Becky Showalter

- Respected, reliable news sources have reported on US citizens being arrested or detained in Chicago.

- We know US citizens who have been arrested or detained in Chicago and suburbs.

Kristi Noem is lying - deliberately & egregiously.

I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.

Do your job, Sean.

Who knew? (And I live in NC.) We'll take the win though!

A perfect example of how tariffs increase prices on things that don’t have tariffs on them.

Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy' Read more here.

“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”

Indeed, a White House official told The Free Press that the basis for targeting Khalil is being used as a blueprint for investigations against other students. Khalil is a "threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States," said the official, noting that this calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. "The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law," said the official.

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.

The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.

No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

A good way to lose our shirts.

Trump 2.0: Open for Corruption Firing watchdogs, rolling back reforms, and using government to reward friends and punish opponents.

"In his first month, Donald Trump is yanking the rug out from under open, honest government and signaling a complete reversal to a time of rank corruption. There may be no historical analogue to the level of corruption Trump is inaugurating."

Looking like a dork aside, hurting grandma, the economy, and the military without much thought is definitely peak MAGA.

Federal Worker Spent Entire Week Golfing

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

This is the most dangerous move yet The canary is gasping for air

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Sometimes you need a smile . . .

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Now is the time to speak up.

The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.

Who knew Biden could have just stormed into the White House, handed a friendly billionaire the keys to all the federal buildings, fired anyone who might have voted for Trump and imposed the Green New Deal, police, gun and voting reform and Roe v. Wade by force, without barely a peep from Congress.

Jim Acosta's closing message is a must-watch.

We Are on Our Own From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.

Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.

So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

Spanish version up please include..

PLEASE SHARE let’s protect those that feed America. @ufw.bsky.social

Food for thought.

Hispanic voter challenged in NC Supreme Court battle News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.

José Benito del Pliego, U.S. citizen, had voted "for almost two decades. He never imagined that his vote would be questioned. Why would anyone doubt his right to participate" [when he'd] "voted nearly a dozen times?"

Because Jefferson Griffin (R) lost.
enlacelatinonc.org/en/Hispanic-... #ncpol

Not exactly. I respond to and create group events with RSVPs in fb and strategize in private fb groups. I'm all for those things transferring somewhere else (fingers crossed), but the moment is too important to walk away from built-up powerful communities without a proven alternative.

Bar none, I am part of more community organizing on fb than any other place. Just this week, I was notified of a MLK Jr volunteer opportunity, a high school led "climate strike", a democracy action event tomorrow, and a progressive book club. I will be looking for an alternative though!