Alec Admonius
@alecadmonius.bsky.social
he/him/his Doing life in Madison, Wisconsin. Empathetic human. Pitbull parent x2. #TheOhioStateUniversity alum. Nonprofit co-founder. Some other stuff maybe 🤷🏼♂️
AOC: This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for…
COGE will hold hearings in every borough and meet with union members, community organizers, and working people who will shape how we build a more responsive and accountable government. The future of this city will be built by all of us, together.
The DNC being excessively rude online to Trump’s White House policy architect would hit harder if it were coupled with the party’s full stop blockade of voting for his appointees
The world is watching in horror as ICE terror unfolds in another U.S. city. Solidarity with the people resisting inside and outside of Delaney Hall.
‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail
A day after ICE officials pepper-spray senator, tensions ramp up outside facility on fifth day of hunger and labor strike
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Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.
The Illinois House and Senate have both passed a junk fee ban. The bill outlaws the hidden charges that get added onto tickets, hotels, tech service and more. It now heads to the desk of Gov. Pritzker, who says he'll sign it.
Things that are required for human survival shouldn’t be locked behind a paywall.
Cassidy voted for RFK Jr.; by doing so, harmed American — if not global — public health for decades; and still was opposed by Trump for once every few months actually remembering that he was in a branch of government independent of Trump. Do your job, or lose your legacy and your job.
Inflation is at a three-year high. Everything costs more — groceries, gas, healthcare, a plane ticket. The math is simple. Every American dollar spent overseas on war is a dollar that could’ve been spent here at home to pay for a dignified life. It's time we change the equation.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3mo agoFox Host: Not great news today when it comes to inflation. Up at 3.8%, so far a 40% spike in terms of grocery prices. Those numbers are up. Certainly not good news Mike Johnson: Not good news. We are keenly aware of it
Republicans just got some bad news about their plan to shovel $70 billion more to the regime’s secret police. We know that nobody wants more of their tax dollars going to ICE and Border Patrol. Democrats must keep holding the line.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected major provisions in the GOP's reconciliation package -- aka the $72B spending bill for ICE + Trump's ballroom. These bits now need 60 vs 51 votes to pass: *ALL CBP funding *Funds for initial screenings of unaccompanied migrant kids *$2.5B for DHS
Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo agoWhen we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."
It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).
Meg Kinnard@megkinnardap.bsky.social · 3mo agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers approve a plan for new US House primaries if courts allow different districts.
Giving billionaires and corporations the green light to buy our elections. Making it easier for polluters to destroy the planet. Stripping millions of reproductive freedom. Granting presidents immunity. Gutting the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The shame of the John Roberts court.
VA AG Jay Jones: "My team is carefully reviewing this unprecedented order and we are evaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia’s elections."
Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable
Really sums up a favorite right wing grievance: what's offensive here aren't my actions, but your accurate descriptions of them
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3mo agoAlito fumed that his colleague's dissent had accused the court's majority of “an unprincipled use of power,” calling it “a groundless and utterly irresponsible charge.”
Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.
Katrina Declaration signers reinstated! @standupforscience.net www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/p...
FEMA reinstates whistleblowers as Trump administration reverses Noem’s policies | CNN Politics
FEMA has reinstated a group of whistleblowers who signed an open letter to Congress last August warning that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency was setting the stage for a di...
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Vaccines work. They are safe. They save lives. And mandating them in the military is a tradition that dates back to the Founding era whose 250th anniversary we are marking this year.
George Washington’s Woke Vaccines
What the Founders would have thought about Pete Hegseth lifting the requirement that service members get the flu vaccine.
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Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.
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I’m holding the Senate floor tonight in protest of legislation that would allow a copper-nickel sulfide mine on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters. Not this mine. Not this place.
SENATOR HOLDS THE FLOOR TO DEFEND THE BOUNDARY WATERS
YouTube video by Senator Tina Smith
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