Cool resign from Congress next

When people say the Swalwell allegations are a distraction from Trump/Epstein (they are all part of the same bigger picture), I have to wonder why these people even supposedly care about Trump and Epstein. Do you care about sexual violence or don’t you? Why do you only care about some of it?

In light of the allegations of sexual assault, Eric Swalwell should resign from Congress and end his campaign for public office. But those decisions do not absolve him of taking responsibility for his misconduct, especially when he has attempted to silence and retaliate against these victims. (1/3)

Time for Eric Swallwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social to drop out of the CA Gov race and endorse Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social
We are soooo tired of sexual abusers denying, persisting, lying, and taking up space.
Go away, Eric, and right your wrongs quietly.

For your citing purposes, U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against genocide: 18 U.S.C § 1091; U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against wantonly destroying infrastructure 18 U.S.C § 2441 which incorporates by reference Geneva Convention IV art. 147.

YOU: Hi my name is [name]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: Today, President Trump said that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That rhetoric is extreme, dangerous, and disqualifying. 
FOR THOSE W/ DEM ELECTEDS: I’m asking [ELECTED OFFICIAL] to publicly condemn this rhetoric and use every available procedural tool to stop further escalation, including support for impeachment and urgent public pressure on congressional leadership. FOR THOSE W/ GOP ELECTEDS: I’m asking [ELECTED OFFICIAL] to publicly condemn this rhetoric, press the administration and cabinet to treat this as disqualifying conduct. YOU: Calling this what it is matters. Even if removal is difficult, elected officials should treat rhetoric like this as unfit and dangerous. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS]

Script.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

The Next Coup Attempt And How to Stop It

War crimes are morally and legally wrong. But they also don’t win wars or get us beyond politics. Insofar as there is a logic to this it is to provoke the Iranians and then act shocked and go for a coup domestically.
See my essay "The Next Coup Attempt"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Chatbots are going to turn us all into Trump

If you enjoyed making history on No Kings Day, we hope you will join the national day of economic disruption on May Day: https://www.nokings.org/whats-next

Watching the After No Kings 3 mass call with the incomparable, irresistible @ashdashlee.bsky.social

Hop on!! be inspired, get information, go to NOKINGS dot ORG / WHATS-NEXT

<Everything else> on issue ____ follows from fixing our broken institutions & having multiparty majoritarian democracy. A Democratic trifecta in 2029 that doesn't lead with the institutional reforms is going to fail again. And everyone will be disillusioned again. And we'll get more fascism again.

NoKings protesters have completely packed the Lake St corridor in Oak Park IL
#NoKings
#StopTheWar
#AbolishICE

A politician with the guts to say it:
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.

Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c...

This says “trap” in letters three stories high with flashing lights and a siren, and still some profs will walk right into it.

Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c...

Strong recommendation to teaching faculty to just say no to this stuff, even if you are AI curious/enthusiastic. This is meant to reduce faculty autonomy and capture human labor with automation. You're selling out your future self and the profession as a whole. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

That's a hell of a climb. I know that area a bit and Mt Mitchell has some serious trails!!

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

Email your representatives: No War with Iran! I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Iran. Can you join me? https://admin.actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-no-wa...

actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...

Don't be ridiculous.

Pundits and analysts ruminating over the reasons underlying Trump's declaration of war against Iran should ignore the complex humanistic, militaristic and strategic impact and focus solely on how Trump would be personally enriched and how the attack makes him personally feel. Everything is personal.

WARNING: Illinois Is About to Elect a MAGA-Aligned Senator But it's not too late -- here's what we need to do to prevent a catastrophic failure and instead elect someone whose record aligns with our values

IL is on the verge of electing a Senator far more aligned with Trump, MAGA power brokers & ICE infrastructure expansion than the values of a deep-blue state.

Here’s what Raja Krishnamoorthi hopes you don’t know about him & how we elect someone better.

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

This is why I hate it when people unfairly/excessively trash red states. There are queer, trans, and under resourced people living in those places too and most of the time they can’t just uproot their lives

Delayed and Turned Away: How Access to Abortion Can Depend on Your Weight Research shows abortion is safe across body sizes. But BMI limits at clinics are still pushing some patients into different care and higher costs.

Abortion is safe across body sizes, but some medical providers are still turning patients away for exceeding their self-imposed BMI limit. Fatphobia is everywhere and in everything.

You should care about this because trans people are human beings with inalienable human rights, but even if you don't, you should care about this for your own personal safety

First they violate the rights of a group they think no one will fight for, and then they come for the rest of us

This is why people are so upset when people say Democrats need to stop focusing on trans issues because it's too woke and people aren't ready for it: we're not talking minor inconvenience here. We're not talking microaggressions

We're talking: they are stripping IDs from trans people