Way to go, everyone! Huge turnouts from small towns to big cities all across the country!

1 hour away from Chicago #NoKings protest and the crowd is growing.

“There is a gift in every difficult thing that we have to deal with. And the gift of this time is the ability to reimagine and restructure what this democracy is — and the only way that we can do that is together.” - @markruffalo.bsky.social

Join us on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit is nominally against the Times and two reporters - Mike Schmidt and Peter Baker. But in substance it really aims at two other Times reporters — Sue Craig and Russ Buettner and their deeply sourced book, “Lucky Loser.”
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Republican floods social media with 550 posts — most calling for violence against Dems The Wisconsin Democratic Party put out a statement noting that Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) has posted on X more than 550 times in the past 5 days since far-right firebrand Charlie Kirk was shot and ...

The Wisconsin Democratic Party put out a statement noting that Rep. Derrick Van Orden has posted on X more than 550 times in the past 5 days since Kirk was shot.

He's calling for violence against Dems.

JD Vance and Trump are fueling it.

We are not under invasion.

There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.

Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.

Some of Portland's signs yesterday. It was great to see so many folks there!

@booker.senate.gov: "Are we a nation that is going to tolerate this, or a nation that's going to stand up? As the great Frederick Douglass said, 'the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the people that they seek to oppress.' How much will we endure before we say enough is enough?"

Hey look at that - I just hit a 100k friends here! To mark the occassion, here are 10 thoughts in no particular order:

1) Organize where you live.
2) Build a community that people want to join. Welcome newbies.
3) The fascists want you to give them power. Don't.

More than 50,000 people in Gaza are dead. 114,000 have been wounded — two-thirds of whom are women & children. The entire infrastructure has been destroyed.

Much of that devastation has been done with bombs that the U.S. supplied to the Netanyahu war machine. We are complicit.

South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

Two young sisters from Florida, Kenzie and Kayleigh, have started a project to help girls affected by Hurricane Helene by delivering customized American Girl dolls.

The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.

#HANDSOFF #NYC

People packed the streets across the U.S. on Saturday to protest against President Trump, his administration's cutbacks, financial turmoil and more. nyti.ms/43GRvS7

Wall of posters from Hands Off rally in gate at Old Granary Burial Ground.

At the burial site of Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Sam Adams, Boston Hands Off protestors made a tapestry of their signs. The American Revolution continues, fueled by the fire of patriots. #HandsOff

A Danish Supermarket Hits Back at US Tariffs As anti-American sentiment grows across Europe, one retailer is giving shoppers a way to avoid products made in the US.

As anti-American sentiment grows across Europe, one retailer is giving shoppers a way to avoid products made in the US

One should be boycotting Amazon Prime and Jeff Bezos.

Federal Collective Bargaining Rights On Thursday March 27, President Donald signed an executive order outlawing collective bargaining for a million federal workers. The President’s edict eliminates collective bargaining for 75 percent of...

Protect our UNIONS!
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CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution

Republicans are using the threat of a shutdown to try to ram through an extreme bill that threatens Social Security, cuts important programs, and gives Trump and Musk even MORE latitude to dismantle the federal government.

Senate Democrats must hold the line, and they need to hear from you ASAP. 👇

The following highlights some important “firsts” made by women. Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on June 30, 2022, when she became the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated by a major political party for president.

No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.

In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.

Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.

Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires:
uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com

Donald Trump Just Proved He’s an Economic Idiot. Again. His MAGA sycophants knew all along that his central economic proposal was a sham, but they repeated his lies. And now the economy is cracking.

Fact Check: "This is a Biden hangover.”

Trump added $2.1 trillion to the deficit. Biden then reduced it by $942 billion.

In the last 50 years, the deficit has increased by a total of $3.8 trillion under Republican presidents. Under Democrats, it’s gone down by $2.1 trillion.

Charles Barkley calls athletes who won’t visit Trump’s White House ‘stupid’. I disagree | Etan Thomas Sports stars have stayed silent about the policies of the new administration. I spoke to someone who knows all about the power – and price – of protest

Charles Barkley calls athletes who won’t visit Trump’s White House ‘stupid’. I disagree | Etan Thomas

A nonprofit partnership in Maine has canceled $1.9 million in medical debt for 1,500 people. Mainers for Working Families (MFWF) teamed up with Undue Medical Debt to buy the debts, which were worth up to $1.8 million, for a fraction of the cost.

Shoutout to Governor Janet Mills! This is the kind of courage we need.

I loved this silly cow on my hike on the TMB.