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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings
15.06.2025 14:38 — 👍 5225 🔁 1624 💬 229 📌 14960 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
07.04.2025 01:29 — 👍 28008 🔁 12995 💬 1066 📌 1833
A picture of Neri Alvarado, a young man, standing next to his brother, who is a young teenager. Both are smiling for the camera and wearing matching shirts. Neri has his arm around his brother.
A picture of Neri's tattoo, which is an autism ribbon in rainbow colors with his brother's name "Neryelson" written on it.
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
26.03.2025 17:41 — 👍 36675 🔁 16378 💬 1860 📌 1049NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
01.03.2025 18:21 — 👍 95128 🔁 41281 💬 5858 📌 4870This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
The April 1st 2025 Wisconsin State Supreme Court race is critical. If we lose, the court flips from a liberal majority to a conservative majority before the 2026 Congressional Midterms, when voting rights and other pivotal issues will face intense scrutiny before the court.
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What impact would it have on your family if the Department of Education was eliminated or funding was slashed?
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The Deep Canvass Institute is offering this 101 training where you will be trained in the core skills needed to have deep canvass conversations. Deep canvassing is about working to create mutual understanding grounded in stories and lived experience, instead of in debate or talking points.
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This app makes it easy to call congress because there are scripts you can read. My friends that don’t normally make calls are open to using this because of the scripts. Get a few friends to try it! apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
05.02.2025 20:54 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Members of Congress have just been denied entrance to the Treasury building. The American people deserve to know what President Musk is doing with our money. We’re rallying with @moveon.org — follow along live.
04.02.2025 22:02 — 👍 2664 🔁 938 💬 83 📌 58Big crowd growing! Protestors in DC have taken over the streets in front of the Treasury Building 👀👀
04.02.2025 22:41 — 👍 52 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0Members of Congress need to do everything in their power to get Elon Musk’s hands off of the American people's money.
04.02.2025 22:41 — 👍 313 🔁 48 💬 9 📌 1
Nobody Elected Elon and LEAVE MY DATA ALONE! signs
HANDS OFF OUR PRIVATE DATA & TAX MONEY sign
Coalition of Labor Union Women hoodie
Members of Congress speaking outside of Treasury
Signs. Of. Life.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
I’m old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.
03.02.2025 19:20 — 👍 25200 🔁 6516 💬 1295 📌 346
THE ASK This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity. DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN TRUMP'S AGENDA Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
03.02.2025 01:45 — 👍 24853 🔁 9613 💬 512 📌 557It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
More details will be released soon, but rampant illegal activity is occurring here.
02.02.2025 17:21 — 👍 5584 🔁 655 💬 46 📌 13The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
02.02.2025 19:09 — 👍 24473 🔁 5775 💬 474 📌 304🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
On Elon's literal takeover of the federal bureaucracy: "This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk's inner circle at OPM to know what's going on" www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
31.01.2025 22:44 — 👍 205 🔁 82 💬 9 📌 14EVERY CITIZEN file a complaint online with your states Attorney General. Here’s your prompt
DOGE’s overreach is alarming. Illegally accessing private data via the Treasury Department demands immediate investigation. Regardless of partisan loyalties, this should concern us all.
@warren.senate.gov the Dems need to hold a press conference daily, as a form of shadow gov't, to keep the public informed. We know trump will gladly KILL ppl (see COVID), & dems must point out the methods he will use. Regrets later won't suffice, they must try to protect the public
01.02.2025 20:14 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1
Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
