We need folks like @jbpritzker.bsky.social @mayorofchicago.bsky.social to make it plain: the military policing civilian streets is a violation of our long-cherished Revolution Principles. It is offensive to very heart of the American constitutional order.
You know you're in trouble when you're writing an article and googling "how long is a book." Y'all I have photos. I have stories of a man who married Harriet Tubman's great niece, of the "Rosa Parks of Iowa," of people who were BIG deals in their day and just disappeared. People I want folks to meet
Another Air Force update. Ukraine’s air defense has shot down or suppressed 48 Russian drones after a renewed overnight attack from the north. Russia launched 53 Shahed drones and decoys, most targeting Kyiv. As of 16:00, new drone groups are still active over Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity. Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
Loud explosions are being reported from the direction of the Saky airbase in Novofedorivka, occupied Crimea, according to local sources. Smoke trails from Russian air defense are seen in the sky.
"temporary relocation" They are not going to take the resort down after a while and let the Palestinians have their homes back. It will be permanent and will have to be a forced relocation because they aren't going to leave willingly.
WASH POST: “A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration would turn it into a trusteeship administered by 🇺🇸 while it is transformed into a gleaming tourism resort… temporary relocation of Gaza’s more than 2 million population…” 🤔 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Immigrate the right way, follow the law, fight fires, save lives, get deported. It's just pure meanness.
Lowell: Also look at what Trump said on the 26th. He said if Cook did right thing, we'd have "proper" board -- meaning one that lowers rates. If you understand what he's trying to do, if you've seen what his admin does, almost any of them will make an allegation about anyone.
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “If a Democratic president were doing any of these things you would be losing your mind.” 🎯
NEW: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve takes no position on Lisa Cook’s motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Trump from firing her from the board. Hearing coming up at 10 am today before Judge Cobb
post through it
🚨NEW: The 3-judge panel in the Texas redistricting cases has set a preliminary injunction hearing on requests to block the new congressional map for Oct. 1-10 in El Paso. #txlege drive.google.com/file/d/12RsN...
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
The U.S. has approved a potential $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, including up to 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) and navigation systems. The deal, backed by Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and U.S. funding, aims to bolster Ukraine's self-defense and regional security capabilities.
Resign or impeach him.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: „There won’t be a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin.“
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has reacted to Hungary‘s attempt to bar Robert „Magyar“ Brovdi from the Schengen Zone and invites him to Poland. Absolutely excellent action.
This the first post of his you have seen? He has done a lot more than thoughts and prayers and if we do get through this challenging time it will be because of people like him.
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New Quinnipiac Poll — 50% of voters say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Includes *77%* of Democrats, 51% of Independents, and 20% of Republicans. 60% of voters oppose sending more military aid to Israel. Includes 75% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 37% of Republicans.
The CDC is one of Atlanta’s crown jewels. Dedicated public servants who are tireless advocates for public health. They deserve better than this administration’s disregard for science. We deserve much more from our government than conspiracy theories and indifference towards individuals’ well-being.
⚡️Russia cuts 2025 economic growth forecast from 2.5% to 1.5%. Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 27 that the country has lowered its annual economic growth forecast for 2025 from 2.5% to 1.5%, as the country's wartime economy continues to falter.
Oh, she was trans. That's going to make the statistical abuse here--which is now absolutely inevitable--even worse. Because the first half of the fallacy ("most shooters have trait x") doesn't even apply here: rarely are mass shooters trans! But no doubt all trans ppl will be demonized now.
Dawn and I were heartbroken to learn about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis this morning. I’ve called Governor Walz to relay our support for Minnesota at this difficult time. All children deserve to be safe at home, at school, wherever they go.
Not bad at all, the US produces about 1300 per day in total.
Rheinmetall has opened a new munitions factory in Unterlüss, Germany—built in just 1.5 years. Once at full capacity, it could become Europe’s largest artillery shell production site, possibly even the world’s. Output is set to hit 350,000 shells annually, with much headed to Ukraine.
I hope those who traditionally claim the grand jury is merely a rubber stamp for prosecutors and serves no real purpose as a shield against government abuse are taking note. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
German Chancellor Merz: “We don’t want Ukraine’s capitulation. That would only buy Putin time to prepare for the next war. Yes, we all want peace in Ukraine—ideally today. But not at any price.”
Reports from Sevastopol indicate a massive Ukrainian drone wave—possibly over 120 UAVs—targeting occupied Crimea tonight. Air raid sirens are blaring, and air defense systems are active across Sevastopol and western Crimea.
Grand jury won't indict Sandwich Guy! In the very city where rioters were pardoned for brutally attacking police officers on Jan 6, it's a way for citizens to show they understand irony and they understand throwing a sandwich in frustration at this invasion. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
My thoughts on the law and politics of sandwich throwing. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Those who report without fear or favor are targeted consistently in Gaza. No war like this, no end in sight. www.instagram.com/p/DN020Hj0hQ...
Rolling Stone: “Trump has been ruling like an authoritarian… repeatedly thumbing his nose at Congress, the Constitution, and any other check on presidential power. On Monday, Trump appeared to tease the notion of 🇺🇸 becoming a full-fledged dictatorship…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Mortgage fraud typically referred to DOJ is a criminal conspiracy; BIll Pulte weaponizing publicly available recordation to check occupancy clause and noting discrepancies is not mortgage fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u....
Two grand jury no bills on the same charge is a bar to any future prosecution for that same offense in Georgia. I tend to think that's a good thing. Prosecutors Fail 3 Times to Charge Woman With Felony Assault of F.B.I. Agent in D.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
Could it be any clearer that they're setting up the mechanism for quelling future election-related protests? I mean really. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
"I think this an be accomplished as long as everyone operating in good faith."
HAPPENING NOW: At 2:00 p.m. ET, Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a telephone conference regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's newly-filed lawsuit challenging his removal to Uganda. Abrego was detained by ICE earlier today. I plan to live-post the hearing for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
Judge Xinis: Then I will order that he not be moved from current detention facility, principally to have access to both criminal and habeas counsel. Clear? DOJ: Yes. Judge: Do you need me to put this in writing now, or will my oral pronouncement suffice? DOJ: Oral suffices
I see your point, I just hope that America's connection to democracy is robust enough to weather this storm.
Law and order was just a phase.
Asked and answered 🔥 👀
As a political matter, or a matter of reality, there is not always an Over. There hasn't been one for Russia, NK, Iran and many more. Democracy is fragile and we should accept that it can be lost for good.
President's Office Head Andriy Yermak has a new idea — bring in soldiers and veterans into the office recently rocked by scandal. "It is fair. Because these people are the benchmark of honor, morality, and loyalty to Ukraine," Yermak said on social media on Aug. 22.
BREAKING: Pentagon is planning military deployment to Chicago, Illinois. - WaPo
I understand ICE has stated they intend to deport him to Africa and have ordered him to basically surrender to them on Monday. What happens now...
Not The Onion
Fun fact: Did you know that it violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment for the govt to punish someone for their speech, especially if what they said was criticism of the govt?
Recognizing there is a problem is a first step 🦶
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
⚡️Trump's intelligence chief ordered halt to intelligence sharing on Russia-Ukraine peace talks among 'Five Eye' allies, CBS reports.
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...
⚡️Video shows aftermath of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil pumping station in Russia's Bryansk Oblast.
At least 6 people found dead in confined space at Weld County, Colorado dairy.
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Some people may not like how @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is talking. You may not find his posts funny. It is absolutely working. His fundraising #’s just came out. $6.2 million THIS WEEK. 200,000 donors… Dems feel like ‘finally someone is fighting for us’.”
The fact the Texas House doesn’t consider the offices vacant should put the end to an already frivolous argument.
NEWS: Federal judge finds that Alina Habba is NOT lawfully performing functions and duties of U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Judge Matthew Brann disqualifies Habba from prosecution of two criminal defendants who challenged her appointment
“Tough on crime” is about social control, not crime. To me, the exhausting thing is how eager the media—for DECADES—has been to just naively frozen-caveman-journalist accept “tough on crime” claims at face value. It’s always been clear they weren’t abt crime. Maybe impossible to deny now?
Every single day now
They are probably getting paid very well even though they're incompetent. This is the comically absurd future of the US if we don't change course.
U.S. President Donald Trump will be going out on patrol with Washington, D.C. law enforcement and military tonight, he told Newsmax host Todd Starnes.
⚡️Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast, military says. Tovste is a frontline village southwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk and near the key town of Vuhledar.
California should just shut out every Republican from Congress.
I wish someone in the Trump world would realize that understanding facts is important to success.
JUST IN: The NOAA is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of next-generation weather and climate satellites it plans to build and launch in the coming decades, sources say. - CNN
Emerging: Multiple people injured after shooting on 5100 block of Indian Head Highway in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in area that touches D.C. border. - 7News
Imagine the outrage on the right if, during the 2024 presidential campaign, Jack Smith had sent Trump a letter urging him to drop out “as an act of good faith.”
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files motion to dismiss his criminal charges in Tennessee based on selective and vindictive prosecution "Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
That ship has sailed
A rising voice in the democratic party, she's going places.
WATCH: Texas Rep. Collier says the high road has crumbled
Awkward 😐
WALDMAN: “Even as Trump tries to argue every city run by (especially Black) Dems is a hellhole, there are plenty of examples of Dem mayors making extraordinary progress on crime… Brandon Scott is more effective than blathering ‘strategists’…” www.publicnotice.co/p/democratic...
Macron says that if negotiations fail, Trump is likely to tighten sanctions against Russia, including introducing secondary tariffs. We've heard this before.
"The men, identified as Ricardo Chavez and his brother, reportedly hold legal status to live and work in the United States."
🔥🔥WATCH: “Rappers are smarter than economists”👇🏽 @dossdiscourse.bsky.social explains more cops doesn’t lower crime it just means more money for private prisons— Addressing poverty/hunger/health care lowers crime… but Trump’s trillions transfer just made all that MUCH WORSE… meaning crime will rise.
Israeli army chief officially approves plan to occupy Gaza City, government to ratify before week’s end. - C12/AA
He has the look of a man who sold his soul but didn't get paid
⚡️'Negotiation can begin where the front line currently stands' — Zelensky says ahead of meeting with Trump.
"The police responded and left since they don't get involved in immigrations" Maybe they could investigate the shooting, that sounds like a police matter.
SAN BERNARDINO, CA: Trump’s Gestapo shoots at a family that fled when they refused to ID themselves and smashed the family’s windows. (Last week they chased a man from Home Depot onto the 210 freeway and he was struck and killed: www.latimes.com/california/s...)
i personally look to putin as an expert on honest election administration
The American press and public really need to figure out how to simply dismiss Trump's pretextual claims for authoritarian attacks and then resist the attack itself, not debate the claim. We have spent months asking "but is the Ivy League really antisemitic?" and now "but is DC really crime-ridden?"
FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”
Maybe he dropped a bug in there
„Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.“ Winston Churchill
"She warns DOJ that if they don't work something out and she enters a TRO that is then violated, that's contempt of court." The fact that judges need to state this at all to the DOJ is, once again, telling. Reyes isn't the first and she won't be the last.
When asked by journalists when he would stop killing civilians, Putin gestured that he couldn’t hear the question. Moments later, the Russian leader got into the same car with Trump, and they drove off together.
“Look Vladimir, they still believe we are here to talk about peace.”
I think the extent to which institutions like the FBI survive after Trumpism with any respect or authority depends on the men and women serving there and what they do during Trumpism. The more that cooperate, the more likely the FBI will decline permanently and will no longer enjoy the respect /1..
Trump is going to get rolled again, he will come out of the meeting with more concessions for Putin and nothing for Ukraine.
Why is everyone so upset at Jeffries? It's common for a politician to not make a decision on endorsement. I don't get the outrage, it's not like he refused to endorse or attacked him, he just has not done it yet. Not unusual.
Democracy would not survive a single administration under those circumstances.
⚡️ 120,000 Ukrainians in US at risk of deportation as Biden-era program lapses, WSJ reports.
“Political malpractice” is leaving the city and letting the Trump Administration undercut you (perhaps unlawfully) and making it harder to launch an immediate response. It isn’t about litigation. It’s about optics and communication.
With the president’s approval numbers cratering and federal overreach continuing apace, Dems need to think about fundamentally changing the ideological commitments of this country. Folks like @aoc.bsky.social and @jbpritzker.bsky.social have been good. That Third Reconstruction? It needs discussion.