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Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.

These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.

Read my full letter to my colleagues here:

crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

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www.nokings.org

Today was the @indivisible.org "What's The Plan" meeting where the founders @ezralevin.bsky.social and @leahgreenberg.bsky.social answer questions about big fears, ideas and the CTAs,

I have your summary. Hope you get something out of it and share it with anyone else you think might as well!
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.

In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.

Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won't tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 😻

Listen, I read this headline and was terrified before realizing it was The Onion. Maybe try "forced to walk the plank" or "launched into the sun" for same vibes, less believable.

As markets melt down around the world, Congress could act right now to prevent an economic collapse before markets open on Monday.

The only thing standing in the way is a few spineless Republicans.

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

Science & Astronomy fb · This is how the Milky Way moves

Radio Garden Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

I may be the last person to the party with this but I have discovered Radio Garden and I cannot stop listening to it!! (It’s a site that lets you listen to radio stations across the world — randomly if you like — and discover stuff you’d never find otherwise.) radio.garden

Good morning #CatsOfBluesky I hope you have a fantastic #CatboxSunday

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility — a time to celebrate the strength, beauty, and resilience of trans people around the world. Join us in uplifting trans voices, honoring their contributions, and standing up to the discrimination they continue to face.

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

Make this go viral!

Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.

Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government have filed a legal action in El Salvador aimed at freeing 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States.

Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing the 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison.

Savor the beauty of the moment.
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MASSACHUSETTS!!

Specifically, Newton! You might have a school board election TUESDAY!!!!

Alicia Piedalue is running unopposed but from what I can tell, she’s great, and wouldn’t it be cool if she just gets a lot of support

It’s important to get in the habit of voting in every single election

CALIFORNIA!!!

Specifically, Fresno!

If you’re in city Council District five, you have an election on TUESDAY!!!!

And you might think this election isn’t important but uhhh these candidates are wild and there are several you do not want anywhere near government
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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

MAINE!!!

Please remember that tomorrow is town meeting day !!

These elections matter, so please show up!

ALABAMA!!!!

if you are in state Senate district 5, you have a primary on Tuesday!!

The coolest thing is that this is a Republican district and there’s no history of of a democrat even running there since 2010

But two Dems are running!!!

You get to choose between Ryan Cagle and Sarah Watkins

The U.S. is cutting research funding, the weather service, park rangers, Social Security Admin staff, lifesaving foreign aid, plus billions in Medicaid and food stamps. For what? To potentially buy crypto with taxpayer dollars and to give more tax cuts to the rich.

Please spread the word! 📣💙✔️ #NY21 #FL01 #FL06

We have a president who is actively violating our laws and our Constitution. We all need to give extraordinary efforts to save our democracy. Here's what I saw at my town halls last weekend: thousands of people who are doing exactly that by organizing against Trump and his cronies.

The 28th is one day.
You can make it many.
This can be a practice.

excerpt from THEY KNEW

:There was a coup in America, and no one noticed. It was a slow-moving coup, decades in the making, forged by redefining laws and loyalty until the contours of betrayal blurred."

--THEY KNEW (2022)