Parenting while protecting democracy: The moms who fled the Texas legislature Democratic lawmakers fled the state to protest a Trump-backed redistricting plan. For the mothers among them, leaving meant juggling summer milestones, first days of school — and showing their kids wh...

Democratic lawmakers fled the state to protest a Trump-backed redistricting plan. For the mothers among them, leaving meant juggling summer milestones, first days of school — and showing their kids what democracy requires.

NEW YORK, NY – Today, the New York Times reported that Andrew Cuomo is coordinating with President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming New York City mayoral election to help billionaires buy this race and steal it from the very New Yorkers on the frontlines against Trump's authoritarianism. Andrew Cuomo tried to hide this from the public because he knew how damaging it would be. In response, Zohran Mamdani released the following statement: “Andrew Cuomo has spent his career governing for the powerful and prioritizing his own self-interests over those of the people he was sworn to serve. This is not just a shady backroom deal by a cynical politician, it is disqualifying. It is a betrayal. Donald Trump is sending masked agents to rip our neighbors off the street, gutting the social services so many New Yorkers rely on, and threatening to deport me for having the audacity to stand up to him and his billionaire friends. The job of New York City Mayor is not to be jester for a wannabe king, it is to protect the people of this city.”

Zohran Mamdani just released a statement about Cuomo working with Trump:

PENSKE did issue a statement about the raid, which is located towards the end of the LA Times article I linked to. The company says it’s investigating the incident and notes that it is ILLEGAL to put human beings in the cargo section of one of its rental trucks.

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS AND UNREDACT YOUR NAME.

Working Families Party based AF

LOL whyyyyyy isn't corporate media covering his dementia non-stop?

Colorful flyer for the 4th Annual Abolition Block Party on Aug 10, 1–6 PM in Brooklyn, with text about performances, vendors, masks, kids space, and rain location, over bold graphics and a green background.

Happening on the same day and time as Abolitionist Toyery is the 4th annual Abolitionist Block Party. Come to one and then come to the other!!!

US Dept. of Justice:

"Ghislaine Maxwell played an instrumental role in the horrific sexual abuse of multiple young teenage girls. As part of a disturbing agreement with Epstein, Maxwell identified, groomed, & abused multiple victims, while she enjoyed a life of extraordinary luxury & privilege."

Thank you for reposting, to me, this is an important narrative of how we got here with a dictator at the helm and how to get out of it and make a better more equitable America. Until we do, we are just another Autocracy occupying space.
Democratic Leaders. No More Playing It Safe

This is going to keep happening.

DOGE was never about efficiency. It will go down as one of the biggest scams in history. A taxpayer-funded political stunt, and now we’re paying twice to fix it.

The all-female rescue mission to Mars: my opera about a toxic tech bro takeover of the red planet Four women travel 140m miles across the heavens – only to find their new world in hostile corporate hands. Composer Jennifer Walshe reveals what fed into her epic opera, from low-gravity procreation to Shrek in space

The all-female rescue mission to Mars: my opera about a toxic tech bro takeover of the red planet

This is what fascism looks like.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

well well well

At the start of Trump's second term, Voice of America was broadcasting to the world in 49 languages. Now it's down to 4, with a skeleton staff, and barely producing any content at all. While court battles over VOA's fate continue, Trump's shut-it-down effort has succeeded. 🧵

AI isn't magic. AI is land, real estate, and energy.

‘If They Get Away With It in Texas,’ You're Next. Democrats Sound the Alarm on Racist Redistricting Fight. Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not.

“This is a real stress test for democracy, and if they get away with it in Texas, then it’s likely to come to a state near you," @rafaelanchia.bsky.social tells The Barbed Wire.

Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not.

House republicans fled DC to protect a pedophile. Texas democrats fled the state to protect democracy. The two sides couldn’t be more different.

I saw this in person at SFMOMA a few months ago and it was one of my five favorite art exhibits ever. Just really remarkable, striking work I hadn't properly appreciated before seeing it in person. If you get a chance to see her work in person, do it.

Good on them.

This will not only be the end of tourism, it will also be the end of international business with the US.

NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”

Israel is starving the elderly in Gaza.

Rep. ChrisGTurner (D-TX) is right!

Abbot is rolling like a dog to do the Cheater-in-Chief’s bidding because he is too weak to stand up to Trump.

“This is an illegal act of discrimination by tearing apart majority/minority congressional districts across our state.”

He nailed it.

#MessWithTexas

Texas governor threatens Democrats who left state to prevent congressional map vote – US politics live Greg Abbott says he will try to remove Democrats unless they return to allow vote to take place on redrawing the US House map to favour Republicans

Do you know which state has the largest number of Black residents?

TEXAS (nearly 4 million)

Trump’s demand that TX redistrict & the Republican legislature’s acquiescence is an attack on Black representation. Stand with Texas Dems.

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Hey Texas Republicans, we are not playing games here in California.

You try to rig the congressional map, and we will hit you harder. You can count on it.

At a town hall in PA-10 and I’ve never heard people so angry. Our Rep is the worm Scott Perry who deserves a dump truck of shit on him. But the people here are also furious that the Dem currently running against him is Janelle Stelson — seen as a worthless pawn of the rich.

Well well well.

Breaking: Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred to Minimum-Security Prision The Trump cover-up begins.

As the horrors of Epstein’s child sex trafficking continue to unfold, a learning moment: “grooming” is not something a trans person does by existing; it’s what Ghislaine Maxwell did to prepare girls to be lured away so people like Trump could rape them.

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