Carolee Johnson

Breaking news: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former three-term congresswoman and CIA agent will become Virginia’s first female governor, the AP projects. https://wapo.st/3LqdiWU

I returned to the site of the original "No Kings" protest A letter from Lexington’s Battle Green.

Of the 2,500 No Kings gatherings across America, few were more saturated in American history—in flags and historical costumes—than the one on the Battle Green in Lexington, where the Minutemen fought another king 250 years ago.

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If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

#AbolishICE

Yes.

YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute Stuck in Freeze Mode? Here's how to actually make a difference

You’ll learn practices that re-regulate your body and reconnect you to your purpose so you can focus your energy where it counts, and how community helps us move from paralysis to action.

If you know you’re here to make a difference, staying stuck isn’t an option.

youtu.be/hwdPM7mjfh4

www.rawstory.com Watch: Border patrol agents spring out of Penske trucks to chase migrants at Home Depot

Watch: Border patrol agents spring out of Penske trucks to chase migrants at Home Depot https://twp.ai/4ip9zv

A post stating people are not understanding what empty cargo ships from China means. It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, if fewer dollar circulating. The cascade effect is just mind-boggling.

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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.

70% of these donations went to Republicans.

Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

We need the best educated workforce in the world.

We need the best teachers in the world.

We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.

No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. 

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. 

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

The covert ‘yarn bombers’ covering Britain in knitting at 4am They’re handy with a hook and they’re on a mission to cheer you up with crochet — from colourful postbox toppers to woollen castle cascades

They’re handy with a hook and they’re on a mission to cheer you up with crochet — from colourful postbox toppers to woollen castle cascades

After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services.

This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage.

Keep up the fight.

Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.

Capitulation isn’t courage.

Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.

We used to know the difference.

Democratic leadership: you have the people’s mandate. Today showed that. We got your back. FIGHT.

NEW: Incredible scenes in Washington DC now.

Tens of thousands on the National Mall for the #HandsOff protest against Trump & Musk.

There must be over a million people protesting across every US state today.

#FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025

(🎥 Alejandro Alvarez)

It’s very weird to me that in all the (genuinely comical) hermeneutic reading of Trump’s decision to annihilate the global trade system, no one actually quotes one of the major reasons he himself cites for it:

Is Chris Hyde your Favorite Chef? One chef will win $25k, an advertorial feature in Taste of Home, and a cooking experience with Carla hall.

favchef.com/2025/chris-h... Please join me in voting for Chef Chris Hyde to keep him in first place. He feeds so many families in Olympia. Feeding people is love in action!

Change will not come if we wait for 'some other person' or 'some other time'. WE are the ones we've been waiting for. WE are the change that we seek."

----Barack Obama
Campaign Speech

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

If you’re still masking…thank you

If you’re trying to educate others on the benefits of masks…thank you

If you’re standing in solidarity with disabled & vulnerable people who’ve been cast aside for the last 5 years…thank you

Its not easy being the lone masker in 2025, but we see & appreciate you

How to Build a Community of Changemakers (Even If You Feel Alone)

Coming up on Friday at 1 pm ET, a free webinar on How to Build a Community of Changemakers (Even If You Feel Alone).

A recording will be made available to everyone who registers at the link.

Hope you'll join us.

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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We put a small Ukrainian flag up in our yard.
It has likely pissed off our many MAGA neighbors but that's not why we put it up.
A woman walking by said "I'm from Romania. Thank you for putting up that flag. It means a lot."
THAT's why we put it up.
Be visible and vocal right now. I
t matters.

BREAKING: MASSIVE crowds have gathered for the Veterans March to Stop Trump's Job Cuts of Vets in Washington D.C. this afternoon.

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

The damage being done to American science, particularly in the area of medical research will cost countless lives and take decades to repair. This is truly a catastrophe.