bring the Pirate Queen to life!

Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.

The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.

It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.

Photo of peaceful immigration rally in Canton, GA on 6/21/2025

Photo of peaceful immigration rally in Canton, GA on 6/21/2025

A photo of my sign for an immigration rally in Canton, GA on 6/21/2025. It says: Cherokee Cherishes Immigrants" and shows a vibrant, red heart.

100+ standing in solidarity with #CantonGA's immigrant community after an ICE raid. #NoHateNoFear #ImmigrantsAreWelcomeHere

#CherokeeCountyGA @maddow.msnbc.com

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

See you there

The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.

#madleen #flotilla #gaza #greta

Loretta Swit, best known for starring on the hit comedy "M*A*S*H," has died at the age of 87.