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Please don't get distracted. Keep talking
August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Please don't get distracted. Keep talking
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🧵 Senator Cassius Clay was a prominent American politician and abolitionist. He served as a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was known for his strong opposition to slavery. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/cassius-marc...
🧵 Senator Cassius Clay was a prominent American politician and abolitionist. He served as a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was known for his strong opposition to slavery. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/cassius-marc...
Meet The Hot-Tempered Kentucky Abolitionist Muhammad Ali Was Originally Named After
He freed his slaves and fought for emancipation. And when a gunman shot Cassius Marcellus Clay, the fiery abolitionist struck back.
allthatsinteresting.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Posted on #NoKingsDay but true today. Thank you #SteveMartin
Steve Martin post...
July 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett dropped her bid Tuesday to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, saying it was clear her “loud and proud” style of politics is not what her party’s congressional leadership wants.
Jasmine Crockett drops bid for top Oversight Committee post, citing leadership resistance
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett has withdrawn from the race to be the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
www.dallasnews.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This part of the @mehdirhasan.bsky.social interview with Ms Rachel popped up for me again, and I just felt like I needed to share it. "Thank you for seeing our children as human." Every life is a universe.
May 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social never fails to inspire.
“We will not give in. Not give up. We will not capitulate. We will not bow. We will not bend. We will survive.”
Drink in this rousing #CupOfJoe fiercely delivered by Ms. James.
“We will not give in. Not give up. We will not capitulate. We will not bow. We will not bend. We will survive.”
Drink in this rousing #CupOfJoe fiercely delivered by Ms. James.
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I began interviewing foreign dissidents, domestic activists, and scholars who study pro-democracy movements.
We asked them what we needed to know about how to stay safe while opposing authoritarianism.
Here’s what we found:
buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...
We asked them what we needed to know about how to stay safe while opposing authoritarianism.
Here’s what we found:
buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...
A Threat Model for Opposing Authoritarianism
Hi friends – The morning after the presidential election in November, I jolted awake in a panic. A thought was blaring in my brain: “My threat model is...
buttondown.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@schumer.senate.gov I tried to no avail to leave a message this morning. Please vote NO on the Republican CR today. I'm your constituent, however, I believe I speak for the majority of your party nationally. A YES vote is a slap in the face to the nation. It is not much worse to shut down the gov't.
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@schumer.senate.gov I tried to no avail to leave a message this morning. Please vote NO on the Republican CR today. I'm your constituent, however, I believe I speak for the majority of your party nationally. A YES vote is a slap in the face to the nation. It is not much worse to shut down the gov't.
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
tRump/Mush & Rs: WWPD?
February 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
tRump/Mush & Rs: WWPD?
I got to take the kids to Senator Wyden’s town hall in Scappoose yesterday.
I got lucky and was the last one called to ask a question
I thanked him and then told him ——.
I got lucky and was the last one called to ask a question
I thanked him and then told him ——.
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump Can’t Be Allowed to Control Almost Half Of New York State talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Can’t Be Allowed to Control Almost Half Of New York State
I said last week that after the events of last Monday it...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Why does Trump's Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first #TurdReichRedux #NeverAgainIsNow forward.com/opinion/6961...
Why does Trump's Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first
President Trump's proposal for a mass relocation of Palestinians away from Gaza recalls the Third Reich's "Madagascar Plan."
forward.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.
www.dei.watch
www.dei.watch
DEI WATCH
This guide is broken into three categories: 1) DISMANTLED - companies that have ended or scaled back their DEI efforts; 2) COMMITTED - companies that have active DEI initiatives; and 3) FUNDED - organ...
www.dei.watch
February 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Josh Marshall. Cosign.
"The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.
That’s it. No nuance."
"The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period.
That’s it. No nuance."
Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?
I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hungarians who dealt with Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
Take note.. all of us from the region are issuing warnings
Take note.. all of us from the region are issuing warnings
Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
www.vox.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Very uncompelling interview with @kenmartin.bsky.social on @maddow.msnbc.com this evening. The country is actively immersed in a coup. All I heard was the same old vague, tired DNC tropes.
February 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Very uncompelling interview with @kenmartin.bsky.social on @maddow.msnbc.com this evening. The country is actively immersed in a coup. All I heard was the same old vague, tired DNC tropes.
I don’t know if this is accurate about Colombia. But to survive 4 years of this it’s important to remember that a lot of countries, especially smaller ones with vulnerable economies WILL have to knuckle under. These moves are hugely damaging to the US. But damage in other countries more immediate
It would be hard to come up with a worst test case of how to oppose Trump's deportation scheme than what Petro just did.
He's unpopular and politically hamstrung, and his anti-Americanism is at odds with Colombia's political and business elites, who are deeply aligned with the US.
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He's unpopular and politically hamstrung, and his anti-Americanism is at odds with Colombia's political and business elites, who are deeply aligned with the US.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Colombia President Gustavo Petro says he will impose a reciprocal 50% tariffs on US goods: “I resisted torture, and I resist you”
January 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
GO CANADA!🍁🇨🇦
Canada has prepared a retaliatory strategy that hits Trump and his allies where it hurts the most: their political base.
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/canadas-re...
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/canadas-re...
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin
A REALLY good explanation for what didn't just happen and what did.
www.citationneeded.news/trump-memeco...
A REALLY good explanation for what didn't just happen and what did.
www.citationneeded.news/trump-memeco...
No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin
Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes
www.citationneeded.news
January 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@beckysm.bsky.social the facts
Newsom is very good at this - he has launched a website to combat disinformation about the California wildfires. Refer to it liberally when dealing with MAGA relatives and associates.
gavinnewsom.com/california-f...
gavinnewsom.com/california-f...
California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
gavinnewsom.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@beckysm.bsky.social the facts
Teachers in Oklahoma are increasingly nervous about teaching this reality because they're afraid of losing their teaching certifications. (h/t @readfrontier.bsky.social)
January 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM