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Whoever is newsoms PR ,has cracked the code! This is glorious !
And I've been vigorously in favor of Dems elevating a new generation of leadership. We've covered this ongoing battle closely at The Downballot, including just today! But sometimes—not often, but sometimes—the best option is gonna be an old white guy. This is one of those cases.
Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.
A win for democracy
Time for Don Bacon to panic
This is the stuff that gives me hope that our system is not in shambles….atleast for now.
Wellp. Guess I can kiss medical school plans goodbye then. This is very depressing.
Can any of this be brought up in the senate as violation of the Byrd rule ? Aren’t direct loans part of the HEA ?
@aceducation.bsky.social @naicu.bsky.social don’t let this pass ! This will destroy students who need to borrow for any point in college ! Yall have strength as lobbying groups !
Is this the new “concepts of a plan” !!??
Congrats Prime minister. Please ignore the orange man in office currently ! We stand for Canadian sovereignty
Public opinion on immigration is 1) malleable, and 2) easily sours on visible cruelty, and if anyone told you otherwise over the last 5 years, they're offering you cursed ideology masked as wise pragmatism
The Trump administration is restoring all legal statuses of international students who have had their records terminated in recent weeks, a government attorney says, as ICE crafts a new policy that will “provide a framework for status record termination.”
Pretty sure the polls are starting to get to them
Somebody get Jonathan Greenblatt please. Would love to see how he spins this one.
Green shoots
@governorkatiehobbs.bsky.social
Take a step back for a moment. There are many green shoots emerging: a growing nonviolent movement, significant pushback from some notable institutions and organizations, and indications that courts are slowly beginning to see the big picture. Cause for hope, and for staying strong!!
Been thinking a lot lately about the morals of Jesus of Nazareth. As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
Pretty sure all the recent talk from some right wing commentators to not go against a court order and possibly piss SCOTUS off has him backpedaling
American exceptionalism is electing a pariah government so repugnant that it tanks the electoral prospects of aligned right wing governments across the entire anglosphere
So what happens now ? Do Garcia’s lawyers take this up with the court or do we just wait for Roberts to issue a statement ?
WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?
Can they be sued for trying to do this ?
I believe everyone here is about to find out just how susceptible Donald Trump and the GOP are to public opinion when there is a recession, and I think you will be surprised that the answer is "extremely". Forget presidents. Recessions bring down despots in totalitarian states.
The fact that the President of United States is fascinated by the word “groceries” ………..
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov
Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies. They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
Went to a local grocery store in Houston. Not your chain store like Kroger or walmart. This one is operated by an Italian family and they sell artisan cheese and groceries. They’re worried as hell about these tariffs ! @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social!
A lot of Democrats and Republicans alike have managed to delude themselves into the view that Donald Trump is some immortal god-king who has inspired 45% of America to be his loyal soldiers forever and they might learn that voters think "I crashed the economy to gut your pensions" is a stupid idea.
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
Ben Wikler is basically a DNC hero ! No match for his ground game.
What’s the analysis on Florida ? Those were surprising margins. Is that good for the midterms ?
This is the story for democrats to run on. Support for Rs is bleeding in ruby red districts. Take this energy into midterms. So many Harris won district Trump house seats !
Deadbeat dad.
If he tries to do the VP resign and he automatically becomes Pres. then Obama can do the same. And trump will def lose in that race. Pollsters need to start polling Obama again. That will scare these fascists off fast from considering this.
This gives me a little hope that they’re starting to see this man is officially crazy this time around. Or ….he will switch his stance soon.
This is how you talk a bully down. Need more of this energy !!!!
The perfect cherry on top of this awful fascist sundae will be Mike Waltz gets fired and his seat is flipped by Josh Weil !
From your tweet to Gods ears
This really breaks my heart. The African American museum has to be one of the best museums I ever went to and I had planned to go again soon.
What exactly are they getting with showing this much fealty to one dude !!?? It baffles me every single time.
At the heart of all this chaos, the fact remains that these people are incompetent. And this might be what leads to their downfall
……what a stupid year to apply to medical school
ACA is the only reason my family was able to get insurance and my mother was able to get the care she needs for her diabetes.
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
This is giving me so much hope. There’s a movement brewing !
It’s amazing despite all this ,these people are claiming that “mandate” like a freebie to do anything and everything.
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
Hilarious how Trump single handedly helped the Liberals gain !
I don’t think he’s a savior. But I also think he’s not one to easily give up his power either. If they give unfettered power to the executive ,there’s nothing for the judiciary to do.So I think they will protect their own power but also appease him in a way that on its face might not look “as bad “
I do think Roberts will write a crafty opinion to avert any “const crisis “. I don’t think he’s ready to get into a major showdown with Trump yet. So maybe they let him deport non citizens with caveats ?
Their politics makes zero sense. They go all up in arms about electric stoves and electric cars but now ….they want you to buy a Tesla !!???
Strong arming Canada won’t work this time. Good for Doug Ford. Get these bullies back to the table.
This is beautiful.
I dunno man. Lots of tax payer dollars getting wasted on this contractor to keep blowing up rockets
Pretty funny that he said that in front of the SCOTUS judges also.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social get him on your show and ask him to justify this unconstitutional tweet !!!
YASSS!!! That’s the first thing I thought ! Glad no time was wasted !
Such incompetent fools !
Trump was on the plane apparently. People jumped the gun. Not that I’m ok with musk being anywhere near AF1 but …Trump was there
I think he won’t stay in power and they’re just waiting to put JD in. There’s no way in hell someone as ambitious as Vance will just let this man take his opportunity away.
Hey democrats @aoc.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social show this clip in every Trump state ! Every day until midterms !
Is it me or Trump sounds way angrier now than the last time he was in office.
You should give the response, in front of dozens of fired federal workers and their kids. If the party doesn't let you do it, do your own. The networks would carry it because you're you. A consultant will force you do it in a cornfield or something, fine, whatever, but this should be it.
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
Watching the CNN decades series and some of the stuff from the 2000s feels so crazily similar to what’s happening now (apart from the whole unlawful stuff ) Especially the deregulation stuff and basically a defunded FEMA during Katrina !
@aoc.bsky.social time to pull a Bernie and hold rallies across the country exposing them ! @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
So Supreme Court next if the admin appeals ?
If Biden had done this ..FOX would have lost their mind. So I hope they get their shit together and oppose this.
@aoc.bsky.social if someone is wants to run how do you even get started ?
Can’t this be used as evidence that he in fact is leading DOGE and acting as a Principal officer. He has absolutely no authority to do this.
A poll a day will hopefully help those spines grow back
This is exactly the correct way to engage with that awful man ! Kudos to Ken !
Isn’t this like unconstitutional ???
They saw the polls released today and realized …yea no…we need to find our spines
@govandybeshear.bsky.social for the sake of the republic , you HAVE to run for the open senate seat !
By this logic …anything and everything Biden had done for student debt should have been legal since he had a bigger mandate than this felon !
I dunno why but I have a lot of hope for this country. Most of us don’t want this and didn’t vote for this. Even the Biden voters that went Trump didn’t vote for this. I’m starting to see a lot of people wake up and I think this won’t be able to hold steam for long.
…………….HIS MINIONS ARE AT NASA ALREADY!!!!!!!
@mjsdc.bsky.social so when can they get an injunction ?
The fact that I’m rooting for Bannon….i hate this timeline
@kyledcheney.bsky.social so when can she put an injunction ??
So what’s next for this one ? How do we get to an injunction ???
Does anyone know what the status is for this case ? I saw a conference was scheduled for today.
@agellison.bsky.social clearly DOJ is lying here ! Push for that injunction !!!!
So I have a serious question for the judicial/govt peeps here ..if we survive this unlawful regime, can the next dem president restore the civil service (w/o congress) and try Elon Musk for treason or deport him ?
Okay, so here’s the thing: Donald Trump doesn’t enjoy anywhere *near* the level of support from Americans as Putin, Xi etc get from their countries — and he is focused on doing things way more unpopular with his own voters in a far more decentralized system where he can’t change as much.
@agellison.bsky.social @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
I hope yall advocated for no cuts to federal aid for students in this reconciliation bill
Funny how he conveniently skips over all the radical Republican judge shopping during the Biden admin
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
Is the next step Supreme Court ?
Seriously. Do a tour of the whole country and do these mini town halls everywhere. In small towns. In big cities. And broadcast all of it !!!!
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co @schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
When I have to root for the awful extremists to uphold the rule of law.
If this blows up into a pandemic , we are truly screwed this time. MAGA and Trump will declare that two pandemics back to back is nothing but a conspiracy against him and this is not real.
If this admin just sits back and focuses all their energy on stuff like this instead of agencies and DOGE , I’m totally ok with that.