I’m so excited to attend WA’s bill signing today for our new #MillionairesTax! WA is a great place to live & work & play - and the millionaires will stay (according to research on MA’s similar tax).

Whitney Jemison@whitneyjemison.bsky.social · 4mo ago

WA passed a Millionaires Tax. Instead of celebrating the *many* benefits of taxing the ultra-rich, headlines are asking “Will the rich flee?!” 😑 This claim’s been tested. Large-scale tax flight does not happen. And even when a wealthy few leave, gains for everyone else win out.

“I am 5 years old. Let us go. Let us go.” Twins, five years old, locked in detention for 8 months.

MaddowBlog@maddowblog.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.

Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

Lucky7Deb@lucky7deb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is how it looked on the ballot. Clear and easy to understand.

Great news for hungry kids and for families & schools in Colorado! #HealthySchoolMeals4All #FreeSchoolMealsForAll #TaxTheRich

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 9mo ago

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Sen. Michael Bennet: "Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were, as director of the CIA, participating in this thread, were you aware of that? Are you? Are you aware of that today?" Ratcliffe: "I'm not aware of that."

This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

People are losing their jobs. Prices keep climbing. Measles continues to spread. Bird flu is raging. Veterans are getting fired. The stock market is a roller coaster. Our alliances are being shattered. Ukrainian civilians are getting bombed by Russia. Donald Trump is golfing.

Proud Chicagoan, which celebrates Pulaski Day as a city holiday - because my hometown doesn’t put up with tyrants.

Rebecca Bratspies, Author@rbratspies.bsky.social · last yr.

Its Casimir Pulaski Day. Let's celebrate the intersex immigrant who overthrew a Russian puppet King/tyrant in Poland and then helped found this country.

Get the facts!

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2y ago

Gavin Newsom launched a website to combat the wildfire disinformation spreading about Los Angeles, because people can’t be bothered to do a simple Google search before sharing nonsense. And because people suck! Get the facts: californiafirefacts.com

Judge Merchan notes Trump’s filings “accuse… this Court of engaging in ‘unlawful’ and ‘unconstitutional’ conduct,” adding such terms are synonymous w/ “criminally punishable…. Attempts to intimidate judges for their rulings in cases are inappropriate and should be vigorously opposed”

One Possible Explanation for Justice Merchan’s Last-Second Decision to Sentence Trump

If Trump seeks an emergency stay blocking the sentencing, we expect he will succeed.

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Jimmy refused to put one toe in 2025. Can you blame him?

She came skimming through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew Winter Solstice / Grateful Dead 2024

happy, sparkly Stevie Solstice to all… #Landslide #sisterhood

💔 Paul Krugman’s retirement from The NY Times at this moment feels like another blow for a vision of justice and fairness and expert opinions that account for the lives of everyday people. I had counted on him to help get us all through the coming months and years…

Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment

Where have all the good vibes gone?

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Trump killed hundreds of thousands of people with Covid because of his people’s idiocy - appointing Kennedy could do even worse with avian flu. Not to mention all the other things this idiot believes…

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yum yum. "The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA. "The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...” www.latimes.com/environment/...

@dansavage.bsky.social actually had the order right: they weren’t gonna stop at gay & trans people - they went after abortion (and birth control is next). We queer people are the canaries in the coal mine.

WuTangIsForTheChildren@wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tried to warn them they weren’t gonna stop at abortion

Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!

I want my democracy to be by the people and for the people - the truest American dream.

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2y ago

A government run by billionaires will never be for the people.

Let’s just start with the increasingly casual use of the word “camps” for *people* who have been *rounded up*. #FightBackFightHard

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 2y ago

They will build the first camps in Texas. Sound familiar?

Republicans want to cut $30 billion from SNAP, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.