What a lovely story

ILLINOIS GOV. J.B. PRITZKER (D): "If they're gonna cheat, then all of us have to take a hard look at what the effect of that cheating is on democracy . And that means we've all got to stand up and do the right thing. So as far as I'm concerned, everything is on the table."

Hey, @acvalens.net

Just got off my daily call with MC and tried a bit of a different approach.

TLDR: I got the rep to say that the offical position of Mastercard is that if you're dissatisfied with their rules and service, you should just choose a different card provider/bank.

cont.

Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race Brown would be another key candidate recruit win for Senate Democratic leaders.

Oh fuck yeah

FUCK! STOP DEPORTING Afghan interpreters! Period.

A few have been arrested after a green card appointment. Another was Detained after his asylum hearing. Both helped U.S. troops. Now ICE wants to deport them. WTF? No one will ever help Americans abroad, ever! Disgraceful.

Phang: Good for Pritzker, good for Hochul, good for Newsom—good for these other Democratic governors who are saying, “You know what? F off.” We’re not going to let people in these other states—people who are under attack and trying to do the right thing for their constituents—go without support

Senator Mike Gianaris (‪@sengianaris.bsky.social) and I worked together to deliver for our public transit system, including historic new funding for better service and a groundbreaking fare free bus pilot.

That's why I didn't mind lending him our video team to deliver this important message:

⚡️JUST NOW: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social barred from a Secretary Noem event at NASHVILLE AIRPORT, in his own district🤔

He says he wanted to ask where hundreds grabbed by ICE in the Nashville raids are, has never been kept from an airport event.

FULL Hill stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0cw...

Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?

😔✌️💙

Repeatedly Etsy was asked to please stop promoting "Alligator Alcatraz" merchandise. This is wrong, profiting from the misery of immigrants deported to this death camp. But Etsy refused, so folks are boycotting them! Fuck you, Etsy! I'm joining the boycott. Not buying anything from them.

Have done these maneuvers with little tiny 100-ton yachts, interesting to see it with cruise ships!

MV Celebrity Edge Breaks Loose from Its Moorings in the Port of Juneau, Alaska | June 16, 2025 YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?

MV Celebrity Edge Breaks Loose from Its Moorings in the Port of Juneau, Alaska | June 16, 2025

youtu.be/wn0PdLYXnac

NOT. TERRIFIED.

💰 WATCH: “How is that happening?” 🤷🏼‍♂️

@aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔

Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy

If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

This is good and important

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Flowers of drooping lemon yellow petals and buds of Rudbeckia laciniata

🌱eastern #native Cutleaf #Coneflower #Rudbeckia laciniata

Looking forward to joining this conversation tomorrow, June 24th, at 4pm EDT. @newrepublic.com

www.eventbrite.com/e/where-the-...

🤔☮️💙✌🏼🌊

Zhoran Mandami at a cat adoption event in Long Island last December. Just sayin’ #NYCprimary

www.tpr.org/public-healt... Judge rules Texas has been illegally placing people with severe disabilities in nursing homes for decades | TPR

Take Action! - Pro-Choice North Carolina Support abortion access in NC with a donation that fits your lifestyle. Whether it's a one-time gift, sustaining membership, major giving, or hosting a House Party, your support makes our work possibl...

We're only 10 followers away from 2,000 (baby steps to rebuilding the twitter following, ha)!

Ask your friends and followers to follow us here on Bluesky! 🙌

And in the meantime, check out various ways you can take action for #abortion access and #ReproductiveFreedom: prochoicenc.org/take-action

Starved in Jail Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

"state-sponsored homicides of the most vulnerable citizens, covered up by private companies and county officials." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... (April)