This is a big victory in Missouri. As voters have had their say through ballot initiatives on issues like paid family leave, abortion and other issues, the GOP has tried to put an end to this lever of democracy. But MO voters have rejected this attempt! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Missouri voters block GOP-led effort to raise bar to pass constitutional amendments

The push came after progressives in the solidly Republican state found success with ballot measures related to abortion, health care and the minimum wage.

nbcnews.com

Gas prices up.

This is great news! VA voters have chance to permanently end the Jim Crow law that disenfranchised people with felonies this November by voting #yeson3 to amend the consitution.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 5d ago

NEW in Bolts: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced she is restoring the voting rights of about 66,000 people with past felony convictions, reversing the course set by her predecessor, Glenn Youngkin.

DC is GOPs guinea pig for archaic, ineffective criminalization policies.

The Real News Network@therealnews.com · last wk.

Cash bail, mandatory minimums, incarcerating children as adults—the Trump-led GOP is destroying decades of criminal justice reforms for “tough on crime” policies that are not only cruel but objectively don’t work. @rattlingthebars.bsky.social therealnews.com/republicans-...

House Republicans have subpoenaed the independent news outlet BreakThrough News, demanding its internal communications and financial records. "This is a flagrant attack on our First Amendment rights as an independent media outlet, and everybody should be alarmed," says @raniakhalek.bsky.social.

“I have spent my career working, supporting grassroots movements for racial justice. I would say solidarity is everything. . . . You cannot go it alone.” #SolidarityAcrossBorders 🌏

A huge iceberg collapsed off the coast of Greenland. Thankfully no one was hurt. We used to say its global warming now we say climate change so it’s more encompassing of other shifts in the environment. But climate change doesn’t sound like an emergency. Whats another term that sounds the alarm?

Being president is the best business deal he’s ever made. How Trump Is Getting Richer as President www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: How Trump Is Getting Richer as President

Since he came back to office, President Trump has made huge amounts of money from cryptocurrency and foreign investments, posing the question of whether he is using his power as president to enrich hi...

nytimes.com

Im watching @booker.senate.gov on @msnowreports.bsky.social tell us how the President is spending our $ on war in Iran and on National Guard in DC and cutting what matters at home. So disingenuous for Dems & media to not mention Billions$ sent to Israel for war on Gaza.

Trump seeding lies that we have election security problems yet as NY Times reminds us .

The arrogance of white male privilege, especially with a sprinkle of power, never ceases to amaze me. How do you run for office (or stay) knowing that you’ve done things (or have health issues) that if exposed would end your candidacy and destroy the chances of your party winning? It keeps happening

Re: Trump’s FIFA call…remember when he called GA Secretary of State told him to find another 11K votes from the 2020 election so he could win? Imagine what he does when he’s making decisions. Lessons from World Cup.

July 4th is the original No Kings Day. And here we are…

Yay! Trump’s order on birthright citizenship held unconstitutional by Supreme Court!

If a Supreme Court case is 6-3, read the dissent first.

Good decision from SCOTUS in case trying to define Election Day to require ballots be received by certain time. Nope. State law controls! So mail-in ballots can be counted until the date state designates in law.

Awful decisions out of Supreme Court today. One in particular is in case to protect people legally here on Temporary Protected Status (Syrians & Haitians). Court said Trump’s order is not reviewable by court and Haitian complainants didn’t raise adequate claims of race discrimination. 

Do you think Supreme Court justices sleep well the night before they issue opinions that can change the course of American history?

Tomorrow is potentially the last Opinions day in the Supreme Court with important cases awaiting decisions including on birthright citizenship, trans athlete participation in school sports, and mail-in ballot cutoff dates. Bracing…Stay tuned.

Well, Prince George’s County we made AIPAC very happy electing Boafo in the primary for Maryland 5th Congressional District. He should thank Gov. Moore and Sen. Alsobrooks for the endorsements. We could have had 19 other people…SMH

Endorsements from Hoyer, Alsobrooks and Moore helped make this Boafo win happen. SMH

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

Adrian Boafo wins Democratic primary in Maryland to replace Rep. Steny Hoyer after a deluge of super PAC spending on his behalf.

The fight back stopped GA redistricting for now. We will take every win we earn! They will be back at it after mid-terms. When we fight, we win! Thank you to all the people and orgs who fought for this!

Black Voters Matter Fund@blackvotersmatterfund.org · 2mo ago

BREAKING: We stopped it—for now. Hours before it was set to begin, Georgia House Republicans announced they will not move forward this session with plans to redraw congressional or legislative maps that would have eliminated districts where Black and Latino Georgians elect their representatives.

Trump catching L’s on this Good Friday. Courts ordered: •take his name off the Kennedy Center •halt white relief fund for J6&others •restoration of exhibits on slavery & climate change taken down by Trump •restart asylum and green card processing

The Feds are upping the ante in their intimidation tactics. They want to scare progressive movements and voters into compliance. Be prepared ccrjustice.org/if-agent-kno...

If An Agent Knocks (resource)

Updated in 2020! The Center for Constitutional Rights created If An Agent Knocks to provide advice to activists likely to be targeted by FBI agents or other federal investigators.

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We may forget how messed up things are because the media stops covering particular stories. If you didn’t know, Cuba is still suffering due to American imperialism. (It’s also why I read The Guardian and follow/watch Al Jazeera.) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages

Four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day

theguardian.com

Not a shred of evidence of 2020 rigged elections (or now) except for Republican actions to make it harder to vote and to rig who gets elected by erasing Black majority districts.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

@maragay.bsky.social notes the impact of current redistricting efforts: “there are tectonic, generational shifts in power unfolding before our eyes that demand action.” It’s not just Black political power being eliminated, it’s a MAGA concentration of power that will hurts us all for decades.

Mara Gay@maragay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, legislatures in the South are rapidly dismantling Black political power to help a failing president maintain control of Congress, and claw back gains made by Black people and their allies in their own states www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o...

France finally repealed its Black Code that defined chattel slavery. Wrote a little something on my new Substack about Solitude, an abolitionist, executed for rebelling and what it means for us. substack.com/profile/2286...

#VotingRightsAct

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s Executive Order restricting #birthrightcitizenship. He declared (but he’s not king and doesn’t make law) that it doesn’t extend to children of undocumented people and visitors. But Section 1 of the 14th Amendment would like to be heard…