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He really hit this one right on the nose: “We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective” - Kurt Vonnegut.

I'm attending Seattle Indivisible's event, “Seattle Indivisible General Meeting” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...

I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.

"The goal of this regime is to scare us out of resisting.... Our job is to show up and be brave anyway." Great article from Daniella Jiménez, Renée Bartlett-Webber, and Ellie Prickett-Morgan at Mother Jones. Worth your time: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Wow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals

Trump wants to destroy endangered species' habitats in WA and decimate their populations along with it.   Endangered species of salmon and other PNW animals are the heartbeat of our native cultures and coastal economies.   I will do everything I can to stop this dangerous rule.

Atoms For Peace live From The Basement. 20 years of The Eraser waste.lnk.to/theeraserBS

And it’s a total RED sweep for CNBC’s annual list of “The 10 Worst States to Live in for 2026” www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/w...

Recommended reading for this 250th anniversary

Wow. This is great

The Live from Electric Lady Studios EP is now available on all streaming services waste.lnk.to/ty.lfelsBS

Saw this last summer in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It’s amazing - a wonderfully cathartic experience in these dark times!

Please consider supporting the Minnesota 15! Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers chuffed.org/project/1865...

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

This Republican Party is a cult party, completely handing over Congress’s Article I powers to Trump at every turn.

Scotch Mist has been added to the BFI National Archive waste.lnk.to/bfi.scotchmi...

Ful Stop at Lollapalooza Berlin. A Moon Shaped Pool is 10 waste.lnk.to/amoonshapedp...

A federal court just declared Trump’s latest tariffs illegal thanks to a lawsuit by our office. This is a win for both affordability and the rule of law. Read more ⬇️ www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...

China is dominating solar, batteries, and EVs because they made a national commitment, while we keep stalling. Every day we delay on clean energy is a day we fall further behind. This is an economic and national security fight we can't lose.

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day: Solidarity in Action” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

We saw this inspiring film last night - go see it! Amy Goodman and her team are heroes and innovators and Carl Deal and Tia Lessin do a remarkable job of presenting decades of their fearless and groundbreaking reporting in this film.

Imagine if we invested in childcare and health care like we do in war and weapons.

I just recorded a new episode of my podcast on what we should learn from Orban's defeat and how it will be different in the US in 2026 and 2028. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch when it posts. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...

I didn't know there was an audience, i.e., me, for the global fail tour (GFT) that Donald Trump has sent JD Vance on.

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other. in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"

Chakrabarti: We’ve basically created a federal jobs program to terrorize people through ICE. What if we used that instead to actually develop things — to build things people want? It’s the same with foreign policy. We’re spending all this money dropping bombs in other countries—no one wants that.

"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

This sh*t has got to stop: ‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So. A globally disruptive, economically unsound, and whim-driven tariff policy turns out to be unconstitutional. Huh.

THE SEAHAWKS ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!! What an AMAZING game!! 💙🏆💚

A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

#ICE TN House House bill would impel its workforce to become involuntary ICE minions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... theguardian.com Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement

I asked @governorwalz.mn.gov what it was like to hear @brucespringsteen.net’s new song about Trump’s masked agents killing Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

I am once again asking for wealthy, powerful CEOs to display a fraction of the courage that regular people are showing every day in Minnesota

Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point | Opinion www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

This is an abomination - it’s a straight up execution.

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

Uh, this rules.

Hands off our elections!

his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.

Some scam PACs are bilking people with No Kings branding. I strongly advise you prioritize organizing with your community over donating online to anyone (us included). But if you want to donate, you can go to Indivisible.org or pick your favorite real No Kings partner at NoKings.org/partners

And then call your Senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

You know what to do folks, flood the phones: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Here's another mix made for Sonos Radio, over on @mixcloud.bsky.social - no 4 from January 2021 waste.lnk.to/sonos4BS 📸 Alex Lake

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