um ... no.

Keep pushing Republicans?!? What are you talking about? You and 7 other weak-willed capitulators gave the Republicans everything they wanted in return for nothing but lies. We cannot count on you to fight for any of us. Don't tell us anymore. Show us!

My normal mantra is to tell people to do whatever @sphericalcowconsulting.com tells them to do, but in this case, I will emphatically add my own admonition to read her thread and join the Identity Salon and get ahead of the crowd #identity #IAM

Tim Kaine is the Merrick Garland of Neville Chamberlains

Some scenes from the awesome #NoKings protest today in #Richmond #Virginia. #RVA has been fighting tyrants since 1775!

He’s going to blow up the entire country to prevent the release of the Epstein files, isn’t he

This July 4th, as Democracy Defenders Action takes a short break, we leave you with these powerful words from the Declaration of Independence.

In 1776, Americans rejected the rule of a king.

Today, as authoritarian threats rise again, it’s worth remembering why our founders said: #NoKings.

I hoping you're not really perplexed. I'm hoping you're as angry as your constituents are. And that you will loudly and non-politely let your Republican 'colleagues' know you will make their lives miserable until they support the American people instead of oligarchs and fascists.

If I were a senator, @democrats.senate.gov I would be ON A PLANE to either Bluebonnet in Abilene or Harlingen NOW where Trump is about to send more people to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act with no meaningful due process.

Harvard to Donny: fuck straight off with your fascism go peddle that shit elsewhere

Hey @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, maybe if you can't find the balls to stand up for your students, your faculty, your independence, and our freedoms, you could borrow some of from @harvard.edu. Stay strong Crimson! So much respect for you guys.

www.jefftiedrich.com/p/harvard-to...

So ... @algreen.house.gov understands the assignment. Just so you know @mcclellan.house.gov, your constituents here in VA-04 are totally okay with you shouting truth to power and getting yourself kicked out. Resist!!! #SOTU

Oh, now we're dragging people out of the SOTU.

Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.

IIn 2024, we could have been finishing up a @sanders.senate.gov 2nd term instead of installing a fascist. All because 'moderate' #Democrats, along with all #Republicans, have a guiding principle of "I'm got mine. You go get your own!"

Now we know why they're telling us we should "wait and see"

Hey #Virginia, tonight, all five Virginia House #Republican: Rob Wittman (VA-01), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), John McGuire (VA-05), Ben Cline (VA-06), and Morgan Griffith (VA-09) all voted to support huge tax cuts for billionaires paid for by cutting Medicaid for the poor and middle class. All cowards!

One can only hope that our senators @kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social have called all of the #Virginia Republican representatives to let them know that they will mobilize all the power at their disposal to make their political lives miserable if they vote to cut #Medicaid

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

Oh man ... please someone do this.

Hey! Me too! Happy to find another intersection of my DnD world and my identity world.

I lost my job. USDA Forest Service. My probation was up next week. I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it. Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know. And now? Just like that, I’m out. Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

I really do feel like I’m losing my mind.

No way! The ultimate gift!

Also Slade, Negin Farsad, and Adam Burke. The Not My Job guests were Mike Derks & Mike Bishop from RVA's own intergalactic refugee band GWAR. Additionally, Richmonder Chioke I’Anson continues to fill in as announcer

The role you were born to play. Smart, witty, and someone people want to spend time with

Almost time!

woo hoo! Looking forward to seeing @petersagal.bsky.social in person tonight in #RVA for another live edition of the @npr.org show "Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!" So excited!!! #WWDTM

I came here to say "YES!"

Why does it seem like the only thing Democrats like my own state's @markwarner.bsky.social & @kaine.senate.gov know how to do is talk about what we already know is going on ... and to fund-raise off of it.

You guys made sure we have almost no power for change except through you. We need you to lead

I have family who are leaving #Virginia because they are non-binary and no longer feel safe with our state's leadership. Gov. #Youngkin is just a terrible human being wrapped in a sweater vest who only cares about his fascism party bona fides rather than the well-being of his own citizens