Paula Grad

#VOTE like your right to vote depends on it. We are SO powerful together!
#VOTEBLUE

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

This is how they steal elections — not by rigging machines, but by making it harder for the people they don’t want voting to even register. We see you.
#SaveActIsPayToVote

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

MIDTERMS - November 3, 2026
- 435 House seats
- 33 Senate seats

DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY = IMPEACHING TRUMP
And if we can get a SUPER majority in the Senate, he could potentially be removed from Office too.

If you want this authoritarianistic, dictator wannabe shit show to end — THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.

Please, don't give me your negativity about elections. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO - DOUBT OUR ELECTIONS.

Trump has no control over the midterms.
No legal authority to stop the midterms.
No power to prevent the midterms from happening.

He will, no doubt, try to rig the midterm election - like he did in 2016, attempted to do in 2020, and did in 2024 — BUT HE CANNOT CANCEL THE MIDTERMS.

We don't need a blue wave.
We don't need a blue tsunami.
We need to politically nuke the entire Republican Party.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

The many people begging you to read books and refrain from writing with AI aren’t doing it because we enjoy being insufferable. It’s because we know these things to be deeply joy-giving & rewarding, and we dread the prospect of a future in which people no longer learn, or think.

[Jenn Griffy @JennGriffy]

Memories…….😂

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

don't love how ads here are no longer labeled "ads"

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

We are suing to prevent Donald Trump from controlling mail-in voting by dictating to the Postal Service of whose ballot they will and won't deliver. All of this is laddering up to Trump trying to dictate who gets to vote and who doesn't.

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

“So Macron says to him… why not sign your treaty here, in Versailles?”

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Fox is buying Roku.
Ellison bought CBS and CNN.
Bezos owns WaPo.
ABC and NBC owners support Trump.

We need to grow independent, pro-democracy media. Support Democracy Docket now. https://t.co/0StGlWz45f

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

I didn't know I was a Knicks fan.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.”

Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

The vibes were immaculate until one person arrived

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

https://t.co/du9bv2U4pY: ICE cannot simply declare a “perimeter” and gain unlimited access to your property.

A temporary safety zone may allow officers to restrict movement or briefly enter areas necessary to secure an operation, but it does NOT automatically give them the right to search your property or enter your home.

Without your consent, a judicial warrant, or an emergency, your home remains protected by the Constitution.

Fight ICE: https://t.co/hN8SiV9y02

[Not the Same @notthesameone2]

🐾Just 35 lbs, 4-y/o underweight Hailey surrendered mid May b/c owner says cannot afford. Listed for barking at & pulling toward dogs & tugging leash into her kennel. House/ crate-trained, protective, good leash-walker, energetic. Earned best possible behavior rating, playful w/ kids, lived well w/ a cat but ACC says solo pet only. Caught kennel cough. Needs a foster offer by 6/04: https://t.co/ZXQ81RAZEo

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[Tim Hogan 浩勤 @TimInHonolulu]

If Dems can find a way to pass an Impeachment resolution and force the Senate to vote, over 20 GOP Senators who are running in the midterms will be teed up to be blamed for every evil Trump does between now and November.

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.

[Billie Jean King @BillieJeanKing]

Larry W. King passed away today following an illness.

Larry was one of the unsung heroes in the establishment of women’s professional tennis in the early 1970s.

Larry and I met at Cal State LA, where Larry opened my eyes to feminism.  We were married for 22 years and in business together for decades. He was involved behind the scenes when the Original 9 signed our one dollar contracts, and he and I co-owned several tournaments on the Virginia Slims Tour.

He was integral and did much of the important legal work to establish the Women’s Tennis Association and the historic Battle of the Sexes match in 1973; and the Women’s Sports Foundation and womenSports magazine in 1974. He also was a co-founder of World TeamTennis.

Larry’s intelligence, love, commitment and humor helped me navigate my career for more than 20 years.

Ilana, my wife and business partner, and I are deeply saddened by Larry’s passing and we extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Nancy, and their children - our godchildren -Sky (his wife Caroline and daughter Athena) and Katie.

Photo Credit: Cher Traendly Photography

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

I have a good friend who hosts a radio/ TV show that features live music and conversation with the guest artists.
Very popular show.Never political.
Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.
The broadcast was carried on all three stations of Armed Forces Radio.
Recently the Department of War ordered all music and entertainment removed from those networks.
Now only matters directed by Hegseth.
Just war news.
This makes me sad.
Our troops deserve some real music.
@AFR_Radio