As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

Just gonna keep tapping the sign*

*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

It's important to realize that no matter how good you are to people, it won't make them good to you.
But —You can still be a good person.
You are still capable of so much more.

~ apb

Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved.

Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days

Education is for liberation, not control.

Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.

If youre feeling down, I cannot evangelize on this more: go for a walk. Its actually nuts how much it helps clear the mind and to center yourself.

There is so much breaking news today which means there is so much disinformation.

This is a reminder to not trust a headline read the full article or read the analysis of someone who has.

Being accurate matters more than being the first

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

A corollary to this is that if you want people to be able to sit with this realization, it’s important to make them feel understood, not stupid. Providing an empathetic off-ramp (“that sucks that you were lied to”) is better than lecturing or shaming (“duh! how did you not see that?”) 2/

We could just stop hurting each other and see what happens. No one has tried this.

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."

MBA-brain is real.

Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five…

Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it.
Share it with family and friends.
#VoteNo

Warnock: A budget is not just a fiscal document. A budget is a moral document. Show me your budget and I'll show you who you think matters and who doesn't. And if this awful budget were an EKG, it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control.

"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."

#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build

We live in a rogue and dangerous country.

Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

"We are a democracy. But we can lose that democracy." This afternoon, Washington Senator Patty Murray, who has been in the Senate for more than 32 years, rose to condemn the treatment of California Senator Alex Padilla, who was manhandled out of a press ...

Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 137

This is gonna be messy. This is not gonna be organized and this is gonna be long. This is something you’re gonna wanna turn on notifications for because it’s going to be continuing throughout the day.
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Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

The speed of writing code has never, and will never be the bottleneck.

The bottleneck, the limiting factor, is always in the thinking about the code and how it works, understanding it.

People who use chatgpt to write code are literally removing the only part of programming that is actually useful.

As stupid as this is, it’s easy to explain.

To the extent he succeeded in business, it was by acting chaotically, mixing insults and flattery, screwing over partners, and manipulating the bankruptcy system. That doesn’t work with countries and trade, which need steadiness and reliability.

If you wear a hijab, I'll sit with you on the train. If you're trans, I'll go to the bathroom with you. If you're a person of color, I'll stand with you if the cops stop you. If you're a person with disabilities, I'Il hand you my megaphone. If you're an immigrant, I'll help find you resources. If you're a survivor, I'll believe you. If you're a refugee, I'll make sure you're welcome. If you're a veteran, I'll take up your fight. If you're LGBTQ, I won't let anybody tell you you're broken. If you're a woman, lIl make sure you get home ok. If you're tired, me too. If you need a hug, I've got an infinite supply. If you need me, I'll be with you. All I ask is that you be with me, too.

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

Kidnapping.

Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.

Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.

A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

I think a win we need to talk about more tonight is the fact that Brad Schimel conceded and he did so immediately.

This is a Republican, who was backed by DT and EM who literally tried to steal the election and he conceded

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now