Nicole Sparkles📎

It occurs to me now that the discipline of history was not born out of reverence for the past, but rather out of somebody watching the people in charge make the most insane decisions and just being like “if I don’t write this down nobody’s ever gonna believe any of it happened”

Facts

My TK students know what a magnet is. 🧲 One of them the other day randomly said, "Donald Trump is not a nice man." Love her. 💛 kids will call it like they see it. No filter.

Children are so incredibly resilient, yet they shouldn't have to suffer so much. He's a remarkable leader to his people, if only we in the US were so fortunate. 🌻💙💛

This is what a corporate giveaway looks like 👇

#TaxJustice

Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

Word of advice for the dumpkins followers

I’m just going to say it…

It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard.

Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this

October 18, 2025 Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...

October 18, 2025

It was never theirs. 🇺🇸

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

Spot on.

BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number — 218 votes — needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files.

I'm not on TikTok so I never would have seen this. Thank you! This is amazing 🤩

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣

This is a must-watch. 🔥

Robert Reich Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared

Terrifying to be raising children in today's society, the absolute onslaught of messaging that comes with screens, the apathy present in most content, the democracy I once thought existed in my children's future annihilated and replaced with an autocracy of diversity-hating oligarchs. Just gross.

Make Disney feel like Target.

Sen. Alex Padilla: "This isn't about one comedian or one television personality or any one network. It's about whether we as Americans still have the freedom to laugh at those in power, to question authority, and to tell the truth without fear of retribution."