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Instead of helping people get good jobs, Donald Trump just fired the statistician who reported bad jobs data that the wanna-be king doesn't like.
Gaza is being starved. Fuck anyone that says differently
this week's post talks about what it means to build a better world by failing to build a better world margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/revolution...
#tdih 1952 22-yr-old WAC Sarah Louise Keys Evans from NC bravely refused to give up her seat for a white man on charter bus from NJ to NC. She was arrested, filed suit (with lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. #TeachTruth Read ⬇️. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
Trump shrugged off today’s disappointing job numbers by calling them “phony” and accusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics of manipulating data to hurt him politically. His solution? Fire whoever gave him numbers he didn’t like.
We asked Americans if six different types of online scams or attacks had happened to them. Overall, about three-quarters (73%) say at least one has, with 32% saying it’s happened in the past year. 🧵👇
How climate disasters, human sprawl—and now Trump—are coming for the Eastern hellbender, America’s largest salamander
Yesssss! Ditto to lots of what other folks have replied. It’s wild to watch it all.
Many people in power are not offering an honest assessment of where we are politically in this country because that assessment would call on them to do things they simply refuse to do. That's where we are right now.
Tradition of quilt-making of Gee's Bend community, Alabama, classed as creating some of the finest US folk art #WomensArt
Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
Same!
Taskmaster. My version of emotional support is no emotional content for me to have feelings over. And here's the Gentle TV spreadsheet w/ crowdsourced content warnings for people looking for new emotional support TV outlets.
This is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
NEW: The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid ncnewsline.com/2025/07/18/r... @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ncpol #NPR #PBS
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Majorities of Americans say it’s extremely important for the federal government to test drugs for safety (63%) and track the spread of contagious diseases around the country (54%). www.pewresearch.org/...
Hundreds of the detainees at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in Florida have no criminal record, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald.
Local librarians and booksellers (including us) weigh in on what you should be reading this summer! (Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)
What do you bring to the fight? What have you been fighting for years? What are the skills that your needs versus wants bring to the fore? What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution?
And moreover: there is no such thing as a revolution that requires one single hero or one single action that overwhelms the fuckery into defeat. Embrace the long haul. Embrace the discomfort. And fight hard as hell to make the fascists even more uncomfortable. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
Resist while resisting the idea that through one action we can take right now everything will go back to normal. First, there is no “going back to normal.”
Kill the fascist within you.
"Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes."
BREAKING: At least 56 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn, sources at Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n6phyh
Palestine activists arrested in London next to Gandhi statue
Fuck the Fourth of July and any holiday that celebrates the liberation of only a few from oppressors. I am not here to celebrate the “independence” of a group of white men from a white monarch. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-inci...
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
There were other causes, but at the core of it, the revolution was so that genocidal slavers could expand the scale of their genocide and slavery.
"What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
Teach about the long & ongoing struggle against voter suppression with this free 3-lesson unit by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Most textbooks end voting rights story in 1965 with VRA, & leave out daily terrorism faced by Medgar Evers & others. #TeachOutsideTextbook www.zinnedproject.org/materials/te...
David Hogg has been forced out of his role as vice chair of the DNC. His departure follows months of intense infighting, and as Hogg told us, anger with his plan to oust what he called "asleep at the wheel" incumbents in primaries around the US. 🎧 Listen to Hogg on More to the Story 🎧
Bears constant repeating: Fear is the goal. That goal is unconscionable and abhorrent. "Trump will want to make the public believe they can remove anyone and everyone. That terror will have real consequences."
The House is expected to vote today to allow the White House to claw back $9.4 billion already appropriated by Congress, including $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS and NPR.
WATCH: Los Angeles police officer in riot gear shoots Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet for no apparent reason.
Thank the Universe.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards’ town hall in Asheville on Thursday drew hundreds – with most in attendance visibly and loudly outraged by recent federal government cuts, led by Republicans. Read more and watch BPR's live video from the town hall below. www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...
No legal power! Don’t stop dancing!
Less pink clothing, pink hats, and flip sign energy and more agitating with walking stick energy.
On February 11, it was announced that PBS was shuttering its DEI office following an EO from Trumpf. Additionally, PBS pulled LGBTQ history videos from its website. PBS has stood as a beacon of truth and reason for decades and we fear that it is quickly dissolving from its purpose and mission.
Diversity isn't the reason why families can't afford housing. Immigration isn't the reason why you're paying more for your prescriptions. Billionaires and CEOs who don't care about you is the reason.
I'm going to say this once for the whole night or else I'll just be repeating myself: Fuck this fascist fuck of a wannabe emperor. Fuck Donald Trump. Fuck fascism everywhere.
My latest on the blog is about the 2/28 economic boycott and the guy behind it. blackgirlinmaine.com/current-even...
The 28th is one day. You can make it many. This can be a practice.
Until men and boys are sent home from school instead of girls in tank tops, men and boys are taught that girls are “temptresses” and it is the burden of girls alone to ensure they don’t “tempt” them. FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 108 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
You inspired me to learn how to do it too!!!
Today is Nina Simone’s born day. My love for her is boundless. For several years, on this day, I’ve shared on social media some of my favourite things that Nina Said in appreciation and respect. I’ve collected them here in one place. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-nina...
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
Authorities in Gaza say Israel is blocking 135,000 mobile homes, 500 bulldozers, and other humanitarian aid promised in the first phase of the ceasefire deal. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/8eizdz
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...
Feminist love insists on being both powerful and tender, because the sum total is freedom. Free love is revolutionary. FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 96 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
Tender is the fight, I have learned from the revolution. And there is power in such tenderness. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-tend...
In this emergency, I think it likely that we are going to need to pitch a very big tent and invite everyone in who doesn't want to live in a dictatorship... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/big-tents-an...
Just published a new essay, Heartbreaks and hope: amiworthen.com/2025/02/09/h...
When fascism throws the kitchen sink as well as the contents of the fridge at you, it can be easy to despair at the sheer chaos of it all. Each one of us has the ability to catch at least one thing FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 89 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
I refuse to surrender to misery. What we fight for must be better. You know the phrase "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."? It's attributed to anarchist Emma Goldman, but is a paraphrase of a longer paragraph from Goldman’s autobiography Living My Life:
To beat the patriarchy, we have to start early. We need curricula that include lessons on the importance of rage, the various ways to express and use it. What would a curriculum on “Rage for Girls” look like? FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 86 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
And one of my other favorite activities… Black History Month book displays…
If you don’t know, I run the seed library at Blue Ridge Community College and the seeds we ordered are coming in! Despite all the other evil shenanigans going on, this makes it a good day!
In other news, thank the Universe for Beyoncé.
And definitely also subscribe and read @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. Women speaking truth to power!
Without public knowledge, Elon Musk is serving as a “special government employee” under President Donald Trump, with access to sensitive information (including your SSN) and broad authority granted by Trump.
I highly recommend reading as much @monaeltahawy.bsky.social as you can. Subscribe!!!
Tyrants have access to our data. Here to help. If you haven’t already, contact all three credit bureaus to freeze your credit at all of them. It’s free. If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, you can report it to the FTC at identitytheft.gov, which will hopefully continue to function.
You can’t call yourself “America First” if you cut off federal grants in the U.S. while continuing to fund Israel.
I second this recommendation!!!
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans. Still the move and what comes next could ensnare billions in funding for North Carolina ncnewsline.com/2025/01/28/t... @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol #wnc
If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...
Dear Congress, what are you people doing other than yapping on social media? The POTUS is on a tear, deconstructing the very structure of this country, but you guys act powerless. Where is your courage? You aren't paid to roll over. You're supposedly leaders.
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
White House: You’re going to have to die for a second while we clarify our funding freeze @inaeoh.bsky.social and @metrauxjulia.bsky.social on the bludgeon of chaos—two vague memos, evasive press briefing, and Medicaid outages—sparked by the Trump administration's funding freeze
Your move UUs.
Read, share, act.
I just heard from a nonprofit in Massachusetts that helps veterans with transitional housing. Trump's shutdown of gov funding hurts their ability to buy and prepare food for 100+ veterans. Rent is due in 5 days. The loss of funds could mean some veterans face eviction.
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
Federal workers have filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government’s HR office from emailing all civilian staff simultaneously, citing privacy violations.
Real People Great Radio Vol 3 is available now! Great music that supports community radio, the arts, and disaster recovery through direct action and mutual aid. Purchase your copy today! 1033ashevillefm.bandcamp.com/album/real-p...
I wrote Bishop Budde a thank you note. You can too! Address: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave. Washington, DC 20016
"Have Mercy": Watch Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's Sermon Challenging Trump at Inaugural Service
NEW: NC’s Jeff Jackson, 17 other attorneys general challenge Trump’s citizenship order in federal court ncnewsline.com/briefs/ncs-j... #ncpol #nc
What could possibly go wrong?
This is smart.
The challenges ahead are real, but so is our collective power It is our duty to fight. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains. May all the freedom fighters be loved, supported, protected, and victorious in 2025
New year, no prisons, no closets, no borders! ⛓️💥 nycabc.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/n... #Asheville #PrisonAbolition #FreeThemAll #FTTP
HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
Is viewing a sunset while sitting in traffic better than no sunset at all?! I think so, yes.
We are hoping to add 35 new monthly subscribers during our Fall FUNdrive. Donate now and if you choose to subscribe an anonymous donor will match all subscriptions up to $1,000. Monthly subscribers keep us financially stable, bringing in a steady cash flow that we depend on! ashevillefm.org/fundrive
New names for Vermont snow plows 2024, selected by Vermont schoolchildren. Some selections... Skibidi Scooper No More Mr. Ice Guy The Snowy Pl-Owl Clearopathra Snoah Kahan Salt-O-Saurus vtrans.vermont.gov/name-a-plow
Well. Here we are with a new social media app in 2024. Cory Doctorow will never be on here, but if you don’t read his newsletters, you should! pluralistic.net
For every donation we receive during our Fall Fund Drive, the Carol Waggle Oliver Fund will be giving $10 to Lamplight AVL's Art Remains effort to support Asheville area artists as part of recovery after Helene! Donate now at ashevillefm.org/fundrive/
And remember that they want us to be fearful, timid, isolated, and lonely, and do not give them what they want. Because the opposite of those things are good things, but also because don't give them the satisfaction. Wrote election night:
