Yvette Nicole Brown

It’s Black Teacher Appreciation Day, and Yvette Nicole Brown (@ynb.bsky.social) is honoring Ms. Elizabeth Clark. Do you have a teacher who opened up worlds and inspired you? 

Drop your story in the comments and head to donorschoose.org/yvette to support a teacher today.

Protect OpenAI's non-profit mission Elon Musk is basically running the US (into the ground). Mark Zuckerberg's net worth went up by $5.8 billion in a single day this week and his company Meta is a hotbed of lies and hate that is poisoni

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety.

Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ⤵️

The placement of that flag in front of his face is apt

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

I just enjoyed a pretzel so big it came in a pizza box. That's how I'm handling... what is this, day six?!

Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...

@marcelias.bsky.social: "There is a reason why Trump nominated Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. He wants to humiliate these Republicans, because he knows that once they have voted for these folks, he will own them. They will not have a shred of dignity or standing left."

'People aren't going to work': A surprising immigration raid set off fears in California farm country ‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.

president of California Citrus Mutual: “We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting ... Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

How Popular YouTubers Pushed Young Male Voters Toward Trump How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc

This is what we are up against. This is an important read and why we need a Democratic media ecosystem. You can sign up for a free copy of this article. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.

Sounds pretty pissed off

If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.

Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook

www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…

The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.

Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.

Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives.

This is bone-chilling Iron Curtain stuff. We are less free since last week.

“Across govt agencies, workers eyed one another nervously, wondering whether a colleague would report them,accusing them of resisting the new administration’s move to end certain programs.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl What The F***?!

Dude. I'm Pissed.
youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

It feels real.

Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. They may be the gentle philosopher whose name is in the Blue Book, or Bill from City College to whom democracy gave a chance to design airplanes-you'll never make Nazis out of them. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success-they would all go Nazi in a crisis.

“Who goes Nazi” from 1941 harpers.org/archive/1941...

Democratic leaders:

None of this is normal.
ACT THAT WAY!

He’s destroying the fabric of our society.
ACT THAT WAY!

The freedoms that many suffered, sacrificed and lost life and limb for are being eradicated.
ACT THAT WAY!

We need you to fight for us. What the hell are you doing?

Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge The White House appeared to have violated a law that requires giving Congress 30 days’ notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.

Donald Trump fired 12+ agency watchdogs who protect taxpayers from waste, fraud & abuse.

He’s required by law to say why. He hasn’t.

Why is Donald Trump eliminating people in charge of stopping government overreach in the middle of the night?

I think you can guess why…

Always read Public Notice. 💙

Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you.

Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...