GOP state legislatures have introduced more than 2,000 election-related bills since January. And in Congress, Republicans have worked with key figures in the election-denial movement as it's gone from a fringe right-wing belief to a key plank of the Trump-led GOP. Last week, they rejoiced together.
As AG Bondi sits on the sofa next to Marco Rubio with her hands in her lap, all of them knowing they are NOT obeying SCOTUS' ruling to return Abrego Garcia, this televised meeting is how the POTUS broadcasted to Americans, his willful disobedience to the highest court in the country.
Utah!! "The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..." utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
John Oliver on the administration's tariff math: "It'd be like trying to figure out the square footage of your home by dividing your phone number by your dog's age."
"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...
Trump got caught on a hot mic saying he wants to deport U.S. citizens—insinuating to El Salvador’s president he intends to send “homegrown criminals” there. Let’s be clear: He’s talking about Americans. This isn’t tough talk. It’s dictator talk. He’d burn the Constitution if it got in his way.
NEW: The govt has filed it's daily status report on Abrego Garcia. ICE official Evan Katz declares Abrego Garcia was removed illegally, but that's okay now because the government has declared he's a member of MS13, and they have no further updates. WOW. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
@gregcasar.bsky.social: "Elon Musk gets $8 million a day in federal government contracts and subsidies. $65 a day is how much your average senior gets on Social Security just to barely survive on after working their entire life."
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.
It's been around while since I ran track, but that doesn't look like pumping your arms to me. That was an outright swing.
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Nailed it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
“This abrupt departure from the statutory scheme threatens significant harm to the Democratic Party’s three national political committees,” wrote Marc Elias, a lawyer for the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
We are here This ain’t the f-ing movies Bad guys can win.
For f@#&'s sake
"MAGA simply doesn't understand how Trump plays in places that have nothing to do with Russia and Ukraine. Countries around the world now understand that the USA isn't someone you can depend on when the going gets tough. Trump is weak, and that is what he portrayed." www.rawstory.com/trump-zelens...
Unethical! Musk’s company Starlink is poised to steal a multibillion-dollar government contract for the nation’s air traffic control communications system from Verizon. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Let me guess, for less pay and benefits...
The bait and switch of the folks on the right always talking about pedophile rings while celebrating the Tate Brothers coming back to the US…
They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.
They will never say his name. Some mystery person is doing all this stuff. He Who Shall Not Be Named.
#HailToZelensky #SheShed
Remember.
NEW: "The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that could make it easier for him to tilt elections in the GOP’s favor." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
President Zelenskyy is a class act.
Trump and Vance would NEVER, EVER, talk to Putin like that. And everyone knows it.
CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
Trump wishes he had the same respect that Zelensky has. That is a true fucking leader. Not this clown show that we have now.
Zelenskyy has so much class and strength.
Trump is too much of a coward to say a bad thing to Putin, yet he dares lecture Zelensky? Russia is on the verge of collapse and Trump/Vance are desperate to save them
Zelenskyy is a role model for world leaders in our time. Trump and Vance are traitors and Russian puppets. The USA owes Zelenskyy an apology. The world owes Zelenskyy a debt of gratitude and needs to humbly step up to fight against fascism. How can any country back Putin?
Of course it was him. So pathetic. Like a jock in high school. Grow up.
Muskrat, I'm sorry I have to stop to appreciate that. I've been off social media for a month or so (this shameful episode for the USA brought me back). If it's been around a while, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to catch it. Anyway, love it 😀
Zelenskyy was brilliant. Anyone with half a brain can look at the clips of this meeting and see that pro-Russia is Trump's foreign policy. The rest of the world knows. Zelenskyy is the voice of freedom, Trump the voice of greed, extortion, and Putin. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
So true.
More grace and tact in his little finger than all of those assholes combined.
Rubio looks like a prisoner in his own skin. Good. #SlavaUkraini #IStandWithZelenskyy #TrumpIsADisgrace #Krasnov
President Zelenskyy is a bad-ass. He can wear whatever he wants. They don't seem to have a problem with Elon wearing a t-shirt wherever he goes, disgracing the oval office, etc. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio sits there, contemplating his life choices, trying to disappear into the couch. Sickening
“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
"Given how prominently disinformation played in Virginia’s federal elections last year, election officials, voting rights advocates and grassroots pro-democracy organizers are bracing for another election rife with right-wing disinformation — and an avalanche of money spent to promote it."
“[K]ey figures in or around the [Trump] administration entertain the kind of psychopathic fantasies indulged by Ayn Rand” in which “plutocrats leave the proles to die in the inferno they’ve created, while they migrate to their NZ bunkers, Mars or the ocean floor…“ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Americans stand with Ukraine. Americans stand for democracy. Donald Trump does not speak for us.
Had a great time doing this interview with Jeff Flake, and thanks for the support @davidaxelrod.bsky.social it was invaluable. The interview covers everything. My background. Shark tank. Politics. You name it youtu.be/WSOePmWFVNo?...
In what world did Trump think it was a good idea to bring the sex trafficing Tate brothers into America? So we are importing criminals now? Must be getting really weird over on truth social
🚨Sen. Duckworth invited Elon Musk to our town hall yesterday to hear from Veterans affected by DOGE. He chose to ignore their stories. Cowards run from accountability.
🇺🇲 Veterans fought for this country. Now, DOGE is making them fight for their jobs, their benefits, and even their health care. This is a disgrace! Speak out. Fight back. DOGE screws Veterans. Tipline for veterans who've been affected by this administration's cuts ➡️ votevets.org/doge-tipline.
Per @chrisdjackson.bsky.social on another platform: “It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more. This is pure BS.”
Pull the thread…
On top of whatever backroom deal he most likely has going on with Russia, definitely. He has no substance and can not stand those who do. Still a spoiled toddler who never had to earn true respect.
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
How would a random Russian news agency reporter sneak into the White House?
Exactly, it's shameful
Perfect
Trump “is no longer an ally, he is consorting w/ our adversaries," Hollande, current President Emmanuel Macron's predecessor, said in a blunt interview” on Friday. "Even if the American people remain our friends, the Trump administration itself is no longer our ally." www.politico.eu/article/dona...
@cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @apnews.com
The Press HAS to stand up to these deranged individuals. All it takes is for one reporter to say "That's a lie" each time Oompa Loompa answers their question with one. (Which is almost everytime) This guy and his ppll lie quicker than a cat can lick its aah.
If this is enacted, Montana will be sued. dailymontanan.com/2025/02/27/h...
A strong, independent media is essential in a free society. However, the oligarch controlled media is not going to protect us. The billionaires sitting on stage with Trump are not victims. They will profit from his lies and cannot be trusted to safeguard democracy.
Elon Musk’s penis rocket and exploding car companies have been given $38 billion in government funding, but he’s cutting funding for children’s cancer research, gutting the VA’s suicide prevention hotline and letting palettes of desperately needed food expire because it’s “wasteful spending.”
The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post
> @mediaitenews.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/politics/mar...
This is how it’s done.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
…
This is probably the most accurate take.
As the fascist attempts to eliminate any consideration of race to recognize the impact of racism in the U.S., Rep. Jahana Hayes, a former teacher of the year, introduced a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis with Rep. Delia C. Ramirez of Illinois. www.courant.com/2025/02/13/c...
Student loan forgiveness is a Band-Aid that only helps one generation. What we need is structural reform that addresses the cause, which requires legislation. If politicians don’t come at it from that angle, they’re just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Well done Rep Jahana Hayes 🔥 (CT-5)
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
Wishing everyone everywhere peace and inspiration. Come what may, let us stand strong for all that is right and just. Let us defend those who are being mistreated, and live with kindness and respect as Martin Luther King hoped we would . Our task is clear. ❤️
Well that's spot on
So perfect for today. Thank you
Martin Luther King Jr. said that “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge.” We are in a time of challenge. The question for every leader, every citizen is where do you stand?
When a 🤡 clown moves into a 🏰 palace he doesn't become a 🤴🏼king. It becomes a 🎪circus h/t @ blcksmth on Instagram
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
Wtaf
My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
Happy MLK Day.
I'm finally reading the Blake Lively story in full. I am now convinced that these large follow accounts, appearing out of nowhere & that only post "resist" memes, are plants for some kind of future operation. "Social combat plans" are how PR people think, and lately, politics is a game of PR
Misogyny & smear campaigns are not just found in politics: What do Johnny Depp and Justin Baldoni have in common? Both hired the Melissa Nathan Agency Group who uses bots in order to discredit women who complain about men through a deluge of online harassment www.huffpost.com/entry/justin...
ICYMI, the richest man is trying to become a trillionaire by laundering money out of the US government to try and create the impossible science fiction fantasy world he plagiarized. I added the Star Trek theme because it’s precisely as realistic as anything this guy says.
Wisdom from his many years.
Good morning ☀️ In 1978, Congress and President Jimmy Carter extended the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment to June 1982. I pay homage to Jimmy Carter for his unwavering commitment to women’s rights throughout his life. We continue the good fight. #EndTheWarOnWomen #SheShed
Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. Let me explain.
Reposting ICYMI
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
In fascist states, corporations and wealthy individuals fall all over themselves to gain the favor of the fascist strongman leader or they lose out big. “Danger, Will Robinson, danger” - Robot 📖 @hartmannreport.com #DemCast open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Democrats are losing the information war against Republicans for one reason - MAGA created an alternative media ecosystem that pumps messaging out to millions of people every day while Democrats have just a handful of small outlets like Meidas to counter them. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER OUR MOMS AND DADS WHO WORRY EVERY DAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY DESERVE BETTER A 2ND GRADER HAD TO MAKE THE PHONE CALL 🙏😓😓 #EndGunViolenceNow This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Wtaf