Elena Berger

Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.

Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...

This whole article is just hilarious! But that might be because I’m playing the Benny Hill theme song on Spotify.

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon ‘sinks’ are weakening

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

Yup.

I totally agree! Humor is one of the most effective ways to reach people, and he reaches a LOT of people. The fascists know what they’re doing.

Despite overwhelming evidence against #EmilBove's fitness for judicial appointment, & demands from Sen Judiciary Committee Democrats to let the whistleblower testify, the GOP majority moves to full Senate nomination of Trump's former criminal defense lawyer. Watch GOPers avert #SenBooker's rebuke.

“My name is George Retes. I’m a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, a U.S. citizen, and I work as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California.

On July 10th, I was wrongfully detained by ICE agents while simply trying to report to work.

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ! Keep that filibuster going! Make them see the pain they're causing.

BREAKING: PLEASE SHARE

Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.

‼️GOP Senators are about to gut healthcare for millions.

We’re watching.

We’re calling: 202-224-3121

We’re saying: #VoteNO

“Disaster looms”: Justice Jackson’s warning for the country The Supreme Court allows presidents to do what judges have ruled illegal.

“I have no doubt that, if judges must allow the Executive to act unlawfully in some circumstances, as the Court concludes today, executive lawlessness will flourish..."

@pemalevy.bsky.social unpacks KBJ's dire warning to the nation following today's Supreme Court rulings:

This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to cut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to their billionaire donors. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.

It's true. Not a word. I confess I'm a little bit stunned, though I'm sure that's naive of me.

Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.

(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

Art.

Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?

I’m grateful to every person out protesting in LA for showing the world how dangerous the ICE Gestapo has become.

They’re kidnapping and disappearing people who are doing nothing wrong.

They’re terrorizing communities.

They’re withholding medical care from disabled people

The world is watching

This is a huge loss for the world. I am glad Victoria’s pain is over though.

🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.

This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.

Demand accountability.

Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.

Also, not a smokescreen. I 100% care about healthcare. I will fight for that shit.

What do you call it when the richest people in the world are killing us to take the rest of our money that they haven't yet managed to take through regular capitalism? Is there a word for it? Like one of those amazing compound German words that amounts to peasant-harm-grifting?

Devastating... love to his family.

House Republicans’ Tax Bill Is Full of New Loopholes for the Ultrawealthy A new House Republican proposal would give wasteful tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, while gutting programs that help others meet their basic needs.

How the rich get richer at your expense:
💰 Estate tax cut
💰 Expanded business deduction loopholes
💰 New capital gains loopholes
🤑 ...adding trillions to the debt we'll get to pay for.
New analysis of the Republican Tax bill from @colin-seeberger.bsky.social at @americanprogress.bsky.social

that 1,000 yard stare 💀

DC wants our money, Mike — Free DC Speaker Johnson is not welcome in our communities while he’s holding our local funding hostage.

The DC Local Funds Act would restore DC's power to spend local funds, and everyone from the mayor to the president agrees it needs to pass.

This is OUR MONEY. And time is running out.

Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to demand a vote on this!
freedcproject.org/house

On this #WorldBookDay I renew my plea to America to READ A FUCKING BOOK.

Any fucking book. But if you need a prompt, start here:

How Democracies Die (Levitsky, Steven, Ziblatt, Daniel)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder)
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Ben-Ghiat)

#DCEmancipationDay has a different feeling this year, as white supremacy and extreme capitalism are making a renewed push to rewrite history and kill off any threats to their dominance. This city is ready to fight back.

Justice Dept. Defies Order to Reveal Plan to Return Wrongly Deported Man.

Don't let up.

Don't look away.

This is a crisis.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...