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YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! & Patti Smith sing "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" in NYC with Stewart Copeland

An anthem for our times.

Micro joys are everything

This illustrates how Ds are allowing Rs to control the narrative, and you simply can’t win that way. It’s Don Draper 101 by both sides — if you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.

Hate to see this. Fabulous show.

@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homeland’s Heritage. New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling [Painting of a family]

Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community" [Painting of a German family]

On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

cartoon w/person in Texas w/MAGA hat hold sign says HELP and speech bubble "Gov't is the problem not the solution"

Autocrats and fascist movements attack journalists and news orgs for being truth-tellers and maintainers of reality.

We stand fully in support of @adamzyglis.bsky.social for his body of work of powerful editorial cartoons including this one that has triggered the right wing outrage machine.
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MacKenzie Scott has given $17.3B of her $42B net worth since. Her massive donation of $2B was the largest single donation she ever did, and in total almost 2,300 non-profits have benefitted from it.

Be a MacKenzie Scott not a Bezos.

A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.

Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.

Republicans expressing concerns about Medicaid cuts in the spending bill is akin to Tony Soprano expressing concerns to Dr. Melfi. No matter what they say, by the end of every episode, they are going to kill somebody.

The Apprentice

Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw

@sulliview.bsky.social always says it better than anyone

Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.

I’m super glad to know that and hope someone in HR reads this and ups the position! There are so many terrific and creative content producers out there! Let’s make the job attractive to them!

Sadly, tells us the value (literally) that they put on these crucial platforms. To reach people, you have to be where they are. Young people are the future — and they don’t care about “legacy” media! (You can tell I’m old by my punctuation, and even I know it!)

JD Vance on a peace deal for the war in Ukraine:

“The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much."

Uh.

Maybe you and Donald shouldn't have repeatedly done Putin's bidding then.

Pulitzer Prize Board gives special citation to pioneering journalist Chuck Stone - Poynter He made an impact as columnist, university professor and co-founder of NABJ.

Once called the “most influential journalist in Philadelphia,” the late Chuck Stone was a legendary figure first to his readers, then to fellow Black journalists and later to college students.

On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded him a special citation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Interesting dissection of the difference. We may be optimists, but we still need hope to make change happen.

Joining “I didn’t know the leopard would eat my face” and “Hostile govt takeover” on the new America’s Top 40

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolution. Our nation was founded on resistance to arbitrary authority and monarchical power. We built a democracy in the face of impossible odds. We must continue to protect it.

In a world of jackals, be an elephant

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Slept in my Ramones T-shirt and still want to be sedated

“This one’s for my brothers and sister who cannot fly — the penguins,” the bird said as he flew off.

Donald Trump wants to spend $92 million on a dictator parade for his birthday. Can some of the DOGE cheerleaders calculate how many federal workers salary that would pay for?

US student journalists go dark fearing Trump crusade against pro-Palestinian speech Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions

Among the casualties of the student arrests and threatened deportations: press freedom. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...