The month of August 2025 may go down as the worst in the history of the US Health and Human Services Department. After a month of shocking removals, resignations, and a shooting at the CDC, Democrats are demanding that RFK Jr. pack his bags.
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The month of August 2025 may go down as the worst in the history of the US Health and Human Services Department. After a month of shocking removals, resignations, and a shooting at the CDC, Democrats are demanding that RFK Jr. pack his bags.
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
Let this ruling serve as a reminder: President Trump is not above the law.
BREAKING: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the Trump administration has begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Illinois, and federal agencies will soon begin large-scale immigration raids in Chicago. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
Congress is back — and a laundry list of thorny issues threatens to complicate the funding fight.
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)". Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Before issuing an apology, he: -said he thought the tennis player was giving it to him for his kids -said he would sue ppl for talking shit about him -said he was teaching the boy "first come first serve" (cringe) Only after backlash, did he issue an apology. Damage is done. Character defining.
Not all workers get today off! While you enjoy your holiday, many agricultural workers are hard at work planting, harvesting, and packaging the food we eat every day. Today lest honor those workers and thank them for their amazing work. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
AP: “Florida could be on the hook for $218 million… Alligator Alcatraz may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely…” apnews.com/article/flor...
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
+ reminder: immigrants w/undocumented stat have lower crime rates compared to native born citizens GOP playbook: -vilify the marginalized (lgbtq+, immigrants) -if cisgender men suspect, tell us "don't politicize the shooting" -blame mental health, never guns -🙏 only, no change
Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.” HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.” Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Another swing state Dem pledges to refuse AIPAC’s money. theintercept.com/2025/08/29/a...
I lost track of time lol
The trope is not exclusive to the US. It's something u can see play out internationally, including in Europe. Racism exists there, too.
Black women in tennis have been policed for much less. Her comments are racist and bipoc including myself have heard those comments throughout our lives. It's a common offensive trope. Don't believe me, believe me. Either is fine. I get it, no allyship here.
Zuckerberg's origin story: he created a site that rated college women's physical appearances without their consent. Over a decade later, nothing has changed 🤷♀️
In a two week period: Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste. Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is not seeking reelection in 2026: www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p... Iowa swung hard to the right starting in 2016, but the 3 special elections that have happened in Iowa so far in 2025 have swung toward Dems by 22, 24, & 26 percentage points. Two seats have flipped blue.
Accountability for the racist remarks. Players can argue but if it's rooted in racism and oppression, they should be held accountable. Hope u can agree that racism isn't cool and ppl can do better...
All I hear are crickets from the tennis officials. Where is the accountability? While we wait for that accountability, I hope to see Townsend continue to kick butt on the court and speak truth to power with such elegance 💯🫶
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is has just asked a judge for a GAG ORDER against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates.
Regime despies - 1. BIPOC/DEI 2. Free and fair elections 3. White hippies 4. Woke 5. Lgbtq+, esp trans 6. Safety net programs 7. GCN 8. Weather & emergency services 9. Data 10. Accountability Etc etc . . . Also the mitochondria?????
This is a 5-alarm fire. Get your vaccines now while you still can www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
🚨BREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicans’ petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot – the second GOP challenge to the state’s redistricting it’s thrown out in one week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
1/Our client was notified tonight by White House staff in the personnel office that she was fired. As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her.
CALIFORNIA‼️🚨 REGISTER! If you’re not currently registered to vote, please do so now 🙏🏼 We have a special election on November 4, 2025 that will literally determine whether we continue to be a democratic republic or if we fade into complete fascism. CA VOTE YES ON PROP 50 registertovote.ca.gov
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
Regime pov: I would have the fire continue to burn, damage the community, hurt everyone than to let u have freedom
Now is the time for govt officials to step it up. More and more natural disasters with each passing year. It is deadly and expensive to ignore the needs of the community.
The only thing the GOP and regime does these days is project 🙄
Brave of FEMA staffers to sign their names in a time of open employer retaliation. They want the best for our community and are being punished for speaking truth to power.
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Major Richard Ojeda is angry. #USDemocracy
BREAKING: Abrego Garcia just renewed his bid for asylum. Keep fighting!
if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
Can't we just be happy for her and Kelce?
Loved Wednesday season 1 but not feeling season 2. Vibes seem about the same but it's been three years since season 1. Maybe I've changed. Maybe I don't see character development in season 2. 🤷♀️
I watched Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon and enjoyed seeing how Sheldon grew up. Butttt my biggest beef - why was Sheldon racist in his adulthood? Esp whenever he interacted with HR - a black woman. He didn't act like that in his youth.
This sounds more like a mental health emergency. He may have hurt officers, but he doesn't seem to have been in a clear state of mind and that needs to be taken into account. Police should be trained to recognize these emergencies and de-escalate, not play offense with 4 felonies.
Regime is punishing the poor in any and all ways they can.
Tesla thought they were goliath and caused a lot of the grief and stress. Hope this gives some closure to the fam ❤️
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Regime cuts govt jobs and gets mad at the low numbers on jobs reports all in the same breath. 🤷♀️
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to deport undocumented Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, The Washington Post reported.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.” He was just taken into ICE custody.
Virginia Senator Scott Surovell says it’s offensive that his state makes people “get on their hands and knees and beg the governor” for their voting rights. He's championed automatic rights restoration for people released from prison.
The Voting Rights Act, a landmark piece of legislation designed to enforce voting rights protected by the Constitution, turned 60 years old this month. Today, it’s a shell of itself. From our friends at @revealnews.org:
Racial profiling gonna be legal soon. Jesus. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
NEW: In 40 cities across Australia, an estimated one million people have been on the streets calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. These were the scenes in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
Can ppl finally take the time to self reflect? Why did u not believe her? Why did u believe him even tho there were MOUNTAINS of evidence - videos, criminal records, lawsuits, bankruptcies, etc telling u he and regime were shady af?
It's a Catch-22 at immigration courts across the country. “If they don’t show up, they’ll be deported. If they do show up, ICE is going to take them away,” says @deanobeidallah.bsky.social. @bradlander.bsky.social says, “They are abiding by the law, and it’s our government that’s breaking it.”
🚨Major Shift: DC Makes Major Move on Felony Prosecutions for Long Gun Possession
F*ck‼️ Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
In the UK you can be arrested for flying a Palestinian flag but it's fine to send millions of pounds to an illegal Jewish settlement responsible for racist violence & ethnically cleansing Palestinians. Story by the great Haroon Siddique. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This list overlaps with the key words the regime used to ctrl+f to eliminate research grants and remove research on gov websites. That is pretty revealing. 🤷♀️
Dr. Mimi Syed, an American emergency physician, speaks out after Israel barred her entry into Gaza for a medical mission: "The little bit of relief that us foreign doctors can provide, that has also been revoked and taken away from them. And it’s nothing but cruelty."
Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge. *Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump. *When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
Pam Bondi swore this would never happen.
I promised Texas would be sued. And I don't bluff. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
NEW: Oregon and Pennsylvania are the latest to reject the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to acquire states’ private voter data, according to letters obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN Alabama's state Senate map for violating VRA sec 2 by diluting Black voting power in Montgomery. Alabama must now draw a new compliant map. Status conference is set for Aug. 28 to facilitate remedial proceedings. www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS implementation of Trump administration’s dangerous new rule that would strip health coverage from more than 2.2 million people, raise costs for working families, and undermine the Affordable Care Act’s core protections. A huge win for @democracyforward.org.
Wow: "A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz" because of "the environmental impacts the makeshift site was having in the federally protected Everglades." wapo.st/4lCcmes
Warren: "We can't live in a world anymore where we pretend that everybody is playing by the same set of rules ... Republicans are determined to rig every rule they can, to break laws in order to seize power and to hang on to it. As Democrats, we have a responsibility to fight back & fight back hard"
Regime bullies black and brown ppl at a far higher rate compared to white ppl. The detainments, charges, and lawsuits are ridiculous and targeted against ppl they believe have no power. Need more white ppl, esp w/ power/$ help stand up again these antics towards black/brown peers & show up as ally.
An Atlanta-based reporter detained by ICE since June is suing Noem, Bondi and other administration officials for his immediate release.
If approved by voters, the California redistricting could nullify five new U.S. House seats Republicans are expected to gain from a new redistricting map in Texas.
“A federal judge barred the DeSantis and Trump administrations from bringing new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demanded the state close out operations at the immigration detention facility within 60 days”
Florida's book ban law FINALLY deemed unconstitutional in a court of law. www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/flor...
BREAKING: The California Assembly has passed a bill to put Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan on the November 4 ballot.
Vance cosplaying as person from working class but really treating us like we are stupid and can't see him for who he is - power hungry and super cringe
Breaking News: A federal judge ruled that the Trump loyalist Alina Habba, New Jersey’s acting U.S. attorney, does not have legal authority.
She was in the bathroom - a private space they entered to police her. A space that GOP has used to fearmonger against trans, telling us about prioritizing the safety of women and yet pulling this shit. 😤
Ugh regime loves cosplay. This is like when he did the weird ass photo op in front of the church, holding the Bible upside down during black lives matter protests.
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
Judge Robert Pitman the plaintiff plausibly alleged in her proposed class action that Musk & his political action committee America PAC wrongly induced her to provide personal identifying information as part of the giveaway, late in the 2024 election campaign. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Distancing dept of ed from Walters but not actually calling for Walters resignation after he was caught red handed with porn on his work computer. All about optics, no accountability.
Mario Guevara is being detained by ICE as punishment for his work as a journalist. He must be released immediately.
McDonald's in 2025: We are lowering prices to help customers McDonald's during pandemic years that they don't want ppl to recall: We are raising prices without reason to give more $$$ to shareholders www.al.com/business/202...
Democratic Governors, unleash hell. Fight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dems are back in Texas & the new gerrymandered maps could be voted on as early as tonight. Texas Democrats deserve a huge thank you. They put this fight on the national stage and stalled long enough to give California Dems and other states time to prepare their counter. Thank you, Texas Democrats
“‘Oh look, it's couch-fucker,’ one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, ‘You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?’ As the heckling escalated, chants of ‘Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!’ and ‘pussy boy’ filled the busy train station.” www.complex.com/life/a/marke...
🚨BREAKING: The Texas Senate redistricting committee in a 5-3 vote along party lines approved the state’s proposed new congressional map, likely teeing up the map to receive final approval when the full Senate convenes late Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ossoff: "Let me just say this about Vance, bc he was supposed to be this avatar of a new GOP that was for working class people. His legacy forever now is casting the decisive vote to throw millions off healthcare, throw seniors out of nursing home beds all to serve the wealthiest ppl in the country"
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California redistricting proposal has a 22-point polling advantage, according to an internal memo from Newsom’s pollster obtained by Axios.
The size of Pete Hegseth’s security detail is insane. Grown to 400+ agents since January. They’re pulled from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, which should be investigating crimes in the ranks. Instead, they’re stuck guarding his ex-wives, multiple kids, and multiple properties.
“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst.” Rep. Al Green told Mother Jones during the Texas House proceedings, where they passed a redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.
BREAKING: California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Gavin Newsom’s redistricting push
Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."
🚨BREAKING: The Texas House voted Wednesday to move forward with a new congressional map – as Democrats continued to seek ways to resist. As soon as this is signed into law,Texas will be sued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
what is going ON over there at #txlege
