Christopher D. Cook

Christopher D. Cook

@cdcookwriter.bsky.social

Author, award-winning journalist, activist, singer, poet, photographer. Website: www.christopherdcook.com.

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PUML
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On a Thursday in September, the New York Times broke the news that Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared a "Rent Emergency" in San Francisco.

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PUML
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Longtime service provider Hospitality House has fallen victim to the Mayor's plans to "revitalize" 6th Street, and has been ordered to close its 6th St. drop-in center by the end of the year.

Christopher D. Cook
@cdcookwriter.bsky.social

Trump's EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. But the climate crisis is already here and we need to make sure EPA Admin Lee Zeldin feels the heat. Remind him of the EPA's mission today: act.350.org/letter/sept-...

act.350.orgProtect people and our planet – NOT Big OilTrump’s EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. The EPA may bury its head in the sand. But the climate crisis is already here and the people can feel it – in th...

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Dean Preston
@deanpreston.bsky.social

RIP San Francisco Democratic Party. The DCCC members installed by tech oligarchs just voted against affordable housing (Prop I) and against taxing billionaires (Prop 40). The local SF Dem party is now Blue-MAGA and it’s endorsements should be ignored by anyone who cares about our city.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative
@fwcollaborative.bsky.social

Republican states hit by crisis of Trump's own making: insider

dlvr.itRepublican states hit by crisis of Trump's own making: insiderThere is a growing food crisis across the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s cuts to the SNAP program, with the hardest hit states being those that are “traditionally Republican.” This is according to former Treasury advisor Steve Rattner, who on Thursday shared data from the USDA showing that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program had plunged by 5 million people over the course of Trump's second term. “Over 5 million low-income Americans — including at least 1.5 million children — have lost access to food assistance due to Trump's SNAP cuts last year,” Rattner explained. “Most of the hardest hit states are traditionally Republican, resulting in growing hunger crises in states like Arizona.” Last year, Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashed $186 billion from the SNAP budget over 10 years – the largest reduction in the program’s history. The act also imposed strict work requirements on SNAP participants. For the first time, adults between the ages of 55 and 64 and adults with children over 14 must work at least 20 hours a week or only receive benefits for up to three months over three years. What’s more, there has been a significant increase in the paperwork required, causing bureaucratic bottlenecks, while much of the administrative costs are being shifted from federal to state budgets. According to Harvard public health policy professor Sara Bleich, “The SNAP program helps more than 42 million Americans buy food each month. That’s one in eight Americans, and 70 percent of those participants are the elderly, disabled, or children. The program is reaching vulnerable populations. When we look at levels of participation by state, we see that there tends to be a higher percentage of participants in the Southern and Southwest parts of the country, largely due to larger populations of families that have lower income.” The USDA reports that food insecurity is an issue across most of the country, but that it tends to impact red states and counties the most. The states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Nevada, and New Mexico have the highest rates of food insecurity – eight of which went to Trump in 2024, while Nevada's electors were split. These states have been among some of the hardest hit by Trump’s SNAP cuts. Rattner has noted other alarming economic signals in recent weeks, such as persistently high inflation, lower-than-expected growth, an exploding national deficit, and a frozen labor market. With the midterms looming and voters overwhelmingly expressing that economic matters are their foremost concerns, Republican candidates have been careful to distance themselves from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

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Eric Michael Garcia
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

A new Emerson College Polling/WLNS/WOODTV survey of the Michigan Democratic Primary for US Senate finds Abdul El-Sayed leading Rep. Haley Stevens, 54% to 39%. emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...

emersoncollegepolling.comMichigan 2026 Poll: Abdul El-Sayed Leads Haley Stevens for Democratic US Senate Nomination - Emerson PollingJohn James Leads Perry Johnson in GOP Governor Primary A new Emerson College Polling/WLNS/WOODTV survey…Full Release & Results
Christopher D. Cook
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The party and interests that pushed bans on transgender athletes are the same ones that opposed the Violence Against Women Act and the Equal Rights Amendment. The same crew that destroyed women's rights to control their own bodies. THINK ABOUT THAT.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@qasimrashid.com

SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett has 2 Black Haitian kids who she adopted. Today she ruled to expel 700K Haitians who were here legally. Proximity to white supremacy is not protection from white supremacy. And proximity to Black and brown people is not exemption from being a fascist and racist.

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A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

act.standupamerica.comDon’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...
Christopher D. Cook
@cdcookwriter.bsky.social

A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

act.standupamerica.comDon’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...

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Mark Barnes SF 🌈
@mwbsf.bsky.social

"Federal cuts are threatening San Francisco’s emergency rooms, essential services, and economic recovery. Prop D, the Overpaid CEO Act, is a lifeline for our city that asks only the largest corporations to pay their fair share."

carenotgreed.orgVote Yes on D! Protect Care Not Corporate GreedSupport San Francisco's essential services by voting Yes on Prop D, the Overpaid CEO Act. Prop D is a lifeline for our city that asks only the largest corporations to pay their fair share.

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Indivisible ❌👑
@indivisible.org

Contaminated food, rancid water, and no access to health care — these are the horrifying conditions at the Delaney Hall detention facility, where ICE agents pepper sprayed Senator Andy Kim for trying to do his job.

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Indivisible ❌👑
@indivisible.org

“It’s just burning. I just wanted to try to keep people safe.” ICE fired pepper spray at Senator Andy Kim and protesters outside a detention facility in New Jersey. Not another penny should go to these out-of-control agencies — and when we regain power, we will hold all of these thugs accountable.

nj.comICE agents pepper spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark“It’s sad, it’s a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Giving billionaires and corporations the green light to buy our elections. Making it easier for polluters to destroy the planet. Stripping millions of reproductive freedom. Granting presidents immunity. Gutting the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The shame of the John Roberts court.

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Rosa DeLauro
@delauro.house.gov

For years, the federal government has amassed more & more power to spy on Americans, with little oversight to prevent abuses of power & harassment of law-abiding citizens. I voted against reauthorizing these FISA powers without reforms—we can’t trust Trump's loyalists with our privacy.

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RootsAction
@rootsaction.org

2024 was a preventable disaster. "RootsAction last year released its own autopsy of the 2024 election, which found that the Biden administration’s support for Israel hurt it among voters, while also blaming the party’s strategy of courting corporate donors..." www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-202...

commondreams.org'The Truth Is Better Than Continuing to Lose': Petition Demands DNC Release Autopsy of 2024 Defeat | Common DreamsProgressive group RootsAction demands DNC release 2024 election autopsy. Letter campaign urges transparency on Biden, Israel, and defeat analysis.
Christopher D. Cook
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Hey @democrats.org, instead of censoring your own Autopsy in fear, show some courage and integrity, release the report! (link in comments to the Autopsy report the DNC hopes you won't read...)

Common Dreams@commondreams.org

'The Truth Is Better Than Continuing to Lose': Petition Demands DNC Release Autopsy of 2024 Defeat

commondreams.org'The Truth Is Better Than Continuing to Lose': Petition Demands DNC Release Autopsy of 2024 DefeatProgressive group RootsAction demands DNC release 2024 election autopsy. Letter campaign urges transparency on Biden, Israel, and defeat analysis.
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Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again | Christopher D. Cook www.filmsforaction.org/articles/aut...

filmsforaction.orgAutopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again | Christopher D. CookWithout a full and honest accounting of the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party’s myriad failures, there can be little realistic hope of defeating Trumpist authoritarianism in the future.
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I'm attending US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action's event, “Turn Up the Heat: No Tax Dollars for Weapons, Wars, or ICE” - sign up now t www.mobilize.us/uscpraction/...

mobilize.usTurn Up the Heat: No Tax Dollars for Weapons, Wars, or ICE · US Campaign for Palestinian Rights ActionJoin us on the National Tax Day of Action, April 15, for a Mass Movement Call on where our tax dollars are going—and how you can pressure politicians to fund care not killing. On this call, we’ll hear...