Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
Release the Epstein Files in total. Stop protecting these depraved predators. Justice for the survivors!
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Because of ICE, I’ve Been in Hiding for Months. It Has Transformed Me. Days of anxiety, of frustration, and of feeling that everything is on hold while the world keeps moving forward outside. By SM 12:02 PM CST on February 20, 2026
If there’s an Anne Frank, there’s fascism.
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today on my blog, I wrote an op-ed about the history of lynching, and why its extrajudicial nature is so aptly documented by Black journalists like Georgia Fort and Black activists like Nekima Levy-Armstrong the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/on-lynchings...
I am thrilled that my poem, Grief Take Down, has found its home in the magazine, Howl and Hold, Issue#2 Altars. I am so grateful to EIC, Lori Zaspel.
“In an age when conspiracy theories are able to inspire and incite such wanton political violence, it is more important than ever that our schools equip the next generation with the truth, free from bias, and without prejudice, in order to protect our democracy,”
#HansomeMonday
Really, @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy has been 💯% right about pretty much everything for FIFTY years.
Maybe he knows a thing or two that merit your attention?
As families come together to light the kinara, Jen and I wish all those celebrating a joyful Kwanzaa.
May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future.
Happy Kwanzaa, California!
Thank you CB🤖❤️🦋
Lovely to see THE DEAD WITHHELD by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app on Reactor's Best Books of 2025 🖤 and in such fine company too ✨
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Congratulations
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
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Truth
Congrats, Miami, on the win! Eileen Higgins has won the 2025 mayoral election becoming the city’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years. And a huge thank-you to all the poll workers and volunteers who made it possible! 💙🌊
“Thank you for the compliment, Mr. President, now back to my question… “. AND every reporter needs to follow suit and keep asking the, “stupid” question. Interrupt him! Do not allow him to continue this … STAND UP
If only he was just a clown, “a CON”
I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
Book cover of This Wilderness & Other Concerns by Martin Kennedy Yates, published by The Broken Spine. The cover artwork depicts an urban canal or waterway running between old brick and industrial buildings, with graffiti on one wall and a dark, moody atmosphere. A quote from writer and poet Jonathan Davidson reads: “These poems are a pleasure both to encounter and to read.”
"Post-pandemic Britain with lyricism sharper than a Thames-side razor wire."
Not your average stocking filler.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
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I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
Protect our babies!
