Dave OBrien

Bye.

A lot of folks forget, but Disabled people’s organized protests saved the ACA in 2017. And as far as cop brutality to Disabled people goes—it’s extremely normal, more so for Disabled BIPOC.

I’m open to giving him a chance. Hopefully in the last 13 years he’s had a change of heart on LGBTQ+ people.

Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F

New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

How idea of charging women with murder infiltrated the anti-abortion movement ‘Abolitionists’ have migrated out of the fringes and moved toward the center of movement alongside Republicans’ penchant for punishment

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

This 👇 all of this 👇!!

I left X long ago, but I noticed that one can only see the last 24 hours of posts without signing in. Seems like I don’t know, the White House official posts - or any official government posts - ought to be public, particularly when the Social Security admin is moving official comms there.

Truth, right here…👇

Everyone. Grab. Their. Bible. ✨

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

It’s unfathomable to me at this point.

Caught on a hot mic suggesting five more prisons in El Salvador for “homegrowns” after flagrantly and illegally ignoring multiple court orders to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. What the actual fuck is going on?

#BREAKING: Over 36,000 people rallied in Los Angeles today in support of @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social’s OLIGARCHY TOUR — setting a record as their largest stop on this tour.

Graph titled: Why are so many people detained in jails before trial? They're not wealthy enough to afford money bail.

70% of all people in jails are legally innocent. Many of them are held behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail.

Money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time.

I’m beginning to think the only thing that will get their attention is if all of us show up to the White House en masse.

Our expectations for you were low but holy f*ck

Sign of the day…Chicago

Just a reminder that four weeks have passed since @gavinnewsom.bsky.social three trans kids under the bus.

Not only has he NOT apologized, he doubled-down.

We think of him as a champion for LGBTQ equality - but maybe it was just for political gain…?

Much of what the Trump regime wants to carry out (eg terrorizing people into silence) is first being enacted against non-citizens.

Solidarity across the citizenship divide is crucial for stopping fascism.

“That this sociopathic posting style is coming out of this administration—that it has been so thoroughly mainstreamed by the right—suggests that the cultural architecture of the internet has changed. There is still a fever swamp, but now the White House sits on top of it.”

🤔👇🏽

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.” I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”
time.com/7269604/el-s...

Is there documentation of this somewhere? I’d love to cite a source.

The good people of Nebraska don’t fuck around when they’re pushed up against a wall.

A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.

At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/

If white hat hackers really existed how come no one has erased student loan and medical debt or released the Epstein files?

I call bullshit

Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency Leland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.

The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data.

11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.

This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.

AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together