Joy, you are not done and you are not finished. We will follow you to your next grand adventure as you continue to speak truth to power!

They pulled a Michelle Obama: Nah. Ain’t going.

I agree.

One thing that I'm increasingly coming to believe is that stories are going to be central to what comes next. Stories of the harm done. Stories of the great things achieved by government in the past. Stories of valor kindness and quotidian simple resistance.

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They definitely know. 🤨

Dogs know.

Most of my family and loved ones have attended, worked for, and/or received medical care at one or more of these institutions or do so currently — particularly those who work in any part of healthcare. This is a huge strike on American education, science, AND medicine, not to mention employment

The egg price crowd has been awfully quiet since the price of eggs nearly doubled on Trump's watch-- and the price of just about everything else is set to rise in the coming days and weeks.

JUST IN: British Columbia says it will no longer buy American liquor from red states in response to U.S. tariffs

Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year.

43 pounds.

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.

I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.

But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

Dear Canada and Mexico,

We’re so, so sorry.

— Sane America

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

You are a voice we all need to hear, Brian Tyler Cohen. Keep up the good work.

Our national loss.

Round one goes to Team America.

We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

Making Sense Out of the Chaos A helpful guide to some of the worst of Trump's Day One actions

Feeling overwhelmed by Trump’s first week? A little piece of advice: skip the doomscrolling and go straight to the facts. This read is a great place to start.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

I see the Democratic weather machine is doing great work again, forcing that inauguration inside. Well done, climate controllers.

A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."

GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

I’ll say it is!

Don’t give up! We live to fight another day is correct! Love you!

Very sad to learn of the death of Nikki Giovanni. An extraordinary poet, she was a guest on our radio show and spoke about writing her healing poem “We are Virginia Tech” in response to the 2007 massacre there. Her body of work is immense and her impact is immeasurable.

‘He transformed his mind’: how did Malcolm Little become Malcolm X?

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others Martha Graham

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