Barbara Moritsch

First time back on BlueSky since I returned from Kenya and Rwanda. Working to manifest.

A moment for a time-out from the news. The Merced River in Yosemite National Park.

Texas Republicans rammed their gerrymander through. Now some are realizing they may have handed themselves a few seats in the House, but put others at risk.

Rigging maps doesn’t always go as planned. Now it’s on us to fight alongside Texas Dems and take those seats back.

And to be clear this has been going on for some time. There are many segments of the party doing serious, strategic work.

🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

Political violence must always be condemned.

Let’s not forget that earlier today, this day was known as “we cannot build bananas in America” day. That is, until everything went bananas

A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency looking to cancel $40 million in important scientific research grants

Trump & Zeldin (Head of the USEPA) are enemies of the American People

www.science.org/content/arti...

#TRUMP #Leezeldin #EPA

ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared

I keep telling people not to come.

Do your teaching/seminars remotely.

The administration is a perfect storm of dumb people who enjoy inflicting pain and are addicted to psychotic cruelty and quadrupling down. It ends in total ruin if you don't impeach him.

Cory Booker: "The power of the people is greater than the people in power... "

THANK YOU!! You are amazing 🙏

United we STAND Divided we FALL with Stand written in the American flag and with Fall written in the American flag but the letters breaking at the bottom

As more & more people wake up, because they (or someone they love) are directly impacted by what’s happening in the USA, there are two phrases I am finding helpful:

“You don’t have to admit you were wrong.
Just admit that you were lied to.”

“Welcome to the resistance”

#UnitedWeAreStrong 🤝🇺🇸✊

Musk and his staffers will descend upon CIA today.

A heartfelt message from a veteran that lived through Tiananmen Square, all Americans need to watch.

I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.

I saw your post about the square this morning and followed you here. No, you’re not being paranoid. Keep breathing and stay safe. We need you.

Gavin Newsom & Governor JB Pritzker Elon Musk and Donald J. Trump are characterizing Canada the way Putin did Ukraine before the invasion. As a proud Canadian and grateful resident of California for 24 years and former resident of Illinois, I call upon each of you to demonstrate Political Courage, and make clear to the Trump administration that any military annexation of or incursion in Canada will result in your, and of like-minded fellow governors, immediate implementation of a policy of secession out of the United States, starting with the withholding of your states’ federal taxes and the blocking of any effort to federalize your National Guard. The Democratic Party has long been heavy on flowery oratory but a complete failure when it comes to robust leadership as is evident given the party’s silence and lack of coordination in the face of a coup by the Executive. This is not about the Democratic Party — it is about Democracy. It is not about the Republican Party — it is about the Republic. The time for friendly podcasts is over. Though I arrived alone in Chicago as I turned 17, I have never forgotten that I am the son of a Holocaust Survivor — I have known Elon Musk personally for 14 years and understand what horrors will befall America and her Allies if this administration is not loudly denounced and kept in check at every corner. In Pugna Maneo! I, and all the people who share this message, count on your actual Leadership and Fighting Spirit. Dr. Philip Low, Ph.D. Chaiman, CEO & Founder | NeuroVigil Frmr. Professor | Stanford School of Medicine Frmr. Researcher | MIT, Salk Inst., Harvard Med

COURAGE

For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.

I am tracking 3 separate cases where the government is violating court orders. The question now is whether judges find willfulness and hold officials in contempt.

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NOW: the fate of gov funding is in doubt at the moment.

There appeared to be 9-10 Senate Dem votes for the House-passed CR this am but after an intense presure campaign from opposing Senators and House Dems, the Senate has DELAYED THE VOTE.

We expected cloture by now.

Caption this.

We’ll go first: “That’s not the gearstick”