The lack of ego Rep. Nadler is showing is a perfect example of putting service before self. This deserves so many props and respect. Thank you, @nadler.house.gov.
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The lack of ego Rep. Nadler is showing is a perfect example of putting service before self. This deserves so many props and respect. Thank you, @nadler.house.gov.
โI began donating to get out of my lonely pandemic ship. Iโve continued because it was the easiest thing for me to do to help an unknown someone.โ ๐ฉธ
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwoodโs Handmaidโs Tale used to come to power.
It is wild that the Washington Post -- which claims "Democracy Dies in Darkness" -- has remained completely silent for more than a day about Trump's latest attack on free and fair elections. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews
A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor. Itโs long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.
We are suing Texas in two cases -- one voting, one redistricting.
NEW: Judge Sooknanan gets all 76 children trump tried to send to Guatemala back home, trump has been MIA for almost a week, the Epstein estate is going to hand over some actual Epstein files, and a discussion with @rweingarten.bsky.social about her new book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
EPA Fires โDissentโ Statement Signers The EPA fired agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-... as Labor Day weekend started.
Itโs September! The leaves are falling, the air is chilled and Congress is back. Ok, letโs see the Epstein files, Mr Speaker.
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Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: ๐ฐ $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight ๐บ A deal for Sesame Street โ new episodes and the full archive free to watch. Thatโs how you pick a side.
๐ Nice to see D.C. show up day after day. โ๐ผ Power to the people!
Platner: I believe that input from working people is far more important than input from someone who simply has money. I believe that we shouldnโt be settling for crumbs while billionaires eat the cookie we baked.
More of this. Are you listening establishment Democrats?
Good. More of this.
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Labor Day in Nevada County! Powerful message ๐
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I donโt know if you all remember, but Sharice Davids was reelected in Kansas even after the GOP gerrymandered her districtโฆ
Albertaโs climate plan is to light a match, throw it in some crude oil and walk away yelling WE GOT ETHICAL OIL MOTHERFUCKERS while laughing maniacally as the province and world burns.
This ๐๐๐ Spread this far and wide. This is absolutely a hate crime.
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Itโs still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platnerโs (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
I sometimes have to remind myself, that not everyone here โknowsโ me, the way they once did on Twitter. So let me clarify. I support vaccination, sound public health policy, trans rights, abortion rights, labour rights, treaty rights, free speech, and access to information.
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
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If they enact a new illegal congressional map, Missouri will be sued.
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
I donโt use AI because Iโm infuriated for the artists and writers and philosophers whoโve had their intellectual property stolen. I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone canโt be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
This ๐๐๐ and the comments in the thread. Some thoughtful ideas here.
Love this.
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while peopleโs lives were destroyed in the name of โsaving money,โ
45 years ago today Terry Fox was forced to call off the Marathon of Hope at Thunder Bay. He showed a nation what determination and leadership meant. Terry has stayed in our hearts ever since. We carry his spirit in these troubled times.
FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why has Trump been attacking unions and workersโ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
"No one in the administration โ the president or anybody under him โ has called anyone in my administration or me โ have not called the city of Chicago or anyone else. So it's clear that, in secret, they're are planning this โ well, it's an invasion with US troops." Gov. JB Pritzker
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Streetโs greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
I like Graham Platner even more.
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.socialโs @mizzwelch.bsky.social
๐จThe worst of the worst criminals are going after kids with backpacks and leaving their scooters in the road. ๐ WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA. We are running out of time. ๐จ
๐จBREAKING: A Fulton County judge has temporarily paused his own contempt order that would have fined the county commission $10,000 per day for refusing to seat two election-denying Republican nominees to the countyโs Board of Elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump admin is slashing FEMAโs disaster aid ahead of peak hurricane season...rolling back federal support...cutting staff...and shifting responsibilities to states. Emergency officials warn this jeopardizes readiness...and risks a repeat of Katrina-level failures. Standard Trump level incompetence.
Every recent book banning reminds me of the time in Red Deer in 2006 when Philip Pullmanโs His Dark Materials trilogy was being challenged by the Catholic school division and the news channel interviewed a few people including me (who loves His Dark Materials) but the only clip they played was
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
They donโt care if you have papers or not. What they care about is whether you look like an immigrant from south of the border.
Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
I love this ad by Gavin Newsom! Must watch ๐๐๐๐๐
Thanks Neil. We all need to do this. www.cbc.ca/music/neil-y...
Danielle Smith and Demetrios Nicolaides don't care about your kids, about EAs making poverty wages, or about reaching a settlement with teachers. It's not an accident; it's a choice. Enough is enough. We stand with teachers because we know we're #BetterTogether.
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The BC CONservatives like Rustad have already said they will put these kinds of policies in place! thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
๐จBREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The "Well, we're all going to die" lady is dropping out. Given the last two special elections in Iowa, Ernst is running scared.
Good.
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Legal and constitutional experts worry Trump is laying the groundwork to use the Guard to seize control of any city he wants to bring to heel. On Monday, he signed an executive order that primes the Guard โfor rapid mobilization,โ across the country. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
I have an essay in the @theglobeandmail.com this weekend that tells the whole story. Hereโs the link: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
We can do this, people. It's not even that difficult.
It just keeps getting better.
๐จBREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Republicansโ gerrymander into law Friday, officially moving the redistricting battleground from the state capitol to the federal courthouse. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Mike Johnson will go down in history as the white supremacist Christian nationalist Speaker of the House who attempted to cover up a pedophilic criminal regime and replace US democracy with a fascist dictatorship.
Join ICE. Sell your soul and get a $50,000 bonus. Destroy families, torture immigrants and beat the hell out of anyone you don't like. Mask up so that your wife and kids don't see what a monster dad is. Make America North Korea.
Excellent question.
Lots of right-wing political pastors and charlatans about to get rich from FEMA money.
Yesterday, ICE agents detained firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire. As a firefighter and paramedic, I know firsthand that in an emergency, every second counts, and politics should never come before saving lives.
Lets go Iowa!!! Joni isnt coming back! (Woulda loved to see her get defeated instead of bowing out on her own terms) lets get to work!
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage โ and solidarity. Be prepared.
Mike Johnson makes clear that when Congress returns next week he's going to work tirelessly to cover up the Epstein files
When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, youโre right, thatโs the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.
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Damn i knew i liked Evanston
They have a choice. And they made a choice to work for ICE. Everything else is a lie they tell themselves. May they never have a moment of peace nor mercy when the reckoning comes. And it will.
Haters gonna hate. Smith should join her crew south of our border. She'll be more comfortable there.
NEW โ Black organizers and elected leaders gathered today to denounce Trumpโs threats to send military forces to Chicago. They are developing a 30-day emergency response plan, which includes establishing mutual aid hubs and Know Your Rights training sessions. thetriibe.com/2025/08/blac...
What asshattery is this?
...and the hate continues in #Alberta #bannedbooks The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools Internally distributed list obtained by CBC shows more than 200 books slated for removal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Senatorial candidate Graham Platner speaking at a recent town hall event in Maine about why he is running to unseat Susan Collins. To find events, check my calendars or go to www.grahamforsenate.com, where you will also find ways to donate and volunteer. #Maine #MEpolitics #GrahamPlatner
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ nope Convoy figure seeking U.S. asylum wanted on Canada-wide warrant James Bauder missed a court date in Ottawa earlier this week, claims he's victim of political persecution www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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๐ Scientists are not in the business of advancing missions antithetical to public health. โ๐ผ
Meiselas: It seems that the outcome that Republicans want is whatever the worst possible outcome could be. More disease, more deaths, more murders, a horrible economy. And letโs literally pick the worst people for each possible position at every level.
Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved earned sick time last November. Governor Mike Kehoe and Missouri Republicans signed away that right. Corporations won. Working Missourians lost. ๏ฟผ This is an actual email forwarded to me from an employee of a company removing earned sick time.
Did you increase your spending last month? No? Me neither. That isn't anecdotal. The underlying numbers don't support this. The source here is the commerce department. I no longer trust the numbers coming out of this regime. I call bullshit! www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/u...
The injustice continues. A terrorist is now being honored by our military... My latest God I'm pissed!!! substack.com/@harrydunn/n...
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
I can't even screenshot it--the entire letter is worth a full read. And I will say it again--our state public health agencies really need to step up now & fight against RFKJ's harmful extremist policies: open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
I have many thoughts about this list of books but for now Iโll just say contact your MLA, the premier, the minister of education and your school trustee if you are also mad.
NEVER FORGET: The GOP Congress lack of interest in the breach of actual science at the CDC has made it CLEAR: they donโt care if we live or die.
Pay attention. Your familyโs safety is on the line.
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