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125,000+ individual contributions.

Donations from 232 Texas counties.

98% of donations $100 or less.

$0 from corporate PACs.

And the most common profession: teacher.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

Before vaccines, 1 in 5 babies didn’t survive a year. -Dr. Neil Stone

@drneilstone.bsky.social

Per @washingtonpost.com: 'President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position. She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email'.

#DrCarlaHayden #LibraryofCongress.

Greg Abbott has awakened a bipartisan, pro-public education movement.

The same day he signed his billionaire voucher scam into law, Texans rejected anti-public education extremists in school board races across the state.

Even in defeat, I see hope. A new movements is beginning.

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.

Right?!?

Early voting for my local city council election and bond proposal started today. I voted. Politics is local and voting can make a difference in daily life here in my hometown.

BREAKING: The Texas House will vote on Greg Abbott's billionaire voucher scam this Wednesday.

We need Texans to show up at the Capitol, wear RED for PUBLIC ED, and demand lawmakers reject vouchers.

Sign up for more info: tinyurl.com/SayNoToVoucherScams

Republicans have the numbers to impeach Trump in the House and convict him in the Senate. From here on out, they are complicit with everything he does.

President Donald Trump told NASCAR drivers that investor Charles Schwab profited significantly from recent market volatility. “It’s not just a company, it’s actually an individual,” Trump said while introducing Schwab. “He made two and a half billion today.”⁠
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How Philanthropy Can Bring Red and Blue Together Grant makers of almost every kind have an abundance of opportunities to unify us for the common good.

Pundits, politicians, and social media deepen our divisions for their gain. Grant makers of almost every kind, meanwhile, have ample opportunity to unify us, writes Carnegie Corporation of New York president Dame Louise Richardson for #TheCommons.
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I'M JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS. I'M JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS. I'M JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS. ICE 4. ICE 1830s American West 1940s Nazi Germany Present-Day USA

Two uninhabited islands have been hit with 10% tariffs under Trump’s Liberation Day announcement—the Heard and McDonald Islands, remote outposts in the sub-Antarctic, home only to seals and penguins.
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There’s a country that Trump did NOT slap tariffs on.

Name that country in the comments. I’ll ❤️ correct answers.

Thank you to @brittanywong.huffpost.com for covering this story! @la-cac.org @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social

Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

🚫 April Fools is cancelled til 2028

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This image enrages MAGA.

I think of Willie Nelson.

A painting of a bird next to the words "I didn't think I'd ever see shit this spectacularly dumb"

Scrubbing facts from websites is the same as burning books

This pangolin loves being groomed

And aren’t we proud?

Footage of a squirrel having fun

X post by Owl at the Library (@Sket ...), featuring a profile picture of an owl with a book and a "thinking face" and "magic wand" emoji, posted 11 hours ago. The post reads, "Madeleine L’Engle: this is why they want you illiterate." Below this, there is a quoted text in a white box that says, "The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people."

Watch who and what they are attacking first.

Not all Christians follow Jesus!

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.