Hey Jude

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

Got an unexpected gift this Christmas!

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Some are mad because people are on SNAP and not working. I’m mad because people are on SNAP even though they are working.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

This Is Fascism

When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

BELOW: House Speaker Mike Johnson displays a level of joyous exuberance that Republicans only experience when voting to take healthcare away from old people.

Think it’s over? Think again. Here are four wild, unlikely—but fully possible—scenarios that could blow the doors off authoritarian power and ignite a democratic resurgence. The cracks are there. You just have to know where to look.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Because there too many fools in America & too many others didn’t SHOW UP in November, we currently live in Russia. Democrats have NO POWER in the federal government, so the “stern letters” aren’t working very well. WE ARE THE CAVALRY. SHOW UP! NoKings.org.

Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.

My annual birthday ride. #61 today.

BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

Critical mass in Congress refers to the minimum number of votes required to pass legislation. Just one "hard pivot to the Constitution" member could literally change the world. Just one "hair on fire," "Democracy is too important," R member of Congress could trigger a few others who need the push.

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' Four dead in Ohio." Neil Young Remembering: Allison Krause, 19 Jeffrey Miller, 20 Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20 William Schroeder, 19 4 May 1970

No lies detected! #ResistTrump

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

THIS is what we mean by showing up. Reps Carter, Thompson, Pressley and Sen Markey, went to a detention center where Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk are being held w/out due process. They didn’t just stand up for their own constituents—they stood together for all because there’s power in numbers.

Canton Massachusetts No Kings Day!

Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.

April 13, 2025

Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.

Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff

Boston Ma

The only thing being liberated today is money from the bank accounts of hard-working Americans.

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

When you elect a criminal. Laws no longer matter.

“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

March 28, 2025

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...

March 20, 2025

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social just wanted to thank you for standing up and speaking out. You put country and justice before party and even if it only amounts to a page in the history books it will prove you were on the right side of history. Thank you.

If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

American Crime spree at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

March 17, 2025

@jbf1755.bsky.social new exhibit opens today in Boston at the Commonwealth Museum to commemorate the 250 Anniversary of the American Revolution. Columbia Point next to UMass Boston. Free

Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.