Despicable
Pianist, teacher, New Yorker no matter where I am. "The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it" Albert Einstein
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šØ How much more will ~945,000 #NORTHCAROLINA residents have to pay if Republicans let the improved ACA subsidies expire? acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Love the mural!!
John Roberts has so much blood and guts on his hands and chest and face......
IN HIS FINAL BOOK, MLK SAID WHITE AMERICA WOULD RATHER THROW AWAY DEMOCRACY ALTOGETHER, AND EMBRACE "A NATIVE FORM OF FASCISM," TO PRESERVE THEIR POWER. WE ARE LIVING IN THAT PROPHECY TODAY.
So when we first showed up at the Union Station today, we ran ICE off as soon as we got here.
ā Dems have overperformed by an avg 16 pts across 33 Specials so far this year! Help keep it going! ā ļø FOUR RACES TODAY!! ā ļø 8/26: AL HD-11: Alex Braswell 8/26: CA HD-63: Chris Shoults 8/26: GA SD-21: Debra Shigley 8/26: IA SD-01: Catelin Drey secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...
#JuvenileJustice. #StrategiesForYouth open.substack.com/pub/stevente...
Missouri, you say? (50,000 of Alfordās constituents are enrolled in ACA plans. Most of them are about to see their premiums increase by up to 1,000%.) Thatās not a typo. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
šØBREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislatureās gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me ā not time or political circumstance ā from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
Communism comes to US without a drop of blood.
That is actually an excellent idea- consumers and the public shame companies for enabling the occupation of our cities. We below push against the business pillars to resist (see indivisible.org excellent trainings for resistance)
Pennsylvania has 3 state Supreme Court justices up for reelection THIS NOVEMBER. secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
That's what I want to do know. Im in favor of a nationwide strike on April 15. Everyone on the streets and nobody files taxes until we see who's putting our dollars in their pockets and what are we getting for those dollars
Got to see these little guys making their way into the ocean this morning! š¢ #seaturtles #conservation #beach #nature #miamibeach
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
CNN has really improved its chyron game
This is what Trump's Solicitor General told the Supreme Court about Maxwell last month. Unless it's withdrawn, this is the official position of DOJ and the United States.
So thoroughly sickening
This is the monstrous criminal The Pedophile Felon and his entire cabinet and party are protecting, continuing to damage over a thousand women who are their victims.
Communism comes to America
Proud to join Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister @lars-loekke.bsky.social and Ambassador SĆørensen to sign a new partnership between California and Denmark. Our message to the rest of the world is clear: California is a stable, reliable partner ā no matter who's in the White House.
Contemptible yes. Cynicism is a dead end- and a total cop-out www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-not-surre...
Please tell me Willie Geist and Richard Engel are spitting mad on the television right now. Because I remember how much heat they had for Joe Biden for ending this fucking war.
Shocked! Shocked I tell you!
We need this substack.com/@punkrockpix...
#Hope if you show up..you might win ā what you can do is worth doing despite the fact that you can't know the outcome At the very least you've won the battle of how to be the most heroic version of yourself The power of authoritarians is not unlimited www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-not-surre...
This would be a really good time to thank Texas Democrats for doing everything they possibly could to prevent this from happening. secure.actblue.com/donate/txblu...
Itās hard to overstate how badly America needs the infectious energy of performers and artists right now. That particularly includes the exuberant Jon Baptiste and his joyful music. www.americaamerica.news/p/america-wh...
āļø Why I Still Trust the News (Mostly) open.substack.com/pub/garbl/p/...
The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening Victims of Crime Act funds to get states to assist with immigration enforcement. In New York, over $212 million in funds are at stake. I'm fighting back so New Yorkers can access the support they need.
ā Dems have overperformed by an avg 16 pts across 33 Specials so far this year! Help keep it going! Next Up: 8/26: AL HD-11: Alex Braswell 8/26: CA HD-63: Chris Shoults 8/26: GA SD-21: Debra Shigley 8/26: IA SD-01: Catelin Drey Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...
Duh, of course. It should have been obvious to me ...
I'll take Gallego's positives as they come I worked in '24 in Phoenix to elect down-ballot Dems Gallego won by a whisker and doesn't want to hurt Mark Kelly when he is up for re-election He's right-on re: Mamdani and the future of the Dems-and it's not at a risk to himself or Kelly in AZ to say so
Why can't she issue a call to the police that she has been kidnapped?
FLASHBACK: āI say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.ā
Remember when Kamala said Putin would eat Trump for lunch? I was thinking about that today for no particular reason.
But the first bomb wasn't enough for him to surrender. Thats all i can say about Nagasaki. Watch the riveting PBS doc "Atomic People" about kids who survived the bombs, their recollections in recent interviews and how they formed a group of anti-nuke weapons activists. Still active in theor '90's.
I disagree with you about the 1st one. Over a million Japanese were killed in carpet-bombings of Japanese cities during the war. The people did not believe they could lose the war because they believed their Emperor was a god. And Hirohito was likely warned of the bomb. I can't speak to Nagasaki.
non-human animals are just the best
Stand up for your public lands.
We'll be out in force in Taos, NM to Stop Trump and Save Our Elections!
#JeffTiedrich has joined the show! bsky.app/profile/jeff...
People who want to protect "The Sanctity of Marriage" are always people who voted for a man who raped his first wife, deserted his family of three young children to run off with one of his mistresses, deserted her and their child for another mistress, and then cheated on her with a porn actress. š¤
Ok, but having worked in a state senior senator's office, they cnnot be fighting all of the worthwhile fights at the same time. Especially now, when we people, planet, democracy, immigrants are being artacked on so many fronts every single day.
obviously
I love this :). Funny not funny
What if all of the press corps (except Newsmax, FOX, RT et al) all joined up to ask real questions. He'd throw them all out. So what? Whatever comes out of his mouth or his press Barbie are lies anyway. What if ALL the colleges and universities and law firms told him to F off? He'd be powerless
From our daily protest in Taos, NM. 135 days running
#Pedophile #Epstein #Democracy We have been protesting every day, about 135 days now, in Taos NM.
Ditto from New Mexico!
NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.
#ICE #Resistancd Let' thank them for not allowing boarding by ICE, DHP or CPB without a judicially enforceable warrant. Greyhound is protected people, its schedules and our constitution.
Yet another thing: You can get "Atomic People" about the Hibakusha, those who survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and their quest to end nuclear weapons. you won't be able to do anything while watching, it's riveting www.pbs.org/video/atomic...
That's fabulous
Redistricting
They're redistrcting to hold onto the House
Safety is non-negotiable. We are demanding DHS & ICE act now to stop dangerous impersonators exploiting ICEās use of masks, plain-clothes, & unmarked vehicles to assault women. Without clear, visible ID, anyone can buy a fake ICE jacket, slap on a mask, and prey on women. Thatās unacceptable.
Uh, yeah.
What a magnificent, colorful, dark and beautiful history we could be celebrating. I was also watching to glean anything i could from Henry George, Coxie and WJ Bryant - i know, a very strange mix of views, he was- for how to get people motivated to act.
I want the American people to know that this is not an accident. This administration is choosing to take actions that are raising people's electric bills.
Fuck Trump
Let all our humanities and comp sci students join up and sabotage the system and jam the guns with flowers
āThis just shows the lengths that the Trump administration will go to to weaponize Public Service Loan Forgiveness and debt more broadly to achieve their fascist objectives.ā
Legality and Morality - Not Necessarily the Same Thing
Agreed. Passport is fabulous. I just watched The American Experience: The Gilded Age. A great, rich piece of work that has alot to say to us about our now
#Grifter #ExtortionTrump is an extortionist. And any person or firm or institution that accedes to his demands will never hear the end of his demands. How stupid can these institution and firms be? How easy it would have been if every single one of them joined together and just said, "No!"
What exactly do you want him to do? The Dem minority is powerless now. It's up to the people now
Don't forget- the cruelty is the point of the current GOP
If he could just briefly explain that defund the police means appropriating some police funds to social service pros who go to places that police are called -with police BACK-up, when the issue is not criminal but behavioral- because they understand and can de-escalate situations
It's obviously not true that DSA is crumbling under the weight of internal contradictions. NYC-DSA is almost entirely united behind Mamdani, national DSA also sees him as a major success (despite not technically endorsing him), and his victory has led to a huge increase in new DSA members.
True. Do something, do anything
Except the people in concentration camps in states that voted for Trump. That's also how they'll steal seats to steal the election
This is what the military is at its best: youtu.be/mU0RfhvYN8s?...
I'm trying to think of what to say, but grief and rage seem to be the only appropriate response. We live north of Taos, NM. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
Did the people who made the fabulous TV series BrainDead, about the alien worm in politicians' heads, know about RFK Jr. or were they just prescient?
My history prof in the 70's argued: the bomb was intended to frighten the USSR My late dad, socialist and pacifist, was in the Pacific during the war. This argument enraged him- he said the Japanese would not have surrendered without the bombing. Otherwise he never talked about the war.
The voters who supported Zohran are the Democratic voters of the future. If the establishment Dems don't support him, they will write the obituary for the Dem Party and give the imprimatur to the fascist GOP
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social making the point that a vote against Zohran is a vote for Trump, and Dem leaders refusing to back him canāt expect to ask for support for other races down the line. @repjeffries @senschumer
š£ #NEWJERSEY may seem like a blue state, but we can't take it for granted, especially for Governor. Massive turnout for the #NoKings protests won't mean ANYTHING unless people also VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT. Donate today! #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/njblu...
Indivisible offers a great framework for the why and how of non-cooperation. Please join the training. It's helpful AND uplifting.
āAre you abandoning your jobs?ā š„ š„ TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: āYeah no ā abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freezeā¦ā A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
For those attacking Zohran Mamdani because heās a Democratic Socialist, and asking āwhere has socialism ever worked?āā¦ ā¦ 8 of the 12 countries ranked ahead of the U.S. in economic stability are considered social democracies. www.usnews.com/news/best-co...
Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
Thank tou and all of the legal groups fighting this fascist administration. For our part, we are protesting and pressuring institutions, and resisting ICE here in northern NM
Just days after we sued the Trump-Vance admin for holding nearly $6 billion in education funds hostage, the administration released the funds for the 2025ā2026 school year. A statement from our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social on this important victory. ā¬ļø
To sue for redkless endangerment?
This is the Trump administrationās latest betrayal of rural America. As wildfires rage across the West, ripping federal workers from the Forest Service in New Mexico will only leave us more vulnerable to disaster. We need fully-staffed agencies to protect our communities.
Trump is running an extortion racket. Why doesn't our state join with others for reckless endangerment?
He promised lower costs. He lied.
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