How do we go from the Cha-Cha Slide to getting gassed? It was a true Portland music festival, until it got crashed.
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court Justice) So, to those who say I'm "political," damn right I am! It's my job as an American!
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How do we go from the Cha-Cha Slide to getting gassed? It was a true Portland music festival, until it got crashed.
The Trump regime is trying to end freedom of speech and make it illegal to speak out against the government. They want to end competitive elections and make us into a one-party dictatorship. That might sound insane—but it doesn’t make it less true!
Labor Day in Boston: Gov. Maura Healey delivered a very powerful speech yesterday in which she mentioned the importance of the 1776 Revolution in the fight for freedom and democracy.
COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
EPSTEIN FILES! 💥
This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.
Pain in the Aisle open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Indiana Republicans have maps splitting democratic counties in three because they know Trump is unpopular and the only way they can win is to cheat. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
The same group of people and organizations who previously organized #NoKings has scheduled another #NoKings peaceful protest for October 18, 2025!! We are expecting protests in every state and territory!! Mark your calendars now and get ready to protest by the millions!! October 18, 2025!
childhood vaccination exemption requests are increasing across the country. Pediatricians say rampant confusion around vaccines, including misinformation coming from federal officials, is making the problem worse. #momsky stateline.org/2025/08/28/a...
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “This president doesn’t care about gun violence. He just wants his own secret police force that would do publicty stunts whenever his poll numbers are sinking. That’s what this is about.”
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Let's be perfectly clear here. Based on what we've seen today, if Donald Trump had been in charge in 1776, America would still be a British colony. He's a traitor to the basic principal upon which America was founded.
if you’re getting domestically deployed for 29 days at a time there’s reasons
The secret Facebook page that seems to belong to Kristi Noem used a thinly veiled alias. It shared Christian content, typos, and a copypasta hoax. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-sec...
They fought for our freedom. Now Trump’s regime is trying to let them die. The VA wants to ban abortion care for veterans even in cases of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancies. ⚠️ There isn’t much time. Veterans’ lives are on the line.
The tolerance for lies is killing our country. Trump just called Chicago “the most dangerous city in the world, by far.” But its homicide rate isn’t even in the U.S. Top 20. Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control. That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state. And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
Pritzker should mobilize the Illinois National Guard to oppose them. Extreme? Maybe. But I don’t see why he should just let another state effectively invade his.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Surely, the decision to hold a military spectacle at that time is just coincidence.
Today’s court ruling is what we’ve been warning about for months: Trump is unlawfully using the military to terrorize Americans, including kids and hardworking immigrants — many of whom have contributed to this country and are part of American families.
I don’t use AI because I’m infuriated for the artists and writers and philosophers who’ve had their intellectual property stolen. I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone can’t be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
They know they’re breaking the law. They also know the courts will be slow to call them out on it. Meanwhile they get to do their damage and get the military used to domestic incursions. This ruling should halt any plans they have to invade Chicago. It won’t.
NOW: Big protest going on outside the White House. Protestors are demanding release of Epstein files and the end of the National Guard deployment in D.C. This is some visual. (📸 Status Coup News)
Vote in every election!! Local, city/town/schoolboard, etc., as well as state and national elections! Put dem, independent, an progressives on all races that are uncontested!! Vote for yourselves, your rights, and the future generations. Vote for vets, seniors & livable wages. Vote!!
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
Are you a knitter or crocheter like me? It's another industry Convicted Felon Donald Trump is trying to fuck up. A number of yarn shops struggle to survive. Tariffs will close many of them. Are we winning yet? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
tRump moving Space Command out of Colorado Springs (a red district) and into Alabama because "Colorado has mail in voting." This is just another way to enact retribution on a Blue state! www.denverpost.com/2025/09/02/s...
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
“.. A social source in Florida recently told PEOPLE that the president and first lady Melania Trump are renovating the White House in order to make it feel more like their Florida beach club home, Mar-a-Lago.” @people.com people.com/trumps-renov...
Mark my words. Trump’s militarized ICE agents will arrive in Chicago at the same time the Epstein victims are scheduled to speak tomorrow in a pathetic attempt to control the narrative. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
There’s always a tweet…
photos of Trump's hand today (via Getty)
🚨Adolf Hitler rose from political outcast to absolute ruler by exploiting fear, division, and public despair. As democratic institutions bowed to his will, freedom vanished. His rise is more than history—it’s a warning of how tyranny takes hold in plain sight. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
NYT "think" piece presents Channing Tatum praising Barbara Kopple's Harlan County USA as evidence of a new disengaged, "politically ambiguous" "Himbo," which is perhaps evidence the writer didn't bother to watch Harlan County, USA, one of the great radical documentaries of all time.
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Please stop giving quarter to anyone in your life abiding this multi-dimensional dumpster fire. It’s not 2016. Anyone still on the Trump train is onboard w/ fascism, a police state, concentration camps, oligarchy, & choosing Russia over the US. Those people deserve only scorn & shunning. Enough.
Why aren't Democrats SCREAMING about the crime rates in RED STATES??? Gavin Newsom opened the door on this last week and NOT ONE DEM HAS WALKED THROUGHT IT!
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
Like a 1980s televangelist, Trump is now asking his supporters to send him $15 to help him get to Heaven. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump underfunded the already seriously understaffed and highly problematic Immigration Judges (IJs). Immigration law is very complex and specialized. Doubt these temp judges know WTF they're doing. See our NSF funded research (ungated) on existing IJ problems. bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/10....
Your reminders: Trump ended the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team which investigated crypto-related crimes like fraud and money laundering. Trump also fired the ethics watchdog overseeing corruption in the executive branch. This is just another Trump family scam.
🚨⚖️📚 Federal judge blocks Trump admin plan to deport 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors. Court says kids have valid asylum claims + must get hearings before removal. Admin called it a “pilot program” for reunification. Ongoing fight may head to higher courts.
"I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime." Gov. JB Pritzker
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Get ready, heads up people nationalpost.com/news/world/i...
Another protest in Washington, D.C.!!! Women dressed in red lined the street for almost a block!! What a strong statement by women who took time off to protest on a Tuesday!! Thank you so much!! 💗
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Wealth taxes NOW. It’s patriotic to do your part and fund society for the workers you exploit in order to get this rich. #taxtherich
Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: 💰 $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight 📺 A deal for Sesame Street — new episodes and the full archive free to watch. That’s how you pick a side.
Pritzker on Trump's plan for Chicago: "Unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities and say they're targeting violent criminals."
Women dressed as Handmaids raise their voices: 🗣️SHAME
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
My Mom: You have to stop eating shoes. These are the shoes we wear. Dog: [Stares in dog] Mom: Don't look at me like you don't understand me. Dog: [tongue lolled] Me: Mom... I don't think the dog speaks English yet. Mom: She knows! Dog: [licks toes] Mom: See, she's sorry.
🧵 How many times have you heard "Blacks are 13% of the population and commit 50% of violent crime"? Well, racists have been using the UCR wrong for their tired narrative. Let's set the record straight. Pull up a seat, folks.🪑 #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
US manufacturing activity contracts for sixth straight month in August: 'It's survival' finance.yahoo.com/news/us-manu...
In 1 hour, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, and Loren Voss, will discuss Sunday’s emergency hearing in L.G.M.L. et al. v. Kristi Noem, a federal judge’s ruling that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in LA was unlawful, and more. www.youtube.com/live/0mvcTfW...
The president’s favorite TV show is helping to ease the country onto a glide path toward Trump’s authoritarian goal of putting troops on the ground in more U.S. cities.
The one where a national reporter finds out what I’ve said all along about Dems focusing on Epstein— voters are not focused on the files. Every group I’ve spoken to is concerned about Medicaid cuts and grocery prices and high rent. I hope Democrats will listen. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Perfect encapsulation of the Trump administration: The guy suing Harvard for alleged antisemitism is a straight-up Hitler-admiring Nazi. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
Trump illegally sent National Guard to Los Angeles, federal judge rules Trump’s plan for a ‘national police force’ violates 140-year-old law blocking military from domestic law enforcement, judge says www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
And the 6 Supreme Traitors will NEVER apply it to a Democratic president. It’s for Republicans only!
We do not fully grasp how damaging the SCOTUS’ presidential immunity decision was. What we know is it was a disaster and the huge damage it has caused is being compounded daily. That is because the result is a collaboration between corrupt justices, a supine Congress and a demented President.
“Cruelty is the point, and they seem proud of it. I worry you now have [recruits] coming in with the idea that they are there to harm [immigrants] and be as cruel as possible," veteran immigration ombudsman Michelle Brané told The Guardian.
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
HUGE: "Nevertheless, at Defendants’ orders and contrary to Congress’s explicit instruction, federal troops executed the laws. ... In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act." Working link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Being pro-drowning of children seems like a real are-we-the-baddies moment www.npr.org/sections/sho...
@sbagen.bsky.social has a somber but timely warning about various 2029 rebuilding efforts. This to me is the key. If future leaders bake imagined political constraints into their planning, there just won’t be much “rebuilding” per se. www.offmessage.net/p/project-20...
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We had actual an actual assassination of a Democratic legislator in Minnesota two months ago & it’s completely disappeared from the National Conversation™️. This happens the time over & over again 👇
This will continue until ‘we the people’ stop it🇺🇸⚖️ We’re not bound by elected criminals and fools who’ve abandoned the Oath for personal gain. Soon we’ll gather in the required numbers and legally remove all those causing harm to this country🇺🇸 It’s ours to surrender or keep, Choose America 🇺🇸 ⚖️🦅‼️
Sen. Roger Marshall on the CDC purge: "This is the same group of so-called experts that told the entire country we should live in fear of monkeypox, but failed to tell us that unless you're a homosexual man you don't have to worry about this at all, that monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease."
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists & Flock Fleecing Frauds. For any believer, atheist or agnostic who will ever have to deal with right-wing Christian nationalists; releasing 9/9. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
two million dollars for a self-justifying victory lap
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#MorningVibe The right side of history is never the one that violates human rights. The USA was added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a tool publicizing the status of freedoms & threats to civil liberties worldwide. 🔗 tinyurl.com/34w2j4en 🗣️ slcook52 (IG)
Make no mistake that Trump and this Republican Congress are the most anti-worker in history. Not just anti-Labor. WORKER. Wage earner. Average American who isn't sitting on half a dozen properties and a massive stock portfolio. They hate us for earning a paycheck and not living off of capital gains.
Climate scientists find errors in a new DOE climate report #Pinks www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
Breaking Labor Day news (for MAGA): Donald Trump inherited nearly half a billion dollars. After bankrupting six companies, he got his first non-family job at age 71. And was fired four years later by 81,282,896 of his employers for defrauding them. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Let's teach 5 year olds about guns, but god forbid we teach students about sex because it goes against someone's "Christian values." #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.newsweek.com/economy-brin... Red flags showing from housing to employment to consumer prices Are we great yet?
China's Xi hosts 'old friend' Putin, North Korea's Kim in challenge to West - Reuters Republicans and Trump are the biggest threat to the western civilizations in this time of our history. Republican fascist, communist, Nazis…Don’t care what these traitors are called, only care about WTF we do now🇺🇸
When will MAGAts learn that they've been scammed? Convicted Felon Donald Trump doesn’t GAF about anyone but himself. Thank you for your attention to this matter. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal apnews.com/article/trum...
The costs for electric power supplies have been going up. AI is increasing electricity demand. We're all going to pay more as utilities fund grid upgrades and new power sources. Green Energy could have helped reduce our costs, but Trump and Doge eliminated that. Musk Profits, We Pay!
You mean to tell me RWNJ Benny Johnson lies, plagiarizes, and takes money from Russia to do so? Color me shocked. 😒 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...