A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps: "NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE" – US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

If you can’t win, why not cheat, that seems to be the MAGA playbook. The Republican-controlled North Carolina Senate has passed a new congressional map in a 26-20 vote, setting up an expected final vote in the state House.

Challenge for educators: tally the number of times you call on each student during a day - or even a single meeting/lesson. Then look for patterns around gender, race, ability. Has anyone done this before? What did you find?

It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better

"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."

I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:

When Strong Women Intimidate Weak Men Greta Thunberg and Ms. Rachel are speaking up for Palestine, and weak men are responding by threatening violence

Greta Thunberg has spent the last 20 months condemning Gaza genocide & is now on a flotilla headed to Gaza

Ms. Rachel has leveraged her entire platform to condemn the Gaza genocide & to humanize Palestinian babies

And now weak men are violently threatening them. www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-stron...

Two actions by the Trump regime on literally the same day.

Can’t qwhite put my finger on the hypocritical difference🤔

Fair. But at times candidates run under more than one party. I vote WFP when there’s no risk. In NY, my vote rarely matters, tbh.

Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.

Remember this all the time!

If you were outraged by the crimes against civilians on Oct 7th but not by the many more crimes against civilians *since* Oct 7th - just this week: kids being burned from head to toe; having their limbs amputated without anesthetic - then you don’t actually care about crimes against civilians.

They’re trying to destabilize the whole world so they can accelerate their theft of natural resources.

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

Vote Working Families Party

I vote Working Families Party. F*** the dems.

Gentle isn’t how I would describe people who are funding and perpetuating a genocide.

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

What’s up? Blue sky. And birds.

No matter what happens tonight, the sun will rise tomorrow.

When we lived in Sudan, my then 7 year old thought Ramadan Kareem was a guy named Kareem who was the Muslim equivalent of Santa Claus 😂 Anyway, Ramadan Kareem!🌙

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?

It's literally called Library Extension.

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?

Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

Oh I’m so sorry I didn’t realize the link would do that 😭

Here’s a direct link: gogetfunding.com/commuinty-ki...

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Today's quick update [Feb 18]:

- Clashes between SAF & RSF continue in Khartoum.

- Clashes between SAF & SPLM-N in South Kordofan; reports SAF gained control of Aldushol.

- SAF airstrikes targeting RSF positions in (North) Kordofan mountains east of ElObeid.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Trump Wants a Monarchy, Not a Presidency. He Must Be Stopped As a constitutional law professor, I can tell you we are in danger of losing our democracy over the president's false claim to unlimited executive power under Article II.

"Trump Wants a Monarchy, Not a Presidency. He Must Be Stopped"

Writing for Zeteo, constitutional law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social says we are in danger of losing our democracy over the president's false claim to unlimited executive power under Article II.

Read/share:
zeteo.com/p/trump-mona...

Today's quick update [Feb 17]:

- RSF attack on Alkadarees neighborhood in Algiteina, White Nile State; reports of a large number of civilians killed.

- RSF has carried out a number of attacks in White Nile State in the last week, with dozens reported killed.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Billionaire Wealth Soared in 2024. So Did Child Hunger. Roughly 35 kids were born into hunger every minute this year as billionaire wealth reached a record $14 trillion.

Oxfam has estimated world hunger could be eradicated entirely if nations contributed $31.7 billion more to global efforts to combat food insecurity. Billionaire wealth reached a record $14 trillion this year.

Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'

US: Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers United States Border Patrol agents are denying access to asylum to families fleeing violence in Mexico, in violation of US and international human rights law.

US Border Patrol agents are denying asylum access to families fleeing violence in Mexico, treating them abusively and dismissively, and returning them to the country they fled in fear.

Current practices violate US and international human rights law.