Alex Christensen 🪷

Pillar of Washington Post Fact Checker May 14 hit piece on Rev. Robert W. Lee IV falls as Rev. Lee did not tell Tulsa World he was directly descended from Charles Carter Lee A major hook of the @washingtonpost's May 14 piece on the ancestry of Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV,… (1/21)

Al Green done dirty by GOP gerrymandering and the Democratic establishment. One of the few fighters who tried his best to loudly and publicly oppose Trump and call out his bullshit.

@Reuters Are you sure he was awake for that part?

Trump says he can outwait Iran, dismisses midterm election pressure reut.rs/4wVwXRV reut.rs/4wVwXRV

@hemantmehta @WajahatAli We're nominating Kamala Harris if she runs.

There are Democrats who worry AOC can’t be elected president because she’s a Latina woman. Or Pete Buttigieg because he’s gay. This is a helpful reminder that Republicans will go completely apeshit if you nominate a straight cis decent white guy too.

@greenegator01 @BigYash_609 Yet he didn't, instead Lincoln ended the War and led the nation to end slavery in law.

@BigYash_609 Abe Lincoln wanted to send blacks back to Africa. The same thing Robert e Lee wanted to do.

Abraham Lincoln called the recruitment of Black soldiers a decisive "heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion". He publicly credited their bravery, the use of Black troops, and emancipation as the ultimate tipping points that saved the Union and helped mankind advance.

@SpeakertoAnimal @RepDonBeyer @repdinatitus Robert E. Lee managed his wife's Arlington estate but was never an owner or heir of Arlington himself.

@RepDonBeyer @repdinatitus Are you saying Arlington National Cemetary is sacred ground because it once belonged to Democrat racist Robert E Lee. Go on! Let your true white sheet history out!

Arlington National Cemetery is sacred ground, the resting place for our heroes. Desecrating this hallowed space to build a monument to Trump’s ego is wrong, it would waste taxpayer money, and break the law. I'm introducing a bill with @repdinatitus and others to stop this:

@TheEagleyeNews @MARKAKEENE21 But he didn't really go to the school. There's no record or evidence of it. He was tutored at home by a trustee of the school.

@MARKAKEENE21 That's great! He was an American patriot! theeagleye.net/lewis-and-clar…

Folks, we must get the Lewis and Clark Argonath project to 2 MILLION impressions today! Let’s do this.

Here’s a photo of National Guard folks in my DC neighborhood huddling under an awning on Saturday to protect themselves from mist. They wander the streets in bored foursomes. Please let them go home to their families and communities.

@sambbenson @grace_panetta Well, he won.

Equality PAC co-chairs Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) release a statement saying many in the LGBTQ community are "deeply hurt" by Colin Allred's decision to run for TX-33 and that he must "rebuild trust"

@JohnHardyPepper @BMagnewlife @trumplicans2024 How could it be taken from Robert E. Lee? Lee was never an owner or heir.

@BMagnewlife @trumplicans2024 Technically the whole place was taken from Robert E. Lee for going against the North so… yeah I think it does.

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This is extremely wrong. But don’t trust me, here’s Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most conservative Supreme Court judges of all time, making the point clear.

Texas just threw away 24 years of Senate seniority. The other 49 states say, Thank you, Texas!

@TheBlackCaucus is calling on corporate America to affirm its commitment to civil rights, voting rights & equal representation. We stand with them. The Callais decision gutted the VRA and has stripped Black voters across the south of real political power. civilrights.org/2026/05/26/lcc…

Then why not let the representatives of NJ voters in to see for themselves?

My friend @DougJones has spent his career fighting to do what's right for the people of Alabama. As Governor, he'll build on that progress and make life better for hardworking families across the state. We've got our eyes on November, and we plan on securing a win for Alabamians.

RNC Chair Joe Gruters confirmed Tuesday that the party has deployed staff - poll watchers and election observers - in at least 17 states ahead of the 2026 midterms. He also explained the goal. "We focus on winning. We have a plan. We're executing the plan." Poll watching is a documented and legitimate part of American election administration. But the RNC chair explicitly connected this deployment to maintaining Republican control of Congress after 2026. That language moves the framing from neutral election administration into partisan electoral strategy - with integrity vocabulary applied to the surface. The operation is coordinated with Scott Presler, an anti-voting activist whose organizing has been flagged repeatedly by voting rights groups for targeting heavily Democratic and Black voters. Gruters publicly confirmed Pennsylvania deployment at Presler's direct request on social media. Pull back to the full picture assembled today: FBI interrogating Milwaukee cops about 2020 elections. DOJ Civil Rights Division deployed to surveil Maryland's primary over a vendor error the DOJ's own chief called a mistake. Eight federal judges blocking DOJ requests for private voter registration data. Louisiana v. Callais gutting the 40-year VRA framework. Indiana students losing their campus IDs as valid voter identification. This is not one policy. These are simultaneous pressure points operating across every layer of the election system ahead of a single midterm election. The RNC chair named the objective. The infrastructure matches it.

READ: A short story that's happening right now. Something deeply dangerous in SF. A waste of taxpayer dollars. A decision driven by greed. One that will undermine community health & safety. No one knows about it. Please read & share. There's still time to change how it ends.

The 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre is one of the most horrific and shameful acts of anti-Asian violence in our nation’s history. And for too long, it's gone unacknowledged.  That’s why today I introduced a resolution recognizing the massacre, condemning efforts to erase or distort this history, and honoring the contributions of Chinese immigrant laborers who have helped build the United States -- despite enduring exploitation, discrimination, and violence.

Honored to have the endorsement of my dear friend, @SamuelLJackson Sam has always shown up for the people and causes he believes in - and I am grateful he is showing up for Los Angeles. We’re aligned on the change I’m working to bring to L.A. That means getting more people off the streets into housing and connected with comprehensive services. It means more affordable housing units being built. And it means continuing to lower crime down to historic lows.

Republican-led states like Tennessee and Ohio also argue prediction markets are subject to state gaming laws.

NEWS The SPLC has moved to DISMISS its indictment for vindictive prosecution, kicking off its legal brief with Trump’s “triumphant” statement three days after its charges were unsealed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…