@jonsokolow
Activist, writer, recovering attorney. Fighting for social, economic and environmental justice in good times and bad. " #BLM #Medicare4All. Virginia State Co-Chair Bernie 2020. There is #NoACP. Reposts not endorsements.
Katherine is spot on - and way more polite than me. Tim Kaine sold out to protect Mark Warner. 20 million people see their ACA premiums double or more. Millions lose Medicaid. And yes, thousands will die. Because of Tim Kaine. Full stop.
This.
We have an emerging fascist state, enabled by Senate Republicans, now turned Maggots, & Tim Kaine didn't realize "how dug in they were." If that isn't an admission that he is completely out of touch with this political moment, I don't know what is. Take your f$cking harmonica and Leave. The. Stage.
@ninalakhani.bsky.social @samrasoul.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @jasonrylander.bsky.social
You can stream the full film here:
Amazon Link: www.amazon.com/Beast-Touch-...
Apple TV Link: tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc....
GOOGLE Play Link: play.google.com/.../A_Beast_....
Full disclosure: I have been deeply involved in this battle for the past seven years and I play a small role in this film.
Watch the trailer here:
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It focuses especially on the women of Bent Mountain, As one review noted: "Filmed throughout the hauntingly beautiful Appalachian Mountains, A Beast Touch the Mountain is a testament to American grit, and a document of the greed of the American political system."
BIG NEWS: A Beast Touch the Mountain, the powerful new documentary on the fight to stop Mountain Valley Pipeline, is now streaming. Links in this thread.
The film, by director James Mottern is a powerful, disturbing but ultimately uplifting telling of this epic fight, now in it's tenth year.
Fabulous article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social about my Semitic brother, Del @samrasoul.bsky.social, who won reelection last week in a 70-30 landslide. He did so despite false and disgusting attacks from his opponent, who was joined by “leaders” in Sam’s own party. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This should have been Tim Kaine. Spineless.
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Community Builder, International expert. Leo’s credentials are unmatched—but it’s his warmth and loyalty to people that set him apart. Let’s send someone to Congress who knows how to lead and listen. ✅ #TeamLeo #Fairfax #Vienna #Reston #FallsChurch #Oakton #Burke
Leo Martínez has spent decades helping Latino candidates rise across the U.S. Now, he’s stepping up for ALL of Northern Virginia. Let’s send a leader who sees our whole community.
📅 Vote June 28!
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Great wisdom - and truth, a hard truth for some - from a Holocaust survivor
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Let's BOYCOTT anything that comes from El Salvador until they release Kilmar Abrego Garcia and all those wrongfully held in their mega torture prison!
Don't buy:
clothing made in El Salvador
building materials
coffee
sugar
Check labels & Boycott this lawless dictatorship!
Curious development in the Abrego Garcia case yesterday. After the court ordered discovery by yesterday, the govt filed a sealed motion to stay discovery and then by agreement of the parties, the judge ordered discovery stayed until 4/30. Mmmm.
The DOJ lawyers who have been found by the fed ct in the Kilmar Obrego case to be willfully defying a Supreme Court order should be referred to their respective State Bars for disciplinary action and possible revocation of their licenses. Starting with Drew Ensign & Yaakov Roth.
In the middle of all of the bad news, let us remember some very good news, Leonard Peltier walked to freedom two months ago today. When we fight, we win! nativenewsonline.net/arts-enterta...
Just arriving in DC for the big protest against emerging fascism. It’s not even starting till noon and there’s already people all over the place! When we fight back we win!!
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
Note to "Conservatives:" Wiping out close to $2 trillion in corporate valuation this morning - and it's not even lunchtime yet - is not good for your beloved capitalist system or your digestive tract.
This interview with Yale Professor Jason Stanley is well worth listening to, including how Jewish Americans are being used as a "sledgehammer for fascism...The history books are going to be harsh unless we Jewish Americans can say this should not be done in our name." www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAd...
The inside story of why the corporate Democrat Big Law giant Paul Weiss caved to Donald Corleone's protection racket. This is who they are. www.levernews.com/how-big-law-...
Note to Columbia University and other collaborationists. This is what a proper university response looks like to the Gestapo arresting one of your students. president.umn.edu/important-up...
“Nazis got better treatment than these people!” DC Circuit judge in deported Venezuelans case just now.
Overlooked: Conservative Republican former officials file brief w/ DC Cir calling Trump's use of Alien Enemies act to deport Venezuelans accused, w/out evidence, of gang membership "unprecedented and dangerous" & if allowed "will endanger the liberties of every person in the US"
To paraphrase the demented gestapo wannabee modern day Roy Cohn, Steven Miller, let's see if Trump has "the balls" to call for Chief Justice Roberts to be impeached. Remember the Army-McCarthy hearings anyone?
First they came for the Palestinians,
I was not a Palestinian, so I did nothing
Then they came for the Venezuelans,
I was not a Venezuelan, so I did nothing.
Then....WAKE UP AMERICA. Not only CAN it happen here, it IS happening here and right now.
Memorize these 10 names. 10 who legitimized the dismantling of our federal government by the Doge/Trump junta. History will remember. I may move back to NY just to vote against Chuck Schumer.
"Secy of State Marco Rubio identified a 2d individual to be deported, and included that person alongside Khalil in a March 7 letter to the Department of Homeland Security. Both were identified in the letter as legal permanent residents." @nickmiroff.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social really pins down the absence of any legal or factual basis for the detention of Mahmoud Khalil in this marvelous interview with a DHS official. Worth listening to to get the full effect. www.npr.org/transcripts/...