Pam Schaffner

PRIDE IS CONTAGIOUS
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Pride is a broader movement of self-affirmation, community building & advocacy for equality

Pride is about celebrating who you are & breaking free from internalized shame & stigma

Pride fosters a sense of belonging & support within and around the LGBTQ+ community

Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users President Claudia Sheinbaum says lawsuit has been filed after US lawmakers voted on name change

Mexico’s president isn’t playing. She sued.

And for extra spice? She cheekily suggested calling the U.S. “América Mexicana,” pointing to maps from before the U.S. took a third of Mexico’s land.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."

Commissioner.
Chief Financial Officer.
Chief Legal Officer.
Chief Risk Officer.
Chief Privacy Officer.
Chief of Staff.

All out.

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

Donald Trump is so stupid he thinks drug dealers will pay tariffs on the illegal drugs they bring into the country. Right after they declare all profits on their income tax returns.

If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.

Go Cory Go!

This all day long! 🤣

THIS 🙏

The horrific details of Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment Khalil's lawyers "have reason to believe" the White House is involved.

NEW: We have more details on the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate and activist arrested by the Department of Homeland Security almost one week ago.

Here's what you need to know🧵

Voting for the CR, these 10 Democrats voted yes for the Trump/Musk agenda instead of putting up ANY fight at all for working people screwed by this administration.

They must be primaried.

Durbin
King
Schatz
Schumer
Cortez Masto
Hassan
Fetterman
Peters
Gillibrand
Shaheen

We will not forget this.

My Vote on the GOP Spending Bill I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it. When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him. Not without a fight.

I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it.

When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.

Not without a fight.

open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...

Senate Democrats, I implore you: hold the line, and demand a clean, bipartisan short-term bill that we all can support to keep the government open. Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for discussing with me tonight.

Mayor Michelle Wu schools GOP Rep Gosar when the Dem mayors of Boston, New York City, Chicago & Denver testified today before the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee in DC. The Congressional hearing was part of a fed investigation into “sanctuary cities.” www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...

Opinion | In just five days, Trump has set the country back nearly 100 years The president’s new slogan might as well be “We were better off 95 years ago than we are today.”

"a return of the 'corrupt process' that existed before the 1930s in which tariffs remain on the books and businesses try to curry favor (in this case, with Trump) to win exemptions..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Ooh! Great starter pack, Brian! Thanks for including me!

BREAKING: In a brilliant moment, Rep. Krishnamoorthi exposes Trump's massive failure on lowering egg prices, blasting his hypocritical priorities. "It will soon be cheaper to buy a magazine for an AK-47 than to buy breakfast. This is flat-out wrong."

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up🎵)

DAY 4 MARCH 2025

I can't watch tRump any more
It's sickening
This is for Congressman Al Green ...
He wouldn't sit down
He stood his ground

For Al Green bravo
From an actual
Great President

We did the same here!

In CELEBRATION of Women's History Month. We are seeing the consequences of not including women. Please let there be a sequel to this Hellscape!

Does Donald Trump want to do a deal that ends the war in Ukraine, or does he just want to do a deal with Putin?

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social offers a reframing that better explains what Trump is up to:

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

A great to-do list from @lisasharp.bsky.social

Credit to Lisa Sharp!

Sure did, quite a while ago.