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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Breaking: Happening now in Annapolis — hundreds rally as #Maryland lawmakers and community groups deliver 12,000+ petitions to Gov. Wes Moore, demanding the state cut ties with Avelo Airlines, which holds a $150M #ICE deportation flight contract and operates out of BWI.

JUST NOW: Rally to Stop ICE deportation flights!

We’re at the State House in Annapolis with @indivisible.org calling on Gov. Wes Moore stop ICE flights by Avelo Airlines out of state-owned airports in Maryland.

Stop deporting our neighbors!!

March to Stop ICE flights!

Gov. Wes Moore can stop Avelo Airlines from deporting our neighbors from state-owned airports in Maryland.

Add your voice: act.ourrevolution.com/signup/Depor...

The plan to beat Citizen's United is simple—it relies on corporate law that's existed for centuries.

Politicians used to have to answer directly to their constituents, not corporations.

@jmangan.bsky.social explains how dark money in politics is getting between voters and their elected leaders:

Jeff Mangan explains how Montanans are fired up to end Citizen's United in their state. Could your state be next? See how here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/introducing-caps-plan-to-beat-citizens-united/

We must restore the power to the people over corporations. @neeratanden.bsky.social speaks about plan to end Citizens United: www.americanprogress.org/article/intr...

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics? Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

We were back at BWI Airport today for Avelo Takedown 2 with our boycott Avelo message! We danced even harder than last time against Avelo and their ICE flights. Lots of drivers honked and waved their support! #AveloOutOfBWI

Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.

The key to ending dark money in American politics is deceptively simple: amend state corporation law, not campaign finance law. CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social breaks it down for @USAToday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Poster for the Avelo Takedown Overpass Protest and Dance Party event, Sun., Aug 31, 10-noon near BWI airport. Park at the Amtrak/MARC garage and take the pedestrian footpath to the overpass.

Join us Sun, Aug 31, 10-noon for an Avelo Takedown Overpass Protest and Dance Party! Bring banners, flags, and your dancing feet to show Avelo Airlines we want them to stop the deportation flights. Let’s work together to get
#AveloOutOfMaryland and #StopAveloNow!

DC, here's what we're gonna do — in the wake of Trump’s announcement that he is taking control of MPD and deploying the National Guard.

Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is requesting MPD to redirect resources, and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.

This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵

If you’re in DC and seeing National Guard/Federal agent activity, reach out via Signal at marisakabas.04

Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a one-and-a-half-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade. His mother cradles his almost lifeless body which is skeletal. Photograph credit to Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini for Anadolu via Getty Images

Photo of the Day

Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.

Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.

May their images haunt us forever.

Why Trump's Admin Insists on Terrorizing Kilmar Abrego Garcia A judge ordered Abrego Garcia’s release. Trump officials want to use the opportunity to deport him to El Salvador again — or an unnamed third country.

It is not really exaggeration to say that because of how the Trump administration is going about this and related policy, that the fate of the nation and its democratic health Does Indeed come down to the fate of just one guy: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me

Federal courthouse in greenbelt with people milling about outside. A woman holds a sign that reads "Gestapo ICE 2025"

HAPPENING NOW: Hello again from Greenbelt, Maryland, where an ICE official is set to be questioned about the Trump administration's plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from criminal custody in Tennessee.

I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along 🧵⬇️

Duckworth statement on Trump’s strikes against Iran nuclear sites.

Duckworth statement on Trump’s strikes against Iran nuclear sites.

Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.

I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.

And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.

My statement:

Please take a minute to tell your members of Congress NO to Bibi's leechcraft, NO to war with Iran, YES to the War Powers Resolution

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

...2/

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Rima Hassan is a French citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!

E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
X : @FranceDiplo_EN & @francediplo & @jnbarot

...2/

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Yanis Mhamdi is a French citizen.

Pressure the French foreign ministries and help us keep Yanis safe!

Email:
alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

...2/

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Sergio Toribio is a Spanish citizen.

Pressure the Spanish foreign ministries and help us keep Sergio safe!

E: consular@maec.es

...2/

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe!

Web: government.se/contacts/

X : @SweMFA

FB : @SweMFA

IG : swedishmfa

#AllEyesOnMadleen

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Pascal Raymond Maurieras is a French citizen.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Pascal safe!

E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Mark (Marco) van Rennes is a Dutch citizen.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Marco safe!

X : @DutchMFA

IG : @minbz

FB : @ministeriebz

#AllEyesonMadleen