These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.

Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll

Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.

If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.

Thank you Will Bunch

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The CSIS report declares, “Radicals will argue that peaceful politics will inevitably fail and that only violence will make a difference,” but I have no idea who these radicals are because in my 40 years around direct action organizing, I’ve only encountered theoretical enthusiasm for violence from the sidelines and the occasional young hothead (almost always white and male) in movements whose vast majority and leadership are committed to nonviolence. I do know someone who was part of a violent group in the early ’70s and then became wanted fugitive; he’s since become an ardent advocate of nonviolence. What too often gets described as left-wing violence at protests is property destruction, which can be dangerous and intimidating and is usually opposed by protest organizers, but should be regarded as distinct from harming human life. For example, at the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, the Black Bloc, a small cadre among the 50,000 protesters smashed a lot of shop windows quite spectacularly. But there are no reports of activists harming human beings. Police, on the other hand, used tear gas; pepper spray; rubber, plastic, and wooden bullets; concussion grenades; and armored vehicles against protesters bystanders resulting in many injuries. Nonetheless, for years afterward, mainstream media outlets portrayed this event as an occasion of shocking activist violence.

Wrote a thing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Great truth telling from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...

In Texas, per Molly Ivins, we called that president Shrub.

The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.

If the government shuts down, it's because Republicans chose to shut it down rather than work with Democrats to pass a responsible budget.

"Small Businesses Wither Under Trump’s Tariffs: ‘It’s Hard to Breathe’" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
"It’s difficult to have to survive because of poor policy,”

@ourshallowstate.bsky.social No doubt Putin has the #EPSTEIN files. If DOJ releases them, Putin loses leverage over Trump and stalemate over war in Ukraine breaks open. Time to release the files!

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Cynicism asks nothing of us; hope demands everything. When people choose to act rather than surrender, that is what keeps democracy alive. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

“Surprisingly, the benefits were seen even for people who didn’t read. While the connection was stronger among regular readers, even nonreaders were healthier in cities with more library books.”

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Some of you have asked how you can support me during my book launch this week, thank you! The biggest help is simply sharing my posts about the book when you see them. Every share helps more people discover the book beyond my own network, and it really makes a difference in the algorithm.

Horrible. Thanks for guiding & being there for us. May you find rest.

Class.

A few thoughts about today's protests:

1) The April 5 Hands Off day of action clearly ranks as one of the very largest mobilizations in U.S. history, by two different measures:
-- total national turnout (~ 3 million)
-- number of local protests (~ 1400)

(next to an image of Susan Crawford) Congratulations JUDGE SUSAN CRAWFORD FOR WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT!

We just secured the liberal majority on Wisconsin's Supreme Court thru 2029! Susan Crawford's big win keeps the highest court in this battleground state from falling into MAGA hands. Thank you for all you did to elect this Indivisible-endorsed candidate (and make Elon Musk waste over $20 million)!

A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Su…

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Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel

. @annecaprara.bsky.social is correct here

See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims (Gift Article) The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values.

“As of March 13, more than 2,200 contracts listed — or 40 percent of the total — show a savings value of $0. In other words, no savings at all.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night — restoring a tie in the chamber and ending a monthslong power struggle in the Legislature.

May we all experience this!