The only thing that will help Disney is if it takes a stand for The First Amendment and against fascism. Similar to the law firms that took a stand.
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The only thing that will help Disney is if it takes a stand for The First Amendment and against fascism. Similar to the law firms that took a stand.
So excited I was able to get tickets to Pete B’s lecture Sept. 6 in Seattle! Wooo!
Everywhere in closed spaces and just got a booster.
The people are the center of our constitution and power. Not the White House.
May 18, 1980 - Mt St Helens erupted in southern Washington state It was the deadliest eruption in US history, killing 57. Fortunately, probably fewer died thanks to warnings from government funded geophysicists monitoring the volcano
It is the Death Star.
Wondering if Canada can boost their quantity of covid and flu vaccines for all the US citizens who are willing to cross the border and pay for them. Happy to make an appointment now.
Action item today, May 14th, before midnight. Tell the FDA we want a Fall 2025 #COVID vaccine. https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001 Suggested phrasing and topics: https://peoplescdc.substack.com/p/ask-fdas-vaccines-and-biological
He’s running.
I'm attending Win the Era's event, “VoteVets Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg in Cedar Rapids” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/wintheera/ev...
100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better.
In a really important passage, the judge rejects the relevance of the Second Red Scare precedents that the govt is relying upon, and affirms the significance of the 1A interests at stake here. The opinion makes clear how egregious the govt's actions have been.
Huge sigh of relief that Canada has held the line against moving far right. Keeping Carney in office brings a lot of hope to this American. Thank you Canada.
I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:
Sorry, we promised not to post much today but we had to make a special callout. We forgot to give a proper shoutout to a few places yesterday. Denver and Dallas Fort Worth, you broke records. You were incredible.
Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
🚨🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to deport illegal aliens using the Alien Enemies Act, with Justices Thomas and Alito dissenting. This is a MASSIVE loss for Trump.
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
This is how to respond to the Abrego Garcia issue! Thank you, Mayor Pete!
You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control
Pete Buttigieg and David Brooks both ask what do we want as a society when we get the chance to move forward. What are your priorities?
Just waiting for “stand my ground” to meet the brown shirts and unidentified ICE agents. Not following the law of identification, warrants and non-masked agents is going to end up hurting someone beyond the unlawful kidnapping.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
At a GOP town hall last night, heckling from constituents was apparently too much to handle—so they used police force and even stun guns on their own constituents. What are they so afraid of? Someone disagreeing with their views?
🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys — in plain clothes and masks — grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. That’s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy.
Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
"Its first target was Columbia. When that school acceded to the administration’s demands, it didn’t get its funding back. Instead, Trump is considering demanding that Columbia agree to direct government oversight — effectively, a takeover of the university..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.
“When you see these law firms not even fight for themselves when they are faced with illegal action, are you going to trust them to fight for you?” - former FTC chair Lina Khan (on law firm capitulation)
NEW: It’s 5 p.m. ET, and DOJ is officially late on its first daily court-mandated report on the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. But! Abrego Garcia's attorneys have just asked Judge Xinis to order the govt to take these specific steps to return him: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
Working towards being the global leader.
We are going to have to go to another country to get our vaccines.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/h...
Musk and the broligarchy want the economy to collapse. This is great for them. They want to weaken and replace the dollar with crypto. Also, they don't believe democracy is compatible with capitalism. It's the Nerd Reich, as coined by @gilduran.com, who will be on The Left Hook Friday 1 pm ET.
With an addition. This is towards the end goal of becoming the world leader.
Wants world domination
This is what's happening.
Case in Boston worth watching. An ICE agent detained a man as he was leaving state court during his own trial. The judge held the agent in contempt for depriving the man of his right to trial. …
Big Law firms and partners have choices about whether to capitulate or to stand tall. History is watching.
My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm. "Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
Took them long enough. As one of the top US universities in journalism they should have made a statement Monday. Their very existence depends on our ability to freely exercise our First Amendment rights.
It is not required for any other Senate Dem to vote with Schumer. Stand up for the people. Stand up for the party. Unite against this and lead where he won’t.
I REALLY hate the transition to Daylight Savings Time. Please, please, please, can we just stick to one time or the other?
Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Dean Bill Treanor. It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
NEW: “Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.” newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
Can you also make sure he,á la Space X, don’t take over FAA? Happy to help with the suit.
Let’s take it to the next level: firing every FAA worker causing even more crashes so Space X can take over and “save the day.” I don’t want traveling US citizens to be guinea pigs for capitalism.
I believe CF47 wants to privatize FAA with Space X. Firing experienced FAA workers allows more accidents with USA citizens as the guinea pigs and Space X can “swoop in and save” air transportation. As if that worked so well for his rockets.
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.
I believe CF 47 wants Space X to take over FAA which is why he is firing all of the experienced FAA officials. We are all expendable Guinea Pigs under this transition. I also think he wants to limit our travel for control.
I believe CF47 wants to privatize FAA under Space X. We are the Guinea Pigs while he fires the experienced FAA workers.
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
Do people not understand what’s happening with the Eric Adams thing? The memo instructing the prosecution to be dropped explicitly said it was because he was carrying out the president’s agenda. It was “you’re working for me, so we’re letting you go.” It was an explicitly corrupt bargain
If you were not alarmed before…. DOJ blatently exchanging drop of all charges for political favor of immigration arrests. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
In my opinion, Pete Buttigieg is THE most effective communicator in the United States.
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.
When social media exposes traditional media’s deceit, it’s time for independent journalists to investigate why the press is backing a president who undermines free press—and is it coordinated?
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She should have certified and published the ERA.
Just need our Governor to step up.
This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...
I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
This is the moment we’ve always been headed towards. If the President refuses to follow a court’s order we are in deep crisis. The GOP has courted this disaster.
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
How odd that when Trump announced his “deal” with Mexico he failed to mention that the US committed to halting the flow of assault weapons from the US to Mexico. Why did he leave that out?
Government employees: please download your performance reviews/personnel files. Word is that the system will be going offline tomorrow to possible amend those performance reviews for justification of firings. Source: American Federation of Govt Employees. *Please share to protect fed workers*
Can anyone confirm the OPM offices in Maryland are under attack by DOGE and the OPM have barricaded themselves in?
This is how Musk’s staffers, who lacked security clearances, are gaining access to classified information and restricted areas.
An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.
#TeamPete #PeteButtigieg goes after the liars in the Trump administration:
Look how he’s using young men to do his dirty work. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg: “They can't spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It's a very easily proven fact.” WOW!
Fred and George Weasley against Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad. No wonder they want to ban books.
Trump won the House, Senate and Presidency, took control, fired everyone, and now blames Democrats for the jet helicopter collision just down the street from him. If you recklessly fire people in charge, bad things happen. The right can’t pass the blame. This is what happens when you create chaos.
I told my family not to fly within the first month of 47’s inauguration. Breakdown of infrastructure inevitably occurs when our public sector is not fully funded and staffed. The loss of 67 souls is on 47’s head.
Let’s be clear. This isn’t DEFENDING women. It’s ERASING women. The latest OPM memo:
Nothing to see here. Just the fascist regime "prioritizing" places with higher birth rates... New DOT Memo Directs Funds To Communities With Higher ‘Marriage And Birth Rates’ www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-me...
Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence. He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials. It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
One of the classiest fact based eff you I’ve seen from the master wordsmith, #PeteButtigieg.
If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.