May 3 Protest in Nashville

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) April 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Convicted Felon Tries to Upstage Pope's Funeral

Yes, Felonious Trump was there yesterday on the front row with a bright blue suit, orange face, and his signature yellow ferret hat. Bored beyond measure, he kept busy on his phone checking his crypto, chewing gum, and snoozing with his foul mouth gaping.

Never one to waste an opportunity to draw more attention to himself, Trump had another plan to become the star of this show.  Felonious could use this worldwide audience to convey the illusion that he gives a whit about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was applauded by the massive crowd when he arrived at the funeral. Guess who wasn’t applauded!

Why not have some chairs pulled into an open and public area and quickly arrange an impromptu tete-a-tete with the new real leader of the free world. Then Felonious could tweet out the results and pretend that he had actually learned something from Zelensky.  Genius, right?

As soon as the service concluded, Trump had his party whisked back to the airport. He had better things to do, more important things, more carefully-designed anguish to impose upon the immigrants of the world for whom Pope Francis had devoted so much energy during his long life.

Deporting Infant Citizen Cancer Victims with No Meds

Crimes against humanity! I am sickened to my core! This must be stopped!

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— Tris (@trisresists.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM

When You Think He Can’t Go Any Lower, He Slithers Down to a New Bottom

 

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM

The Fascist Attempts to Erase History

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Hands Off Social Security: Nashville, TN Protest April 24

 

Next National Day of Protest: May 1

As you think about the upcoming national protest against fascism in 2 weeks, please think about this: 

@raskin.house.gov: “We learned from the last century that you cannot appease fascists and authoritarians… The reason Franklin Roosevelt said ‘There's nothing to fear but fear itself’ is he knew that people had to feel afraid, but then keep going. And that's what courage is.”

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— Inside with Jen Psaki (@insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com) April 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM

Missouri Rejects Voucher Expansion

Voucher Expansion Rejected in Missouri by Andy Spears

Senate committee strips $50 million in voucher expansion funds from Gov's budget

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Know the Cowardly Law Firms to Avoid

 

If you want hire a law firm that will cave to corrupt pressure and undermine our legal system, these Trump toady firms are for you. If not, BOYCOTT. Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Skadden, Arps Simpson Thacher Paul Weiss Milbank Willkie Farr Shearman Cadwalader

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— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) April 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM

White Man's World - Jason Isbell

Yes, there are some (not many) white male Southern artists who resent the white male repressive monoculture that has and would continue if allowed to exclude any group or individual that is not white, male, Xtn.

Harvard’s "Resounding Rebuke" of Trump’s Extortion Efforts Represents a Turning Point

Harvard University’s most recent decision to stand up against Trump’s criminal bullying serves as a crucial turning point in the fight against American fascism in this decade.  

By upholding the institutional integrity of America’s oldest and most prestigious center of learning, Harvard stands as a fortress of intellectual and moral freedom against the dark forces of hate, ignorance, and criminality that provide the rotted foundation of  MAGA’s home office in Washington.

As you join the growing resistance this coming Saturday in the ongoing war to save democracy in the United States, 

Be Harvard, not Columbia!

Paul Thomas on the Education Industry

Education Journalism and Education Reform as Industry radicalscholarship.com/2024/03/28/e...

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— PL Thomas EdD (@plthomasedd.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM

Next Day of Nationwide Action April 19

I’m a senior 🇨🇦🇨🇦 aware of Hands OFF who’s shocked that many younger, politcally engaged knew nothing of Apr5. Somehow it wasn’t reaching their feeds! PLEASE work to deceive algorithms on the shit flatforms! #fucktrump #fuckelon #fuckmeta

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— Donnasalwzright (@dnzlwzright.bsky.social) April 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM

Pre-Order Clint Smith’s New Book for Young Readers

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers) will be out September 2nd and is now available for pre-order. Can’t wait for you all to read it. Shout out to teachers. This is for y’all. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clint...

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— Clint Smith (@clintsmithiii.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM

Jon Stewart on Trump's Botched Tariff Rollout & The Stock Market's Meltdown

What Happened in the Senate

 

Overnight, Republicans put the outline of their budget bill up for debate — the “one big, beautiful bill” Trump demanded. It puts together a massive hike on the debt ceiling that they need to get away with their tax giveaway to billionaires and corporations paid for by cuts to programs like Medicaid. 

We started voting around 8 PM on a Friday night because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.

But I think it’s important you know because we all need to be shining a spotlight on what is going on. So let me explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. 

This bill is the core of Trump and Republicans’ billionaire first agenda. They put up a bill that gives $4.6 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest corporations and people — paid for by the rest of us. They want to slash popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and SNAP. 

Last night’s vote was a required procedural step to move this bill forward. It’s just an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as they want. So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that. 

Now, we knew that Republicans would largely oppose them unanimously, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, I remain committed to making every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes. And the good news is that, with your help, more and more of my Democratic colleagues are joining me in this effort. 

So what did we propose? We made them vote on preventing any cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. We made them vote on the White House’s corruption — from Signalgate to Trump’s crypto currency — and the seemingly unlimited power being given to Elon Musk and DOGE. Every single one of them was voted down. 

I put forward an amendment to simply say that people making more than $500 MILLION per year should not get a tax cut. It would take someone making $10 an hour 2,857 years to earn $500 million. But, they voted it down.

On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. 

Republicans are not too ashamed of their corruption or theft to change course. They just want to hide it in the dark of the night. The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. That’s the “disturbance” that Trump claims the American people are fine to pay. 

It sounds an awful lot like what Lord Farquaad said, “Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.” 

Look, they know this shit is deeply unpopular, and they simply do not care. This is the agenda the billionaires literally paid for. In 2024, six donors each spent more than $100 million on the election. Every single one of them was a Republican. 

This is what we’re up against, and it’s why we have to do everything possible to mobilize the American people en masse and fight back to save our democracy. 

Thanks to your pressure and support, I hope you’ve noticed more of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. We are using the tools available to us. 

I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 3 AM. It’s why I stayed in the Senate right alongside Cory Booker for 25 hours as his wingman to make sure he could pull off that extraordinary and historic measure. It’s why I’ve opposed every single Trump nominee — even perfectly qualified ones — for the past two months. Extraordinary times require extraordinary tactics and risks from us. 

It is easy to feel hopeless in dark times like these. So I just want to be clear: I believe it’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. 

That’s why I’m hitting the road to go to Republican districts and hold town halls. And you’ve got a role too. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment. 

Every best wish, 

Chris Murphy

Why Small Businesses Will Get Crushed

Everyone should watch this. Then share it with anyone who thinks these tariffs are a good idea and won’t crush small businesses. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIDAtyB...

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Which Most-Infamous Totalitarian State Avoided Tariffs?

It’s just a coincidence that Putin’s top economics man arrived at the WH on “liberation day,” just before nations around the world were slapped with huge tariffs—excepting Russia, of course. Nothing here Top Russian official in Washington for talks on improving ties www.rawstory.com/top-russian-...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM