tom@avr

I didn’t vote for any of this…

For the Slavery Wasn't Bad crowd:

Let's leave something extremely clear.

SLAVERY was BAD, it was so bad that the darkest part of it, turned into folklore and horror stories, was so bad that books were written about it, it was so bad that the Art inspired for it continued being censored.

Every Democratic state that can do this, should do this.

Then, when we control the levels of power in DC, we ban gerrymandering for the entire country. Once and for all. Everyone playing by the same rules.

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

Would love to know what’s going on here

Best sign from yesterday.

Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

Mmmhmm www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

Graphic showing Zalenskyy and Trump meeting. Wording: Urgent rally. Sunday March 2, 2:00 pm. Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan Ave. Justice for Ukraine. Bring banners: No Justice no peace.Ukraine belongs in NATO. USA support Ukraine. Justice for Ukraine

RALLY FOR UKRAINE. Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 pm, Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan. Organized by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, IL Division. Justice for Ukraine!

For all federal employees:

Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.

If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...

National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.

wapo.st/4aEGlP3

love your work, man...

Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.

So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1

120+ Indigenous tribal leaders have sent a letter asking for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier

“A survivor of the federally funded boarding school system where he endured years of physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse”

ndncollective.org/120-tribal-l...

@ndncollective.bsky.social

Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82 Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.

Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.

With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Opinion | Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer. Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler.

Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...

i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!

... then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”

A bit of Thomas Merton for this evening:

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves,...

I had no doubt...