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A Florida Judge tried to strip me of my law license after I objected to ICE fascism As major law firms capitulate to Trump & offer up $100M in free legal services to appease him—I am refusing to bend the knee to intimidation & instead speaking out publicly. qasimrashid.substack.com/p/a-florida-...
NYT: “When Tennessee’s Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trump’s crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didn’t keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DC’s, Nashville’s is higher as well.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
I wish I could say it’s unbelievable but it’s absolutely on brand. Insane.
Trump is announcing Federal control over DC. White supremacy fascism is when you pardon 1600 violent Nazi insurrectionists who tried to overthrow democracy and beat hundreds of cops, killing several, but then claim DC is violent despite 30 year lows in crime, including a 26% drop last year.
Violent crime is at a 30-year low in Washington, but that doesn’t stop Trump from lying he needs to take over the city because of all the violent crime. Meanwhile, expect his Republican accomplices to remain silent while he builds his police state. Each of them is accountable.
VA Dems are accusing VA Delegate Sam Rasoul of antisemitism because he condemns Netanyahu & zionism. So, I took his allegedly antisemitic quote & included it amongst 4 quotes by Israeli & Jewish scholars about Netanyahu & Zionism & asked readers to pick out Sam's. www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-so-few...
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
FYI, none of these people are me. They are making the rounds on this site today asking people to follow them on WhatsApp and presumably do shenanigans. I don't use WhatsApp. I can only be reached on FarmersOnly.
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril
Can everyone share this?
WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
The Texas flood brought tales of heroism that seemed to confirm the state's faith in rugged individualism But so many more lives would have been saved if leaders dropped climate denial and believed in government for the public good, not for cruelty My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
average person online: have you seen what the race scientist said about him average new yorker: omg its zohran mamdani
The richest family in the United States, the Waltons, made money by not paying Walmart employees enough. This forced employees to seek government assistance for food and healthcare. Republicans’ response is to take away that assistance because the Waltons aren’t rich enough.
Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
WATCH: “The @nytimes.com was exposed for trying to manufacture a scandal about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social — while in the process revealing a scandal about The NYT.” This is the correct take. Sadly it will likely only be folks on TikTok who point it out😕 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLuj917...
pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
He’s a liar.
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
@chuckschumer.com Please turn leadership over to someone with a spine. You are not an effective leader for this moment.
Every time. She does it every time. Why does anyone think she’ll do anything different?
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Think carefully about the “perfectly healthy” part of their argument. Perfectly healthy people aren’t using health benefits. Get it? They are using your bigotry and class warfare to screw sick people. Stop falling for their hate.
I want you to carefully think about what Republicans are telling you to cut millions of recipients from Medicaid and Medicare. They want you to believe millions of “perfectly healthy” people are lazily sitting around taking your money. Medicare and Medicaid are health benefits not welfare checks.
Republicans say if the Trump tax cuts expire, it will trigger “a massive tax hike." In reality, you prolly won't notice. If their bill passes, you will save $14 a week. If it fails, you will pay $9 a week. Nearly 80% of households make under $100K a year. This bill isn't for you. A THREAD.
No lies told here.
She always leans then always falls back to toe the party line. Why does anyone bother to give her airtime anymore?
Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book? The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
Wow, that’s gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your work.
I didn’t think I had “Sen. VanHollen is a rock star” on my 2025 bingo card but look, there he is!
These numbers for ice are insane
I had such high hopes for him but he’s been a huge disappointment.
Don't let anyone tell you Trump's Big Ugly Bill is about fiscal responsibility. This bill will cause millions of Americans to lose their health care - and destroy our nation's finances. The wealthy get a tax giveaway, we get the bill.
🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
It’s so obvious which legal “scholars” are Federal Society mouthpieces. You’d think as a college professor, he’d honor code himself for plagiarizing the FS talking points.
I expected Gillibrand’s hypocrisy but, @ericswalwell.bsky.social, I’m surprised and disappointed to see you slinking your way to Islamophobia. You could have called out the falsehoods being spread about Mamdani but didn’t.
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
i genuinely dont know what other industry has failed as speculatively as journalism has failed at meeting this moment we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
It’s insane charges were bright against her for doing her job.
Not sure who is behind this video (could just be dude on camera) but it is extremely effective and this kind of thing will first make the rounds on social but then show up, or be imitated in, election-season ads.
Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
OMG
Congress didn’t just lose its power it gave it away. On war, trade, and policy, lawmakers have willingly let the executive branch rule unchecked.
Just a reminder going forward... (cartoon from 2003)
“Foreign policy sibling” of this creator has an analysis that’s as good or better than anything on cable news shows this morning. Both replete and concise www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjvmxKHL/
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified. I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war. And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump. My statement:
Rich People And Pundits Really Do Not Want Zohran Mamdani to Be Mayor Allies of former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo are breaking New York City spending limits trying to make him mayor. Mamdani is still closing the gap.
"And when the radical priest comes to get me released, we was all on the cover of Newsweek..."
Nothing is off the table for this regime. Armed and masked men are kidnapping people off American streets. We are living in a lawless and scary country.
An important history lesson from the Grandmother of Juneteenth herself. op: blkcultureunlocked (via TikTok)
My Statement on the Supreme Court's Ruling in United States v. Skrmetti to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth.
Thank you, Sen. Markey
CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.
Here is the cruel post that Chuck Schumer has since deleted after being called out on it. The lives of trans children are not a distraction, @schumer.senate.gov
Trump says mass deportations are urgent—but not if they mess with his donors’ pockets. ICE was told to back off farms & hotels 'cause it was bad for business. But LA and Chicago? Open season. Please be for real—this is the weaponization of government against cities that refuse to bow down to him.
It's pretty telling that the second part of the "Mamdani is a danger to Jewish new yorkers" pitch is always "so vote for sexual harasser shitbag Italian Catholic Andrew Cuomo" and not "so vote for Jewish Progressive Brad Lander"
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
@replamonica.bsky.social Is fighting false charges, but she's really standing up for all of us. We know they are targeting her because she's a Black Congresswoman and believes in accountability. As usual, Homan and his henchmen/women can't keep their stories straight. We all need to support her.
Just a few days ago, Speaker Mike Johnson, the puritanical pixie twit, refused to rule out arresting Governor Newsom. He added that Newsom should be “tarred and feathered,” a form of torture popularized by vigilantes. He is a reckless hypocrite.
Shameful.
If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social. Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121 And call the DOJ comment line: 202-353-1555
Rep. McIver was indicted for doing her job. That's some bullshit. This is political retaliation, plain and simple. Democrats stand with her. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.
Brilliant!
They really do want all of us to die.
PSA: If you think a guy standing on a vandalized Waymo car with a Mexican flag is a bigger issue than the president calling for the arrest of a governor for no reason, you may have lost the plot.
Pride Month 💪 #pride #pridemonth 🏳🌈
I don’t support Trump wasting at least $45 million in taxpayer money on a military parade for his authoritarian birthday. Give that money to Veterans. Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
What separates journalism from stenography is independent reporting, verification and context. Trump calls in the National Guard for LA — note he did not do so for the insurrection. He says no one will spit on law enforcement, note he pardoned those who physically assaulted law enforcement Jan 6.
I just have to say for those of you not in LA that in the days before the horrible raids started, there was no crisis or whatever they would let you believe. It wasn't like something was escalating out of control and somebody had to step in. THEY are creating the problems.
We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Trump and Musk are feuding. Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't know what was in the bill she voted for. Joni Ernst is walking through cemeteries and saying we’re all going to die. Would be funny if they weren’t kicking 16 million Americans off their health care.
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
Marco Rubio just announced that the U.S. will deny visas to foreign officials who try to hold social media companies accountable for disinformation—even if that disinformation incites violence or undermines democracy. 🚨 So now protecting the public from lies is grounds for punishment?
Spare me the fake outrage. None of these people showing up for court are criminals of any kind. As a prosecutor, I worked with many ICE officers who arrested violent criminals. None of them wore masks. Many of your agents are clearly ashamed to carry out your orders.
Ah, that’s a tough age.
I love how third way dipshits label me an extremist for... *checks notes* Citing an Olympic funded scientific study showing trans women do not have an unfair advantage in women's sports.
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MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.
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Just call it the Self-Inflicted Wound Era, when we took a bunch of stuff that was working largely fine (vaccines, weather monitoring, friendly relations with like 175 countries, cancer research, renewable energy credits, the FAA, global trade, etc etc) and just broke them for giggles
Resolution Copper is blocking comments and hiding replies from anyone calling out what they’re doing at Oak Flat. They’re trying to mine on sacred Native American land, with the government’s help, and don’t want the public to push back.
George Floyd should be alive today. He should be raising his daughter, living his life. 5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags. His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.” Let’s stop failing her, and him. Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.