Greetings from Houston.

"It doesn’t make any sense. These are the people that were brought to the U.S. by the U.S. armed forces. They did not come to the U.S. illegally. They did not go across Mexico and then try to enter the United States. So, why attack this group? It's simply inexplicable."

Useful research and suggestions for action in this thread.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

@liccardo.house.gov where will you be?

@liccardo.house.gov At your town hall last week, you promised that if Trump ignored court orders you would take to the streets with your constituents. Where and when should we meet you?

from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ...

link.motherjones.com/public/38940...

It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.

People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.

They know exactly what is going on.

Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.

My MOC, Sam Liccardo, telephone town hall tonight. I’ve seen no effort on his part to get the word out. Please call in tonight at 6:00 PDT. If nothing else, numbers of callers sends a message abt how much we care about him standing up for us and our country.

liccardo.house.gov/about/events...

@liccardo.house.gov where are you? When is our town hall?

When TB treatment is interrupted, patients are far more likely to develop drug-resistant TB, which is a catastrophe both individually (the disease becomes harder to cure) and societally (we're allowing the bacteria millions of new opportunities to develop further resistance). Many people will die.

I think Dems are fucking up the messaging on the Hegseth nom. At least one (Duckworth?) should get on Senate floor and say, "I get it, Trump and Elon terrified you all and now you're preparing to confirm someone we all know is wildly unqualified. But know that you'll be on the hook for his fuck-ups"

Never give up.

We need to be like Finland
Teach our children!

What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?

edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

49.8% of American Voters really fumbled the bag when they voted for Trump.

Thanks for this graphic @simonwdc.bsky.social -- also subscribe to his Substack "Hopium Chronicles" here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/subscribe?ut...

New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...

Fourth release by a new band of experienced musicians. Molt’s music has a classic rock feel, with modern themes reflecting experiences and emotional impacts of our time. Lies speaks to transformations initiated by misinformation/propaganda.
youtu.be/4eCFTopBTK0?...

This is a really great (and readable) piece on how false claims get wheels in online spaces (but it’s also applicable more broadly I reckon - to the ways in which we ‘use’ the frames gifted to us by our chosen epistemic authorities).

Karen Smith being sworn in to the Central Bucks school board, a district near Philadelphia. For her oath she chose to place her hand on a stack of frequently challenged & banned books. 📚
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...