Supporter of voting rights, Medicare for All and ending Citizens United. Dodger fan and doggy dad. Peace and love to all, but no peace for fascists.
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We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)
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
How much more embarrassing can it get
Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the California redistricting without disclosing that he's FUNDING the opposition to the California redistricting. I have 4 mailers he paid for in my house right now and that's just the beginning. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
Susan Collins should actually be *concerned*. I'm not sure if Maine wants this, but I've been waiting to hear someone tell everyone who Collins is for more than a decade.
Man, I feel this. 🙏🏽😭
It’s time to teach Susan Collins a lesson.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
My No. 1 political issue: Are you criticizing Nate Silver? Followed closely by: Are you praising Nate Silver enough? And: Did you tell Nate Silver he was right about the lab leak theory? It's millions' of Americans' top issue. But Democrats aren't even trying to appeal to us. This is why they lose.
[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1
Maybe we should forward these to the TX governor. I’ve been shredding them, like all junk mail.
Well now you know how the NY Times would airbrush Dr Mengele
Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall. On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
Civilized, educated U.S. citizens are affiliated with European allies, with the defense of Ukraine and the defeat of Nazis, with public education, with libraries, with egalitarianism, with democracy, with civil rights, with universal suffrage, with trans rights, with gay rights.
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Make all Americans equal under law. End agents' impunity. Abolish qualified immunity. Require agents pay for liability insurance.
If you’ve ever visited California’s Monterey Bay and looked out over the immensity of the Pacific - well, I hear it’s lovely. But how many of its roughly 4 million visitors per year know that beyond the surf, they’re also in the presence of the second Grand Canyon of the United States? 1/
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. UNREDACTED. IN FULL. NOW! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. UNREDACTED. IN FULL. NOW! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. UNREDACTED. IN FULL. NOW! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. UNREDACTED. IN FULL. NOW! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. UNREDACTED. IN FULL. NOW!
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Epstein is not going away. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein
"Money that could keep thousands of commuters out of their gas-guzzling cars is instead propping up an underperforming plastics plant that has already been fined $10 million for frequent air pollution." Another timely and important piece by @willbunch.bsky.social
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
🚨 Trump regime border patrol thugs arrested 2 firefighters when they were actively fighting a wildfire.
the new @westernasfuck session is out THE GREAT CAUCASIAN GOD watch the whole doggy - link in bio i’d like to take a moment to talk with yall about death
she's packed up and she's gone. luggage ☝🏿
School just started, and we are already mourning two children killed and dozens more injured as they prayed during mass. It doesn’t have to be this way. Congress must act to keep our kids safe.
The party that claims to care about law and order sends the military to pick up trash in DC but has nothing to say about the regular massacre of children in schools under than ‘thoughts and prayers.’
Markwayne Mullin, driving in DC: "I'm scared." Markwayne Mullin, children murdered:
For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governor—and of course, it’s the first Black woman, Lisa Cook. Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down. Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
Neoliberalism is unable to deal with the weight of fascism and will in fact normalize it and create the conditions for it to solidify further example 1,000,000
The four IA specials this year have been in eastern Iowa and western Iowa; rural Iowa and urban Iowa; Dem districts and Republican districts. And they've all seen very similar overperformances: 22, 24, 25 & 26 points. This is not good news for the GOP's hopes of holding #IAGov & #IASen.
Trump is desperately looking for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans and firing Lisa Cook is his latest move. It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and any court that follows the law will overturn it.
I cannot type the words I actually want to say, so for now I’ll just hope these people are haunted forever.
Utterly depraved.
Would not put it past this corrupt Supreme Court to allow MAGA Confederate states to gerrymander but deny Blue States. It's a completely rigged institution that Dems should have reformed. Those of us who said Expand the Court were seen as extremists. We also said Trump would go fascist and...
I was in the news business for only 4 decades, so maybe I don't know much. But it seems like the transformation of the U.S. into a police state would be worth a headline and a few paragraphs.
TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
Farm workers in Arvin CA, are preparing to cover the vineyards with plastic to protect the fruit from sun burn during the expected heat wave. It was 91° at 10am on the first day of the heat wave. #WeFeedYou
📣 #ZcavengerHunt: 🕵🏽♂️ The final stop opens at 5:30pm! If you arrive early, please enjoy local neighborhood offerings until then 🙂 🕵🏽♂️ Only players with clue cards will be able to access the final stop. We couldn’t have imagined how many New Yorkers would be ready to Zcavenge!
The dictator starter pack for a president: 1. Fire anyone not loyal 2. Turn law enforcement into a weapon 3. Deploy the military to control opposition areas 4. Intimidate media, schools, and businesses 5. Rig the rules for elections
The way you know this is a good strategy for California is that the GOP is already paying for mailers to try and fuck it up because they're panicking. Now we just need to make sure our own elected "Democrats" don't fuck it up
Arrested for filming it. And look how excited they all are to get some *action*. 🇺🇸 Watch fascism work.
The mayor of Kherson, Volodymyr Mykolaienko, refused to cooperate with Russians when the city got occupied. He was detained in April 2022. He just got freed. Look at the before picture (top) and how he looks now (bottom, middle).
Former DOJ pardon attorney says that Trump has pardoned rapists, murderers, and child sex offenders
Inflation rose by 22.6% from 2019-2024. In that same period, the 100 lowest-paying corporations paid their CEOs 34.7% more. Worker pay didn't even keep up with the rate of inflation. Those corporate tax breaks will never, ever, ever trickle down. WE ARE BEING SCAMMED.
Parker was shot in the head with a flashbang in LA. Her skull was fractured and she had bleeding on her brain. She’s now back out there protesting and documenting. Because she says we have to. That’s bravery.
Garcia: What we got was complete bullshit. We demanded the full Epstein files, and that’s not what was sent over. The White House cover-up clearly continues. What they sent us was 33,000 pages of documents that have already been in the public domain.
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA. I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe. What's going on right now is not normal.
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GOP: The Grand Ol' Pedophile Party. Protecting Ghislaine Maxwell, but Terrorizing Average Americans in LA and DC.
She’s a pedophile. Her standard on bad behavior is pretty low.
The issue isn’t that Maxwell lied throughout her entire proffer. She has been lying, deceiving and manipulating people her entire life. I expect it from her. The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong. Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
Trump leaves no stone unturned while destroying our country. apnews.com/article/hisp...
Russia wants to erаse Ukraine. We just want them to leave us the fkc alone. This is the difference.
Sensing a theme these last cupla weeks. Can’t put a finger on it. @barrons.com @npr.org @axios.com @politico.com
MIAMI HERALD: “A federal judge on Thursday barred DeSantis and Trump from bringing new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demanded the state close out operations at the immigration detention facility within 60 days…” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Mockler: They say that they oppose it at a 79% rate, 61% of them feel less safe… So the question that I then want to ask is, why don't we mobilize the National Guard to the eight out of ten red states that are the highest homicide states?
Red states rely on the money from Blue states to function. This can all be over the second Democratic governors actually wield their power.
Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one “elderly white hippie” there. I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on.
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
Target caved to Trump, sold out their core customers, and torched their own brand. They chose this path, and now they’re paying for it. I’m still not shopping there. www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
🔥“It’s very unfortunate what @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is doing —for his own political career.” @emmavigeland.bsky.social says Gaza is a litmus test for D’s to earn trust, not backing Zohran is a “siren call” to get primaried + shows they care more about AIPAC 💵 than stopping Trump
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
At (another) Hampton’s fundraiser with Republican donors on Saturday, Andrew Cuomo said it plainly: he’s expecting Trump’s help to defeat us in November. “I feel good about that,” Cuomo said. New Yorkers won’t.
This!
Greenblatt of the ADL is using a classic "no true Scotsman" fallacy here - if Mamdani speaks to Jews, they aren't real Jews by definition of speaking to Mamdani, hence there is no way for Mamdani to actually meet with Jews. The ADL gets to be the sole arbiter of Jewishness in the US.
Arresting people putting in a hard day’s work to keep their families housed and fed does not make our community safer. It spreads terror through neighborhoods across Alexandria. These fascistic ICE raids must stop, and when Trump’s reign ends those responsible for them must be held accountable.
The Confederacy was never defeated; it only transformed. First, it shapeshifted into segregation and the KKK. Then, it became the Republican Party under Nixon’s Southern Strategy. Later, it was normalized via Reagan’s “trickle-down economics” and mass incarceration. Now, MAGA is its final stage.
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
We've reached the political prisoner stage of the fascist regime, and it's only been a few months.
Holy shit.
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This is how concentration camp regimes form. A society becomes unstable, a leader smashes norms and ignores laws, and the party uses propaganda to instill enough fear and hate for people let their neighbors get detained. The biggest outlier here is the vast money the US is allocating to its camps.
Canada will never join the United States. Maine senator Joe Martin can go fuck himself.
DAILY MEMO: ICE Brutalizes and Sends High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids to Hospital @eltragon.bsky.social
ICE agents can now just beat the hell out of anyone who dares to try to hold them accountable, without consequence.
UCLA 💙💙👊🏻👏🏼👏🏼
DOJ charging document: "About 11:06 p.m., Dunn forcefully threw a sub-style sandwich at the CPB officer, striking him in the chest." 1. Thoughts and prayers 2. Let's see the video replay
Tough choice, NYC! (From @waltermasterson.bsky.social )
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
I pay more than that on taxes for my car.
ANCHORAGE…
Edgar, a #DACA recipient who was unjustly imprisoned at the Everglades detention camp, tried to tell mass deportation agents that he has active protections. "They (ICE) said DACA was canceled [my note: not true], that I would stand no chance in stay in the country.” www.cbsnews.com/news/alligat...
Abandoning the vision of liberal arts education is at the heart of how fascism has come knocking. Scientists speaking of abandoning humanities have not learned the core lessons of our history - and by our history I even mean THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. Science is never separated from society.
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...