My statement on MAGA’s bigoted Anti-Muslim Caucus:

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Americans still prefer national popular vote over the electoral college

A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

#RISEUP We must be what they fear. The #USA is an evil Empire of corporate interests. There is no republic, no great leader coming to our rescue. Just regional managers as far as the eye can see.

WATCH: “They preach freedom of speech and non-censorship, but this was my experience.”

The Georgia student who asked JD Vance about Epstein describes how hard they tried to screen his question and hand-pick the questioners.

#wildlife #WildlifeCrossings

More photos of wildlife crossings in comments. Great idea!

Congressman Ro Khanna speaks my language.

“The base wants fighters!”🔥

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC.

"All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources."

blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

You say this as if they actually would act. All of us, including you, know this isn’t going to happen. Why don’t you, an actual congressperson, do something? Oh wait, that’d take courage. both democratic chambers together file articles, Make good trouble. Protest on the steps daily. FIGHT.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social This is why the democratic Caucus continually polls disapprove. Don’t say yes to anything or anyone. GOP who are culpable in the nightmare can do it alone. They won’t help or suddenly get integrity when you’re the majority. JFC,
You fools.

RT if you miss having a President with empathy

@altnps.bsky.social

Chicago #NoKings. Crowd spanned across all eight lanes of Ida B Wells drive…and when you looked blocks back… it was just a sea of people

View of street full of marchers in Chicago for the No Kings protest

Chicagoooo 🚫👑

13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting At No Kings Read and share as communities across the United States rise up against the Trump regime and for a more just future

As millions protest at No Kings this weekend, the Trump regime is violently cracking down on people exercising our 1A rights.

As a human rights lawyer, I share 13 things you can do to better protect yourself and your community from Trump's goons.

No paywall. Please share.

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms.

You have to listen to this.

We’re gearing up for No Kings. We have a team monitoring online news and tracking threats that have been made by MAGA.

Media suppression of protest turnout is always a major problem, so we’re relaunching two tools to fight back: our photo sharing on the site, and our crowd size reporting tool

The Ensh*ttificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796

I no longer live in IL-09 (I’m in 07) but if I did I would have 100% cast my vote for @katmabu.bsky.social Go Kat!

So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...

We've spent $19 BILLION in TWO WEEKS. For a technology that's already dying. If we spent that much on solar & wind, we could reduce our energy dependency by 12.5% in a year.

We could be pollution-free and have electricity at a quarter of current prices in eight years.

Instead we have war.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

MSNBC reveals dark money group "Democracy Unmuted" has been paying influencers $1,500 per negative post about Kat Abughazaleh

One post from TheWokeGinger, with over 1,000,000 followers, recited whole sentences from the Democracy Unmuted brief

Insurrectionist Brunch: Trumpists plotted to deploy military on U.S. soil Before the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically.

This is just astonishingly great reporting.

All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.

And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS (ICE) • If you believe you are witnessing ICE activity, please call ICIRR's 24-Hour Family Support Hotline at 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693). • If you find yourself interacting with an ICE officer in any location including your workplace, or out in the community, remember: • You have the right to remain silent when questioned or arrested by immigration officers • You should remain calm and keep your hands where the officer can see them. • You can state that you wish to speak with an attorney. • You are not required to • Discuss your immigration or citizenship status with the police, immigration agents, or other officials • Sign anything you do not understand. • If an officer knocks on your door at home: • You have the right to not open the door. • ICE officers must have a warrant signed by a judge to enter your home. ICE "warrants" are not signed by judges; they are ICE forms signed by ICE officers and they do not grant authority to enter your home without your consent • If you are outdoors and think you see immigration officers nearby: • You can move to a safe indoor space • If you are a U.S. citizen and feel safe to do so, you can record the activity with your phone or write down any relevant information about what you witness— ALWAYS being careful to not interfere or otherwise obstruct the operation • DO NOT: • Post unverified information on social media • Interfere with the investigation or otherwise put yourself in harm's way NEED SUPPORT? CALL ICIRR'S FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK HOTLINE: 1-855-435-7693

There are reports of ICE activity on the north side of Chicago happening now.

Please share so people in the area can be aware and take precautions.

If you’re in the area please come by our office at 7016 N Clark St for ICE whistles.

We protect each other. Chinga la migra.

A screenshot of part of Cardinal Cupich's statement on March 7 2026. Find the full statement at the link in the Bluesky post above.

💔 "Gamifying" the war means losing our humanity.

"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment"
~Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, 3-7-26

Read Cardinal Cupich's full statement: www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

Zero Republicans call for Benghazi-style hearings. No rightwing media outrage. Republicans dined off of 4 dead Americans in Benghazi for a decade, and yet 3 dead Americans at the hands of a GOP president who promised no new wars gets no pushback. Fuck these fake outrage ghouls.

These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.