“I have a Republican representative, what can I do?” This. Call every office they have, every day. Be polite, be persistent, but push
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“I have a Republican representative, what can I do?” This. Call every office they have, every day. Be polite, be persistent, but push
Operation Warp Speed initiated under Trump 1.0.
I'd fly out for that.
Thoughts and prayers
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
ICE’s unchecked power has turned into lawless overreach—abductions by masked agents, denial of due process, secret police tactics. Democratic leaders can stop this, but only if we demand it: bit.ly/45Umbi3
So that’s just everyone then
We had a great turnout last night at The Periodic Table in Columbia for HoCO Drinking Liberally! Lots of great food, Happy Hour Drinks, great discussion about life in HoCo. Bring your friends of all political persuasions for dialog and drinks next month! 🔷
Fun fact: No one has ever received a Nobel Peace Prize for invading their own country with Nazis.
Friends, it’s not a distraction. It’s fascism.
"Trump’s audience are his supporters mostly living in suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas. He’s priming them to accept outright war against US cities. In this case, it might be as simple as 'they hate us for our freedoms.'" — @playtyperguy.com
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
The most important thing to know about Trump’s manufactured crisis in DC is that his administration is still covering up what’s in the Epstein files.
Trump has given the District of Columbia the opportunity to make its case for statehood to the American public. Long overdue.
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
This.
I think @keithedwards.bsky.social nails it here, with the next step being Republicans like MTG and Burchett rallying around Trump for "exposing the Democrats."
The Supreme Court did this. Monstrous. Blood on their robes.
Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”. This is fascism.
Key West understands the assignment.
USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care. 🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Raise a glass to freedom.
Loving this country means fighting to make it better—even when it’s hard, even when the odds feel stacked. We don’t worship kings here. We fight for justice, for freedom, and to make government work for all of us. That’s patriotism.
They aren’t holding this vote open (for 7hrs and counting) to make life better for us. they are literally pulling out all the stops to make sure: 🔴kids go to school hungry 🔴millions lose access to healthcare 🔴billionaires get a tax break they don’t need KEEP CALLING 📞
Question: does it make America great again to deport a guy who’s willing to run into the ocean where a shark is prowling to save a child and chase away the shark?
Based on today yes.
There are only 33 people in America who make a billion dollars or more per year. Republicans are ready to explode the deficit, shutter hospitals and rob kids of food— So the top 0.00002% can get a tax cut they don’t need. Read that again.
can this be more specific
The 35 richest Republican members of Congress have a net worth of $2.5 billion. They stand to gain from the GOP budget's tax cuts that disproportionately help the rich. Meanwhile, they're cutting Medicaid and food assistance for millions of their constituents.
Langston Hughes wrote “Tired” in 1930, but it applies as much today as ever. Yes, I’m tired. I believe the world contains—and can and should elevate—good, beauty, and kindness. But the worms of greed, hate, and ignorance will devour it from within until we stop them. That is where my activism aims.
Justice Sotomayor said it best: the conservative majority is “rewarding lawlessness.” Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in. This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.
Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out. They’re scared.
No charges. No evidence. Elsy Noemi Berrios was ripped from her car and her children — accused of being a gang member without proof. This is not justice. This is persecution. #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump
HOWARD COUNTY FOLKS, CALL Sen. Van Hollen: 202-224-4654 Sen. Alsobrooks: 202-224-4524 Rep. Elfreth: Phone: 202-225-4016 And tell them: "You must support the War Powers Resolution. The US should not initiate a war with Iran. Do not abdicate congress's power to declare war to Trump!" CALL NOW! 🦋
OMG YES… say that‼️ @tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it. Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!
Think the South doesn’t matter? That’s your first mistake. Democrats can’t afford to ignore it—and we won’t. Just spent the last few days in Mississippi, where the future is being written in real time. Run with me. You might just learn what you’ve been missing. 🏃🏽♂️
No Kings
"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."~Cesar Chavez 🚨June 14: Nationwide Protests NoKings.org Mobilize.us #MomSky
This is bad. Republicans have fixed the contempt provision in the billionaire bailout bill so bond has to cover the costs. It can’t be $1 anymore. This will neutralize the court’s ability to hold Trump in contempt, and only rich people will be able to file injunctions against the government.
Do you hear the people sing?
This is the most straightforward thing they've said so far. They're using the military to "liberate" Los Angeles from its mayor and governor.
I like Judge Breyer's style. Brother of former Justice Breyer, Bill Clinton appointee. This is the hearing about Newsom's lawsuit against the Trump administration's deployment of troops against citizens.
This sounds illegal. I don't think - though I'm not an expert - that the Guard can assist in law enforcement under the current authority Trump is claiming to use.
One of the worst crimes of Russia’s war is the abduction of children. This Yale lab tracked the kids. Trump and Rubio cut the funding. You can help. Urge Rubio to reinstate the funding — and donate here. medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnoo...
It's almost like they're coordinating their messaging...
"Trump stumbled as he climbed the stairs to Air Force One tonight."
WE STAND WITH LABOR LEADERS EVERYWHERE. These jackbooted thugs are messing with the wrong movement.
ICYMI: Here’s what’s really important. Not two billionaire babies bickering.
"...prove that you matter." From Dr Oz. Wow.
lol that was fast. Even for the TACO.
Elon should explain to us exactly how he won the election for Trump.
Capitulation comes with a price, whether you're a law firm, a corporation, a media outlet, or a member of Congress. We will not forget nor forgive. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
Another day representing the resistance at Gorman Rd! We had almost 50 participants today. RSVP to join us next Tuesday: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... 🦋
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts predominantly for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.
You sure? Coz non-official acts of corruption are not immune from prosecution.
The truth is out: Republicans are waging war on our healthcare system, putting profits over people and targeting Medicaid and Medicare. They're taking away access to life-saving medication, long-term care, and essential healthcare services. They must be stopped because HEALTH CARE CUTS KILL PEOPLE
This atrocity of a budget bill passed the House 215-214, with all Democrats and two Republicans - Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio - voting against it.
Neguse was grilling Jim Jordan so hard this morning over language in the reconciliation bill to restrict federal judges' ability to enforce court penalties that Jordan had to consult with his lawyers
Failure of imagination.
66,000 tons of food are rotting away in USAID warehouses thanks to Trump and DOGE. That's enough food to feed more than a million people in the world's poorest countries for three months — including over 480,000 kids. In what world is starving children "efficient"?
This is normal.
Tonight’s Wait A Damn Minute with the incredible @katiephang.bsky.social !
The fascist spectacle is the point.
Kamala: we’re going to stop grocery stores from price gouging MAGA: COMMUNISM!!! Trump: Walmart better not raise prices because of the stupid thing I did MAGA: MAGA!!
47 wants us rage-posting abt his daily💩. They NEED us paralyzed with & in our rage/fear. Instead, let's ARMOR UP w/ facts! Thanks to @katiephang.bsky.social & @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social new daily Wait A DAMN MINUTE! we can. Let's make it a success. Get informed. Get involved. #WADM #MomSky
Reality show host, reality show administration. 🤢
Lmao. The new GOP position is that as long as the crime is blatant and in the open, it’s fine. Absolute clown party.
So let me get this straight: Donald Trump gets to fly around in a $400 million luxury jet while the rest of us have to worry about whether our plane will make it off the ground?
The Trump administration cut federal funding for a research project at Cornell University aimed at developing a heart pump designed for babies and children with congenital heart defects bringing the effort to a halt.
Obama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts. Trump is accepting a jet. That’s the difference.
I mean I'll take just one so far.
Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values."
JUST IN: Federal judge orders the “immediate” release of Tufts University student, Rumeysa Ozturk, from detention. “The main evidence against her appears to be an essay critical of Israel that she helped to write in a Tufts student newspaper last year.” An essay. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
They’re banning books, attempting to erase history, and are coming for the people protecting it. Let’s be real: a Black woman preserving OUR stories? That was never going to fly with them.
lol. she thinks it's a town lending library?
The Suspension Clause: 1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session; 2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and 3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
It shouldn't have to be said but if you're law enforcement and you have to cover up your face while doing your job, you are not the good guys in this situation.
An ICE agent opens the door and the woman's daughter shrieks—an unforgettable noise of agony. Her mother is about to disappear, into the purposefully vague bureaucratic world of forced removal. The opening of that door, to this shrieking girl... it must look like a life torn apart.
NEW: There’s the quid pro quo www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.
Trump said in an interview today that he wasn’t sure if everyone on American soil is entitled to due process, despite clear constitutional guarantees.
The Republicans aren’t listening to anybody but Trump. They know how detrimental these cuts will be to their constituents but instead of developing a backbone, standing up to Trump, & doing what’s right—they’re too scared, too spineless, & too sold out to fight for the folks they represent.
Why isn't someone reading this list of grievances on the senate floor as often as possible?
BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, ^ KEITH SONDERLING, Acting Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, et al., Defendants. Civil Case No. 25-1050 (RJL) MEMORANDUM ORDER May 1, 2025 [Dkt. #13] This matter initially came before the Court on plaintiff American Library Association's (](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig5evcrfkwsw2usse2xvhf66zcug76ufhuzui3smou5ycmjh5hf4m@jpeg "Click to view full size")
From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action on Flag Day to reject authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like. Americans rejected monarchs 250 years ago, but now we must gather and make it clear once again: No Kings.
This is about resisting a full-scale assault on working people, immigrants, and anyone who dares to speak up. Period.
Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:
NEW: We're entering a crowded month of elections.... so do you know what to track in May?! We've prepared our guide: 25 elections you should watch this coming month. On the menu: JD Vance’s half-brother; a DA who's clashed with Elon Musk; conservative school board takeovers, and a lot more.
It's between the hypotenuse and the oscillation. Easy to miss, you have to look for it.
Ugh. Time to move them from "boycott until..." to "done with you"
Robert Morris, the Dallas-area megachurch pastor who resigned last year amid sexual abuse allegations, has been indicted in Oklahoma for *child* sex crimes that date back to the 1980s.
The men claimed they’re federal agents with the US Marshals, ICE, & the FBI. US Marshals deny being present, FBI says they merely assisted Homeland Security, & Homeland says they’re “looking into it.” No business cards left. No names given. Home is ransacked. Welcome to Trump 2.0
100 days of Captain Chaos: - 140+ executive orders, most of which are unconstitutional, illegal or just plain stupid - DOGE scams and data thefts - spin the wheel tariffs - historic market crashes - global ridicule - first American president to lose a Canadian election
“We need to remember how we got here, from Selma to Seneca Falls, we are here because of the power of the people! Change does not come FROM Washington. It comes TO Washington. Power cedes nothing without a demand.” 🗣️ From the ROOFTOPS, Senator Booker!! @booker.senate.gov #MomSky 🔥
We also need a new Commander in Chief.
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