Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

"It’s proof that the American right has spent better part of the last decade letting algorithmic spam tell them what they want to hear, astroturfing themselves into believing that some silent majority out there believes in their worthless MAGA crusade."

Pete Hegseth eyes investigation into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' post Pete Hegseth eyes baseless investigation into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly In response to a video warning troops not to follow illegal orders, the Trump administration's hyper-aggressive response has gone from bad to worse.

As Hegseth advances an investigation into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, remember:

- Kelly didn’t do anything wrong
- This sends an unsubtle signal to active-duty servicemembers
- With Jan 6 in mind, Team Trump shouldn’t be so casual about throwing around the word “sedition” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"

The budget failure and its consequences Now, North Carolina stands alone. It is the only state in the nation that was expected to pass a budget in 2025 and failed to do so. Even more striking: the General Assembly never even sent a budget t...

I’m at the table - ready and willing to come together with the General Assembly on a fiscally responsible budget that invests in our people. We’re the only state in the nation whose legislature still hasn’t passed a budget. It’s long past time. www.johnlocke.org/the-budget-f...

The problem with that is, Trump and Miller would just shrug. They're simply filled with hate and they wouldn't care at all.

Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.

Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws, and affirmative action will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at Trump’s State Department. That impacts how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report.

Impeach
Convict
Remove
Prosecute
#arrestTrump
#3E
#EndImpunity
#EndOligarchy
#EndAutogenocide

Europe is panicking. Russia is smirking. China is silent.
When these three things happen at once, it means the power map is being redrawn.
And the U.S. just stepped into a weaker position than it wants anyone to notice.👇👇👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Trump does not care about Ukrainian sovereignty or democracy. Trump does not frame this war as one between good vs evil, democrats vs autocrats, or the colonized vs the imperialists. He just wants the war to end so he can take credit. The details don't matter to him at all.

The targeting of Mark Kelly isn’t politics...it’s the sick new normal created by a movement that can’t win arguments, only intimidate. When public servants become targets, freedom isn’t next in line… it’s already in danger. Fortunately, the outrage is intensifying rapidly.

#HOLDFAST

Ex-Trump lawyer calls for Pam Bondi to be fired as James Comey case collapses Ty Cobb, who was part of Donald Trump's legal team during his first administration, called out the DOJ after it admitted that it failed to submit the indictment of Comey to the full grand jury

Calls for Pam Bondi to be fired grow as James Comey case collapses

"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
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Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.

Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.

Must-read: "Letting the government control which journalists can cover the highest office in the land and setting rules about what those journalists can say or write is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment."

"It should worry all of us." apnews.com/article/asso...

@governor.ca.gov

Counting on California and other vegetable growing states to outlaw PFAS in pesticides asap. Another win for organics!

Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...

And the approved pesticide is highly toxic to bees and other pollinators.
WE CAN'T EXIST WITHOUT POLLINATORS.

Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks share.google/TFfgqXv0OxNJ...

Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?

This should enrage everyone.

Kelly didn’t do anything wrong here, and he certainly didn’t do anything worthy of a court martial

Now would be a good time...

Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.

Trump is going to call US military members over the holidays to sit around Venezuela while he tries to negotiate with Maduro how much money to be sent to his personal bank account so the US military doesn’t attack.

DOGE workers are scrambling in fear of prosecution now that Elon Musk has abandoned them. The dipshits like most of MAGA believed their dear billionaires were going to protect them and share the wealth.

Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.

LIVE: Trump DOJ CAUGHT LYING as CASES Suddenly IMPLODE YouTube video by MeidasTouch

I've compiled all the lies the government told in court this past week. Everything is about to come crashing down for MAGA, and it's going to happen all at once. www.youtube.com/live/d5-PROg...

Graphic card reading: Thinking Live with Michael Weiss, "U.S. Promotion of Russian interests in Ukraine," 11/24 at 2:00 p.m. ET. snyder.substack.com. The card includes photos of Michael Weiss and Timothy Snyder

With the U.S. continuing to advance Russian interests over Ukraine’s, join @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and me on Thinking Live today, Nov. 24, at 2:00pm ET, as we break down what’s really happening.
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Russian Unreality and American Weakness Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history

We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
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Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona

Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...

Smart. Now if someone standing in for Halligan (who is found to have been improperly appointed) tries to re-indict Comey they have to explain why the statute of limitations has not run.

As I was saying…