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.
Woman in a white jacket with her straight black hair down, speaking proudly and forcefully in the halls of power where she knows she belongs.
"I join you today with a message delivered by the people of New Jersey's 11th Congressional District [that's us!] but echoed nationally:
Stand up, Defend, Restore not only our DEMOCRACY but also a JUST ECONOMY that works for working people."
LOVING our new Congresswoman @analiliafornj.bsky.social
Graphic: Fairfax Co votes Yes 70.93% to 29.07% on redistricting.
Yeah, baby!!!
I don't believe a thing Tucker Carlson says.
He's an evil, manipulative MFer.
But if he wants to help break up MAGA, I say, "Yes, please."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Nothing about the Bozo Fascist is more obscene, more indecent than his abandoning Afghan refugees who aided American forces. Trump and Little Goebbels Miller embody evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
This is fascism, people: criminally prosecuting people and organizations because you disagree with them.
We must vote these bastards out before they do more damage. Oust the Bozo Fascist and his flying monkeys at DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Can you bomb the hell out of a country and TACO all at once?
Yes, you can.
The Bozo Fascist is desperate to surrender, having accomplished nothing with his attack on Iran.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Way to go, Virginia!
Resist the Bozo Fascist!
Let's take back Congress, investigate these bastards, and then retake the White House. Start the recovery and repair.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Lil' Pete Hegseth favors anti-vax conspiracy mongering over keeping the troops healthy. Soldiers will get sick, and he doesn't give a rat's ass. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump habitually lies.
But I pretty much believe this belittling account of Tim Cook's pattern of seeking favors from the Bozo Fascist. It helps explain Apple's (and all of Silicon Valley's) desperation to capitulate at the start of Trump 2.0.
After this, I hope Cook is having a REALLY bad day.
Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:
Yes! Listen to the Swedes.
For decades, we've been bamboozled by Silicon Valley.
"Ed tech" has probably done way more damage to young brains than social media.
Teachers, just stop! No devices, no social media, no AI.
You don't strengthen young brains with digital crutches.
Jon Ossoff: “Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two thoughts:
1.) Both terrible, in different ways.
2.) Interesting historical question but beside the point. (Is Trump "worse than" Mussolini? Or "worse than" Putin? All really, really bad.)
Historian of fascism Tim Snyder argues that the Bozo Fascist is attempting what amounts to "superpower suicide." Snyder makes a convincing case. And he says that We the People have the choice to back away from the ledge and save the country. Make the choice. Act. snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...
You need to read the The Atlantic's Patel expose:
“Part of me is glad he’s wasting his time on bullshit, because it’s less dangerous for rule of law, for the American public,” one official [said], “but it also means we don’t have a real functioning FBI director.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Lil' Kash Patel's lawyer in his suit against The Atlantic for accusing him of “excessive drinking” is known for unsuccessful MAGA-aligned lawsuits (look up "Black Nazi") and the failed attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In other words, a real legal ace.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Oh, this is very good.
Get busy, lawyers!
The Atlantic's pretrial deposition of Lil' Kash Patel ought to be quite revealing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Proud that national Indivisible endorsed our US Rep. Analilia Mejia as she gets ready for the '26 Dem primary and general elections. Our local Indivisible-affiliated Montclair Sundays group helped make this happen. Credit to co-founders @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social & @lizzylady.bsky.social. LFG!
New Hungarian PM brutally confronts a news channel that banned him for years.
Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The Charlie Kirk Grift was and is about inflaming hatred.
That is what the MAGA/Trump grift is about, too.
You see, this is how fascist movements work: play on bigotry and grievance, enrich wealthy collaborators, vilify immigrants and Jews, destroy the rule of law. We've seen this film before.
Lil' Kash Patel is threatening to sue The Atlantic over its expose of his black-out drinking. Yes, please! The pre-trial depositions should be illuminating, if the suit gets past a motion to dismiss. Meanwhile, watch for Lil' Kash to pull some wag-the-dog stunts. www.huffpost.com/entry/kash-p...
2 days ago.
Hey Jersey: Tomorrow night:
I’ll be doing Q & A after 7 pm show at the Clairidge.
Care about democracy now? Love @democracynow.org?
You don’t want to miss this. Tix in replies.
Ooh, a corrupt Trump-themed resort on the coast of Syria.
So much fun.
Sign me up!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
Way sadder.
You know, I worked for Joe for a summer after my first year of law school when he was US Attorney in DC. He was no legal titan, but he did the job in a mostly normal way. It was a long slide down. But now this? I wonder what he'd say if I had a chance to call him on it.
More of this, less of bombing other countries
(From @acyn.bsky.social )
