For some reason, this announcement makes me remember Guiliani's "insurance policy" statements. www.politico.com/news/2019/11...
For some reason, this announcement makes me remember Guiliani's "insurance policy" statements. www.politico.com/news/2019/11...
Thank you, Canada. I hope Canada is also supporting Moderna's work re: a nasal vaccine. It could change the course of the pandemic. medicine.washu.edu/news/nasal-c... respiratory-therapy.com/products-tre...
You make a lot of good points, and it's also true that some really good people have already been DOGE'd, RFKJr'ed, Hegsethed, Bondied, etc. A former coworker was fired en masse, along with her entire department.
I believe you are correct, unfortunately. www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-...
He seems fixated on the fact that the honor was posthumous. Is T somehow also fixated on somehow winning the Nobel Peace Prize (and other so-called honors) in his own lifetime, and is it just about his age or something else?
We also need to address the mass brainwashing and radicalization machine that is social media (X, Truth Social) and some broadcast media (Fox, Newsmax). We've never had a president or co-president own or control major parts of the media before T's rise to power.
Thank you for your good work on human rights. Health care is also a human right. RFK Jr wouldn't be where he is today (destroying CDC and gutting cancer progress) w/o the Kennedy name. Please intervene or his Kennedy legacy will be the most lasting and impactful one, outstripping all the good work.
RFK Jr. wouldn't be where he is today (decimating CDC and destroying people's lives by banning established vaccines & ending lifesaving cancer interventions) without the Kennedy name. His Kennedy legacy will be just as impactful, if not more, as JFK's moon landing mission. Please intervene.
So, by that logic, he can have a plumber take care of him when he has a heart attack and have a cardiologist come deal with his exploding plumbing. Another stable genius.
You are always so astute. Miller as spokesgoblin is poetic justice. T is certainly responsible for his horrific leadership, but Miller deserves to have his role visible as well.
@barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social Please take note.
@mariashriver.bsky.social Shredding CDC and halting revolutionary vaccines against cancer (please research recent studies on MRNA vaccines) and that could end COVID (see nasal vaccine) is a horrible legacy for the Kennedy family. Please help build momentum to help halt RFK Jr's mess.
This article may seem unrealistic, but the truth is that there is a lot of amazing progress that has been made recently with immunology and MRNA vaccines re: childhood cancer that should without the obstruction of this sadistic cretin save many, many lives. www.jpost.com/health-scien...
If this isn't already happening, it very much should be. @asmmiabonta.bsky.social @drpanmd.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov
Exactly. What are they afraid of? That he'll weaponize mobs of crazy people against them? Already happened, and is likely to again, no matter what they say to flatter him.
Sorry; that's true for some, but not others. My child spent most of a lockdown trying to help a friend through a full-blown panic attack.
It's important not just that she's a close advisor who has sway over who is on the National Security Council, but that we don't even know who or what special interests might be talking to her. @raskin.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @theguardian.com
Selective memory. He has an incredibly lobotomized and compartmentalized brain when it comes to remembering anything.
If you're being excoriated by Judge Luttig, an institutionalist to the core, maybe you need to rethink whether you are "faithfully and impartially" executing your oath as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
@warren.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @padilla.senate.gov We need hearings (can be shadow ones). Get these folks in front of a podium.
Thanks. Sounds like Homan is trying to decree by his own authority that the court settlement (which concerns congressional statutes and the fourth amendment) is invalid, and that's being challenged in court. abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...
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And, no; calling cops on kids is not a good fix. But maybe fix the design flaw in your product or face the consequences.
Then this product has been programmed in a way that it acts as an unlicensed therapist, and is harming minors who have special protected status under the law. I don't see calling the cops on kids as even beginning to address the liability of a flaw in the design of the product.
Fair point. There was an assault weapon ban under Clinton and some progress under Biden. Both parties could do more, but McConnell killed a lot of bills. www.clarionledger.com/story/news/p... Also, Patel is reassigning ATF officers to immigration. immpolicytracking.org/policies/rep...
Unfortunately, a decent number of tech bro oligarghs (not just Vance) are acolytes of Yarvan. Jenny Cohn and others, including Gil Duran, do a great job documenting this.
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Hey, Congress. Not such a good idea to ban the regulation of AI for a decade, as the House attempted. This is awful.
Vance just met with the British Foreign Secretary and stayed in his home while in the U.K. The fact that he also recently tried to reach Zelensky's ambassador to Britain is both interesting and eyebrow raising. apnews.com/article/brit...
How can congressional Democrats get T to realize that SM considers himself the de facto president? @reptedlieu.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
I would think there would be much more liability for not following the actual legal standard of care.
Yarvin.
Are we supposed to believe that a guy who talked about taking an aid organization to the wood chipper gives a flying fig about helping anyone besides himself? He believes in a robot surveillance state, per Curtis Yarvan, and wanted to shred our social safety net. www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
If no expression of any form is permitted beyond the bare minimum, then why do we allow signage re: adopt-a-highway by certain groups and public memorials to specific individuals?
We need a full accounting of where withheld appropriated funds go, where the law firm and university settlements go, and, now that the "United States" holds a stake in a U.S. company, where the dividends will go, etc. Does it go into T's sovereign slush fund? @kairyssdal.bsky.social
Stephen Miller, aka "the prime minister of the West Wing," deserves credit too. Trump adores cruelty, etc., but the person paying attention to the details is Miller, who is so cruel and powerdrunk that he even rankled some DHS sources enough to leak about him www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Since he's hellbent on outdoing Obama, someone should point out that Obama embraced a "team of rivals" approach. And that if he wants the Nobel Peace prize he can't declare war domestically on immigrants and dissenters or deprive the world of life-saving vaccines.
Congress needs to demand an accounting of where the appropriated funds are going after they're withheld -- into T's sovereign slush fund? It sure isn't being refunded to the taxpayers. @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @crockett.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov
Really wish some intrepid journalist would trace all the people involved in the plea deal, prosecution, or with any other Epstein ties who ended up appointed to positions in either the first or second Trump administration. Pretty sure it's not just Acosta. www.axios.com/2025/08/05/j...
*Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods www.businessinsider.com/bob-moore-bo....
How about the fact that CEOs and founders who are ethical (see Patagonia and the late founder of Bob Mills) create a legacy for themselves and incent people to buy. Not everybody knows their good work, but you can bet those they've helped plus family & friends down to the degree of Kevin Bacon know
@padilla.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov Sounds like a good idea if not already in the works. It would be great to get some discovery as well about who issued the order to deny access.
It's clear she's a honeypot for Trump, whether a self-serving one or one who serves others. A normal administration would want to know more about who might be pulling LL's strings. Who are the "wealthiest and most powerful people in the world" who talk to her on a daily basis?
These are DOJ's words after Maxwell's sentencing in 2022. Reporters need to ask Bondi how the leniency shown today squares with this description of her long course of conduct as a criminal who deliberately and repeatedly targeted and harmed vulnerable young women www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
Are these errors the result of having "AI everywhere in the newsroom?" futurism.com/washington-p...
“I was also fearful of disengaging because I had witnessed how connected they both were,” said Kate, who recalled that Maxwell told her she was friends with ... former US President Donald Trump, who at the time was a well-known businessman. www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12...
Yeah. No way I would risk getting salmonella or some other horrible stomach bug from a vending machine sandwich. They'd have to explain in detail what their food safety measures and, even then, it's still not that tempting.
Wondering if they think she'd be a potential cooperating witness against a high-profile Democrat should they choose to prosecute. This gambit could fail as some of the biggest names I could think of would go full scorched earth. T would be unlikely to successfully distract his base.
That's not a straightforward denial ("No. I did not write the letter.") That's a deflection.
God help us. Stephen Miller and his secret police sent this innocent person into the path of torture and violence. Hold them accountable. This man was taken from California. @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov
Honestly, I am curious what studies show about the oversaturation of advertising into every single dang thing. It's annoying and you would think a reverse halo/grievance effect would carry over to the products they're trying to push.
Was this written by Chat GPT? I can't believe a human being actually toiled to write this grotesque love letter. Even Kim Jung Un would be embarrassed for them.
Good questions. "No evidence was uncovered" that could trigger an investigation may mean they didn't really look that hard. They were able to prosecute Maxwell so not sure how much the statute of limitations would bar prosecution of other coconspirators. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Sounds about right for a man who thought we should fire a nuke into the eye of a hurricane, that Frederick Douglass was still alive, and that gargling bleach would cure COVID-19. Only the deeply uncurious and ignorant think it's a bad thing to ask questions.
Right? Women don't like steroidal thugs, but men whose gaze truly sees, respects, and values them. George Emerson from E.M. Forster's "A Room with a View" and Gilbert Blythe from "Anne of Green Gables" are also iconic examples.
He was so impressive. His posthumous letter is so clearsighted and generous, and should be included in classroom teachings along with his "March" graphic novels.
I like Van Hollen; he seems to genuinely care about his constituents and was effective in getting Abrego Garcia returned (eventually) to the United States. I would be curious to hear more about his positions.
@padilla.senate.gov @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social Good to know. The recent court ruling is not enough to deter ICE. ICE's cruel and unusual internal policies and Stephen Miller's agenda needs to come out in congressional testimony along with the kids in chains video. Get it on the news.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov @governor.ca.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @replsimon.bsky.social @npr.org This is horrific.
There should be a community service requirement for anyone who is a CEO.
Yeah. I don't think they're actually targeting people based on reasonable suspicion either. But you're right; he accurately describes what the law is.
Wired and Teen Vogue have been doing excellent, award-worthy reporting. I really hope this isn't true.
@vassar.bsky.social Might want to check to make sure that other Hudson Valley communities are not impacted by this contamination.
If he's replicating what Thiel did with Vance, then maybe we should be thinking through what he intends.
Agree. It's good to have a layered disaster management plan, including in-person warnings if possible. During a recent tsunami warning in NorCal Bay Area, local police went in person to warn businesses along the SF waterfront to evacuate. Thankfully, nothing happened, but grateful they did this.
Opening act: Millennial Falcons?
Can people also start referring to Stephen Miller as President Miller? Enough so that it irks Trump. Thanks.
@schiff.senate.gov @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov Time to enforce existing laws against ICE and draft comprehensive regulatory legislation that includes training and psych exam requirements.
J.D. Vance's callout that ICE funding is the key provision of the bill should chill legislators to the bones. What makes Congress think that T won't turn ICE on them? His thugs have already handcuffed a senator and arrested a MOC. @robertgarcia.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov
J.D. Vance said the most important provision was the ICE funding that exceeds the entire budget for the Bureau of Prisons. Trump said today he will go after citizens. Does Congress really want to fund a secret police that could be turned against legislators? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
These comments re: ICE by J.D. Vance should chill even the most cynical MOC to the bone. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo... ICE has already shown themselves willing to brutalize innocent people, including kids. Can they not reimagine what J6 would have looked like with ICE involved? It could happen.
@schiff.senate.gov @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @beyer.house.gov
They are absolutely going to banish citizens who they don't like and ship them off to concentration camps. It should chill even the most cynical members of Congress that J.D. Vance said the ICE funding provision was the key provision of the bill. What would J6 have looked like w/ ICE involved?
That is chilling. Does Congress even remember what happened on Jan. 6 and the implications of what could happen if ICE is given a budget that surpasses the entire Bureau of Prisons and unfettered discretion to target whomever this administration deems an enemy?
Civilized people don't approve concentration camps with inhumane conditions for individuals who've never been convicted of a crime while diverting resources from law enforcement to go after actual dangerous criminals.
Same slim margin for RFK Jr. who fired the entire U.S. vaccine committee and is now trying to revoke childhood vaccinations, including the HPV vaccine.
I don't understand how we can have a Supremacy Clause, which holds that certain rights and laws are so important that they must be uniform nationwide, but only piecemeal remedies. I understand limiting broad injunctions to extreme situations, but what could be more extreme than deporting citizens?
The police need to start arresting individuals for this. @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov
@padilla.senate.gov @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social Definitely past time to call Miller in to testify before Congress.
Right. Many nat sec experts (see below) agree with you. Because whacking a hornet's nest and destabilizing an entire country (not to mention the complexities involving the entire region) with no plan was a really brilliant strategy with Iraq. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i...
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov Not an expert re: sovereign immunity, but Bivens is not blanket protection. These thugs deserve state criminal charges for attempted murder (reckless indifference to human life).
@padilla.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @lateefahsimon.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov p.s. Impeach him.
Right. Even though most experts think regime change is the main goal, a fool's errand. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i... Trump got played by Hannity, Netanyahu, b/c he wanted to look tough. And Ivanka visited with Charles Kushner (Netanyahu's friend). She influenced Syria strikes, maybe here too.
Can we not have a president whom Netanyahu is able to exploit by telling him that bombing a country will make him look tough? All the while,Sean Hannity, Laura Loomer, and Netanyahu's friends the Kushners (seen in a photo yesterday taken in the Oval) likely played a role in this as well.
There are definitely some who support him, but there are also those who don't. The analogy between him and Trump is pretty accurate. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Watch him make it the standard government-subsidized, imminently hackable communications device for federal employees.
@padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @aclusocal.bsky.social Please take note.
Why not call Stephen Miller before the Senate to testify since he is the unofficial "prime minister" of the WH per reporting in Wired Magazine? Also, why isn't anyone pointing out that most nat sec experts are against entering the Iran war and the people in charge are incompetents who use Signal?
Context note 2: Kash Patel was the Nunes staffer who went to London on a fishing expedition to discredit the Steele Dossier. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Have you looked at some of the comments of the nat sec/antiproliferation folks? They have said a) any strike will accelerate Iran's nuclear arms race, and b) if the goal is regime change, it's a very risky gambit. Added to this, DJT's team of war advisers uses Signal and are incompetent.
There's also this reporting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Would CNN have the same response if Obama's security detail had pounced on Justice Alito when he interrupted the 2010 SOTU address, pushed him from the room, and then took him to the floor to handcuff him with his face to the floor? Just wondering.
This is the lesson of Harvard, the law firms, and so much more. Fight back. Get public opinion behind you. Van Hollen's work on behalf of Abrego Garcia is a master class re: what works. If you don't fight back, it's a lose-lose b/c it gives T an easy win and leaves people w/ less hope
She, Musk, Miller, and the others can go form a space colony for fascists somewhere else.
They often sell police cars at public auction, I thought.
Republican sources say he *is* the "prime minister of the WW. "The implication is that Miller is carrying out the daily work of governance while Trump serves as head of state, focusing on the fun parts of being president." www.wired.com/story/katie-...
Apart from the horror of what they're doing to the nannies, I wonder whether any criminal penalties arise from their outrageous behavior towards the children. @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov
There needs to be bar licensing consequences for the various U.S. attorneys appointed by AG Bondi (including Habba) if they overstep their ethical obligations.
@aclusocal.bsky.social ICE knowingly detained a U.S. citizen in San Bernardino. There needs to be a class action lawsuit on behalf of him and so many others. This is a battery, a false arrest, a kidnaping, etc., and is not connected to official duties @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov
When Justice Alito spoke during Obama's SOTU, nobody shoved him from the room and handcuffed him facedown on the floor. That would have been absurd. But under this regime, it's okay to use excessive force and wrongfully detain a U.S. senator for trying to ask a question at a press conference.