Chicago Public Schools, CTU agree to make May 1 day of civic action; school will remain in session Chicago Public Schools has agreed with the Chicago Teachers Union to declare May 1 a day of civic action, the union and the school district said.

May Day has been declared a day of civic action in Chicago schools, which means buses will be provided for students and educators to join the rally in Union Park.

The SAVE Act is collapsing in real time.

Republicans are signaling defeat—and the Senate is ending debate this week with no plan to revive it.

I guess making it harder to vote isn’t as popular as they thought.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order banning state employees from using insider info to bet on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket, warning the unregulated boom “opens the door to insider trading and abuse.”

It’s official - VICTORY in Virginia as voters approve new redistricting plan with a 10-1 Democratic advantage

This could mean up to FOUR more seats for Dems in House this November

Mike Johnson, consider yourself on notice - the American people are about to FIRE you

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

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Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

🙌 Thank you, Virginia 💙

BREAKING: Virginia voters pass measure to eliminate 4 Republican Congressional seats in response to the pedophile’s effort to eliminate Democrat seats in Texas…

Great job, VIRGINIA! 😎✨

Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

Trump is in full panic mode this morning about tonight’s results in Virginia! Let’s make his nightmare come true! Get out and vote, folks!

Daily Reminder: Release th Epstein Files👇🏻

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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The Clock Is Ticking to Secure the Midterms — Here’s What the Experts Say 7 practical ways to keep the November elections free and fair.

What is one concrete, realistic step that should be taken now to protect the midterms?

We reached out to non-partisan voting experts with this simple but urgent question.

Here are their suggestions 👇

FRIENDS: Tomorrow is Election Day in Virginia! Polls are open from 6AM-7PM.

Vote YES on redistricting to put the power of drawing districts back in the hands of the people — not politicians. Fight fire with fire, and protect fair representation.

Your vote is the firewall! 💙🗳️

#VoteYesVirginia

If you live in Virginia, tomorrow you have a huge opportunity to make it clear to the GOP that if they want to win, it won’t be by changing the rules and redrawing maps. At least, not without a fight. Vote YES on the redistricting vote, and push back!

Rotunda of the US Capitol where people are standing, many in military camouflage, holding signs that read "End the War on Iran" among other messages.

The #BraveOfUS stand up and confront power and that's exactly what @vetsaboutface.bsky.social is doing with 150 veterans and active duty military in the Capitol rotunda right now to demand Congress end this criminal war on Iran.

Just think how glorious it will be when we remove Donald Trump's name from everything.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Indivisible for Jasmine Clark GA-13 Phone Banks · Indivisible Join Indivisible as we make calls into GA-13 to inform voters about the upcoming primary election on May 19th and why we’re supporting **Jasmine Clark for Congress!** We’ll be telling voters all about...

Make some calls to help us elect Dr. Jasmine Clark to Congress! The upcoming primary election is less than a month away, so we’re contacting voters in GA-13 to send a real fighter for families and a defender of democracy to the House.

Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

The Onion has reached a deal to acquire Infowars

• It will be turned into a parody site of itself

• Has the support of the Sandy Hook families

“A lot of people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats & bullshit, we persevered"

(via Variety)

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

In a nutshell. 😊

Keep Walking The Walk,Mayor Mamdani.......