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🔔 GOOD NEWS today from a grassroots campaign in the Hudson Valley that's trying to permanently bring down the price of their light bills with public power! Check out the full details and get involved in this campaign with @sarahana.bsky.social and @mhvdsa.bsky.social

How to Fight Rising Utility Bills? Take Over the Company, Activists Say.

Without public ownership, we won’t address energy affordability and we won’t get our aging grid to the 21st century. Our bill to replace Central Hudson Gas & Electric will start saving millions in Year 1!

Read about it in the NY Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing When Allison Adelle Hedge Coke wrote her poem “America, I Sing Back,” she considered each word a note in a larger song about the nation. “I thought about America singing. That’s why this poem is a song -- a voice calling for reclamation.”

This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing. https://to.pbs.org/3hJeiqq

TODAY at 12noon, EST. www.youtube.com/live/6u-jF6p....

This zoom is ALWAYS beautiful and powerful.

#Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingMorning
#NationalDayOfMourning

@universalhub.com

At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen. n.pr/4imUCUg

“They should do it the right way”

Really loved this article on close reading. The art of noticing, and of crafting an argument, is how we begin to inoculate ourselves from so many societal and intellectual ills, especially in a world where disinformation, toxic algorithms, and slop vie for our limited time and attention.

The Founding Fathers also championed the designated hitter rule, alternate side parking

The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.

Tomorrow marks the first time the federal government has failed to release a jobs report two months in a row. Without these data, unemployment insurance claims provide the most up-to-date read on the labor market. As the shutdown drags on, continued UI claims by federal workers hits 30k.
#EconSky

The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)

he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

When I got started in Virginia politics 25 years ago, I would have laughed you out of the building if you'd suggested to me that this was even possible.

NEW: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a state assemblymember, will become New York City’s next mayor, The Associated Press reports.

He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q

Breaking: Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral election, defeating Andrew Cuomo for the second time to usher in a new era for America’s largest city — and for the Democratic Party.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Facts matter! Boston No Kings!

Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.

We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings

No Kings Philadelphia

No Kings, Philadelphia

“In Boston every day is No Kings Day”. Mayor Michelle Wu

"There's no shortage of reasons these days to be angry or afraid. But look around you right now and you'll see tens of thousands of reasons to keep the faith and keep going. This is the America we know to be possible."

—Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston No Kings Rally 🚫👑 #NoKings

They’re mad at anti fascism because they’re fascists

They’re mad at anti racism because they’re racists

Man Still Trying To Find Right Work-Anxiety–Life-Anxiety Balance

Man Still Trying To Find Right Work-Anxiety–Life-Anxiety Balance https://theonion.com/man-still-trying-to-find-right-work-anxiety-life-anxiet-1819575766/

Photo of protesters attending NO KINGS DAY event in Boston

Seniors waving flags in support of democracy

Kids on a wall waving signs above seniors in support of democracy

Crowd on a bright fall day rallying for democracy

Huge crowd of all ages rallying for democracy #Needham @maindivisible.bsky.social @universalhub.com @clarajeffery.bsky.social

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

#NoKings Austin tagging in.

Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

No-Kings-Denver, CO