part of the political issue is that popular understanding of mid century america is filtered through nostalgia-drenched popular culture, often through stories told from the perspective of a child or, if not a child, an affluent adult

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

At the #CSW69 side event on Countering Regression and Anti-Rights Movements
Powerful remarks from Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng: when right to health is affected, the right to economic participation, to sports, to enjoying life is threated. The right to #health underpins other #HumanRights.

Senegal 🇸🇳 President
DIOMAYE FAYE, President of Senegal said: "I don't really want my photographs in your offices, because I'm not a God or an icon, but a servant of the nation. Hang pictures of your children instead and look at them every time you want to make a decision…….”

#ElbowsUp

Do not confuse Canadian politeness with weakness. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 🍁

Mike Myers at SNL closing tonight with “Canada is not for sale” t-shirt.

Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.

In Ontario, police reported instances of intimate partner violence have risen by 11% since 2019. In Canada, one woman is killed by an intimate or former intimate partner every six days. Almost half – 44 per cent – of Canadian women report having been subjected to some form of IPV and are disproportionately the victims of the most severe forms of abuse. This is a widespread public health emergency that needs to be declared an epidemic.

Canadians! Join me in signing: UNIFOR.org/EndIPV

In ON, police reported instances of IPV are ⬆️ 11% since 2019.

44% – of 🇨🇦 women report having been subjected to IPV.

This is a widespread public health emergency that needs to be declared an epidemic. #IWD2025 #EndIPV #Canada #HumanRights

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

I heart Tina Smith.

Co-signed

Same here. But I feel more and more Canadian each passing day

Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO.
Not for me.
It’s been a wonderful 8 years working with Kennedy Center President Deb Rutter, fellow artistic advisor Renee Fleming, NSO artistic administrator Justin Ellis, and the entire NSO

I know people are suggesting scripts for calls to your reps to make it less intimidating for newbies. But as a veteran of congressional offices, I am 95% sure they are simply keeping tallies of how many ppl call about which issues. 🧵

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

Join us for a “Know Your Rights” Virtual Town Hall, where we’re breaking down the law, answering your questions, and making sure you have the tools to protect yourself and your community.

📅 Thursday, February 20, 2025
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My favorite thing about being a mom is I grew people inside of my body and now I get to watch them relentlessly annoy my husband

About - Rainbow Railroad

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. www.rainbowrailroad.org
#transliberation 🌈🩷🤍🩵🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQ #Pride2025

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We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Our collective mantra for the foreseeable future is:

<< Fuck you. Make me. >>

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have a good weekend to everyone out there except the people who are trying to ruin everything

I just thought you all could use this photo of my new foster.

White, non-Hispanic men - the only group Trump seems to care about - only make up something like 2/5ths of the US military (women are ~15%, non-white non-hispanic people are about 50%)

The numbers get worse when you exclude LGBT, religions minorities, etc that Trump hates as well.