Now I’m just a backwoods small town hyperchicken, but it seems to me that if a company is big enough to existentially threaten the government then you don’t actually have a functioning government anymore.
ADF describes itself as non-partisan, but over the past year it has forged closer ties with Reform, arranging meetings between its leader Nigel Farage and US officials and inviting party allies to speak at its events. The group reportedly orchestrated Farage’s appearance before the US House Judiciary Committee in September, where he accused the UK government of clamping down on free speech. It also reportedly brokered a secret meeting between Farage and top state department officials in London that same year.
American money is pouring into the UK to roll back LGBT and women’s rights – and Nigel Farage is on board:
https://goodlaw.social/wsee
this seems like a good time to remind everyone of rule #1 of dealing with a chaos gorilla presidency: you don’t know if they mean it because THEY don’t know if they mean it, they just say stuff and see what happens because they benefit from chaos and uncertainty and also they’re betting on this shit
New at Tusk: We’re seeing people’s right to speak against the government being eroded, while government officials’ rights over citizens is being enhanced
This is a sign of financial stress: Johns Hopkins University's business school is offering 50% off its MBA program for new Maryland college graduates as it tries to fill seats that were likely filled by international students in the past.
NEW: Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.
Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
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Call scripts to come.
I know all of us are very stages of freaked this morning, but focus on what you can do right now: calling your reps. Make sure they're hearing you.
When you're done? Call five friends/family members/neighbors and get them to do the same.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Prepare to take action on May First. Protests show awareness and they deter the worst. (16/17)
indivisible.org/events/may-d...
Dear America: Want Trump removed from office? Then help Democrats win 67 seats in the Senate this November. Yes it's a longshot but it's possible given there are 22 Republican Senate seats up in 2026. Democrats need to win 20 of the 22 to get to 67 Seats to convict and Remove Trump.
I've been screaming about this from the hills for years. What happens when you put the news behind a paywall? No one reads it; they just go find the free take on the story from the Committee to Reinvade Vietnam.
In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting my article from last year. I argued that Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the entire EU.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Pentagon is asking Congress to approve $1.5 trillion for the Department of War, which is currently engaged in a deadly, illegal, and costly war in Iran that has claimed the lives of 2,000 Iranian citizens.
Call and/or email your representatives and demand them to push against Trump' and Hegseth's demands to fund the Department of War and the Iran War.
Contact info below:
If you need ideas for what to say, here is a sample script:
"Dear [Rep/Sen]:
My name is [NAME] and I am a resident of Arvada. As of several days ago, the Pentagon has requested an additional $200 billion for the war on Iran as well a $1.5 trillion budget increase for the Department of War. (cont.)
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A big ruling from the Kentucky Supreme Court blocking impeachment proceedings against a state judge. Disagreement with a court ruling is not an impeachable offense and violates separation of powers under the state constitution, the court ruled. kentuckylantern.com/2026/04/06/k...
If I were a Democratic politician, I would spend a lot of my time pointing out that Republicans systematically destroy the lives of people in national service at every opportunity, including military service members and their families.
abcnews.visitlink.me/jPLQQU
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Good morning! We’re in the midst of our Spring Fundraising drive at @thebarbedwire.com — and I’d like to take a minute to share some gratitude to our readers for fueling my ferocious, delusional sense of hope. 🧵
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3/ Join our fight by writing to ProPublica’s management to tell them that you’ll honor our digital picket line.
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Dear Robin Sparkman and ProPublica board of directors: Our world needs more investigative journalism in the public interest. Continuing ProPublica’s mission will require a strong, fair collective bargaining agreement that uplifts journalistic integrity. And that means ProPublica needs to have contractual language prohibiting any potential for artificial intelligence to replace journalists and other workers who make ProPublica the important publication it is today. As the rare union leader with a background in journalism and computer programming, I fully support the need to leverage technology to improve our ability to tell stories. And there are many recent examples of how AI can be helpful in reporting, when used ethically. For example, ProPublica journalists published the “Deleting DEI” story, which chronicled how nonprofit organizations have removed language connected to diversity, equity and inclusion. Reporters used AI to help find DEI related scrubs from nonprofit statements. In “Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies,” reporters used AI to help categorize job types into groups. And then reporters manually checked them all. ProPublica journalists, represented by the Guild, have shown how AI can be used ethically, and they deserve newsroom leadership who agrees with its ethical use. Unfortunately, your leadership team is refusing common sense provisions at the bargaining table that would protect both jobs as well as the integrity of the journalism they produce. And now, 92% of ProPublica’s workers have voted to walk off the job in part due to the company’s stance on AI, in addition to its position on job security, layoff protections and wages. ProPublica management should follow the example set by nonprofit news organizations such as Grist, the Associated Press and others. For example, CalMatters has agreed to: • protect jobs from being eliminated because of AI • protect the salaries of employees from being reduced because of AI
• listen to workers’ input when evaluating the use of AI and get the consent of employees before handing off material to a third-party company for training AI systems • a strong editorial integrity clause, ensuring that AI is clearly labeled and is not published unless several requirements are met • obtain the consent of employees before impersonating someone using AI CalMatters agreed to these protections more than a year ago. Why would ProPublica management refuse similar protections? Time is quickly running out for your leadership team to make a decision that will determine whether the public can trust ProPublica on this important issue. I sincerely hope you decide to stand with the journalists and other workers who make ProPublica the investigative powerhouse that it has become. Jon Schleuss he/him President The NewsGuild - Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA) cc: Paul Sagan Claire Bernard Tomiko Brown-Nagin Mark Colodny Steve Daetz Angela Filo Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Anu Khosla Jonathan Klein Carrie Lozano Claire Hoffman Katie McGrath Bobby Monks James M. Stone Charles Whitaker Paul Steiger
1/ Management at @propublica.org is refusing to agree to fair contract language around artificial intelligence usage, so @newsguild.org President Jon Schleuss wrote to them today to urge them to get on the right side of history.
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/news...
In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today:
Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.
Artemis II happening while Trump threatens to annihilate a civilization is a stark demonstration that the United States government is neither good nor bad, it is *powerful*, and power can be wielded for good or bad ends in smart or dumb ways. It's our job to push hard in the right direction.
It is also our job to keep eyes on the prize.
Everyone who's against fascism must cooperate with each other. We must have the courage of our convictions. We must have the urgency of the moment. We must lawfully take back control of all three branches of government and build a durable democracy.
Everything we do between now and 1/20/29 should be about removing fascists from power. Between 1/20/29 and 1/3/31 we must be ambitious with smart, fair, constitutional, and aggressive pro-democracy reforms. We should assume the Republicans can win in 2030 and 2032, and will be worse next time.
"Tucker Collins, an 18-year-old freshman at USC, attended a 'No Kings' protest in Los Angeles on Mar. 28. He ended up getting shot in the eye with a less-lethal projectile by a Department of Homeland Security agent and is now blind."
NEW: Kansas passed an anti-trans law that has retroactively voided the existing IDs of transgender residents.
One major implication: this effectively hinders their access to the polls given the requirements in this state.
Things are escalating in states.
boltsmag.org/kansas-trans...
