Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.

YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

Reminder that this country had an insurrection on Jan 6 and Trump refused to send in the National Guard.

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias

“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

Trump’s antisemitism chief, Leo Terrell, shared an antisemitic, white supremacist post from a neo-Nazi involved with the Charlottesville violence.

JCPA CEO @amyspitalnick.bsky.social—who led the lawsuit that held accountable this neo-Nazi’s hate group—was quoted in @forward.bsky.social.

Fire sale A cartoon by RJ Matson

NEW: Tesla just announced their flagship dealership
Location: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
A Cartoon by RJ Matson

Republicans seem to have completely forgotten about the first amendment

Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.

My message today is the same as it was nearly 30 years ago when Newt Gingrich shut down the government: you cannot balance the budget on the backs of vulnerable and working people. My Shutdown Message

I said it 30 years ago and I'll say it again today: you cannot balance the budget on the backs of working people.

Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school.

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So incredibly stupid

Republicans are determined to shut down the government and crash the economy.

We will not be party to their toxic scheme.

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

Sharp as a tack

Noone has ever created such a spectacularly perfect metaphor for the damage caused by a new administration as Elon Musk.

NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.

Far right extremists want to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.

Democrats refuse to bend the knee.

So House Republicans are preparing to shut down the government.

German Carnival Float Roasts Trump And His Allies With Massive NSFW 'MAGA' Testicles The German people are no fans of Trump 🔥

What a creative roast 🔥

Transgenic means that genes from 1 organism have been put into another. We make transgenic mice to understand how genes influence biological processes. We make transgenic plants to make them more nutrient rich. We make transgenic bacteria so they make medicine for us. It's wide-ranging & v. useful.

Socialism is what they called public power. 

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The team working on that just got slashed Trump's first round of staff cuts to federal agencies eliminated dozens of positions at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, in charge of implementing the No Surprises Act.

As a candidate, Trump promised to end surprise medical billing.  

Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills.

Yet another Trump lie.