exactly!!

VA is creating its own program to replace SNAP during the shutdown. Predictably, Youngkin blames Dems. Reminder: this is manufactured anger. USDA has the money for SNAP & they *can* distribute it, but the Trump regime has told them they can't. Create a crisis and blame others for it: it's the R way.

👀 Busy on Saturday? 👀

Wittman is straight up lying in this video. The House isn't in session today.

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.

The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

#VA01 deserves better. @lisaforvirginia.bsky.social @salaambhattiva.bsky.social @daredevil-one.bsky.social @pohlforvirginia.com Mell Tull, or Andrew Lucchetti would all represent us better! We need to get Repubs like Wittman out of Virginia’s governance. Start in Nov 2025! /end

Answer: NOTHING! He blathers about supposed benefits or HR1 that are either temporary, radically limited, or simply made up. It’s yet more political theater and disinformation from Wittman. 2/

Wittman’s #VA01 disinformation hose is on full blast again, less than 12 hours after the last crapstorm of nonsense! He’s polishing up the Big 🐂💩 Bill again. Same crap, different form. First, here’s my thread on his original post. Now what’s new…? 1/🧵

agree! well said David

When people at the top talk about “short term pain” from tariffs–they aren’t talking about their own pain.

They’re talking about working people's pain–when folks will lose their homes, health care, and not be able to put food on the table.

The metabolic syndrome and young-onset dementia, from a nationwide cohort of ~2 million people
www.neurology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

A Life-Changing Scientific Study Ended by the Trump Administration Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., declared chronic diseases an “existential threat.” Then his agency terminated one of the world’s longest-running diabetes trials.

How many NIH supported "life-changing" studies have been or will be terminated?
This one on the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Elon Musk is now the leading threat to planetary survival. He must be treated as such.

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.

Donald Trump is going after small donor fundraising platforms that support progressive candidates, because he knows that while he might have the billionaires, we have the people on our side.

American Panopticon The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.

Trump and DOGE are not just undoing decades of privacy measures: They appear to be ignoring that they were ever written.

@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:

For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol.

So they held their very own! 57 of them came out!

Aged 67-104!

They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them!

They had s sign making day before the event!

They sent this video to me to share.🥰

Trump wants to turn back to coal.

This is what America looked like on a sunny day when we were burning coal. 👇

Why America’s Oligarchs May Regret Their Obedience Putin’s Russia shows what happens when billionaire businessmen choose to back a strongman.

“America’s tech oligarchs may discover sooner rather than later that, by undermining democratic governance, they are empowering an authoritarian president who can pick them off one by one—just as Putin did,” writes Anastasia Edel:

At least 20 people lost their lives over the weekend as storms ravaged the country.

Meanwhile, Trump & DOGE have terminated 1,000 employees from NOAA — the agency that provides severe weather forecasting and warnings.

Make no mistake: these cuts put people's lives in danger.

awesome crowd. awesome event

More than 1500 showed up today in Williamsburg, VA #handsoff
@maddow.msnbc.com

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St Paul Minnesota. 14,000 plus

@maddow.msnbc.com Asheville, NC! Est. 7,500!

Hands Off Rally in Princeton, NJ
@maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
#handsoff

@maddow.msnbc.com

Tiny Three Rivers CA, population 2300, got 175 people to turn out at the gateway to Sequoia National Park

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If you're attending a protest, make sure to save this post or the graphics in the thread.

Knowing your rights, staying safe, & protecting others is essential.

Be prepared, look out for each other, and keep fighting for what’s right.

Stay safe out there!

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Democrats "have minimal leverage, but not zero," Greenberg said, arguing that Democrats should threaten to withhold their votes to keep the government funded. “Voters believe their representatives can do more. They're right. And Democrats must rise to the moment—now.”

"People are pissed": Inside Democrats' growing tension with their grassroots allies "We're still looking for that national spokesperson."

“Let's be honest: People are angry, scared, and they want to see more from their lawmakers right now than floor speeches about Elon Musk," @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, the co-executive director of Indivisible, said in a statement to Axios.