I'm planning on spending this warm rainy evening curled up with Caper the dog and Closer the book by @miriamgershow.bsky.social. Perfection.

BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts has indefinitely blocked the court order requiring Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return tonight. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Madison, WI--just a sliver of the crowd.

A lot of joy here in Wisconsin tonight!!

Fellow Wisconsin residents: voting for Crawford on Tuesday was always critical for the state; now it’s critical for the country.

Molly Ploofkins@mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's the real election fraud...

Elon Musk's interest in this race is really clear, and it's not because he cares about the people of Wisconsin. Musk wants Brad Schimel to help his bottom line. Help us fight back at crawfordforwi.com.

The final cocktail of my trip to Chicago. A perfect Black Manhattan. Heading back home tomorrow.

Second cocktail of the Alone in Chicago trip. A Mole Old Fashioned at a Mexican place. Here’s to our autonomous, independent North American neighbors.

First thing I did on my solo trip to Chicago was walk over to the Art Institute to see the Art and Culture of Panafrica show. One of the works that seemed extremely relevant on this day was this painting called Dreams of the Detainee.P

Help from this Nazi-employing administration we don't need. (Also, do read @swordsjew.bsky.social's full thread on this bec she can, of course explain it and she does so clearly and ferociously.

Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 2y ago

the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain

Today I thought, How sad Mel Brooks must be. He thought we had so vanquished Nazis we could ridicule them as pathetic relics. This is a regime that makes Mel Brooks sad. You cannot get any lower.

First cocktail of my Girl (singular) Trip to Chicago. Delicious manhattan (with bourbon of course). I feel compelled to acknowledge I’m fiddling while Rome burns but I’m still calling my reps while here. My m.o. is tipsy and pissed off.

Was able to book the house/pet sitter for a few days so I'm driving my own lone self to Chicago for a few days of museums, ambling, and good food. Happy International Women's Day to me. (Happy spending time with her favorite person who bought her everything in this photo to the dog.)

BREAKING: we’re suing President Trump and the Trump Administration for recklessly firing tens of thousands of federal workers, including thousands of our veterans. It's wrong, illegal, and bad for our state and our country—that’s why we’re headed to court to try and stop them.

Thousands out in Madison for Friday’s STAND FOR SCIENCE March. Scientists are sending Musk a message: “No Science. No Future!”

I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv

I saw all the nominees except Dune because so not interested. The Nickel Boys should have won, but Anora was second best so good job to the voters of at least one election this year. To everyone whose been waiting all night for my opinion, you're very welcome.

Maybe you, @baldwin.senate.gov and @pocan.house.gov, can do something like this too? I think it would help for us to band together for an evening. (But maybe not on FB.)

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2y ago

For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:

Thank you, @baldwin.senate.gov

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2y ago

If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army. And yet....16 Democrats just did so

I fear we've stopped calling our reps--this because when I called Ron Johnson's office today, I got through to a human for the first time. I got to rail to an actual person about Musk and the cruelties he's visiting on federal workers. It was good, but maybe also not so good? #morningshift

I want to see my D-reps names in lists like this, @pocan.house.gov and @baldwin.senate.gov

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

Dear @pocan.house.gov, I've voted for you every election I could. I followed all you've done in WI this week, the Medicaid presser, the farmer town hall, etc. It's admirable but no longer the way. Listen to this teacher. Your job description has changed. We need you to lead a movement now.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2y ago

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

Be generous with that repost button! Especially for stories, essays, and art in general! Flood this site with creativity!

Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

I admit I was deterred by the 10 below windchills. So grateful to my fellow Madisonians who braved the weather and showed up.

Ankur Desai@profdesai.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good to scream a little about all going on in our country, even in subzero F wind chills here in snow-covered Madison WI. Maybe a few in the halls of power will hear and act on how cruel, unAmerican, and doing nothing about “efficiency” this is all about. #FiftyFiftyOne

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

At the stonewall monument rn

Are you kidding me? Just called my D. Senator for a second time this morning to ask why they continue to act like there is room for normalcy and cooperation in the middle of what is a coup, a war, the destruction of everything they allegedly hold dear. These people...

Lady “What Fresh Hell Is This?”@nakiajpnw.bsky.social · 2y ago

@schumer.senate.gov , if you vote for the Enabling Act for this regime, I will personally ensure that history never forgets that you did. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Called the reps, made a donation & emailed Visa to tell them I'd hate the hassle of canceling my card, but I'd hate the canceling of democracy even more so knock off the Musk deals. I know we're going to have to take to the streets soon but I do love it when I can do activism from bed. #morningshift