Gin Jackson

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

This ROCKS

Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

In thinking about what you can do this year, keep this in mind:

Showing up at protests has real impact!

55 Seats in the Senate & nearly 260 in the House.

Register to vote today, so that we can turn 2026 into a progressive tsunami & have a Congress that defends the rights of everyone in this country & puts We the People before corporate profit.

one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)

Trump’s Gerrymandering Scheme Fails in Another Red State Kansas Republicans couldn’t rally enough support to call a special session.

Kansas Republicans couldn’t rally enough support to call a special session.

Donald Trump has poked the bear and now California is going to allow voters to punch back. If Texas can redraw their congressional maps to give Republicans more seats in Congress, California can redraw theirs for Democrats. On Nov 4th #VoteYesOnProp50 we have to fight🔥with🔥🔥

Boom freaking Boom - hello Constitution its’s been awhile 🔥

Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.

She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them:

MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.

This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.

YouTube video by Home of the Brave On October 18th, we say #NoKings

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJW...

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban “A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

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Did anyone else get vampire vibes from JD Vance talking about how Milwaukee should invite the national guard?

Statement on Donald Trump’s baseless attack on Dr. Lisa Cook.

Fired Fed board member to sue Trump to stay in role • West Virginia Watch Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will challenge her removal, her attorney said, arguing President Trump “has no authority” to fire her.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will challenge her removal, her attorney said Tuesday, arguing President Donald Trump “has no authority” to fire her, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.

I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.

🚨 White v. State Board of Election Commissioners Learn more.

WIN: A federal court rules that the Mississippi Supreme Court electoral map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting strength. Mississippi must now redraw its map to comply with Section 2.

Another Trump appointee deals legal blow to president's agenda

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher of Maryland became the second judge this week to deal the Trump admin a legal setback.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Replace D.C. Police Commissioner Read more here.

BREAKING: A judge halted Trump’s bid to seize control of D.C. police, saying AG Pam Bondi likely broke federal law by trying to replace the chief.

Bondi backed down, scrapping the takeover but keeping orders on immigration + homelessness.

From: @jaknutson.bsky.social & @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.

Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.

All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.

We have a choice. We can let fear and doom dominate our lives, or we can organize, align with like-minded groups, get our messaging on point, and fight the cruelty and inhumanity that pervade the GOP and Oval Office.

Rest when you need to and come back strong for Project 2026.

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

Because the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision is rooted in state law, SCOTUS cannot reverse it. Reproductive freedom has been restored in Wisconsin … but only for as long as its citizens continue to elect liberal state Supreme Court justices.

June 27, 2025 After the Supreme Court today decided the case of Trump v.

June 27, 2025

Check out the Teaching Hard History podcast

www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history

Map and list of cities hosting "No Kings" protests against Trump on June 14

Organizers are calling for Americans to attend demonstrations across the country to protest President Trump on his 79th birthday.

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.