The Democratic Party is still searching for its identity in this century (which is sad). There is still time for the party to advance the basic precept that it does not give campaign money to, or promote doing business with, obvious sociopaths. This is not a particularly big ask.

Actor-author George Takei turns 89 today...

Takei brought enjoyment to so many thru his performances in Perry Mason, Black Sheep Squadron, the iconic Star Trek TOS/movies...

An American patriot, he & his family endured racially motivated internment camps of the 1940s...

Live longer, Mr. Takei!

Zelensky is the one that deserves the Nobel Peace. Prize!

A reminder:

I want my federal taxes returned!! Anyone else?
#UbsanctionedWar
#GrifterFelon47

Leave that family with lint in their pockets 😆

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

These are our families, neighbors etc. These are the people we walk with unknowingly. They are clearly enjoying harming others. They need to be abolished completely, charged and imprisoned. Warning: These pictures and videos are very graphic.
#SheShed
www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Welcome Andy McCabe to Bluesky! After a long, great career in the FBI, McCabe was briefly director under Trump before being fired as insufficiently MAGA. Since then, he's been a CNN Contributor, visiting prof. at George Mason U, & partner w/ Allison Gill on podcasts e.g., UnJustified.
#ProudBlue

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

Judge J Michael Luttig "EVERY AMERICAN AND EVERY CITIZEN OF THE WORLD MUST COME ONTO THE BATTLEFIELD NOW TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES."

When the elder conservatives request the left join with them to rebuke the threat of MAGA we must surely realize we are in danger. #pinks #resist

ICYMI: Let that sink into your head! Most of the money went into his pockets!
#SheShed

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBLUE #ONEV1
#DV1
🗣Midterm: U.S.Senate
@sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social IS OHIO. His life's devotion is to the dignity & well-being of Ohio workers.

Ohioans have witnessed his work as a U.S. senator: let’s send him there again! sherrodbrown.com

Works For Me

Russian social media influencers are speaking out against what Putin has done to Russia. They fear this is their last chance before they lose all internet freedom in Russia.

George Takei turns 89 today...
Happy Birthday!

Hungary must arrest Netanyahu if he visits, Magyar says Israeli PM Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is due to visit Hungary later this year.

Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said Monday that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court.

www.politico.eu/article/pete...

These billionaires are damn near stateless, so we'll see (pessimistic)

Military leaders fear Trump will 'order them to do something stupid': DC insider Although U.S. President Donald Trump is saying that the United States' military operation in Iran will likely be wrapped up soon, many of his critics aren't so sure and fear that it could turn into a ...

www.alternet.org/trump-rick-w...
Every order he’s already given has been illegal, that’s not going to get any better because Trump’s totally insane.

And there were democrats as well!

WE MUST step up our game. I said this before the #PedoInChief sat his fat orange ass behind the Resolute Desk. Democrats need to do the following. I’m going to give you the “cliff notes” version of this article here.

/1️⃣

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned today.

Her tenure has been plagued by multiple scandals, an investigation into allegations that the secretary was engaged in an extramarital affair with a member of her security team and accusations of inappropriate behavior, like drinking on the job.

Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed.

Get big money out of politics.

Strengthen unions and boost wages.

Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more...

This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for.

It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.

This is a war based on lies

Jeffries on Kash Patel: "We have to stop putting all the blame on the people who nominated this incompetent, toxic, malignant individual. What about the people who confirmed him? It's extraordinary to me that Senate Republican confirmed people like Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Patel."

TRUMP DEMANDED THAT OBAMA RELEASE HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO PROVE HE'S AN AMERICAN. NOW TRUMP MUST RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES TO PROVE HE'S NOT A PEDOPHILE.

Obama is an original ♥️

Absolutely no comparison and everyone knows it, including TFG.

#SheShed

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

"If [Trump] can't be impeached and removed—I mean he is literally the nightmare that the framers of the Constitution had in mind—If members of Congress can't carry out that obligation, then what's the point to Article I? What's the point to the whole Constitution? We might as well just give up."

The President is Above The Law